Life of Pi

[pixletwin]

No because Amour was not promoted as much coming up to voting time as Lawrence's movie. It's a know fact that studios wine and dine the members of the academy.

I've seen both movies. Have you?

There are a lot of hurt feelings in this thread.

 

[The Josh]

There are a lot of hurt feelings in this thread.

Nah, the hurt feelings are in the Argo thread.

 

[pixletwin]

Nah, the hurt feelings are in the Argo thread.

Hehe

 

[Bullseye]

There are a lot of hurt feelings in this thread.

I've no hurt feeling personally I think one performance was better than the other. JL was better in Winter Bones.

Have you seen Amour? (3rd time of asking).

 

[Eli26]

I guess. Saw it in the trailer. It looked cool but I wasn't blown away by it. Sorry

This is coming from a guy who has never seen the movie. See the movie before you have an opinion on it or get out, because at this point, it's considered trolling. I don't get how someone can be so angered by a movie they haven't seen. I heard it on Facebook and now on here. We get it, you have a hate on for this movie, even if you're going based on a trailer here or a teaser there.

Also, I find it ridiculous when someone posts "sorry" after they post something. Clearly they aren't or else they wouldn't have said it. lol

 

[Eli26]

ahhh I feel better now. Despite what has been said, the Josh is a stand up guy, even if he's totally off his rocker on this one.

 

[The Josh]

This is coming from a guy who has never seen the movie. See the movie before you have an opinion on it or get out, because at this point, it's considered trolling. I don't get how someone can be so angered by a movie they haven't seen. I heard it on Facebook and now on here. We get it, you have a hate on for this movie, even if you're going based on a trailer here or a teaser there.

Also, I find it ridiculous when someone posts "sorry" after they post something. Clearly they aren't or else they wouldn't have said it. lol

 

[pixletwin]

I've no hurt feeling personally I think one performance was better than the other. JL was better in Winter Bones.

Have you seen Amour? (3rd time of asking).

Whether I have seen it or not doesn't matter, I'm not an academy voter.

And no, I haven't seen it. Looks pretty dreadful to me based on the trailers.

 

[Bullseye]

Interesting as you have stated Jennifer deserved the award without seeing all the other performances. Maybe that is how the academy works too. LOL

 

[K07]

How is this movie religious? Is it about a generic sort of spirituality, Buddhism, or syncritism (mixing of religions)?

 

[pixletwin]

Interesting as you have stated Jennifer deserved the award without seeing all the other performances. Maybe that is how the academy works too. LOL

Maaaaaaaaaybe? You sure like to establish your whimsical conspiracy fantasies as fact, don't you. Also can you please quote my post stating that I thought Lawrence deserved the Oscar.... Paranoid and delusional is not a great combination.

 

[Bullseye]

Apologies it wasn't you who stated JL deserved it by MC.

Having seen both performances I don't see how the academy came to their decision. There is nothing whimsical about Amour or Emmanuelle Riva's performance. They also reduced the number of movies in Best picture from 10 to 9 and left out The Master, probably the best movie of the past year.

 

[pixletwin]

I can never stay mad for long at the Irish.

And I agree 100% about The Master.

 

[The Josh]

And no, I haven't seen it. Looks pretty dreadful to me based on the trailers.

Hey now!

 

[darthviper107]

How is this movie religious? Is it about a generic sort of spirituality, Buddhism, or syncritism (mixing of religions)?

It's a bit about spirituality in general, the main character samples several religions and believes in them all.

 

[pixletwin]

Hey now!

 

[The Josh]

 

[Eli26]

We should have a royal rumble of all the movie snobs.. and just go at it. Biggest ***** slap fest, guaranteed.

 

[rushmore223]

Ok, finally saw this on Blu-ray last night, cant believe no plot elements have been discussed here as of yet, so I will use spoiler tags to be safe.

Spoiler

Ok, I understand that the animals were representational of the people, a Sailor was the Zebra, The Cook was the Hyena, Pi's Mother was the Orangutang and Pi was the Tiger. These animals represented the "wildness" or instinct they were driven to in order to survive. I also came to the conclusion that the Island represented Pi giving in to cannibalism (the island itself, as he sails away was shaped like a person) in order to survive. Basic things still leave lingering questions for me, like when he (his human side represented by himself and animal side represented as the Tiger) was the only one still living aboard the lifeboat, why did he live on his makeshift raft? Why did he also bring all the food and drinkable water aboard the raft, only to lose it during the Whale scene.

I really would like to hear from those who watched this film, like it or hate it, it is definitely worthy of discussion.

 

[Devil_666]

We should have a royal rumble of all the movie snobs.. and just go at it. Biggest ***** slap fest, guaranteed.

My money's on CelticP.