Well that is exactly the question in the end. Both storys can work. The important thing is what you choose to believe. That us the essence of the life of Pi.
Personally, I interpreted the ending with Richard Parker leaving Pi as not malicious or "2-faced" but something far more beautiful. Two of the movies main lessons was forgiveness and learning to respect and trust nature, rather than blindly fear it. Parker, while a tiger, is not evil. Animals and nature are neutral entities, neither good nor evil. Due to his fathers teachings, Pi believed that Parker was simply a mindless beast, yet this is not the case with most animals, including tigers. Throughout the film, parker is terrified and alone, just like Pi; hence Pi seeing himself in the eyes or Parker. At the start, both Parker and Pi saw each other as a monster to be feared, two souls from different worlds. Yet through their suffering, they put their differences aside and learned to rely on and even respect one another in order to survive. The scene where Pi comforts Parker as he is close to death solidifies their bond. When leaving the Island, Parker no longer saw Pi as food or a threat, but a companion, and Pi felt the same way. In the end, Parker leaving Pi without saying "I love you" or "goodbye" was integral to the stories lesson of forgiveness. Parker, a neutral being, neither hater nor loved Pi. However, Parker respected Pi and was in his own way grateful for him saving his life, just as he had saved Pi's life and so Parker not looking back to say goodbye was his way of saying "this is not goodbye, for I will always remain in your heart, and you within my own". This is especially powerful given that tigers have great memories and can remember human faces. While it hurt Pi, he learned to forgive Parker and remember him as a friend, not as a monster.
It's allegory about what happened to the people when the ship went down. Parker going into the woods is the last survivor on the boat, reconciliation with what he had to do to survive, and having to let it go; "There are two stories, which do you prefer?"
The predator he was forced to become disappearing into the jungle forever... so the vegetarian Pi can resume what normal life he can. If he ever had to face up to the real version of what happened, instead of the fantasy he created to protect his mind, it would surely drive him mad.
Pi and Richard Parker are two facets of Pi's psyche. He needed the ferocity and pure animal instinct of the big cat in order to survive. The reason he was devastated at the sudden departure of the cat into the jungle upon their arrival to the shore was because he was suddenly very vulnerable without the defense mechanism he had created. He felt like he lost a part of himself. When you rewatch the movie with this understanding of the metaphor you notice all the scenes and visuals where this is clearly ( to me, anyway) communicated. Especially when it shows them both staring into the water and having visions of his family. The story of the animals was a way for him to re-tell his story without having to relive the reality of what actually happened. It's really a beautiful and thought provoking story.
Yes, it makes sense also for Richard Parker to leave Pi like that. Because Richard Parker symbolizes that "savage" side of Pi, what he had to do to survive and struggles to reconcile. It's pretty clear at the end of the movie, how he associated several people with the animals. His mother is the monkey, the cook is the hyena. I don't remember exactly who the zebra is. But that's why Pi enquires about the monkey's baby, because he actually asks about his brother. And Richard Parker is Pi. We see the Tiger kill the Hyena, meaning Pi killed a man. Yes, a man who killed his mother, but still he took a life and did a lot of things that were contrary to what he felt as his values, and hopes and his faith(s). Richard Parker leaving is also Pi losing this "security" of being allowed to be an animal and handling what he did because of that, because he had no other choice. It's shown in the hospital scene, where he tells the story with the animals, no one believes him and it's clear that it's a way for Pi to cope with what actually happened. Now you have to reconcile that with the fact that you indeed survived, you did what you had to do, you endured what you endured, and that you'll have to live with all of that, forever changed. And in that, Pi is definetely alone, way more alone than he was when he was on that boat. Because he has to heal from that trauma, and as we see from Adult Pi, he did, he found some solace in what happened to him, but it still took time, and he felt lonelier than ever when Richard Parker, his "primal instincts" deserted him. It's also very telling, how despite being rickety and sickly, Richard Parker does survive the trip, because Pi survived, because his will to live survived, in the most primal sense. But what are you left with, once you've gone through that crucible, and you have to pick your life up? This is what this story is about. This is where Pi found God, within himself, in life itself. It's also very beautiful how it comes full circle within the story. A Tiger as an animal, is not savage or evil or soulless, nor even emotionless for doing what it needs to live (eat fresh meat, attack people etc), because it's what it does to live. It doesn't take away the tiger's value or right to live, just like it doesn't take away Pi's right to live, what he went through and had to do to survive. And Richard Parker looking back at Pi, would have meant "the end of their relationship" as Pi said, there is no end between Pi and that part of himself. It moves forward, just like Pi has to move forward. As Pi says, life is letting go. To move forward he had to let go everything attached to Richard Parker and that trauma of surviving. And during the whole story there are clues, when Richard Parker is weak and on the brink of death, it's when Pi gives up, is ready to die, because that fighting energy within him, is fading. When they're on the island, Richard Parker stays on the boat because Pi's instincts tell him something is wrong with this island, and so on.
