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13 Jan 2013, 11:27 am

Religion does feature largely at times, but it is not the main point of the film, not really. The film is very good. And I for one will never believe the second story was the true one, having read the book.

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14 Jan 2013, 3:01 pm

Declension wrote:

pawelk1986 wrote:

Declension wrote:

redrobin62 wrote:

if I wanted to be preached to, I'd go to church.

I don't know how the movie portrays the story, but I read the book, and in my opinion it's not quite so simple.

When it comes to the issue of whether religion is true, the book ends up being on the side of the atheists. I don't want to go into details, but the overall message seems to be that religion is a comfort to people who cannot face up to the truth. On the other hand, the book is quite sympathetic to this idea, and does not judge people for their decision to escape from reality.

I have not read book, but the movie does not seem to support atheistic views, quite the contrary.

It's an interesting discussion, but I really don't want to go into details since the book sort of has a twist ending.

Speaking vaguely, the book ends up providing two possible stories to explain the data. The first story is impossible, but is a story full of hope. The second story is believable, but is a horrific tale. The book asks the question: "Which story do you prefer?" The answer given by the characters in the story is that they prefer the first story.

I took this to be representing a "sympathetic atheist" viewpoint. The second story is obviously the true one, but who could blame people for preferring the first story?

true, I have heard that people who have survived a tragedy, they were at war, they see a crime, or were a victim of rape often try to convince myself that it did not happen.

Sometimes you can doubt the existence of God, but faith in Him gives us some hope.

I believe.

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19 Jan 2013, 12:53 am

Just saw it.

It was a critically acclaimed best selling novel for a long time.
Meant to read it but never did.

But finnally saw the movie- in 3D no less.

It is very good. Strange, but good.

Its definetly about religion, among other things, but its not a remake of Charlton Heston in the Ten Commandments- if thats what you're afraid of.

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23 Jan 2013, 4:32 am

It was a great movie and I grew a soft spot for the tiger!! Richard Parker!! !! Come Back!! !! !

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18 May 2013, 7:49 am

This was a great film. Beautiful and sad. I liked the scene with the whale.

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18 May 2013, 8:47 pm

IMO, best movie of 2012.

As a portrayal of the duality of human nature, it is peerless in cinematic history.

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20 May 2013, 3:58 pm

AspieOtaku wrote:

It was a great movie and I grew a soft spot for the tiger!! Richard Parker!! !! Come Back!! !! !

At least Pi didn't shout "RICHARD" like Tom Hanks shouted "WILSON" in Castaway.

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