LIFE OF PI

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[Muka]

Life of Pi is one of my favorite movies so far . A little boy could not find himself in his school because of his name. Everyone called him pissing(urinating). Every student in his school laughed and made a joke on him. Then he started to change this attitude from his classmates by proving that it is Pi like 3,14. He could not do it in some classes but eventually he proved his name in math class by writing all the Pi numbers.

After a while, his father told [the family] that they had to move to Canada. He [Pi] was not happy about that because he just adjusted himself in the school and he liked his zoo as well. They took a ship to Canada and they brought also animals from their zoo. In their way to Canada, they had an accident. Everyone in the ship died except Pi and a tiger (Richard Parker).

The story goes [went] in the ocean between Pi and tiger. Pi thought that animals have a feeling and they understand everything as humans do. To his surprise, at the beginning when the tiger and Pi were in the boat Pi understood that animals still the animals because the tiger tried to eat Pi. When the tiger was about to die because of lack of food, Pi helped and saved the tiger's life.

Then Pi stared to train and tame the tiger as a result they became friends. Pi was right about animals' feelings but he could not understand why the tiger left him without saying anything (without giving a sign or gesture (you know what I mean) that he (tiger) is leaving). Obviously, this movie became one of my favorite movies after watching it in the class (it was my first time) .

Teacher's note: I remember that this author had not seen Life of Pi before this time. I'm glad that he likes this film. It continues to be one of my favorites. It's funny, one of my dearest sequences is near the end of the movie when young and old Pi each talk about what "really" happened on the lifeboat. There is only dialog, but in my mind, I can see everything, and I must choose which version I prefer. Thanks for a thorough summary of the movie.

--mike http://www.moviesgrowenglish.com

[Parksukchom]

For me, I like the scene on the island. Before Pi went out from the island, he didn't forgot to blow the whistle. If he forgot, Richard Parker would die. Moreover, this scene showed me about CG, it's so amazing and very beautiful.
(For me) Richard Parker and Pi are friend. If Pi didn't help Richard Parker from the sea, he would die because he didn't have to struggle. On the other hands, if Richard Parker
ate Pi in the first week, it would die same because he didn't know how to fishing.
He told his real story to the Japanese journey but they didn't trust so he made a new story. And he told these two stories to the writer and asked him "which story do you prefer?".
I think this movie is good but it's not perfect. But this movie taught me about how to survive when the ship sink . It showed me about Struggling ,then they survived. If you like movie which has a beautiful CG, i think you will like this movie.

[syctiffany]

I really love this movie. Even though I have saw Life of Pi before, every time I watched it again, there's something new inspired me. In my opinion, it is a movie talk about "Belief." Some people believe in religious, some people believe in technology, different faiths let people look things in different ways. The film combines various religious, as far as I am concerned, no matter which religion you believe, it will definitely be your spiritual support.

There will have a lot of challenges in our life, sometimes would make us regrets. But no matter what you face it, one day you will wake up and find that you don’t mind carrying it around with you. "Life is a journey, and there is no predicting the outcome. The only thing you can control are your choices, and they will define who you are." I have no doubt that everything I have went through only makes me stronger.

[Preawwy]

My favorite scene is when Richard Parker was sleeping on Pi's lap. I got the feeling of friendship and harmony. Even they looked like enemies before, they need each other eventually. Also, the CG of Richard Parker was very good. It looked like a real tiger although the reality is ..



We can obviously see that Richard Parker and Pi are friends. They didn't seem like good friends at first, but finally they are. Actually, I can remember that Pi said, "Without Richard Parker, I would have died by now". I think Richard Parker was also like Pi's obstacles that Pi had to overcome. To become a successful person, everyone has to overcome a lot of obstacles. Without obstacles, the life is not life.

When elder Pi says,"Which story do you prefer?" It really means about faith. There are two stories. The first one is a fantastic story with god, and the second one is just a boring story. When the writer said, "The one with the tiger" , and Pi said,"Thank you. And so it goes with God." That means finally Pi was able to make the writer believe in God.

For my opinion, I like this movie because of the story and CG. There are a lot of abstracts. It was not just about a boy's and a tiger's adventure, but it was about faith, sorrow, happiness, and friendship. The CG was perfect especially Richard Parker.

Teacher's note: Well . . . all my allusions have been shattered. Richard Parker was only a blue stuffed animal. Of course, this is exactly how movies are made. I know because I watched my daughter "die" in a fiery car crash. Glad it was only an illusion. Can't wait to see the finished movie. Thanks for the CGI photo and the real shot.

As for the scene about God, I agree Pi is meant to make the writer believe in God at this moment. I tend to agree with Olzhas on this point. For me, it is a bit of a stretch to assume this logical assumption means the writer has permission to believe in God at this moment. The writer would be smart enough to realize he was getting permission to make a declaration of faith, and nothing more. This is not enough to make the writer believe in God, but it is a strong assertion, enough to make one ponder and possibly choose. Thanks for posting.

--mike http://www.moviesgrowenglish.com

[maggie10_27]

This movie “Life of Pi” is amazing. This is one of my favorite movies. Not only do I watch this movie many times, but I also bought the book and read it. I love this movie not only because its magnificent scenes, but also the meaning that the author wants to convey to the audience. My favorite scene is in the end of the movie. Pi lies on the beach and he is exhausted by the long journey in the sea. He opens his eyes hardly, looks at the back of Richard Parker, and thinks that why Richard Parker doesn’t look back. And Pi says “All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.’’ after he narrates the whole story. I feel so touching at this moment. People will need to face some dilemmas with regret in life. For example, you can’t say goodbye with the person, friend or family members you love forever. This is the most difficult part in life, but the necessary part we may face some time. However, this story is positive. No matter how hard the life is, Pi gets through the difficulties and has a happy family with his strong faith. This is a really good movie for people to think about many aspects of life.

