The Dreamer Who Became an Unexpected Adventurer
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00:00The guy ties two rocks to his palms, freely gliding on a skateboard on the highway.
00:04The closed heart gradually opens a small gap as the speed increases.
00:08The rocks in his palms are used by him as a brake, skillfully slowing down when cornering.
00:13There are thousands of difficulties in the world, but there is always a way to overcome them all.
00:18At this moment, he has escaped the constraints of life and sees the unprecedented beauty of
00:23the mountains and rivers. There are thousands of reasons to start a journey, but only one reason
00:28to give up. That is when life leaves no other choice. Believe that after watching the movie
00:33The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, recommended by countless fans, you will learn how to live
00:38more straightforwardly and openly. In this designed world, don't just quickly scroll past. If you
00:44have watched it, I believe you will definitely discover new insights. The story's protagonist,
00:48Walter, is a veteran employee who has worked at a magazine company for 16 years. Like most people,
00:54he has to calculate daily expenses for living. He secretly has a crush on a newly arrived female
00:59colleague, but doesn't dare to greet her. Instead, he tries to find a breakthrough on a dating website.
01:05He easily learns about Cheryl's preferences. A three-legged dog she keeps deeply impresses Walter.
01:10However, facing life, he is both timid and weak. Finally, he musters the courage to press the greeting
01:16button, but finds the invitation inexplicably fails. He contacts the dating website's customer service
01:22and learns it's because he hasn't filled in much information, such as places he's been and things
01:26he's done. The reason he didn't fill it in is that he has never been anywhere worth mentioning or done
01:31anything worth mentioning. However, Walter has a superpower, which is daydreaming. Just then,
01:37he hears a dog barking. Walter suddenly stands up and starts running, then jumps up and rushes into an
01:42apartment, saving a small dog. Cheryl rushes over to take the dog and thanks him for all he has done.
01:48Not only that, Walter even made a prosthetic leg for it. A small hip joint assembly with a hook
01:54and a front pelvic belt. Oh my god, you are amazing. My life philosophy is to love adventure,
02:00be brave, and creative. I think that's the most important quality in a man. But Walter doesn't
02:05have those qualities. Now he's just an ordinary person who missed the bus because of daydreaming.
02:10Walter rushes to the company, but his colleague tells him the company has been acquired. The print
02:15version of Life magazine will switch to an online format. His sister, who is helping their mother
02:20move, also arrives. Today is Walter's birthday, and his mother specially prepared a cream cake to bring
02:26over. After saying goodbye to his sister, Walter meets the temporary manager. This bearded man is an
02:31arrogant fellow. One second Walter was introducing his work to him. The next second the bearded man said,
02:37Sorry, I was listening to music. I didn't hear what you said. Getting out of the elevator,
02:42he sees Cheryl, and is surprised when she takes the initiative to greet him. However,
02:46it ultimately turns out to be a fleeting joy. Walter disappointedly pours himself a cup of coffee,
02:52then glances sneakily towards Cheryl. He starts daydreaming again. In his dream,
02:56he transforms into a snow mountain explorer, appearing coolly beside Cheryl. Snow? But it falls
03:02gracefully like a woman. Walter stands stunned, and this is noticed by the bearded man. He deliberately
03:08calls out loudly, You are Major Tom. Seeing Walter not reacting, he flicks a paperclip towards him.
03:15Walter snaps back to reality and continues his work. As everyone says, this scene happens to be
03:20witnessed by Cheryl. Walter's job, like him, is in an unnoticed corner. All the useless film negatives
03:26are managed by him. Sean is the magazine's top photographer. Knowing the company was about to be
03:31acquired, he gifted Walter a wallet printed with the company motto. The film role for the final magazine
03:36cover also arrived. He specifically instructed that photo number 25 in it was his greatest work
03:42ever, which he called the quintessence of life, and it must be used as the final cover of Life magazine.
