Visually stunning metaphor

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2012)

Beautifully made movie about the complex relationship between Good and Evil, Man and God. The only negative is that the movie is so visually stunning that it may lead the viewer to appreciate it only on the physical concrete plane.
The real point to the movie is to show us that the tiger is not in the boat trying to kill the boy, rather that there is a metaphorical tiger living in each of us, and it is through the mythology of religions that each of us may discover for ourselves how we deal with our own tiger.
In this way, I think that the medium of film cannot match the impact of the written text for a film of such metaphoric import. It is through the imagery created in each individual's mind through the living life experiences of each person reading the passages of the book that give it deeper personal meaning and sense to the metaphor. This movie, as every movie, must impart the visions and experiences of essentially one person, the director. But it is such a beautiful vision after all.
Thumbs up!