Life of Pi

Have been wanting to watch this movie for quite some time.
The excuses were always homework, assignments,
if not, takde kaki nak tengok.
=S

Still remember watching a thought provoking movie
with one of my mates back home.
Conclusion : Better don't watch it,
if you know you gonna torture someone else.

So this time, I watch it alone. *dramatic sobbing on the floor*

It has been years since I last watched Lee Ang 李安's work.
Maybe since Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon?
Not liking his CTH Dragon though,
perhaps too young to understand. haha....

Hmm..... Life of Pi started off with the main actor Pi
(pronouced as π, as in the 'pie' in Mathematics, not Pee-Ai or Pee)
talking about himself, his childhood,
growing up in a zoo with his elder brother,
trying to hand feed a tiger named 'Richard Parker'
and growing up in the most Frech-colonial part of India.

The part that interests me the most is when he tried to get a grasp on his religion.
Growing up as a Hindu, his mum taught him about the Hindu Gods and Goddess.
Later on, with curiosity, he explored the world of Christianity.
Of course, it didn't end there, he later ventured into being a Muslim and
it was mentioned that he became a Uni lecture in studies of Judaism.

Other than that, the other moment that striked me the most is
when he had a discussion with his dad.
about wanting to get himself baptized.
Knowing that his son is a Polytheist,
his father only gave him a short advice:

"... would rather my son believes in something that I'm against 
than him believing in every single thing that he came across. 
Believing in everything is no difference to not believing in anything..."

Frankly speaking, that sentence literally blew me AWAY.
Way way away~ *sheeeww*
Not expressing personal view here coz it gonna waste too much space.

So boys and girls, lets go back to the stories....

I believe that from the trailer, you knew about the ship wreck
and Pi being left with a Bengal tiger, right?
CORRECT! But not entirely!
Pi wasn't left with just a tiger after the shipwreck.
It was the tiger that was left with him in the end.
*Don't scratch your head*
There's a subtle difference between what was left with you
and what you were left with....
It's like money that you were left to spend,
and the money you left with after some spending.
arhhh.... what ever, just grammar, ignore me.

Another thing that Lee Ang was trying to point out is RESPECT.
Appropriate distance should be kept,
even things that benefit you.

Okay, this is really getting out of hand.
How about making a list of what I learn then.
(serious and non-serious ones, of course)

1. Nothing can't be changed but change.
2. Beauty can be an issue.
3. Promises are chains.
4. Have doubt in your belief to make it firmer or the other way.
5. Learn an instrument. *at least*
6. Learn how to swim. *at least float, maaan*
7. Cats're cats. They scratch you from time to time.
8. Anxiety and fear are needed to create excitement.
9. Be desperate, be very very desperate!!!!!
10. Shhhh..... and observe.
11. Be mercy even if it doesn't pay. *watch out for the biting back!*
12. Read your enemy's mind 
13. and let them know about that.
14. A well fed cat is a happy cat, hence harmless.
15. Let go before you drown.
16. No turning of head when saying goodbye.

All in all, like the story very much.

Watch it or read it if you have the chance.
Don't expect it to be anywhere near to Twilight. *chuckles*
Have FUN!