03:47However, when they finished processing the film role, they discovered that photo number 25 was
03:52missing. The sales department also received notification that Sean wanted to use photo
03:57number 25 as the cover, but now that photo was gone without a trace. And it was this photo that
04:02changed Walter's destiny. The bearded man holds a large meeting. Unnecessary employees will be laid off
04:08by the new company. He demands Walter hand over photo number 25, but Walter can only lie that it's
04:14still being processed. After the meeting, he musters the courage to greet Cheryl. Since she has more
04:19opportunities to interact with Sean, he wants to find some clues about Sean from her. But Sean is a
04:24mysterious person. He has no phone, no fixed address, and is constantly on the move. Cheryl is very
04:30willing to help him, asking the colleague in charge of payments for Sean. Just then, the colleague's
04:35printout comes out. Ultimately, only three photos from that role could be printed. These clues might
04:41help him find Sean. In the afternoon, Cheryl finds Walter studying the photos. The three photos are a
04:47thumb, a water surface, and one that's impossible to tell what it's part of. Cheryl chats happily with him,
04:53but Walter appears unnatural. This makes Cheryl slightly awkward, and she has to say she needs to get back to
04:58working hard to keep this job. Watching Cheryl's departing figure, Walter starts daydreaming
05:03again. He calls Cheryl back and shows her a beautiful statue. Compared to Walter, Cheryl is
05:09much more proactive. Walter also has to worry about his mother's move. The piano his father left behind
05:14cannot be moved to the new house. To accommodate the piano, he has to spend a large sum of money to
05:19rent a larger house. His sister gives him a Superman ring. It was their favorite thing as children.
05:24Among the packed luggage, his sister finds a travel backpack. Walter discovers the travel journal his
05:30father gave him, but until now it remains blank. Back then, he was still a charismatic guy, a
05:36skateboarding champion with a stylish mohawk. But ever since his father passed away, he shouldered the
05:41family responsibilities. And his mind has been bound ever since, immersed in countless tasks,
05:47becoming a hard-working worker bee. Colleagues at the company have discovered new clues,
05:51and Walter rushes back. In a newly emerged photo, there is a string of text. It's a sea area,
05:57and the text on it is the name of a ship. Cheryl happens to meet Walter and enthusiastically helps
06:02him search for the ship's name. Unfortunately, she has to pick up her child. Cheryl invites him to come
06:07along. And just like that, the two become closer. Walter also learns that Cheryl has just divorced
06:13and is currently single. They arrive at the park. Cheryl is asking colleagues about Sean's
06:18whereabouts, while Walter pretends to skateboard with her son. But after several attempts,
06:22she misses his wonderful moments. Cheryl's son is very surprised, and Walter also gains a lot of
06:28favor from the boy. Cheryl receives a reply from her colleague. Recently, she sent a tax form to two
06:33places. One is Braun, and the other is Greenland. And the search result for that ship name is indeed
06:38from Greenland. At this moment, Cheryl's ex-husband calls again. Watching her back, Walter starts
06:44daydreaming again. He imagines Cheryl rushing into his arms. I just want to be with you, you know?
06:49And their relationship, like the plot in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, reaches a magical
06:54conclusion. Goodbye, Walter. At Cheryl's call, Walter finally snaps back to reality. Unexpectedly,
07:01Cheryl encourages him. What the bearded man told him during the day about Major Tom was complete nonsense.
07:06Cheryl's words gave Walter a lot of courage. Returning to the company, the bearded man calls him over.
07:12He demands Walter hand over the negative to him at their next meeting. Walter has no choice but to
07:17agree. But no one knows where photo number 25 went. His colleague thinks the photo was never sent,
07:22while Sean in the photo seems to be pointing the way for him. And just like that, Walter finally
07:27decides to set off in search of the negative. As he begins his journey, the company motto starts
07:32appearing everywhere. To see the world, things dangerous to come to. To see behind walls, draw closer,
07:38to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. When the plane lands,
07:43the scenery outside the window makes him feel refreshed. After landing, Walter goes straight
07:48to a local bar. He asks the proprietress about the ship, and surprisingly, she tells Walter that
07:53they drop mail by air for that ship every Tuesday. Just then, a drunk man approaches him. The drunk man's
07:59words and actions lead to an argument between the two, almost causing a fatality. And Walter also
08:05discovers the thumb in the photo because of this. It turns out the drunk man is the helicopter pilot.
08:10Last Tuesday, he gave Sean a ride, and at that time he took the photo of the drunk man's hand
08:15holding the control stick. Maybe Sean is still on the ship now. Coincidentally, the drunk man is
08:20flying a trip in five minutes to drop some parts for the ship. Maybe you can come with me. But before
08:25him is a drunk man in an impending storm. After careful consideration, the timid Walter still chooses
08:31to back down. The drunk man has to go alone. He staggered onto the plane. Just then, another
08:36daydream strikes. Cheryl holds a guitar and sings space oddity to him. Cheryl's encouragement helps
08:42him regain his courage. Soon after, the helicopter takes him to the ship. The drunk man tells him to
08:48grab the parts and jump. Unexpectedly, the courage-filled Walter actually jumps. Walter surfaces,
08:54a shark circling around him. Walter is forced to fight it until a lifeboat approaches and rescues him.