[oljas]

I believe that every movie has something to teach. We can and we need to argue about this, but is not the point. What can be learned from "Life of Pi" film?

Indian guy named Pi, received an unforgettable experience, wants to tell an incredible story to a Canadian writer who is in creative stagnation ,and who is going to believe in God after that story.

Afterwards, we watch the background of how a little Indian gets his name and tries to grasp the many religions at a time. This is crucial, because it is impossible to understand what Pi believes. Pi prays to million gods of Hinduism, performs sala (Muslim prayer) and tries to grasp the sacrifice of the Christ. As a result, he stays for a long time in the same boat with a tiger and continues to rush between religions. He thanks Vishnu for caught fish, then sees God's providence in a storm.

Naturally, almost all the time he spends on survival and tries to be a friend with a tiger that he saved for incomprehensible reason. He is not thinking about God all the time, only a couple of times scolds God and thanks. This is a standard condition in an emergency situation when any person can believe in anything, but how this tale of survival can get someone to believe in the Christian God or Allah? In no way. Even in the end Pi tells two versions of story: one with a colorful tiger and terrible one . He confuses spectators and makes it doubtful the truthfulness of his story.

This film generates syndrome of finding deeper meaning which is none. Sure,it is nice to look at serene clean water, that reflects the stars, moon or clouds; severe storm or glowing sea creatures; whale jumping out of the water or shoal of flying fish; thousands of meerkats or white sand. But is it reasonable for this to watch a documentary from the National Geographic series?

The "Life of Pi" has a miscalculation with explanation of what creators wanted to share with the audience. This film is not about finding God or himself, it is only about survival, a bit unbelievable, but possible. You can watch it once, and it will be enough.

[Khalil]

Life of Pi is one of the most beautiful imagination movies, the movie is about two main characters Pi the Indian boy and Richard Parker the tiger they both lived together on boat in the middle of the ocean for weeks. But how they became on the same boat, Pi and his family planned to move from India to Canada with all their animals on a ship to sale them there. After couple days in the ocean a heavy storm came up the ship sink in the ocean with most of the people and the animals, but Pi and 4 animals jumped into lifeboat, but three of them died after a while because food and seasick.

Richard Parker the tiger lived on his way hunting fishes until the boat stopped in an island the island has a secret at the day all the Lakes are clean and fresh, and at night it turned to acid. Pi decide to leave the island because he wont die and try instead of staying then he took lot of food and water into the boat and keep Sailing and Sailing until they reached mexico's beach

Then Richard went away without even look back and three people saw Pi on the beach and took him to the hospital where the owners of the ship investigate[d] him, he told them the story but they didn't believe it after that he told them the same story but in different way. at the end of the movie Pi asked the writer which one you want to chose, the writer said i will chose the first one.
the writer wrote the same story like how Pi tell [told] it [the first time].


Teacher's note: Thank you for posting a nice summary. BTW which story do you prefer? My question is, why did Pi choose to tell the first story? Maybe it's because the first story is the true story, or maybe because he couldn't face the reality of what had really happened on the lifeboat, how the evil cook had cannibalized his mother, and how Pi himself had *** the evil cook. Such acts are unthinkable, especially when you are alone with your thoughts for hundreds of days. It is an amazing story.

--mike www.moviesgrowenglish.com

[Elvira]

You can watch Life of Pi many times and get something new every time. It has so many beautiful scenes, but my favorite one is when they see fluorescent jellyfish in the dark ocean. Pi was so amazed by its beauty, so he tried to touch jellyfish. Then the big fluorescent whale came out of water.

[Yerka]

For introduction I'd like to tell that the movie is too unreal. I mean if it be fantasy movie with fiction story it'd be ok with all of it's unreal scenes and scenes. I do agree that some of the scenes really exist, but most of them are so unreal for the real movie. Even the ocean water. In "Titanic" Leo Di Caprio died in the ocean water because it was soooo cold, so it's one of the examples. That's why I don't like it much. I watched it second time, but it was enough to watch it once for me.

About a favorite scene I'd choose two: one is with jellyfish in the night ocean - it's was very beautiful. Second one is the scene when he found the island and swam in the small laguna, and all of these meerkats around him - it looked nice. Moreover I felt what he might felt at that moment - fresh and easy.

When I watched it first time it was obvious that something will happen between Pi and Richard Parker, and the scene when he tried to feed the tiger with his brother obviously hinted that something will happen. I think connection is everywhere around us, between whole world, nature and animals and all alive creatures. The movie showed the subtle connection between these two "buddies" and was holding everyone's breathe during the whole movie. Even if it was a bit predictable, all of the scenes Pi was trying to deal well with the tiger by showing that there's should be a connection (but it's obvious that the tiger would've eat him alive, so I'm coming back to my previous comment that the movie is unreal)

"Which story do you prefer?" - the culmination of the movie and it shows that people would live and believe to more beautiful and unusual stories in their lives instead of boring daily routine. Indeed, I agree, I'd choose the one with the tiger as well, but for more skeptical people it won't sound logical.

Actually the movie itself consisted from many different messages which the author tried to share. There are many ideas about religion and belief, about keeping up whatever happens, about his family and the way they treated Pi, and many others. Therefore I cannot say that the movie tries to share with one whole idea or message. Beautiful movie, I cannot contradict that fact, but still unreal. The scenes with nature phenomena remind me Avatar, it also had a lots of unbelievable scenes. When you watch them, they hold your breathe so tight because they are too beautiful, gorgeous! These kind "full of meaning movies" usually get Oscars and other rewards, because they leave you with something to think about, it's good though, but I'd prefer something totally unreal story like Avatar, or just something real, but Life of Pi is mixed and I didn't like such mix.