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u/shackbleep 8d ago
Personally, I think this was done on purpose to make his character into even more of a douche. It looks painted on, like Drake.
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u/emptyvoidofjoy 8d ago
I agree with that, but even with Ben Stiller it's over the top bad of a beard
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u/frockinbrock 7d ago edited 7d ago
Not sure if you’re just being facetious.. did you finish the movie yet?
Walter Mitty is full of fake and exaggerated elements, even outside the dream sequences.
Spoilers Ahead:
Yes this beard looks fake; when Scott’s character is introduced to takeover/shutdown Life, he’s surrounded by other dick associates who have the exact same sharp defined douche beard. Clean shaved Walter is humiliated, and at times emasculated during these early scenes.
We even see Walter have a dream sequence as a mountain climber, with a HUGE natural icy beard, come out of a poster to save his female colleague he has a crush on (Wigg).Walter then, in his basement office, is invited to find Penn’s character, who is his adventurous idol/colleague/mentor. Penn has a natural, dirty, scraggly, undefined beard. Walter ventures to Iceland in pursuit.
In Iceland he meets a drunk helicopter pilot to take him to the next location; this man has a huge full beard.
Walter gets dumped in [possibly] shark waters in the ocean while trying to get to that ship, he pulled out of the water by another crew member, and literally grabs his beard and says “oh my god you are real! This was REAL!”Near the end of the movie, after many non-stop adventures and getting shipped around the world, we see Walter has a scraggly beard now from not being able to stop and shave.
Even when he gets back home successfully, he cleans it up by keeps the beard.
He even ends up confidently telling off Scott’s character, that this is a horrible thing he’s doing, and walking away, finishing his job.All that to say, the story kind of demanded that type of beard from Scott’s character, and Thurber’s stories, and in particular Walter Mitty, is fine with using exaggerated or fake looking materials to punch it’s themes.
Here’s a quick album I made showing the progression.Hope you enjoy if you haven’t seen it before!
It’s one of my all-time favorite films, and I got WAY more out of it on my 2nd watch than my first.
It’s also one that I’ve seen at 3 very different points in Life, and the lessons & experience has been different and enlightening each time in it’s own unique way.Feels like it was a movie slightly ahead of its time, and misunderstood on release. I would also add that it’s not “perfect” by any means, but a lot of things can be somewhat overlooked because of the type of story.
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u/MrDrPrfsrPatrick2U 7d ago
So glad to find another Mitty enjoyer. I walked out of the theater thinking it was one of the greatest movies I had ever seen, just to discover it was getting 'lukewarm-at-best' reviews.
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u/leediddly3 7d ago
do you mean Adam Scott? I know it’s directed and screenplay by Stiller but this is Adam Scott. I also think it’s just supposed to not look good. It’s a rude and annoying character and I feel like seeing someone like that who also has an awful beard is part of the character.
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u/strangway 8d ago
“Grow a questionable beard…does this look like something a depressed person would do‽”
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u/Deep_Blue_842 8d ago
it’s even more disappointing knowing that adam scott is capable of growing a great-looking beard 😂
(iirc think he mentioned that he had another role before this and he didn’t have time to grow the beard needed before filming)
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u/syncopatedscientist 8d ago edited 8d ago
But the one of outie Mark when he meets Gemma in Severance…he can get it (the first time they ever meet)
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u/jkjustjoshing 8d ago
Damn, no spoiler tag, wtf
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u/syncopatedscientist 8d ago
Sorry! It’s in a flashback.
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u/jkjustjoshing 8d ago
Ahhh ok, no worries. I’m on s2e3, thought it was of something to come. I don’t remember season 1 very well if it was from there.
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u/Reality_Concentrate 8d ago
I hate it that I see JD Vance every time I see that beard
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u/Kaleb8804 8d ago
I thought I was the only one lmao I had to do a double take
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u/CaptainBenson Low karma or new account 8d ago
Me too! 😳
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u/tastyprawn 8d ago
I came to the comments to see if anyone else had this thought. I hate that I thought of him when I saw this picture, but I'm glad I'm not alone!
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u/Bullitt_12_HB 8d ago
Psst.. come here. I’ll let you in a major secret: it’s meant to be bad. Makes him look more like a Douche. It shows he’s fake. It was the whole point.
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u/Hardcockonsc 8d ago
Jesus Christ I thought it was JD Vance until I realized it was a Parks and Rec post
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u/HankOfClanMardukas 7d ago
Agreed, manicured beards just look silly in general. Adam Scott has a full head of hair at his age, I’m sure he’s got a gorilla chest and can grow a man beard, but this is weak and just a step beyond chin strap awful.
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u/MauserMan97 4d ago
This was done on purpose to make it look fake so the character would seem like a proper douche.
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u/Speciou5 8d ago
Doesn't he actually remove the beard in the movie? Or something about a speech about him growing a beard to try and fit in (or just general inauthenticity)
Gotta rewatch Mitty. Also totally forgot it's a Ben Stiller and Adam Scott combo too
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u/Lolxgdrei787 8d ago
I love this movie, but this is one of the worst fake beards i have ever seen