|LIFE OF PI
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| HOPE |
The movie life of Pi is based on the 2002 Booker Prize - Winning novel life of pie, written by Yann Martel. The movie and the novel title are the same. Life of Pi is a great movie! It gives the reason and logic for believing in the existence of God, It makes you believe that you are not alone someone is there who cares. Life Of Pi tells the story of a teenager who takes an interest in religion and embraces three religions at once: Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam the story revolves around the 227 days spent drifting in the Pacific Ocean in a survival boat with a Bengal tiger. Life of Pi depicts the compassionate instinct of human beings that involves empathetic and altruistic emotions at the same time, it also shows the survival instinct which involves the basic animal nature of human beings.
Life of Pi is a critically and commercially successful film, with a 7.9 IMD rating and four Academy Awards for visual effects, direction, music, and cinematography. It had 11 nominations for the Oscars. The integration of live action with CGI is impressive and offers a realistic approach to the movie.
The Underlying Message
Positive side of Fear
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| FEAR |
Fear is an emotional state of mind. It’s like a coin that
has two sides; either it will alert us, or it will create anxiety and stiffness
in our attitude, but Pi has used his fear in a positive way. Fear of Richard
Parker and the deep dark lonely ocean at night. The heightened awareness
created due to fear helped Pie in the preparation, protection, and planning of
their survival. Some explainers say that Richard Parker's was a Pi imagination;
some suggest that it was Pi himself, the animal version that he created for
himself to justify his circumstances; but the writer has mentioned in one of
his interviews that the tiger was real, and this is one of the reasons behind
pie's survival. Every second spent on the Pacific Ocean; it is Richard Parker's
fear that alerts him. The fear of Richard Parker gave him a routine and a
purpose. He kept him away from thinking too much about his family and his
tragic circumstances. Having a routine and purpose in life helps you in
many ways. It limits over thinking capacity and gives you opportunity to
use your time wisely, opportunity to do something new and fresh and forget
about those unwanted and undesirable memories that flash out
in the brain.
Perspective Changes Reality
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| PERSPECTIVE |
Perspective is very important in our life how we choose to look at reality decides our happiness in the long run, and this is true in Pi’s life also. His perspective helped him and Richard Parker in their survival. At the end of the scene, Pie is interrogated by two Japanese, and Pi tells them two stories. This is the point where one of the important messages of the movie lies, and it is about Perspective. Reality is nothing but imagination, One Reality can have many different meanings for different people and how we choose to look at that Reality is up to us. We can choose between a perspective that will hurt us or one that will not.
Curiosity
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| CURIOSITY |
One of the important aspects of Pi's personality is his curious instinct from childhood. He was a curious child who wanted to find the why of religion and the why of God. That’s why he opted for three religions at once. An ordinary person would be traumatized by the things that pie has grown through, but different philosophies of religion that he experienced in his childhood gave him a strong reason to live a meaningful life .
Attitude
In this life, nothing is permanent. life changes as time changes. The relationship of Pi with Richard
Parker and his relatives are all gone , but one thing that remains with the Pi is, his attitude to accept
the things that are not in his control.
Is Life of Pi Worth Watching?
I hope you found your answer...
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