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Life of Pi

Life of Pi is a drama film with some stains of fantasy. The film is based on the book Life of Pi which was written by Yann Martel in 2001, and directed by Ang Lee it became a film in 2012. Life of Pi has been nominated to several awards and won many of those, so it’s not hard to understand that this is a good film in several perspectives.
Since I have not read the book myself I find it hard to tell if Ang Lee changed a lot of the story when he made a film, but anyway I know that the main subject is the same. Life of Pi tells us the story of an Indian boy named Pi. Pi is a shorter version of his real name Piscine, and because of what Piscine sounds like Pi is bullied in school. However, this doesn’t tear Pi apart and to be able to be called Pi instead of Piscine he breaks the record of writing all the pi numbers. After that everyone calls him Pi, just as he wants. Pi is a very religious person, and because of this he has faith in three …show more content…

The religious thoughts that we have when we are watching this film are probably the exact same as Pi has wondered about at one or several parts of his life, and I think that is the thing about this film. We are supposed to think of the same things as Pi does and in one way re-live his life, all the way from him being very young until he’s a father himself. The entire film is just the story of Pi’s life and due to that fact that’s simply why it is called Life of Pi.
Naming both the book and the film to Life of Pi is a very good thing to do because it gives the readers and the viewers a true message about what the story will deal with. When you read the title you understand that this person Pi probably didn’t have a boring life with nothing to learn from. You just know that you will look at some things different after reading the book or watching the film, and in this case you learn that you always should keep fighting and the we all are different people who thinks in different

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