@QQminusS Understood. But I do think Thomas gets a bad rap. 'Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."' (John 11:16)
Also the realization that we are animals too. The father said that richard parker was an animal and not like us humans. So the movie displayed we turn into these animals when needed to survive.
There is no true meaning because everything this guy has just said is just an opinion and there’s a lot more opinions out there and they all make sense so there isn’t really a true meaning tbh
@@Zan4833 the meaning is whatever the author says it is. That’s the objective meaning. You can have your subjective meanings if you want, but the author gets the last word.
@@Zan4833 There is true meaning, this story was not told for no reason, and within it hides a valuable lesson. Find it for yourself if this video didn't make it clear.
It broke my heart when he sobbed like a toddler after killing the tuna. Know to most it maybe seems a trivial point to be affected by amongst everything else but just the tuna losing its colour after death and those heartfelt, heavy tears was heartbreaking for me.
The marketing campaign did such a disservice to this film. I had never heard of Life of Pi, and when i first saw the trailers i thought it was such a different movie than it actually is. They portrayed it as one of these Disney-esque adventures between a boy and a wild animal. Light-hearted. Feel good. Something for children. It made me completely uninterested in seeing it. Then i caught a snippet of it playing on HBO one night, and i got hooked in. It was a happy accident, because its now one of my favorite films, but i cant help but wonder at how many ppl brought their kids to this film with the same initial expectations that i had.
Check out the book! I totally picked it up just by the book cover and knew nothing about it. When I read it, it was so good and visual writing. Then I found out shortly after I read it that they were going to make a movie of it by Ang Lee which I was a fan of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That’s where I’ll agree with you about how the marketing campaign really was not great. I thought the movie was great and the actors!
I watched this movie when it was released, so when I was 8 years old. I loved this movie so much and even though I intellectually might not have understood it completely, I felt the meaning it had. In those 10 years it never left my mind. I just watched it again and I'm not dissappointed, I'm still so amazed. So it depends on the child, but it's not necessarily a bad thing that children watched it.
Even as an atheist this is one of my favourite films. So beautiful. The acting at the end from adult Pi always gets me. Also, I've watched this film like easily more than 4 times and I've never clicked the 'You must be thirsty' thing, and the tiger originally being named Thirsty. Amazing catch.
@@qtip4747 Paan singh tomar - Imdb rating 8.2/10 Haider - Imdb rating 8.1/10 Irfan is not in lead role in Haider but movie and his performance is worth watching. I don't know if these films are available with English subtitles or not.
I’m shocked. I cannot describe how amazing this video is. I never understood like the complete meaning of the movie. I tried so hard, and i was always looking for something like this to help me with this spectacular movie. I finally found it.
When Pi asks the writer what story he liked, the writer says the one with the tiger in it. That scene explains humans as an emotional beings, even when faced with a cruel reality we still try to have faith in legendary, Mythical stories. It is an unshakeable part of humanity. Pi is a day dreaming kind of man who tells incredible stories which are probably false. As forshadowed by his fondness towards many religions and it's incredible, mythical and legendary stories. Religion is something that gives hope to people while facing an unfair reality.
@@MeaningontheScreenI love that viewpoint. This is a GREAT video that makes this movie so much more amazing. It hits me differently now than it did before, especially given my journey with faith, religion and spirituality lately. Purely wonderful film and excellent video!
What I love about this film is that the ending open up for interpretation. I prefer the story about the tiger. It's such a beautiful message. And the scenery is the most beautiful of any movie.
Many themes, symbols, and takeaways-- but the prime one seems to be "Science=Harsh real story with cook/sailor/mom, Religion=Symbolic story with animals." Both get the point across, but by the end you'll prefer the symbolic one (You'll believe in God).
This film changed me... I was 19, single, self destructive and I had drank 3 litres of strong cider and a friend rang me to see what I was doing, I had nothing on other than drinking alone so I went to hers. We watched this film on USB with her ex boyfriend really flying up there (🍁) , she didn't understand the film and didn't get it but until this day, 8 years later, it's still affected me. This is film hit a gay metal head who was raised catholic so much in the areas of faith, survival and individualism that I was never the same since. This film will always be in my heart no matter where 'god' may take me ♥️ Peace to all xx
I watched this film today because I was free...just for enjoyment. The film finished, I was on the floor crying. Collapsed as if the universe crushed on me. the sudden realization of the animals, the island and the whole story was Pi's life just stabbed me. the fact the tiger didn't look back just summarized my entire existence. This film is going to turn my life upside down. I can see it!!
Honesty this video has made the Story of Life of PI 100 times better now! I have watched this at least 8 times already. Amazing video and amazing insight into the story!
You are absolutely brilliant. Your eye opening explanations throughout this video blew me away. This has been my favorite movie and now thanks to you, I love it even more because of how deep and layered it is. Thank you for this!
My wife and I just watched the life of Pi in our VR headsets in 3d on an enormous virtual screen and it was an incredible experience. The film is visually breath-taking and it it is easy to get lost in the spectacle and lose sight of the deeper meaning. Your videos are an excellent addendum to this wonderful film and help shed light on it's deeper spiritual themes. I won't show these to my wife though, as she CHOOSES to believe the Richard Parker version of Pi's tale, just as the investigators did. The film is very much about the stories we choose to believe so I find it quite apt. One thing I would like to add. the name "Richard Parker" has a more sinister origin. from the wiki: "The name Richard Parker for the tiger was inspired by a character in Edgar Allan Poe's nautical adventure novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838). Richard Parker is a mutineer who is stranded and eventually cannibalized on the hull of an overturned ship, and there is a dog aboard who is named Tiger. Martel also had another occurrence in mind in the famous legal case R v Dudley and Stephens (1884), where a shipwreck again results in the cannibalism of a cabin boy named Richard Parker, this time in a lifeboat.[16] A third Richard Parker drowned in the sinking of the Francis Spaight in 1846, described by author Jack London, and later the cabin boy was cannibalized. "So many victimized Richard Parkers had to mean something", Martel suggested." Thanks for your great videos.