08:59After boarding the ship, Walter learns that Sean was taken to Iceland by another ship
09:03four hours ago. A kind sailor finds him a set of dry clothes. He takes a piece of cake from the
09:08refrigerator. Who would have thought he could taste the exact same flavor his mother makes here?
09:13On the cake wrapper is Sean's itinerary. The next stop is a volcano in Iceland. Because Walter lost the
09:19parts, this ship also has to dock in Iceland. When disembarking, the sailor tells him to hurry because
09:24a group of people waiting to leave, ship, slash vehicle, was eager to disperse, scrambling for
09:30the only bicycle on the shore. To find Sean, Walter risked his life to snatch that bicycle.
09:35He cycles in Sean's direction. A small house by the river facing the bay seems as full of
09:40melancholy as Walter. The lush green mountains surrounding Iceland are like a fairy tale world
09:45from a book. On the way to the volcano, Walter receives a call from the dating site support staff.
09:50He tells him about fighting the shark, and now he's rushing to the volcano. Walter hangs up.
09:55Birds gathering in the sky form Cheryl's image. A brief moment of distraction causes him to crash
10:00into a sign and fall onto the road. Walter ditches the broken bike and runs towards the volcano on
10:06Sean's itinerary. He reaches the nearest rest area and asks some local kids. When he mentions the
10:12volcano, they all think the man in front of them is crazy. Seeing the skateboard in the boy's hand,
10:16Walter takes out the Superman ring, wanting to trade it to give to Cheryl's son.
10:21Unexpectedly, he actually makes this deal. He enters the inn but finds no one at the door.
10:26Behind the kitchen, he meets a man busy packing luggage. Walter takes out Sean's photo and asks
10:31him. It turns out an hour ago, he met Sean and called a plane for him. The plane will take off in
10:3615 minutes from a small town nearby. Seeing time is running out, Walter ignores the man's calls and
10:42focuses only on catching up with Sean. But the winding road ahead is a difficult challenge.
10:47Walter picks up rocks from the ground, tears his tie into two pieces, and ties the rocks to his
10:52palms. Nothing can stop a madman. Walter arrives at the town, but it's deserted. Suddenly, an alarm
10:58sounds. The man from the service area runs over. He tells Walter in broken English that the volcano
11:03here is about to erupt. Just then, Sean's plane flies overhead. He rushes towards the erupting
11:09volcano, capturing this rare moment in the closest way to nature. Walter hurriedly gets into the man's car
11:15and luckily escapes death. The adventure to find Sean failed. Walter can only return to the company.
11:21The bearded man sees Walter and demands he hand over the negative immediately. He hopes for more
11:26time, but the bearded man fires him directly. Not only that, he learns from his colleague that
11:31Cheryl has also lost her job. Walter goes back to Cheryl's place, wanting to give the skateboard to her
11:36son. However, the person who opens the door is a man. Walter can only awkwardly introduce himself as a
11:42colleague. When the man turns back and calls, Honey, Walter understands he shouldn't be here.
11:48He turns back and places the skateboard at the front door, then turns and walks away. Walter
11:52returns home disappointed. The first thing he does is throw away that meaningless wallet. But he
11:57unexpectedly discovers that the photo of the unclear part is on the piano his father gave his mother.
12:02It turns out a week ago, Sean visited his mother. Because Walter could always perfectly present
12:07Sean's works. According to Sean, Walter understood life very well. He was curious about what kind of
12:13person Walter was. And that photo was taken by his mother. But now none of it matters anymore.
12:17He tells his mother he lost the negative and most of the words in Sean's itinerary are foreign words
12:22he doesn't understand. Unexpectedly, his mother mentions, warlords. That's what Sean told her a week
12:28ago. And this word corresponds to the word, wizard, in the itinerary. His mother says Sean planned to use
12:34the cake she made to bribe the warlords in exchange for freedom of movement, photographing snow leopards,
12:39and the like. Walter found Sean's next journey online. It's Afghanistan, which is in a state of
12:44anarchy. His ultimate goal is the Himalayas. And just like that, Walter takes the travel backpack and
12:50starts his journey to Afghanistan. He begins writing the long-neglected travel journal, recording his
12:56experiences along the way. He hires two assistants to take him up the Himalayas and receives the mountain's
13:01blessing. He follows what Sean said, sharing his mother's delicious cake with the warlords along
13:06the way. He crosses high mountains, traverses snow-capped ranges. When he reaches a sacred
13:11land, the two assistants signal to him that the remaining path must be walked alone. And just like
13:16that, Walter begins his solitary journey on the roof of the world. The snow-covered peaks sparkle under
13:22the sun. The majestic mountain range is a masterpiece of nature. Not knowing how long he walked,
13:27the dating site support staff calls again. Walter has a complete profile, but unfortunately,
13:33Cheryl has deactivated her account. Walter accepts this fact calmly. He asks the support staff to help
13:38him cancel his account. However, before he realizes it, he arrives beside Sean. Walter introduces himself
13:45to him. Meeting on the mountaintop was already incredible, and he was the one who understood life
13:50best. Walter asks about photo number 25, and Sean's answer makes him both laugh and cry.