@@MARYWTHER yes, thank you for expounding so well :) I agree with everything you said, I just didn't feel like writing that long of a reply, lol :) so thanks. :)
@@gordondry I believe it represents something theological in nature. Pi is religious, a Christian. Christianity often emphasizes a turning away from the world (sinful transgressions), and resisting temptation. I believe the island represents that, because it was so giving and delicious and sweet at first, but the longer he was there the more he realized how perilous and destructive it actually was and that as tempting as it was to stay, he has to turn away to find true salvation. That's what I think.
@@gordondry he ate his mum. Meerkats are maggots, acid pools is him throwing up aan him realising how fucked everything is. The island is in the shape of a woman after all..
So everyone said the tiger betrayed him, never looked back and went straight into jungle. The thing is the tiger DIDN'T betray him because although it didn't look back....... IT DIDN'T EAT HIM! I'D SAY THAT'S THE BEST THANK YOU! But that's just my opinion.
*When I first saw this years ago, I cried, as I am now. Parker, his parents, everyone and everything leaving is how things are: souls come into your life for seasons and reasons. Either for a short time, or long term or just passing through, and for various reasons that often intersect someplace along time. Learning to go with the flow, pat attention, and learn from even failures and betrayals.*
Yup... those souls come into your life... and eating those who were friends or relatives is never easy. Just adding that little reality nugget to your point.
I've never clicked so fast for a video! Seeing their reactions is wholesome, very innocent. What could be better than them watching Life of Pi. One of my favourite movies ever.
This was one of the best book to film adaptations I’ve seen. I read the book a few times long before I heard they we’re making it into a movie. It’s still one of my favorite books.
I think pi needed parker to be strong enough to make it (I'm seeing Parker as part of himself). He needed to be tough and fierce and wild like a tiger. Once he is on shore back on human lands, Parker wanders off into the jungle, back into Pi's subconscious bc he isn't needed anymore. But Pi grieves the loss because he was all alone and Parker was the only one he had. It's the disconnect between wild animals and humans... This became a disconnect between Pi and his own animal instincts, which for humans only come out in the gravest of circumstances.
PS but I forgot to say Pi tries to rein in Parker and that's his human self in control fighting animal survival instincts. So he does keep his head all the while, he would not have survived without the human ability to be rational and solve complex problems. He keeps his humanity but now he sees what it is to be an animal through this awful experience.
Richard Parker DID say goodbye to him, in his own wild animal way. Pi was his last thought before disappearing into the jungle. That’s how i’ve always interpreted it.
I am so pleased they have been reinstated on youtube. As they find the western world so different, it is their way of seeing things I find so fascinating and beautifully uncorrupted. I would love to sit with them and spend much time talking. Blessings and hi from the UK.
@@keithcheeseman567 yep not the same crew at all. Was atleast 3 channels that popped up kinda at the same time. Villagers react, tribal people try, reactistan.