I first saw this 12 years ago, and was just floored by the visuals. The image making is absolutely magical. And the writing is marvelous. But I just watched this again last night and it was much more moving for me following this boys growth and transformation, his search for meaning and his leaving us questioning the nature of truth.. What a great piece of work.
I just watched the movie. I knew it was a deeply profound story, but I hadn’t even picked up on these motifs and messages. Thank you for enlightening us!
I feel your meaning is well told and interpretively correct. The first time I saw this movie, I knew there was a strong religious element, but thought the animals were depicted to allow him to cope with the loss and horror that he witnessed of the people that they represented.
I think the most beautiful aspect of this story is how it can have a different meaning for each viewer. This story was the last movie I watched with my mom before she passed away, and later during a volatile time in my life I read the book, it gave me hope and failth.
Periodically, I play this film for my ELS students, the special classes that I think are ready for trying to understand the concept of the Hero's Journey. I prompt them with many questions, but provide them with few answers until they have seen the entire story and have had time to reflect on my guided prompts. I have been studying this film for a few years, now, making my own discoveries and reading the impressions of other viewers. Many of my inferences are represented in this video (e.g. the "Thirsty" references), while the presenter suggested a few perspectives I hadn't considered yet (especially the significance of Tsimtsum). One of my students, a very special 16-year-old girl from Italy, made a connection between the lotus in the forest from Anandi's dance and the blossom that hide the tooth on the island. Much of what was not addressed in this video was what I saw in the symbolism of Anandi, the symbolism of the dance, and the string she ties around his wrist (which is seem again on the island). The Island represents to me the final point at which Pi could have given up his spiritual journey. He could have remained there in comfort--his last temptation--but he had to take the final step to achieve enlightenment/nirvana. I have to disagree with the claim that Pi is the opposite of his father. I believe that his father and mother represent two sides of Pi. Those two sides become separated when Pi creates the tiger and recombined on the Mexican beach.
@Ian Cribbes Pi has both a rational, pragmatic side (father), and a spiritual, irrational side (mother). They are both instrumental in his survival and his perseverance in seeking enlightenment. At the end of his story, he thanks his father for giving him the tools he needed in his life struggle. His father is more evident in the tiger. He will resort to eating meat if survival dictates. The tiger ignores the grand spectacle of nature that Pi sees during the storm just before the island and simply wants to hide from the power of nature, much as his father warns of the dangers of being fooled by spectacle and pretty lights when religion is only darkness. His mother taught him that the entire universe exists in Krishna's mouth, and Pi keeps seeing this vision when he looks into the vast ocean around him (such as the whale scene), which also echos the floating lights at the Hindu ceremony. Pi has trouble reconciling these two sides, and creates the tiger as an attempt to separate himself from what he sees as his dark side. He is finally able to come to terms with (train but not tame) his internal tiger once he has achieved enlightenment.
It’s very Jungian (integrating our shadow) as well as very Taoist (yin & yang) both the lightness and darkness of the world, of all things, contains within it the opposite. Wow, I cannot wait to see this film now! Thank you for sharing your intriguing insights! 🙏🏼 Namaste
It’s very Jungian (integrating our shadow) as well as very Taoist (yin & yang) both the lightness and darkness of the world, of all things, contains within it the opposite. Man I can’t wait to see the film now. Thank you for sharing your intriguing insights! 🙏🏼 Namaste
@@kijekuyo9494 The island on which pie rested when he was hopeless and broken, was in shape of a person lying, a posture of Lord Vishnu [ Krishna is an avatar of Lord Vishnu/Venkateshwara] who gave him hope and pushed him to move further.
The best explanation of this movie till now. I never understood the other videos where they explain the meaning of Life of Pi but in this video I understood everything.
One of the very few films which I need courage to watch because it's so much emotional exhausting. It drains me emotionally for many days. Kept aside it's one of my favourite films. One which I was lucky to witness in theatres. The moral of the story is that Richard Parker is Pi and Pi is Richard Parker. They are soul mates which is shown in the reflection in water. And the journey they had is when he truly grew up. But Richard Parker waiting and staring towards the jungle without looking back means that in life we should not much dwelve on the bygone which he always repented of not thanking his father and truly loving him.
Very fascinating, this is one of my favorite movies, I fell in love with it the first time I watched it. I have had many theories about the meaning of the movie. But you're explanation of it was far better and more entertaining than I ever could have imagined. Wonderfully done.
As a kid I watched the movie and didn't understand skrat but there was an unqueched THIRSTiness to understand this film a decade later and now the movie feels eye opening. Great movie.
This movie is in my top 5 of all time,Such a beautiful movie with such a beautiful meaning I will never forget this movie and it’s beautiful story.I Shed a tear multiple times especially when Richard Parker went away.
Omg...i watched this movie so many times and not once did it get to me that Pi is "Thirsty" as a character/Tiger and not just thirsty as a condition. Now I have to watch it again. Thanks so much.🙏🏻
A movie that has made me ball my eyes out multiple times!! Regardless of the meaning, my connection with animals goes deep and it hurts so hard to see the death of animals.
I reluctantly watched this movie when it came out to hang out with this girl I liked but was so scared to be vulnerable with and share how I felt. I was so nervous that I couldn’t really focus on the movie, but remember it being very unique and cool. I just watched it again with my gf now after watching it the night before because she slept through the first time after a long day. She really loved it and obviously so did I watching it back to back in 2 days. A movie rich with meaning, wish Hollywood would make more gems like this although I know it’s a financial risk to do so. This movie transcends just entertainment.