13:55You're sitting on it. I'm sitting on what? It's in your wallet. That was the gift, the negative.
14:01The wallet was just the vessel for the picture. So I put the picture in the little flap. Walter
14:05wants to know what the photo is of. Just then, the snow leopard he had been waiting for finally
14:10appears. However, he didn't press the shutter. When are you going to take it? Sometimes I don't.
14:15If I like a moment. I mean, me, personally, I don't like to have the distraction of the camera.
14:20I just want to stay in it. Photo number 25 is beautiful beyond words. Walter wants to know
14:26what it is, but Sean doesn't answer. Just like he once said, beautiful things don't ask for
14:31attention. When he returns to Los Angeles, he is detained. Unless someone can prove he is Walter,
14:36he thinks of a perfect candidate. The dating site supports staff, Todd, from eHarmony. With his help,
14:43Walter is finally released. He talks about Cheryl. From registering to canceling her account,
14:47she never replied to anyone. Walter sells the piano. His mother tells him to put the
14:52check in his wallet, but he doesn't have a wallet. But his mother takes out the wallet Walter threw
14:56away. Collecting her son's small items is her habit, and photo number 25 is in the wallet.
15:02Walter returns to the company and gives the negative to the bearded man. He asks him if he
15:06knows the company motto. Life? That's the McDonald's motto. What you do? You come in here and you fire
15:12people. You should know these people worked very hard to build this magazine. They believed in the
15:17motto. You have the list of people to lay off, and you do what you have to do, but you don't have to
15:21be such a dick about it. Write this on a plaque and hang it at your next workplace. Walter daydreams
15:26less and less and faces everything more calmly. Then, one day while job hunting, Walter receives an
15:32email. It's from Cheryl's son. The boy thanks Walter for the gift and attaches a video. He can now
15:38skillfully perform the flip jump. On the day he receives his severance pay, Walter happens to see
15:43Cheryl. He chases her outside and calls out to her. This time it's not a daydream. Cheryl is confused
15:48about why he suddenly disappeared. Walter honestly recounts the experiences of that day, and the whole
15:54thing was just a misunderstanding. That day, her ex-husband returned home only to fix the broken
15:59refrigerator, nothing more. I guess I overthought it. I even thought you two had gotten back together.
16:04Your imagination is really rich. The misunderstanding is resolved. Their relationship returns to how it was
16:10before. They walk past a newsstand, wanting to see what the cover of the final issue is.
16:15The motto on the cover is, dedicated to the people who made it. It turns out photo number 25 is the
16:21image of himself, the man who worked hard for life for 16 years. The film ends here. The so-called
16:27daydreaming is actually just a form of self-healing and self-comfort. Walter created a spiritual world for
16:33himself. When he regretted not having the courage to say hello, he would create a romantic appearance to
16:38compensate for the missed regret. When he couldn't express his feelings, he would let Cheryl take the
16:43initiative and start a magical romance with him. When mocked by his boss for the Superman ring in his
16:48hand, he would turn himself into an omnipotent being to compete with this arrogant man. When he failed
16:53in both work and love, he turned himself into a successful person noticed by many, while Cheryl was
16:59regarded as a trivial little scandal in his life. This behavior of Walter is only gradually replaced by
17:05his true self after experiencing many adventures in the real world. Most people's lives are very
17:10ordinary, never having been to noteworthy places, never having done noteworthy things. But then one
17:16day, you will discover the missing piece in the film role of your life. You will start searching for
17:21it relentlessly, and in the process of searching, you will gradually awaken. In fact, photo number 25 is
17:27the meaning of life. You are not afraid of difficulties and dangers. The process of searching for it
17:32requires a lot of courage. When you step out of your comfort zone, you are a brave person. Most of
17:38people's lives are spent searching for that missing photo number 25. Until the end, you will discover
17:43that the missing photo is yourself. And you yourself are the meaning of life. So what is the truth of
17:49life? This film provides a standard answer. Life is centered around you. To see the world. To try facing
17:55danger. To break boundaries. To draw closer. To find each other. To feel everything. To discover. To awaken
18:02the true self in this body. No explanation can replace the original film. A good movie deserves
18:07for you to experience the entire plot. Today's story ends here.
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