I thought overall a good movie and the message behind was pretty nice, but I am kinda bored with the overall floating on the sea scenes

"There is beauty and truth in simplicity"

Simply magnificent film. The power of storytelling. Watching this tomorrow... again. Might see Normal or 2D. Hopefully there are good seats left. Been trying to tag along my cousins who are more into more typical Hollywood action flicks.

I also hope no one brings onions into the theater (again).

Which story do I believe in? For me, I don't wish to answer this question. However, deep inside... I know the answer.

Anyone in NY today? From 7pm-8pm, Ang Lee will be having a Q&A session at Apple Store SoHo, NY.

Didn't care. I cried when he was praying.

Will those who has never read the book before enjoy this movie?

I did.

Very great movie . I thought it will be boring

From my point of view...... The human version story is the true story. Why? Coz...


just my 2cent.

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Because I didn't read the book, after the film was over, in the back of my mind I never considered the second story even for a second! I thought he was just making it up, but at that point I was a little perplexed when the writer revealed that the characters in his second story mirrored the animals in his 'real' story. I even brushed off comments when I was first coming across that said the second story could be real.

So now you know what story I believe in... but thanks to the 'hard cold facts' of the second story that were being put forth, I was somewhat being forced to rethink about what exactly happened to Pi. Do I believe in the second story?

IF one truly believed in the first story, no amount of hard facts can ever change you. How likely you are to just switch 'beliefs' shows how strong of a believer you are in either one of your beliefs. The same goes with the believe / faith in God...

You can bring in as many possibilities or proof that the second story is real, but as I have said before, if you are a strong believer in the first story, no amount of 'evidence' will change you.

If you believe...
Animal story = A life of myth, beliefs and religion. Godly.
Human story = Harsh cold facts of life and more grounded in 'science facts' in the realm of possibilities. Less Godly.
Both = As Pi's father himself said, believing in everything is akin to not believing in anything at all

Doubt anyone would not believe in either story, if not there's no point of even being given a choice. Everyone makes choices in life.

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Wow, that one very good analysis!

I shed tears when when the adult Pi cried. Such great emotion there. How he could not say goodbye to his father

I would say I'm pretty darn good at holding back tears... even if it does collect under my eyes, I can hold it there.

But not for this film... there was too much containment... no more room to stay... so it rolled... down...mah... cheeks...



Turned out to be far worse that death (what could be worse you ask?)... Metaphorical it is still 'death' but not in physical form...



Powerful stuff the more you dwell into.

i do agree with ur point. Maybe im the technical type. , I do like the magical story n hope richard parker turn to Pi at the last scene after Pi fainted. That will be a silent bye

Actually, my thought on Richard Parker not turning back during the final scenes is this:

If indeed Richard Parker is the metaphor, which means Pi is the tiger all along, then it just means that theres no turning back more at this point. The only way now is to look forward, which is an entirely new life ahead, which potrayed by Richard Parker staring at the forest ahead. Richard Parker is raised in zoo and the forest is a something new, a new challenge and new life ahead.

The whole story had changed Pi. Pi is a different person than he is before the "journey". So at that moment, there's no need to look back anymore, just live on with the new him and forget about the past. What matter is the thing ahead from now on.

Just my thought though coz i felt that the whole Life of Pi actually resemble a person life journey. Best example is the Algae Island. To me that place is a comfort zone to settle down. Many ppl chose to stop fighting for their life goal and chose to settle down in the comfort zone, say marriage, family, and a high paid and steady job, forgotting our original aim of life when we first started out our life journey. Few realized that staying in the comfort zone the longer will reduce our fighting spirit. Pi realized this immediately after plucking the fruit from the tree of knowledge(if u believe that the Algae Island is actually the Garden of Eden). The tooth is like Wisdom Tooth. Pi gained wisdom from the fruit and realized that he must not settle there. He has not reach the final goal yet.

Of course this is my 2cent opinion. Different ppl have different perspective after watching Life of Pi

Watching second time tonight... in 3D again! Never seen a film twice in 3D, it's always Normal/2D on second viewing.

If you watch closely, Pi actually does this in the movie:

DId the version in Malaysia potriat Pi to have multiple religion ?

3 to be specific and he believe in all 3, if not the version in MY is cut

I have read the book, and I personally felt that it was one of the best books I have read in my entire life! I have not seen the movie yet, but from your reviews, it seems that it's a good movie as well. Anybody who have both read and watched the movie? How faithful is the movie compared to the book?

He did. At least in my IMAX viewing he did all three.

Sorry did anyone remember what was the forum that specially famous to discuss all this kind of mindf*** movie d? I remember there's a forum where they like to discuss all the missing loophole and deep meaning of movie. Came across this forum when I was searching prometues and inception. Would be a good read for this movie also. Haha

haha i going 2 watch this soon n my sister is part of the special effects team production of this movie n lagi i must show support watching it haha

^Is it. I watched a featurette before and Ang Lee mentions "Kuala Lumpur" as one of the locations the visual effects department is in.

Had my second viewing yesterday, I picked up quite a few parallels that might question the animal story. Plenty of spoilers ahead.



This is what happens when an 'outside' factor affects your beliefs, you start to question them. There are a few more, can't place it at this time. What I mean is that, if you so choose to believe in the human story, these "parallels" serve as a possibility that the animal story could be a metaphorically told story of the human story. Possibly the human story was too painful to be told in its actual form that Pi used animals instead.

The nature of the animal story seems like fragments of Pi's life told in a more 'pleasant' form. We won't really know exactly which story is the truth as we were not in Pi's shoes. I'm still sticking with the animal story as no matter how exceptional / unlikely the story may be, it could be real... just like say, the Bible stories or religious myths.

Oh BTW, I hope "Pi's Lullaby" gets nominated...



So peaceful... so beautiful... the opening few minutes were with this was just enchanting.

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