This movie *Life of Pi* directed by *Ang Lee* means everything to me when I’m very religious and as a *Christian* during my middle school time and high school time with showing the film itself with the use of 8 meaning words in its own perspective in Cinema. *Religion, Realism, Resilience, Resourcefulness, Reciprocity, Reflection, Rebounding, and Forgiveness.*
Such an amazing and deep analysis! The story already had a lot of spiritual lessons, but your video elaborated on them. Thank you for the lovely presentation. Hare Krishna!
The story with the animals is supposed to represent religion and faith and the story with the people is representative of the science and reality which his father spoke of. That's why when he said to the writer at the end, it's up to you which story you chose to believe, to which he chooses to believe the fabricated story because it sounded better and not as grim as reality therefore he made the writer "believe in God" in a manner of speaking.
I first saw this movie when I was an elementary school student. I had a shallow understanding of the movie. And now, I understand better. It's amazing how bits of information can be complex with imagination.
Really , After many years i didn't understand this movie with that deep meaning , what a masterpiece ❣️ Thankyou sir , for this very kind heart touching video for the respect of this movie 🍿. Love from india 🇮🇳
Wow! This is so enlightening, I always thought there was a deep meaning in the tiger but I didn’t think it will get that deep with the rest of the movie details. And you put it beautifully.
I don't know why but I could relate myself to Pi's charector soo much 🥺. This film is and will be the best film of my life. Sir, your video had rightly showed that this film has deep meaning of life.
It’s interesting how you interpreted his uncle. Holding a newborn upside and swinging is really a life saving measure in cases for a baby draws first breath while still in amniotic fluid. So although the body shape is a story, the action was totally logical, which adds another level to what you say about Pi’s story telling. As well as adding to the theme of the mouth, water and drowning.
This story is very similar with my life, like I have been going through the same things which pi been to. Currently my darkness seems to have taken over me and taking me to bad side. But this video helped me so much understanding why it is happening and I guess this is the sign to continue my journey 🙂
Bruh the way the movie perfectly makes the true meaning behind his imagination is amazing , I always wondered why the tiger pot out so suddenly and from under him like that , why the island was body shaped and there was so much symbolism with the pools of water being stomach acids , him finding the human fucking tooth , omg it all makes sense now
In life you will always know where your weaknesses lie, your failures, your short comings. The world makes sure of this. Performance reviews, relationships- both platonic and romantic, and the like make sure we are aware of these things. Rarely, are our strengths, our wins, given to us with the same vigor and consistency. Of your personal strengths, please consider the ability to teach. Well done, Burton
I watched this film very young I will probably rewatch it on my vacation this is one of those movies that hits deep like peanut butter falcon , Shawshank redemption, hacksaw ridge, forest gump, I am Sam
The strange floating island is not symbolic to pi . It symbolises to lord vishnu . You can see the similarity of the lord vishnu idol from the scene where pi thanks lord Vishnu for introducing jesus to him .
Never knew that a story i watched as a child would have greater meaning but just thought its sad how the tiger left with seeing glance of pi And now the same story got to know the true dark side from a comment i watched recently Till now i thought its just a kids movie but the dark psychological meaning it hold oh my
Pi is "god's" little wink to us regarding evolution and existence... Uncalculable and never ending. The math of it aside. Recognition of this is beautiful for some. Foreboding for others. Just know that we are meant to be and in some form or fashion "we" will continue.
I remember after reading the book for the first time how shocked I was that Richard Parker just left Pi after they landed on the shores of Mexico without looking back. But I slowly came to realize that it's not really surprising that Richard Parker just up and left. After all he is a tiger. Despite the unusual circumstances that he and Pi went through, and the fact that he didn't kill him in the end, he's still a tiger, and tigers are loners by nature. It's not within their interest to form a close bond with anyone or anything (aside from mating and rearing cubs). I reckon if he had been a more social carnivore, like a lion, a wolf, or even hyena, he probably would've developed some sort of bond with Pi long after they'd made it to shore.
Thankyou for shedding some light on this beautiful film, I’ve watched it so many times, and never could have realised the true meaning. 😘. I have subscribed to your channel.
I thought this whole movie is a metaphor. Richard Parker, obviously is cold, ruthless, and everything wicked about Pi himself, in order to survive his harsh life. Pi himself is the good side of him. But, in the end, he realized Richard Parker was not the approach (sort of) to his life and how he should spend it, but the memories associated with his dark self make him unable to just let go of his old self, feeling nostalgic. Maybe, I had this conception that this movie was about aging. You would rather prefer your imaginative, wild childhood than the tough but adult with principles.
the island was in the shape of the idol of lord vishnu which young pi used to pray to, the island represented gods blessing where he could stay a little but ultimately leave towards a journey of struggle which was the sea.
". . . in order to experience this transformation, you must be Thirsty." Does that mean that Pi was REALLY the tiger, and that the story of his life was really just the tiger's fantasy? So the REAL puzzle of the story would be: will the other tigers BELIEVE him, or will they insist it was all just a delusion!
I just watched the movie for the first time. Your video is amazing, it put the things I feel during the movie into words. One thing I stuck is though, the colors fading at the final scene showing the jungle where Richard Parker left. It definitely means something but I cannot put into words. Any ideas?
For years, I have been doubting if God truly exists. I asked myself how a loving God let the world become the hell that it is today? I came to the conclusion that there was no way God existed. At least not as the way that he is portrayed in the Bible. I have been through a lot of hardships in my life that also played a huge part in my doubting. Just about 2-3 months ago, I reached the decision to either believe there was no God or to believe in him. Just like the writer had to choose between which story to believe. He believed in the better story. Finally, I had chosen to believe in God because it makes my life better with him in it.
