Life of Pi Blog

I sat down to watch Life of Pi after reading the first three chapters of The Art of Watching Films. I had seen the movie once before so this would be my second viewing of the movie. I did my best to limit outside distractions, but I ended up getting pulled away from the show a couple of times. As I watched the movie I began to pick up a few things that I did not remember from my first viewing. I believe the movie was very spiritually related.

The movie kept me very interested. I believe the director and story writer were trying to establish an element of truth through “The way things never were and never will be”. The film put me the film viewer into a very unbelievable and potentially imaginary world. It seemed to me that the film was always based in a very enlightened frame, with the use of extraordinary colors combined with mellow and peaceful mood. What I am trying to say is the movie could have been very suspenseful, but the narration and screen play kept me relaxed.

I was very excited to learn in Chapter 3 of the book the differences in the structures of movies. I believe Life of Pi has a nonlinear structure. I think this because the movie is narrated and told by the main character many years after the events of the movie occurred. It is fun to be able to pick these kinds of details from a film now.

Life of Pi did not have a lot of characters/actors in the movie. I would go as far to say the movie had 1 main character and 4 -6 supporting characters. I think that these characters were Pi was the main character. He was definitely a developing character; he undertook many personality changes throughout the film. Pi started the movie as a young kid seeking the absorbance of knowledge all the time. By the end of the film he was a knowledgeable young man sharing his experiences with the world. Pi grew and matured throughout the movie. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone who is looking for an enlightening movie that relates heavily to the spiritual world