A question on "The Life of PI" movie Warning :if you havent seen it .Don`t read

smiddy

This is a question for those who have seen the movie , without disclosing too much in case some inadvertantly see this thread ,does PI represent God ? Other souls represent someone else ,was that also the case with PI ? I`m going to watch this movie again as I think a second veiwing is in order .

It was impossible not to veiw this Bengal Tiger as the real thing ,look at the well fed animal at the beginning and the half starved animal in the end .

I thought it was extremely well done visually and if I can say so intellectually .

I welcome your comments on this movie ,. I would rate it a 5 out of 5 .

smiddy

steve2

I can't answer your question smiddy, but I agree with your 5 out of 5 rating. A superb piece of film-making that warrants more than one viewing.

Satanus

I kind of liked it. Didn't understand it that well. Did the animals represent his family, except for the tiger? The banana island was a neat quirk.

S

smiddy

steve 2 ,

yep i will be veiwing this at least one more time ,glad you liked it .

smiddy

Satanus

I strongly recommend you veiw it again and then come back to this site ,with what I beleive will be a new perspective .

smiddy

happy@last

Perhaps he felt that the tiger was his god protecting him and then leaving once he was safe, but angry at him for some reason hence the hardship. I did find it a little confusing though, but then so did Pi following every religion he could.

Xanthippe

I enjoyed it. I found it very Indian in character. The adult Pi was very interesting with that fatalistic view that is common to that part of the world. He lost all of his family, whether they drowned or were eaten by the tiger we were left to decide for ourselves.

But the adult Pi who seemed at first a solitary, lonely figure suddenly had - as he put it , 'a wife, a cat and two children'. I don't know about Pi representing god I didn't pick that up, Smiddy.

It seemed to be saying, life can be tragic, but life goes on. How we view the past depends on the story we tell ourselves of what happened. I totally get that having had a lot of tragedy in the last five years. You can either say poor me or look at what you have now, everything is down the the way we tell ourselves the story in our own head.

smiddy

happyatlast

Thankyou for your input ,the more interpretations the better to understand .

smiddy

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A question on "The Life of PI" movie Warning :if you havent seen it .Don`t read

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