What do you think, God is good or bad? I belive there is no god what Bible describe. Will animals go to heaven with me ? Why God made children with disabilities, have they done any sins ? Why should they suffer? Will a non believer get to heaven wo doesn't know any thing about Jesus but still is righteous, truthful and loving. Did people go to heaven before birth of Jesus? I belive god is a energy. Prior to bigbang there there was nothing but energy, wich created matter and then we were created , like science says. This energy is equilibrium of sattva, rajsya and tamas
i havent seen the movie since i was 14 because i thought i understood it, back then i thought that the human version of the story was just something Pi made up so the doctors had something beliveable to write in their report. But now seen this video, and recalling the line "bananas don't float" at the hospital scene, I realize that the animals are a way for Pi to deal with the traumatic reality of what really whapened at the boat with his other humans survivors. 😖😖😲😲
So life is a tragedy, we humans are too weak to get by in life if we realize this, therefore we need to invent stories that prevent us from confronting inconvenient truths?
I see it this way: Life is a gift, and we are much stronger and more resilient than we realize. Therefore, some gifts are graciously wrapped in beautiful paper (hope and myth) and we get to choose when we are ready to open them and fully experience a new level of truth.
something I took away from this analysis, is that even in the darkest of places, beauty can shine. And in order to find peace in your soul, you must first go through darkness.
I think life is an investigation where we try to find ourselves rather than tragedy or invention of stories. No one knows fully why we are here. But its always better for us to keep going in terms of survival and in which what we believe in.
@@MeaningontheScreen Beautiful analysis, but.... You missed the most potent line in the entire movie; “Can I ask you something? I told you two stories which story do you prefer?” So many of us convince our children to believe in Santa Claus, why? Is it possible that you are suppressing something? I say this with much respect.
What does Life of Pi mean to you?
When im 80 and my grandchildren will ask me, what were the best movies of the early 21 century... this is one of them!
Now I am keen to watch the movie again with a different pair of eyes
Never give up and be ready for all the surprises life throws at you
@QQminusS Understood. But I do think Thomas gets a bad rap. 'Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."' (John 11:16)
@@Remo_Wo1kenstein you should watch attack on titan
Also the realization that we are animals too. The father said that richard parker was an animal and not like us humans. So the movie displayed we turn into these animals when needed to survive.
Wow 100% True and also that we can have a good relation to dangerous animals if we treat them well
This was a beautiful film. The true meaning of the story aside, I cried like a baby when the tiger left Pi at the end.
There is no true meaning because everything this guy has just said is just an opinion and there’s a lot more opinions out there and they all make sense so there isn’t really a true meaning tbh
@@Zan4833 the meaning is whatever the author says it is. That’s the objective meaning. You can have your subjective meanings if you want, but the author gets the last word.
@@Zan4833 There is true meaning, this story was not told for no reason, and within it hides a valuable lesson. Find it for yourself if this video didn't make it clear.
@@AD-wg8ik the author left it ambiguous for interpretation
Because nature left him without turing back
My dumb ass cried because I really thought it was a tiger and when he left at the end I was like nooo y’all soul buddies
😂 I did too
i cried 9 times like what the future pi said after shedding a tear at the end i just broke like that’s a big lesson
I feel betrayed!!!
The real world always comes around to bite us in the ass..
U know this just his thoughts not really what it means only the writer of the story knows that
It broke my heart when he sobbed like a toddler after killing the tuna. Know to most it maybe seems a trivial point to be affected by amongst everything else but just the tuna losing its colour after death and those heartfelt, heavy tears was heartbreaking for me.
That was an emotional scene.
Also he is a vegetarian!.once u bacome a vegetarian,u just hate killing!!fish or insects
That was not a tuna it was a mahi mahi or a dolphin
@@normanberube4434 Ah right. Does it make any difference?
wait that was a tuna?
The marketing campaign did such a disservice to this film. I had never heard of Life of Pi, and when i first saw the trailers i thought it was such a different movie than it actually is. They portrayed it as one of these Disney-esque adventures between a boy and a wild animal. Light-hearted. Feel good. Something for children.
It made me completely uninterested in seeing it. Then i caught a snippet of it playing on HBO one night, and i got hooked in. It was a happy accident, because its now one of my favorite films, but i cant help but wonder at how many ppl brought their kids to this film with the same initial expectations that i had.
I agree. The marketing of a film can misrepresent it and often gives away key elements as well. I'm glad you did eventually see it. =)
I actually disagree. I think the marketing campaign actually worked well to bring you in.
Check out the book! I totally picked it up just by the book cover and knew nothing about it. When I read it, it was so good and visual writing.
Then I found out shortly after I read it that they were going to make a movie of it by Ang Lee which I was a fan of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That’s where I’ll agree with you about how the marketing campaign really was not great. I thought the movie was great and the actors!
I watched this movie when it was released, so when I was 8 years old. I loved this movie so much and even though I intellectually might not have understood it completely, I felt the meaning it had. In those 10 years it never left my mind. I just watched it again and I'm not dissappointed, I'm still so amazed. So it depends on the child, but it's not necessarily a bad thing that children watched it.
Yes, same here. Never bothered to watch it. I sure will now.
One of the most poetic videos I've ever seen!
Thank you, Anthony, for the kind words!
Even as an atheist this is one of my favourite films. So beautiful. The acting at the end from adult Pi always gets me. Also, I've watched this film like easily more than 4 times and I've never clicked the 'You must be thirsty' thing, and the tiger originally being named Thirsty. Amazing catch.
Great catch! This movie is filled with so much symbolism. Bless u 🙏🏽
Its sad that you still an athiest after watching this movie. You didnt learn the lesson of it :(
He was Irfan khan. Great and well known Indian actor. He passed away in 2020
@@AmitKumar-nq7wk I remember hearing about that, so sad. He's so good. What other movie of him would you recommend I watch?
