The answer to that question is yes. Bananas do float.
Warning: For anyone that has not seen the movie or read the book and are not a fan of spoilers, go away.
Despite enjoying the stunning visuals and a wonderful cast (yes, even Gerard Depardieu's cameo, thank you for the slight French revision) I left the cinema underwhelmed. It could've been because I paid £13.15 to watch it and expected a huge spectacle but then again, Pi is in a boat in the middle of nowhere. Or it could've been the ambiguous ending that sparked a lot of conversation as me and my friends slowly walked out of the screening.
In the film an older Pi reminisces on his 227 days shipwrecked to a writer who is looking for a story, one story that is said to make him (and us) believe in God. I liked how this is done in the film and I wish I read the book before having watched this film, however if I did read the book as well as watch the film...my belief and faith in God would still be at its current state. Which isn't much.
Even though my belief in God isn't as strong as Pi's (he follows Christianity, Hinduism and Islam because he "just wants to love God") I particularly enjoyed how the film invited me to believe everything that was happening before my eyes just before causing me to doubt everything that had just happened minutes before the closing credits. That was quite a mouthful or thoughtful...anyway, I just didn't know what to believe. But when Pi questioned the writer which story he believed, I would've said the same thing too. I believe that Pi spent endless days on a boat with a tiger. Why? Because its a cooler story, that's why.
I'm also thankful that M. Night Shyamalan didn't direct this because the attention to detail and the use of 3D was really well done by Ang Lee (I mean come on he directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). If it was Shyamalan...we all know it wouldn't go down well, anyone remember Avatar: The Last Airbender? That was truly facepalm worthy.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone (just watch it off-peak with the 3D). It's one of those movies that you only need to watch once but it does make an impact on you so I'l give it an 8/10.
Thanks for stopping by today!
M
In the film an older Pi reminisces on his 227 days shipwrecked to a writer who is looking for a story, one story that is said to make him (and us) believe in God. I liked how this is done in the film and I wish I read the book before having watched this film, however if I did read the book as well as watch the film...my belief and faith in God would still be at its current state. Which isn't much.
Even though my belief in God isn't as strong as Pi's (he follows Christianity, Hinduism and Islam because he "just wants to love God") I particularly enjoyed how the film invited me to believe everything that was happening before my eyes just before causing me to doubt everything that had just happened minutes before the closing credits. That was quite a mouthful or thoughtful...anyway, I just didn't know what to believe. But when Pi questioned the writer which story he believed, I would've said the same thing too. I believe that Pi spent endless days on a boat with a tiger. Why? Because its a cooler story, that's why.
I'm also thankful that M. Night Shyamalan didn't direct this because the attention to detail and the use of 3D was really well done by Ang Lee (I mean come on he directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). If it was Shyamalan...we all know it wouldn't go down well, anyone remember Avatar: The Last Airbender? That was truly facepalm worthy.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone (just watch it off-peak with the 3D). It's one of those movies that you only need to watch once but it does make an impact on you so I'l give it an 8/10.
Thanks for stopping by today!
M
Wow! Way off Banana Waster(you know you did it!)!
ReplyDeleteThe writer asks Piss-Boy which story he 'preferred' from the two options. Not which was 'believed'! This would really wreck the point of.....er....actually it would crash several main points of the film if Veggie Breath questioned which story was 'believed' to be true....'right after' Beard'O had just decoded the seemingly fictional animal characters to each matching human being that shared only a portion of Pi's 227 day raft trip! Even the entire awaited point of belief in God would never have made any sense if he asked which story was actually believed.
Think it over...and rub your chin. But, definitely do NOT watch The Last Airbender!!! You were VERY RIGHT about that!! ;)
Respectfully,
Micah
By the way! Just this thought hit me! What is 22 divided by 7? Now is my crazy math head just nailing a major 'who cares' factoid...or was that planned out by the writer?? Hmmmmmmmm
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