I know I have criticized movie choices in the past but this is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was hoping for and you have not disappointed me. What an excellent choice! I LOVE seeing them react to western movies about Indian characters, etc. When Babu said this felt like his dream coming true I almost cried. Yeah, Richard Parker, and his not looking back, is beautiful and sad all at once. Richard Parker was his Survivor persona. He created the story of the animals as stand-ins for the humans on the boat as a survival mechanism. It wasn't simply isolation that drove him to create the story about the animals. It was the guilt over the death and cannibalism of his mother/the orangutan, as led by the chef/hyena. And they were a vegetarian family! And he was forced to eat his own mother (and the others) to survive. That type of trauma *would* make you want to disassociate and create a narrative that was easier to "digest". I wish there was a way to explain that to the villagers. It would be nice to interact with them about what they watch.
There's doubt about whether that is true or not. In the movie, at the end, the writer finds a paper saying he was found in the raft with a tiger. It's left open to interpretation.
Tbh, I'm not much of a movie fan. I prefer the book version. They removed the blind cook and added Anandi in the movie... Anyway, I suppose this is their movie... And I also expected the scene where the tiger (Mahish in the book) kills the goat to be a bit bigger. The movie scene felt very claustrophobic and small spaced compared to the book.
That old man getting so invested in this movie was priceless, at one point he even asks God not to put him through the same trials and tribulations . That was so endearing. And then he sings his little song at the end, So sweet.
Without these figures in his mind, mom, dad's voice, God hears him and sends him fish. The Tiger was real and in the boat with him.God saved them both.
This was a wonderful surprise, thank you for this wonderful watchalong with you three. I've always been an Ang Lee fan, but this film of his is especially beautiful. I would love to see a reaction video of Richard Attenborough's 1982 film, Gandhi.
Awesome movie! The 100 foot journey. Y'all will love that one too as it has actors from India. It's a great movie. One of my favorite movies of all time.
45:46 They kinda forgot to mention that technically while the director is directing this movie from Hollywood, he's actually Asian (Taiwan-Chinese to be exact)
Life of Pi is a magical movie, thank you ! The tiger was digitialized it would have been impossible with a real one. That movie is like a beautiful, somewhat sad fable full of lessons. I proposed that movie a few weeks ago and I wonder if they might be interested with "Slumdog millionaire" wich is excellent too (and a big success worldwide) , if a bit violent for the heros sometimes, and takes place in India. And RIP Irrfan Khan, a fantastic actor.
- There were never ANY animals in the lifeboat... only people. The cook (hyena) kills and eats the sailor (the zebra) and Pi's mother (the orangutan). It can be assumed that Pi likely participated in the cannibalism. These acts cause a mental 'break' in Pi... and this is where he becomes the tiger. - The tiger aspect of Pi rises from his subconscious, and he kills the cook. One can only surmise that he also eats the cook. In his mind (and throughout the entire story), Pi maintains himself as a separate entity from the vicious survival instinct (the tiger) that has taken hold of him. He is on a mission to try to tame this instinctual being. - He sees the creature he has become as a sort of necessary evil... something that must kill to survive. The fact that Pi was formerly a vegetarian and animal lover causes him to create this alternative story where he is not the predator. He imagines himself as a separate entity that only feeds the carnivorous predator when necessary. When he is on the small, separate raft looking in at the boat, it is like his civilized self is outside his body, and looking at his animal self. - The impossible "island" is perhaps the most bizarre part of the story. In many ways, Pi thinks of this imaginary 'place' as a respite and sanctuary from the open ocean. I believe that in this point of Pi's journey, he is actually lying semi-conscious in the boat and slipping into pure hallucinatory fantasies. Part of him knows it isn't real. He knows he's hallucinating, and he sees both benefits and dangers to this. He sees the imaginary island as almost a paradise during the day (where the tiger feeds), but dangerous at night (where he's alone in the dark with his deeds). - When he finally lands on a (real) beach and realizes he is safely back to civilization, the tiger part of him doesn't stay... but instead immediately melts away into the jungle. He essentially 'retires' this aspect of himself when it is no longer needed.
This is a rather dark interpretation - a little too morbid for some people. It is really left up to the viewer which story they like better. Rather than to admit to cannibalism, Pi has set up an entirely different memory, but the one you present is actually more believable. " And if I should die on this boat, I want you to eat me." " What you, with the gamey leg? I'd rather eat the cook, sir -- he's much fatter."