@@qtip4747 Paan singh tomar - Imdb rating 8.2/10
Haider - Imdb rating 8.1/10
Irfan is not in lead role in Haider but movie and his performance is worth watching. I don't know if these films are available with English subtitles or not.
I’m shocked. I cannot describe how amazing this video is. I never understood like the complete meaning of the movie. I tried so hard, and i was always looking for something like this to help me with this spectacular movie. I finally found it.
Thank you for your nice comment! I'm glad you liked my interpretation.
When Pi asks the writer what story he liked, the writer says the one with the tiger in it.
That scene explains humans as an emotional beings, even when faced with a cruel reality we still try to have faith in legendary, Mythical stories. It is an unshakeable part of humanity.
Pi is a day dreaming kind of man who tells incredible stories which are probably false. As forshadowed by his fondness towards many religions and it's incredible, mythical and legendary stories. Religion is something that gives hope to people while facing an unfair reality.
I like the maxim: 'Art is a lie that makes us realize truth'. The animal story in some ways may have taught us what the real story could not.
Yeah Good Logical Explanation.
@@MeaningontheScreenI love that viewpoint. This is a GREAT video that makes this movie so much more amazing. It hits me differently now than it did before, especially given my journey with faith, religion and spirituality lately. Purely wonderful film and excellent video!
What I love about this film is that the ending open up for interpretation. I prefer the story about the tiger.
It's such a beautiful message. And the scenery is the most beautiful of any movie.
100% I’m doing my essay about this movie, the story with the animal was so beautiful but to learn the real truth made me teary eyed😭
@@Idk-qg5fh hii! i’m currently doing an essay on this too hahaha how did you go?
I think it's also a message that people like believing in a higher power more than a harsh reality. That's what I took from it anyway.
Many themes, symbols, and takeaways-- but the prime one seems to be "Science=Harsh real story with cook/sailor/mom, Religion=Symbolic story with animals." Both get the point across, but by the end you'll prefer the symbolic one (You'll believe in God).
This film changed me...
I was 19, single, self destructive and I had drank 3 litres of strong cider and a friend rang me to see what I was doing, I had nothing on other than drinking alone so I went to hers.
We watched this film on USB with her ex boyfriend really flying up there (🍁) , she didn't understand the film and didn't get it but until this day, 8 years later, it's still affected me.
This is film hit a gay metal head who was raised catholic so much in the areas of faith, survival and individualism that I was never the same since. This film will always be in my heart no matter where 'god' may take me ♥️
Peace to all xx
I watched this film today because I was free...just for enjoyment.
The film finished, I was on the floor crying. Collapsed as if the universe crushed on me. the sudden realization of the animals, the island and the whole story was Pi's life just stabbed me. the fact the tiger didn't look back just summarized my entire existence. This film is going to turn my life upside down. I can see it!!
Thank you for sharing your experience. It is a powerful story and masterfully done.
Same, I had nothing better to do. And the ending made me feeling sick and depressed
This makes me reconsider life and to look at it in another perspective
Thank you lewis!
Honesty this video has made the Story of Life of PI 100 times better now! I have watched this at least 8 times already. Amazing video and amazing insight into the story!
Thank you very much. I’m glad it resonated.
You are absolutely brilliant. Your eye opening explanations throughout this video blew me away. This has been my favorite movie and now thanks to you, I love it even more because of how deep and layered it is. Thank you for this!
Thank you, The prince of everything. I am glad I was able to add to your love of this great movie.
My wife and I just watched the life of Pi in our VR headsets in 3d on an enormous virtual screen and it was an incredible experience. The film is visually breath-taking and it it is easy to get lost in the spectacle and lose sight of the deeper meaning. Your videos are an excellent addendum to this wonderful film and help shed light on it's deeper spiritual themes.
I won't show these to my wife though, as she CHOOSES to believe the Richard Parker version of Pi's tale, just as the investigators did. The film is very much about the stories we choose to believe so I find it quite apt.
One thing I would like to add. the name "Richard Parker" has a more sinister origin. from the wiki:
"The name Richard Parker for the tiger was inspired by a character in Edgar Allan Poe's nautical adventure novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838). Richard Parker is a mutineer who is stranded and eventually cannibalized on the hull of an overturned ship, and there is a dog aboard who is named Tiger. Martel also had another occurrence in mind in the famous legal case R v Dudley and Stephens (1884), where a shipwreck again results in the cannibalism of a cabin boy named Richard Parker, this time in a lifeboat.[16] A third Richard Parker drowned in the sinking of the Francis Spaight in 1846, described by author Jack London, and later the cabin boy was cannibalized. "So many victimized Richard Parkers had to mean something", Martel suggested."
Thanks for your great videos.
Wow, I guess the moral is don’t name your kid Richard Parker or at least don’t go to sea. I’m a big Poe fan so I love that connection.
@@MeaningontheScreen Haha yes if your name is Richard Parker it's probably best to stay away from a nautical career 😀
OMG!!!!! the way you noticed, understood, and explained it so simply hats off to you man. This movie is a masterpiece and so is this video ❤
Thank you so much 😀
I first saw this 12 years ago, and was just floored by the visuals. The image making is absolutely magical. And the writing is marvelous. But I just watched this again last night and it was much more moving for me following this boys growth and transformation, his search for meaning and his leaving us questioning the nature of truth.. What a great piece of work.
I just watched the movie. I knew it was a deeply profound story, but I hadn’t even picked up on these motifs and messages. Thank you for enlightening us!
I feel your meaning is well told and interpretively correct. The first time I saw this movie, I knew there was a strong religious element, but thought the animals were depicted to allow him to cope with the loss and horror that he witnessed of the people that they represented.
I think you are correct as well. What he experienced would have been horrific. Changing them to animals makes sense as a form of coping.
