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Life of PI
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:01 pm
by nafod
It's no Synecdoche, NY, but it does leave you thinking. I hadn't read the book or knew of the story other than reading a review.
Saw it in 3D, and it was worth the extra pesos and wearing the glasses to do so. An amazingly beautiful film. Kind of nice that the actors weren't big names. The story starts out in India, which I'm generally fascinated with. The lead lives with his parents at a zoo. Then they move to Canada via a ship with some of the animals. Ships at sea and storms are high on my list of cool, and they do them both well. If you've seen the trailers, you know there's a tiger and a boat involved, plus some heady thoughts. I'll not spoil it further.
Anyway, gets my recommendation. It won't waste your time. Off to see Lincoln today.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:09 pm
by TerryB
So WTF is it about? I've seen the previews. Best I can tell, it's Castaway with a kid and a tiger instead of Tom Hanks and a volleyball.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:17 pm
by nafod
protobuilder wrote:So WTF is it about? I've seen the previews. Best I can tell, it's Castaway with a kid and a tiger instead of Tom Hanks and a volleyball.
It is an adventure story wrapped in an enigma with a sprinkling of parable. At the end, you have to decide if everything you just saw happened actually happened, or was the alternate explanation The Truth. Both explanations equally explain the events.
I mostly just enjoyed the CGI tiger and the scenery, which were awesome.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:20 pm
by TerryB
I'm not seeing that shit
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:16 pm
by Holeyfraggaroley
I read the book. I thought it was pretty good. I am curious to see if they make the movie close to the book. I doubt it.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:47 pm
by DrDonkeyLove
I enjoyed the book very much......until the ending.......then I hated it. Maybe the movie is a different experience.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:25 am
by Pinky
I'm only interested in the outtakes from the early days of filming when they used a non-CGI tiger.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:32 pm
by buckethead
Pinky wrote:I'm only interested in the outtakes from the early days of filming when they used a non-CGI tiger.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:37 pm
by nafod
DrDonkeyLove wrote:I enjoyed the book very much......until the ending.......then I hated it. Maybe the movie is a different experience.
The ending had some of that "But then you woke up and realized it was all a dream" going on.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:45 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
Gorgeous filming, thought-provoking on human nature and survival skills. I don't get the "believe in God part." One odd twist I picked up was that the freighter ship was called tzimtzum, which is a mystical Jewish concept about the co-existence of God and materiality, with God's needing to contract to allow the material world to exist.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:26 pm
by buckethead
Loved the book, loved the movie.
Hammer, what didn't you get about religion? Pi explicitly explained it at the end
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:32 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
BucketHead wrote:Loved the book, loved the movie.
Hammer, what didn't you get about religion? Pi explicitly explained it at the end
I don't recall his explanation at the end, and remember only what he says throughout the movie. But I'd think that after living through natural and human evil that take all those you love, I could understand how it could lead to the belief that no god exists, or to the humility to say I don't understand but still believe.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:50 pm
by buckethead
His response was something to the effect of: "The only facts are that the ship wrecks, my family dies but I survive. Which version of the rest of the story do you prefer?" The other guy says "The one with the tiger". Pi says, "Thank you, and so it goes with God"
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:17 am
by Hebrew Hammer
BucketHead wrote:His response was something to the effect of: "The only facts are that the ship wrecks, my family dies but I survive. Which version of the rest of the story do you prefer?" The other guy says "The one with the tiger". Pi says, "Thank you, and so it goes with God"
I did hear that, but it went right over my head. I think my view of the movie was so colored by the advertising that I just didn't pick that up. Troubling, thoughtful comment.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:27 pm
by TerryB
good gravy, as my grandma used to say
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:50 am
by Protobuilder
protobuilder wrote:good gravy, as my grandma used to say
What the hell does that mean?
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:15 pm
by nafod
protobuilder wrote:good gravy, as my grandma used to say about grandpa's spooge
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:19 pm
by TerryB
Terry B. wrote:protobuilder wrote:good gravy, as my grandma used to say
What the hell does that mean?
I don't know exactly and she's senile now so it doesn't help to ask her
I think it's meant like, goddamnit, but without using curse words.
"Goddamnit, you idiot!"
"Good gravy! You boys are dumb as dirt on a bull's balls."
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:21 am
by Protobuilder
protobuilder wrote:Terry B. wrote:protobuilder wrote:good gravy, as my grandma used to say
What the hell does that mean?
I don't know exactly and she's senile now so it doesn't help to ask her
I think it's meant like, goddamnit, but without using curse words.
"Goddamnit, you idiot!"
"Good gravy! You boys are dumb as dirt on a bull's balls."
Does senility run in your family?
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:17 am
by Bram
I liked it. I can see how other people would not, but thought provoking and beautiful -- a little slow (are all movies too long and too slow nowadays?).
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:01 pm
by DikTracy6000
Bram wrote:I liked it. I can see how other people would not, but thought provoking and beautiful -- a little slow (are all movies too long and too slow nowadays?).
Was thinking about taking 6 y.o. granddaughter to see it. What do you recommend? The long and little slow made me think she would get antsy.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:13 pm
by nafod
DikTracy6000 wrote:Bram wrote:I liked it. I can see how other people would not, but thought provoking and beautiful -- a little slow (are all movies too long and too slow nowadays?).
Was thinking about taking 6 y.o. granddaughter to see it. What do you recommend? The long and little slow made me think she would get antsy.
Too scary for six year old, I think.
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:15 am
by Bram
DikTracy6000 wrote:Bram wrote:I liked it. I can see how other people would not, but thought provoking and beautiful -- a little slow (are all movies too long and too slow nowadays?).
Was thinking about taking 6 y.o. granddaughter to see it. What do you recommend? The long and little slow made me think she would get antsy.
It's perhaps a heavier message than a 6 year old needs, maybe a 7 and definitely an 8 I think would be okay (religion, death, God, loss).
It is a bit violent, but it's VERY sanitized. Almost absurdly so.
As for the length, my friend took his 7 year old to it and she got antsy.
Then again, you might have a very cool, wordly granddaughter who would like it. Hope that helps, Merry Christmas too
Re: Life of PI
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:44 pm
by buckethead
My nine year old daughter had a hard time about 2/3 into the movie. The hopelessness wore on her. She loved the movie overall tho