The movie "Gulliver's Travels" is a modern adaptation of Jonathan Swift's classic novel. Lemuel Gulliver, a mailroom clerk, dreams of becoming a travel writer. After being demoted, Gulliver is sent to the Bermuda Triangle, where he is swept away by a storm and lands in the kingdom of Lilliput, inhabited by tiny people. Gulliver becomes a hero in Lilliput, saves the princess, and is promoted to General. However, his nemesis Edward, a rival suitor for the princess's hand, plots against him. Meanwhile, Gulliver's crush Darcy arrives in Lilliput and helps him defeat Edward. Gulliver and Darcy confess their love and return to their world, where Gulliver becomes a successful journalist, inspiring his former colleague Dan to take risks and pursue his dreams.
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1. Lemuel Gulliver is a worker at the letters department in a New York newspaper.
2. Gulliver has been working at the newspaper for many years and is not expected to advance in his career.
3. A new employee named Dan joins the letters department.
4. Dan quickly gets promoted and becomes Gulliver's boss.
5. Gulliver is depressed and feels overshadowed by Dan's success.
6. Gulliver is asked to write a travel article about the Bermuda Triangle.
7. Gulliver copies descriptions of tourist locations from the internet and presents them as his own writing.
8. The newspaper editor, Darcy Silverman, is impressed by Gulliver's supposed writing talent.
9. Gulliver is sent to the Bermuda Triangle to conduct research for his article.
10. He falls asleep on the boat and wakes up in the middle of a storm.
11. A giant waterspout forms and pulls Gulliver's boat into it.
12. Gulliver loses consciousness and wakes up on the seashore of a mysterious island.
13. He meets the inhabitants of Lilliput, a land of miniature people.
14. Gulliver is initially treated as a threat but eventually befriends the Lilliputians.
15. Gulliver helps the Lilliputians in various ways, including saving the princess from a fire.
16. Gulliver becomes a general in the Lilliputian army and leads them in battle against the neighboring kingdom of Blefuscu.
17. Gulliver's past is revealed to the Lilliputians, and he is forced to admit that he is not the great leader he claimed to be.
18. Gulliver is banished from Lilliput and ends up in the land of the giants.
19. Darcy, the newspaper editor, arrives in Lilliput and is captured by the Lilliputians.
20. Gulliver returns to Lilliput and helps his friend Horatio rescue Darcy.
21. Gulliver and Darcy confess their feelings to each other and share a kiss.
22. Gulliver returns to his own world and becomes a journalist, writing travel articles and meeting with Darcy and his former colleagues.