@@MeaningontheScreen Also in some practices animals are considered sacred so there's that aspect too.
@@wendyjensenmusic Yes, that too. Thank you!
yes he did eat his mother.
I think the most beautiful aspect of this story is how it can have a different meaning for each viewer. This story was the last movie I watched with my mom before she passed away, and later during a volatile time in my life I read the book, it gave me hope and failth.
You are absolutely right. Thank you!
Periodically, I play this film for my ELS students, the special classes that I think are ready for trying to understand the concept of the Hero's Journey. I prompt them with many questions, but provide them with few answers until they have seen the entire story and have had time to reflect on my guided prompts. I have been studying this film for a few years, now, making my own discoveries and reading the impressions of other viewers. Many of my inferences are represented in this video (e.g. the "Thirsty" references), while the presenter suggested a few perspectives I hadn't considered yet (especially the significance of Tsimtsum). One of my students, a very special 16-year-old girl from Italy, made a connection between the lotus in the forest from Anandi's dance and the blossom that hide the tooth on the island. Much of what was not addressed in this video was what I saw in the symbolism of Anandi, the symbolism of the dance, and the string she ties around his wrist (which is seem again on the island). The Island represents to me the final point at which Pi could have given up his spiritual journey. He could have remained there in comfort--his last temptation--but he had to take the final step to achieve enlightenment/nirvana. I have to disagree with the claim that Pi is the opposite of his father. I believe that his father and mother represent two sides of Pi. Those two sides become separated when Pi creates the tiger and recombined on the Mexican beach.
Wow, thank you for your thoughts!
@Ian Cribbes Pi has both a rational, pragmatic side (father), and a spiritual, irrational side (mother). They are both instrumental in his survival and his perseverance in seeking enlightenment. At the end of his story, he thanks his father for giving him the tools he needed in his life struggle. His father is more evident in the tiger. He will resort to eating meat if survival dictates. The tiger ignores the grand spectacle of nature that Pi sees during the storm just before the island and simply wants to hide from the power of nature, much as his father warns of the dangers of being fooled by spectacle and pretty lights when religion is only darkness. His mother taught him that the entire universe exists in Krishna's mouth, and Pi keeps seeing this vision when he looks into the vast ocean around him (such as the whale scene), which also echos the floating lights at the Hindu ceremony. Pi has trouble reconciling these two sides, and creates the tiger as an attempt to separate himself from what he sees as his dark side. He is finally able to come to terms with (train but not tame) his internal tiger once he has achieved enlightenment.
It’s very Jungian (integrating our shadow) as well as very Taoist (yin & yang) both the lightness and darkness of the world, of all things, contains within it the opposite. Wow, I cannot wait to see this film now! Thank you for sharing your intriguing insights! 🙏🏼 Namaste
It’s very Jungian (integrating our shadow) as well as very Taoist (yin & yang) both the lightness and darkness of the world, of all things, contains within it the opposite. Man I can’t wait to see the film now. Thank you for sharing your intriguing insights! 🙏🏼 Namaste
@@kijekuyo9494 The island on which pie rested when he was hopeless and broken, was in shape of a person lying, a posture of Lord Vishnu [ Krishna is an avatar of Lord Vishnu/Venkateshwara] who gave him hope and pushed him to move further.
The best explanation of this movie till now. I never understood the other videos where they explain the meaning of Life of Pi but in this video I understood everything.
One of the very few films which I need courage to watch because it's so much emotional exhausting. It drains me emotionally for many days. Kept aside it's one of my favourite films. One which I was lucky to witness in theatres. The moral of the story is that Richard Parker is Pi and Pi is Richard Parker. They are soul mates which is shown in the reflection in water. And the journey they had is when he truly grew up. But Richard Parker waiting and staring towards the jungle without looking back means that in life we should not much dwelve on the bygone which he always repented of not thanking his father and truly loving him.
Very fascinating, this is one of my favorite movies, I fell in love with it the first time I watched it. I have had many theories about the meaning of the movie. But you're explanation of it was far better and more entertaining than I ever could have imagined. Wonderfully done.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
As a kid I watched the movie and didn't understand skrat but there was an unqueched THIRSTiness to understand this film a decade later and now the movie feels eye opening.
Great movie.
This movie is in my top 5 of all time,Such a beautiful movie with such a beautiful meaning I will never forget this movie and it’s beautiful story.I Shed a tear multiple times especially when Richard Parker went away.
This review was so freaking good. No wonder there is no dislike to this video (yet). You should do more videos.
Thank you Saurabh Rana for your feedback and encouragement!
Omg...i watched this movie so many times and not once did it get to me that Pi is "Thirsty" as a character/Tiger and not just thirsty as a condition. Now I have to watch it again. Thanks so much.🙏🏻
I had watched this movie so many times but I never fathomed these many layers into it. This is brilliant. Thank you so much
A movie that has made me ball my eyes out multiple times!! Regardless of the meaning, my connection with animals goes deep and it hurts so hard to see the death of animals.
Very beautiful and profound narration! Thank you. I didn’t realize this movie was this spiritually deep ❤️
Thank you Mmusi Mapheto!
I was maybe 11 when I saw this movie and couldn't fully understand the symolism, I really need to rewatch this.
I reluctantly watched this movie when it came out to hang out with this girl I liked but was so scared to be vulnerable with and share how I felt. I was so nervous that I couldn’t really focus on the movie, but remember it being very unique and cool. I just watched it again with my gf now after watching it the night before because she slept through the first time after a long day. She really loved it and obviously so did I watching it back to back in 2 days. A movie rich with meaning, wish Hollywood would make more gems like this although I know it’s a financial risk to do so. This movie transcends just entertainment.
amazing video man, hella underrated
Thanks Julio!
