I recently watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty thanks to the suggestion made by my sisi Carona. Coupled with a bit of flu and the long weekend her suggestion came at a good time. I Loved, loved, loved this Movie. The quirkiness the awkwardness, the happiness and hopelessness.

My take on the movie and the message I got from it is pretty simple.

The movie trailer. Listen out for the Monsters and Men song- Dirty Talks

We tend forget our true potential and greatness even though others know what we are capable of, but it doesn't matter what they think until we believe it and live it. Sometimes it takes something as big as conquering a fear or simply doing something thats a wee bit out of comfort zone to realise how great we truly are.

It all sounds pretty emo, but the movie is entertaining and pretty damn funny at points. We can all relate to in some way or another (okay the shark infested scene was a bit OTT but it added a bit of action). If I had to choose, that would be the movie low.

The movie highlight was the ending OBVIOUSLY ( I won't spoil it for you) and when Ben Stiller skateboards for 16 miles with stones strapped to his palms as wrist guards. So Classic! The music playing at this point was José González's band JUNIP- Far Away which made the scene even more awesome. The sound track for this move is incredible. I was "shazaming" every song that played. Here are few artists and songs I discovered (and rediscovered.)

- Joze Gonzalez - Stay Alive. You know the guy who did the bouncing balls Sony Ad a while back? Well, it's his new stuff. It seems to be a bit more upbeat which I think I prefer. (Don't read too much into the upbeat part- its still quite melancholy)

- Of Monsters and Men- Dirty Talks. An icelandic Indie pop folk band which reminds me of a folky (less electronica) version of The XX. Love the XX ( thanks for discovering them Neil)

I think you will dig watching the movie. Would love to know what you think...