Life of Pi

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Has anyone else seen this movie yet?? If not, I'll give a brief synopsis: it is the book's plot (minus the scene with the blind Frenchmen). Other than that disappointment, I was captivated the entire 2+ hours. Honestly it was the best CGI I had ever seen in a movie, especially with Richard Parker- they used a real tiger a few times, but mostly the animation and there were several times where I struggled to tell which was which. Ignore all of the bad reviews, as this is quite possibly is the best book to movie adaptation I have ever seen (and I am a huge Harry Potter fan). Go see it ASAP, other than being what is in my opinion to be the greatest piece of literature to emerge in this century, there is more than enough animals to go around. 4.75/5
 
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has anyone seen the Life of Pi movie yet? thoughts?

 
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This is one of my favourite books and I've been in anticipation ever since I found out Ang Lee was going to be behind it.

It's not out in Australia until the 20th of December. Les Miserables and The Hobbit come out a week later on boxing day as well. I might just skip Christmas and spend the week in the cinema.
 
I have just geeked myself. I saw the title 'The Life of Pi" and thought of 3.14159.....
Hope the film is as interesting as the number is :D
 
Pootle said:
I have just geeked myself. I saw the title 'The Life of Pi" and thought of 3.14159.....
Hope the film is as interesting as the number is :D
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I thought it was a misprint and wondered what filling the pie had.
Hope the film is as good as actual pie is.
 
Looks like a pretty great movie but it also looks like all the zoo animals died except for that one Tiger. :(
 
nanoboy said:
I wonder if "awfully good" is an oxymoron?

The Life of Phi (the golden ratio) would be even cooler than pi (3.141) or pie.
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Actually, we use the word awful wrong. Remember it literally "full of awe." The current connotation comes from, if I remember correctly, being prostrate in front of a deity. The sense of being fully of awe meant that one was humbling themselves and considered not worthy.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Actually, we use the word awful wrong. Remember it literally "full of awe." The current connotation comes from, if I remember correctly, being prostrate in front of a deity. The sense of being fully of awe meant that one was humbling themselves and considered not worthy.
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But technically we are not using it wrongly, because the meaning has evolved, such as 'brave' meaning 'coward'.
 
nanoboy said:
But technically we are not using it wrongly, because the meaning has evolved, such as 'brave' meaning 'coward'.
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You're right of course. Though I've never heard of brave meaning coward before. Must be an Aussie thing.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
You're right of course. Though I've never heard of brave meaning coward before. Must be an Aussie thing.
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:D It is probably more of a French thing. :D :D

But seriously though, I think it is more of an olde English thing. Take word "gay" for example which now has a third meaning of "abomination" in your state. ;)
 
PS* I meant that in the old old days, brave meant cowardice, but somewhere along the lines it changed to mean courageous. According to google, the original meaning lives on in the word "bravado".
 
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I had a look at the etymology, and it looks like it is derived from the Latin for for barbarous.

I love words!
 
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