This movie *Life of Pi* directed by *Ang Lee* means everything to me when I’m very religious and as a *Christian* during my middle school time and high school time with showing the film itself with the use of 8 meaning words in its own perspective in Cinema.
*Religion, Realism, Resilience, Resourcefulness, Reciprocity, Reflection, Rebounding, and Forgiveness.*
Just watched this movie last night, it blew my mind how much I enjoyed it. Your video about it made it make sense 🤝
Such an amazing and deep analysis! The story already had a lot of spiritual lessons, but your video elaborated on them. Thank you for the lovely presentation. Hare Krishna!
Thank you!
The story with the animals is supposed to represent religion and faith and the story with the people is representative of the science and reality which his father spoke of. That's why when he said to the writer at the end, it's up to you which story you chose to believe, to which he chooses to believe the fabricated story because it sounded better and not as grim as reality therefore he made the writer "believe in God" in a manner of speaking.
I first saw this movie when I was an elementary school student. I had a shallow understanding of the movie. And now, I understand better. It's amazing how bits of information can be complex with imagination.
It's amazing how Richard Parker (Tiger) which is also Pi's animalistic instinct fades when he finally gets back to civilization.
Really , After many years i didn't understand this movie with that deep meaning , what a masterpiece ❣️
Thankyou sir , for this very kind heart touching video for the respect of this movie 🍿.
Love from india 🇮🇳
Thank you! I am honored by your comments.
@@MeaningontheScreen please try to make a video like this on Shawshank redemption
Humble request 💌
this is the most beautiful explanation of the story.
Thank you!
When I read the novel I never thought it would become a movie ---> fantastic adaptation!
This movie is beyond 99% of what I was expecting. I thought it was just going to be a cool adventure movie, and I left questioning my humanity
Wow! This is so enlightening, I always thought there was a deep meaning in the tiger but I didn’t think it will get that deep with the rest of the movie details. And you put it beautifully.
Thanks. Glad you liked it!
Absolutely amazing video... just like the movie 😢😢😢
Thank you for the explanation, it really helped me a lot in understanding the story better.
this is so smart thank you and it gave the movie way more meaning
This really helps for my final english exam in a few days, thank you so much !
I've been binge watching your videos all day, amazing work. Please keep going, I see a bright future ahead for this channel. :)
Wow, I am honored by your comments. Thank you for the nice feedback!
I don't know why but I could relate myself to Pi's charector soo much 🥺. This film is and will be the best film of my life. Sir, your video had rightly showed that this film has deep meaning of life.
It’s interesting how you interpreted his uncle. Holding a newborn upside and swinging is really a life saving measure in cases for a baby draws first breath while still in amniotic fluid. So although the body shape is a story, the action was totally logical, which adds another level to what you say about Pi’s story telling. As well as adding to the theme of the mouth, water and drowning.
The way of explanation can’t get better than this.
Never stop believing.
That’s I learned. ❤️
incredible video, brought up a lot of connections I never made before with the book.
This story is very similar with my life, like I have been going through the same things which pi been to. Currently my darkness seems to have taken over me and taking me to bad side. But this video helped me so much understanding why it is happening and I guess this is the sign to continue my journey 🙂
Wow. Thank you for sharing. Glad to assist a little with your journey!
RIP Ifran Khan...one of the greatest actors in the world.
Bruh the way the movie perfectly makes the true meaning behind his imagination is amazing , I always wondered why the tiger pot out so suddenly and from under him like that , why the island was body shaped and there was so much symbolism with the pools of water being stomach acids , him finding the human fucking tooth , omg it all
makes sense now
like i'm still confused, but it was a good movie with a deep meaning and we all can have our own meaning of that story
This is the best interpretation of a movie I have ever seen on youtube.
Thank you! That is a very nice compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
In life you will always know where your weaknesses lie, your failures, your short comings. The world makes sure of this. Performance reviews, relationships- both platonic and romantic, and the like make sure we are aware of these things. Rarely, are our strengths, our wins, given to us with the same vigor and consistency. Of your personal strengths, please consider the ability to teach. Well done, Burton
Thank you, Burton, for your thoughts.
Best insight on this book I’ve found.
Thanks Jorn. Glad you liked it.
I watched this film very young I will probably rewatch it on my vacation this is one of those movies that hits deep like peanut butter falcon , Shawshank redemption, hacksaw ridge, forest gump, I am Sam
What a beautiful video, and a beautiful analysis. Great job on this.
Thank you zeranzeran
Man I rewatch this video over and over so good
The strange floating island is not symbolic to pi . It symbolises to lord vishnu . You can see the similarity of the lord vishnu idol from the scene where pi thanks lord Vishnu for introducing jesus to him .
Thank you for pointing that out.
that is what i thought since it mentioned it in the movie as well.
But it can also be his mother from whom he ate her body to survive.
I truly believe it symbolises both. Parrallel with Vishnu, Pi's faith and his inner self.
Wow! Now I got the moral and meaning of the beautiful movie. Thank you. Looking forward for more videos from you.
More to come!
Never knew that a story i watched as a child would have greater meaning but just thought its sad how the tiger left with seeing glance of pi
And now the same story got to know the true dark side from a comment i watched recently
Till now i thought its just a kids movie but the dark psychological meaning it hold oh my
i’m on that path currently. watched it when i was younger and loved the message, didn’t realize till now how dark it was
Pi is "god's" little wink to us regarding evolution and existence... Uncalculable and never ending. The math of it aside. Recognition of this is beautiful for some. Foreboding for others. Just know that we are meant to be and in some form or fashion "we" will continue.
This is the best vdo i never saw in my whole life time...... And the lines and the way you explained is way better than watching movie
Thank you. I am honored.
How Tiger can be addiction, he was the strengths and awareness to keep going on those cycles
The best recommendation TH-cam have ever gave me
Thanks! You are too kind.