@@edwardthorne9875 - Well of course it's left up to the viewer... that's kind of the whole point of the film. Is it easier to believe in feel-good fantasies, than it is to accept the hard truths in life? Should we accept the bad things we've done, or cover them up in false justifications to protect our fragile minds? Even in the "feel-good" version, he weeps over killing a fish to eat it. If he ever had to face the "other things" he had to eat, it might drive him to madness.
I was today years old when I realized that Pi probabli ate his own mother. The part about the island is the only section that is not reflected in any way in the alternate story. An island of refreshement and acid, nourishment and teeth from which a swarm of tiny meerkats feed off like flies off a dead corpse. Horrifiend and yet touching when you realize what else was he supposed to do to survive.... In the end, his very suffering gave birth to the story that inspired people.
That's a very interesting analysis, but that's your interpretation bud. It's not a real story and a feel good fantasy, both stories are fully valid, you just chose the one you prefer. Afterall, the story we follow is the tiger's story, we saw it from beginning to end, why would it have to be the inferior one.
@@Megaspinosaurusrex - Bet you also prefer the Santa Claus story over the parents version (ie: childish fantasy over obvious reality). I mean... both sides are "fully valid"... right?
I was so sad the movie competed the same year as Skyfall in the Oscars. The opening song was nothing short of beautiful and had to face Adele. Both deserving the oscar for best song yet my pick was Pi's
The tiger is not a metaphor for Pi, the tiger is a metaphor for the universe. Pi looks in the tiger's eyes and sees a human-like intelligence behind them, but his father the atheist tells him that it's just his own emotions reflected back. Does the tiger understand Pi's kindnesses and sacrifice, ie is there a god behind the universe - or do we just see ourselves in what is happening and invent god in our minds. In the end, all Pi wants is the tiger to look back, he wants a sign that there is a real god, and he gets none, and his atheist father was proved right. But despite knowing there is no god, Pi chooses to believe in the fiction because it's a "better story" aka what he can deal with: even if god is just a reflection of ourselves in a tiger's eyes, Pi argues it's still worth believing in.
Please let them know that most of the tiger scenes, it was a cgi tiger. Also please show some clips of wild animals that have shown compassion for humans. Great reaction to the movie. Theyre lovely people.
A sad reality is the nuclear contamination that happened in the Pacific Ocean , for years the US army carried out nuclear explosions in the Pacific Ocean. Currently in this 21st century there are no nuclear test but we hope that the nuclear test of the 20th century will have no consequences.
If they want to see another fantastic Hollywood movie based in India, please show them Slumdog Millionaire! It's even got some Bollywood-style song and dance!
Trauma can be a terrible thing to withstand, in the end of the day the movie tells magnificent, engaging, fantastic story with an even better a more profound rationalism/agnosticism end message
They were asking at the end about the tiger; I believe some of it was done with a trained tiger (real animal), and some was done with digital computer imaging.
If they'd like a great film set in India, you could do worse than showing them "Bandit Queen" - a true story, based on the life of Phoolan Devi. It's in Hindi (so no translation problems) and set in Uttar Pradesh. It's a very well made and exciting film, but it's also quite serious - involving sensitive issues such as child marriage and the caste system. I think it would be really interesting to see the villager discuss and react to it. It doesn't always have to be Hollywood style, special effects laden movies, does it? I think "Phoolan Devi" would be great viewing for them, and us.
The reality of the tiger is: There never was a tiger. And that's true in several ways ;) Yes, Life of Pi is a really great and sophisticated movie. I guess, showing this one to the guys was in the end almost mandatory.
Losing hope is the biggest killer so long as you have hope there is a way there was a man who could have survived this fatal illness but he lost hope in living and died as a result
Such a beautiful movie with a powerful message. It is a pity there are not more people reacting to it. That you for allowing Babu and others to view it. I am glad they felt the connection from their Indian home land.
