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Ang Lee's Life of Pi opens 21 November 2012: USA, Canada, and--Taiwan
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 04, 2013, 03:43:14 pm ---Chrissi, in the US the characters spoke English with a British accent and some of the characters had a bit of the Indian lilt to their voices. I can rarely tell the difference between Indian English and British English, but their is a sing-song cadence to the former sometimes.
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Thanks for telling me about the OV!
--- Quote ---Didn't you love how being on the ocean was so eventful? It seemed like something was always happening. I've found that to be true in my sojourns in the mountains as well. Once you slow down your life you find out how much you are missing.
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Yeah. I admit, I had feared the time on the ocean might be a bit boring, but it wasn't. Should have known better, with Ang Lee making the movie. :)
--- Quote ---I didn't know meerkats only live in one dry place so that didn't throw me off the story. Come to think of it, I've only seen pictures of meerkats in sunny sandy places, but it didn't sink in.
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Wrong animals in movies are a pet peeve of mine. It bugged me enough to look up how it was in the novel. And there it were already meerkats. Why not Mungos (Indian mongoose)? Makes me wonder if the author of the book simply confused both animals. Maybe he encountered Indian mongoose on his travels in India and simply identified them wrong. Now that would be some sloppy research on his part however. I admit it's more likely he really inteded it that way, with meerkats in the wrong place.
Oh well, his book, his choice.
Monika:
I´l jump right into the discussion so SPOILER WARNING
SPOILER
I just got back from the cinema and yay! I thought it was a delight to watch. I´ve never understood the point of 3D-cinema but Ang really made the most of it. I must admit, my expectations weren´t really that high as I thought I might get bored - I mean - a boy and a tiger alone at sea for 2 hours - but I was wrong. I was thouroughly entertained.
I also took great pleasure in recognising - just like the rest of you did - some of Ang´s old tricks - the open ending and the play with names. I loved the ambiguity of the name Richard Parker - was it the name of a tiger or did it refer to a (from wiki) "Richard Parker (shipwrecked), the name of several real-life and fictitious seamen involved in cases of shipwreck and cannibalism" - who in this case may have been Pi himself.
The movie had a magical quality to it that left me feeling...glowy as I re-entered the windy winter night.
Front-Ranger:
With 11 Academy Award nominations, Ang Lee's Life of Pi is now being called his most celebrated film ever. As much as I loved the movie, it didn't delve nearly as deep as Brokeback Mountain, and BBM garnered more awards especially on the international scene. Plus, the set decoration was a bit on the sparse side. No wonder bread (didn't Wonder Bread have a tiger on the package, though?) ::)
brianr:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 04, 2013, 03:43:14 pm ---Chrissi, in the US the characters spoke English with a British accent and some of the characters had a bit of the Indian lilt to their voices. I can rarely tell the difference between Indian English and British English, but their is a sing-song cadence to the former sometimes.
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Have just seen it, definitely not a British accent but an Indian accent, actually annoying as it is the accent we get on help lines when trying to solve computer problems. Drives me balmy.
My sister has an Indian doctor who speaks perfect Aussie ;D English. One day he answered his phone and apologised to her that he needed to talk to his brother and he changed to the sing song accent.
I am afraid I did not enjoy Life of Pi at all. I was not hopeful but everyone is going and it has been nominated for so many awards I thought I should not miss it. Some great scenery but I thought it would never come to an end. I guess there is stuff to think about (My bishop raves about it and has read the book 3 times). To me it was just too unreal.
Sophia:
Ok, I am part of the group now. Last night I saw the movie. Oh my god, what it scared me. At one point I even covered my eyes (3D-glasses) out of fear of being drained in urin. :)
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