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I had to stop watching before I knew the whole story, I want to buy the film and see it all the way. It's beautifully filmed .
Writing on this tomorrow. You're heaven sent.
Let me know how it turns out.
I freaking Love this movie. It hits a chord that transcends
I remember after reading the book for the first time how shocked I was that Richard Parker just left Pi after they landed on the shores of Mexico without looking back. But I slowly came to realize that it's not really surprising that Richard Parker just up and left. After all he is a tiger. Despite the unusual circumstances that he and Pi went through, and the fact that he didn't kill him in the end, he's still a tiger, and tigers are loners by nature. It's not within their interest to form a close bond with anyone or anything (aside from mating and rearing cubs). I reckon if he had been a more social carnivore, like a lion, a wolf, or even hyena, he probably would've developed some sort of bond with Pi long after they'd made it to shore.
Thank you so much for this video it’s remarkably well done. Learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Your video was beautiful, well-narrated and thought provoking. I was thirsty for this. Thank you Sir.
Your latest subscriber 🙏
Thank you and welcome!
So the life of pi is and interpretive story between facts of the real world and the hope and fate he gets from his religion?
Excellent synopsis.
Richard Parker lives in all of us, but even though he can’t be tamed he can be trained.
~_~
Thank you! Well stated.
Thankyou for shedding some light on this beautiful film, I’ve watched it so many times, and never could have realised the true meaning. 😘. I have subscribed to your channel.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@MeaningontheScreen ❤️
Ang lee was in his prime! Hope he turns back to films like Brokeback, Woodstock and this. And wish We as audience appreciate these gems ❤
what beautifully explained thanks:)
I thought this whole movie is a metaphor. Richard Parker, obviously is cold, ruthless, and everything wicked about Pi himself, in order to survive his harsh life. Pi himself is the good side of him. But, in the end, he realized Richard Parker was not the approach (sort of) to his life and how he should spend it, but the memories associated with his dark self make him unable to just let go of his old self, feeling nostalgic. Maybe, I had this conception that this movie was about aging. You would rather prefer your imaginative, wild childhood than the tough but adult with principles.
my mind is blown right now!
Stay thirsty my friends.
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@@MeaningontheScreen lol! Thanks!👍 Good video by the way.
thank you.... this is a beautiful explanation that sheds more light onto the meaningful layers of this film
You're very welcome
the island was in the shape of the idol of lord vishnu which young pi used to pray to, the island represented gods blessing where he could stay a little but ultimately leave towards a journey of struggle which was the sea.
". . . in order to experience this transformation, you must be Thirsty." Does that mean that Pi was REALLY the tiger, and that the story of his life was really just the tiger's fantasy? So the REAL puzzle of the story would be: will the other tigers BELIEVE him, or will they insist it was all just a delusion!
Imagine R.P telling his tiger companions the story💀
Very good analysis, thank you
really well done thank you for sharing..
I just watched the movie for the first time. Your video is amazing, it put the things I feel during the movie into words.
One thing I stuck is though, the colors fading at the final scene showing the jungle where Richard Parker left. It definitely means something but I cannot put into words. Any ideas?
Thank you. I will watch this again and consider your question.
For years, I have been doubting if God truly exists. I asked myself how a loving God let the world become the hell that it is today? I came to the conclusion that there was no way God existed. At least not as the way that he is portrayed in the Bible. I have been through a lot of hardships in my life that also played a huge part in my doubting. Just about 2-3 months ago, I reached the decision to either believe there was no God or to believe in him. Just like the writer had to choose between which story to believe. He believed in the better story. Finally, I had chosen to believe in God because it makes my life better with him in it.
Wow, thank you for sharing your story! I am honored! That is really awesome and I see why you connect with this film.
What do you think, God is good or bad? I belive there is no god what Bible describe. Will animals go to heaven with me ? Why God made children with disabilities, have they done any sins ? Why should they suffer? Will a non believer get to heaven wo doesn't know any thing about Jesus but still is righteous, truthful and loving. Did people go to heaven before birth of Jesus?
I belive god is a energy. Prior to bigbang there there was nothing but energy, wich created matter and then we were created , like science says. This energy is equilibrium of sattva, rajsya and tamas
This video needs more recognition! Excellent work💕
That was awesome! Thank you!!! 😃
I cried when tiger left him.
Thank you for making this
i havent seen the movie since i was 14 because i thought i understood it, back then i thought that the human version of the story was just something Pi made up so the doctors had something beliveable to write in their report. But now seen this video, and recalling the line "bananas don't float" at the hospital scene, I realize that the animals are a way for Pi to deal with the traumatic reality of what really whapened at the boat with his other humans survivors. 😖😖😲😲
Didnt he say that his mother came floating on banana.. so his mother could float with banana not orangtun.. 🧐 some thing we need to think about
So life is a tragedy, we humans are too weak to get by in life if we realize this, therefore we need to invent stories that prevent us from confronting inconvenient truths?
I see it this way: Life is a gift, and we are much stronger and more resilient than we realize. Therefore, some gifts are graciously wrapped in beautiful paper (hope and myth) and we get to choose when we are ready to open them and fully experience a new level of truth.
@@MeaningontheScreen That's a nice perspective
something I took away from this analysis, is that even in the darkest of places, beauty can shine. And in order to find peace in your soul, you must first go through darkness.
I think life is an investigation where we try to find ourselves rather than tragedy or invention of stories. No one knows fully why we are here. But its always better for us to keep going in terms of survival and in which what we believe in.
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Beautiful analysis, but....
You missed the most potent line in the entire movie;
“Can I ask you something? I told you two stories which story do you prefer?”
So many of us convince our children to believe in Santa Claus, why?
Is it possible that you are suppressing something?
I say this with much respect.