thoughts on Life of Pi?

My wife had already ruined the ending for me.

Visually the movie looked good. The story and message were solid.

I probably won't watch again.

To me so far has a much better feel and direction than Argo and Silver Linings by far. Thoughts?

Absolutely I didn't really make a good point. Guess I meant it seems better fit for a movie of the season than the other 2 nominee's I mentioned that's all I meant.

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as much as I would root for the cast of girls

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Good God, man...you hated Pi that much?

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The main character's naivete was just irritating.

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When he stuck his hand in the tiger's cage, I wanted it to get eaten off so badly.

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How did she ruin the ending? Doesn't seem like a very easy movie to spoil really..

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SPOILERS




The story is a fantasy concocted to beautify the ugly truth of death, murder and betrayal.

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ambiguous ending of "did it happen

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I don't think it was ambigous at all. It clearly didn't happen, the fantasy is just a much better story.

Dumb...didn't like it.

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I loved it.

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I honestly did not really care for it

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:omg:

One of my favorite movies to watch with the kids. Visually appealing, great family story, and just fun to watch with my 8 year old daughter. Sometimes, the movie doesn't have to be spectacular to be enjoyable. I think Life of Pi fits that perfectly. My daughter loves it and after watching it 3 times with her - she asks different questions each time about life, religion, and family. She also will ask a lot of technology questions and "how'd they do that" about the making of the movie itself.

Anyway, it is a good experience to share with kids that have an open mind and don't necessarily want Transformers, Halo, and Call of Duty type movies all the time.

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There are very few movies/tv shows that are just ruined for me because of complete lack of ability to empathize with the leading character, but this was one of them. The main character's naivete was just irritating.


Your post is a bit of SPOILERS... and my response is also SPOILERS --






I'm not exactly crocodile dundee, but I'm pretty fricking sure if I was starving and caught a fish, I would not start bawling my eyes out because I had to kill it. After that scene, I was rooting for him about as much as I would root for the cast of Girls.

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Interesting take on being naive. I think perhaps you are a bit guilty of being naive as well. You are saying that the main character was naive for crying about the loss of life. However, I think maybe you are applying your value system to his life, instead of you recognizing his value system. His personal core beliefs is that the fish is just as important to the world as his own mother or father. Now, I'm now saying I agree with his value system, but I do recognize that many people in this world feel this way. He was crying because he felt like he betrayed and murdered a living being - which is just as sinful as murdering a human being.

So, where you say you wouldn't bawl your eyes out - that's probably because you don't value the fish on equal as a human being. Other societies and religions do. This movie plays much better if you can accept that difference in cultures exist and empathize with them, without needing to explain them.