So, it is sad...

Rating: 10/10 (1 February 2013)

As I stated in my comment on the movie "Jeff who lives at Home", it is sad how difficult it has become to come here in IMDb to discuss a good movie.
In the past, I used to go to the board of a film, and find enthralling debates, and points of views about the point of view, the intentions of a filmmaker, writer. But now it all became so lame, so plain.
Almost all the questions this film seemed to have raised is about the existence or no-existence of god. Surely the theme is there. But it's not all. What the film tries to instill on us is the fact that is so much better to be a believer.Sure, we all know that our lives is fulled of challenges. But what really makes us endure, and eventually be successful, is how we face these challenges. And the answer to success is always how much we do believe in ourselves.
In the movie, it doesn't really matter which story is the true one, as so many people continue to try to clarify.
From the beginning of the movie, since Pi's intention to change his name, what he shows us is that he's not going to comply, and will try until the end that he should not be mocked. He wants to be recognize as someone unique, and he's determined to do that. That's the same determination he later shows in order to preserve his own life, whether story is true.
He shows us that whatever the ordeal is, however difficult life can be, we should never give up. We should never stop believing. The gods are only a metaphor. Something that symbolizes our strong will to survive.And even though everything should look doomed and desperate, being alive, our lives is always worth for fighting for. Until the end. No matter the odds. Even if we have to live with a ferocious tiger. Being it real, or a symbol of our hardships, whatever they'd be.
Ang Lee is one of the most compelling directors alive today. He's always questioning the real values, our real humanity, our true sentiments. And he does so in such a subtle, sensitive way... This Taiwanese is the most human, humble,deep, and also fantastic director we have today.
I loved this movie so deeply. And it's a shame IMDb is no longer, as it once was, a good vehicle to discuss the art of images and storytelling...
That being said, I'm going to lie down now...