So much subtext in this film. Everyone will have a different interpretation due to their culture/heritage IMO. Sometimes the only way to hear the good/bad is by using a little fiction. Would love to see a reaction for The Neverending Story, another good story with subtext.
If i recall correctly i believe in the book the two different stories are told but there are a lot more little hints in the report that he actually was telling the truth about the fantastical version.
There is one other movie about an Indian - Australian child, I think they should watch, even if they know the story, which is possible. Lion, a long way home.
Both stories are equally fictional. People make a mistake when they assume they have to choose the "realistic" one. Choose whichever story you like best because both of them are fictional and neither one is real.
Hi. I think this is my favourite video on your channel. I have understood that I want to see how you see the world. Is there any possibility of seeing something your "reactors" want to react to, or them telling us something from their own lives?
Please reassure the guys that all of the shots on the tiger in the boat were done with CGI, so Suraj Sharma was never in any danger. The shots of the tiger swimming, however, were of a real tiger. Unlike most cats, tigers do like to play in water.
I had to chuckle when they thought the huge army at the beginning of Fellowship of the Ring was actually a horde of extras. It ruins the magic a bit to know most of them are CGI.
RIP to Irrfan Khan, who played the adult Pi Patel. He made so many films in such a short while, but left us far too soon.
The animals were metaphors for real people that were on the life boat with him. It’s an amazing book and movie.
I think I should read the book.
In reality, human would have to kill the tiger to live. Tiger is a Apex predator. It clearly was metaphors.
Well that is exactly the question in the end. Both storys can work. The important thing is what you choose to believe. That us the essence of the life of Pi.
@anonymouslyblessedBro it’s not about the human hurting the tiger ,it’s the other way around .
The tiger would have killed him if it was real.
Depends on your chosen perspective.
Personally, I interpreted the ending with Richard Parker leaving Pi as not malicious or "2-faced" but something far more beautiful. Two of the movies main lessons was forgiveness and learning to respect and trust nature, rather than blindly fear it. Parker, while a tiger, is not evil. Animals and nature are neutral entities, neither good nor evil. Due to his fathers teachings, Pi believed that Parker was simply a mindless beast, yet this is not the case with most animals, including tigers. Throughout the film, parker is terrified and alone, just like Pi; hence Pi seeing himself in the eyes or Parker. At the start, both Parker and Pi saw each other as a monster to be feared, two souls from different worlds. Yet through their suffering, they put their differences aside and learned to rely on and even respect one another in order to survive. The scene where Pi comforts Parker as he is close to death solidifies their bond. When leaving the Island, Parker no longer saw Pi as food or a threat, but a companion, and Pi felt the same way. In the end, Parker leaving Pi without saying "I love you" or "goodbye" was integral to the stories lesson of forgiveness. Parker, a neutral being, neither hater nor loved Pi. However, Parker respected Pi and was in his own way grateful for him saving his life, just as he had saved Pi's life and so Parker not looking back to say goodbye was his way of saying "this is not goodbye, for I will always remain in your heart, and you within my own". This is especially powerful given that tigers have great memories and can remember human faces. While it hurt Pi, he learned to forgive Parker and remember him as a friend, not as a monster.
It's allegory about what happened to the people when the ship went down. Parker going into the woods is the last survivor on the boat, reconciliation with what he had to do to survive, and having to let it go; "There are two stories, which do you prefer?"
Richard Parker is Pi and Pi is Richard Parker...
The story is a metaphor for he's trauma...
Or if you go with the other story, it's him letting go of his base survival instincts
The predator he was forced to become disappearing into the jungle forever... so the vegetarian Pi can resume what normal life he can.
If he ever had to face up to the real version of what happened, instead of the fantasy he created to protect his mind, it would surely drive him mad.
That is beautiful, thank you
Pi and Richard Parker are two facets of Pi's psyche. He needed the ferocity and pure animal instinct of the big cat in order to survive. The reason he was devastated at the sudden departure of the cat into the jungle upon their arrival to the shore was because he was suddenly very vulnerable without the defense mechanism he had created. He felt like he lost a part of himself. When you rewatch the movie with this understanding of the metaphor you notice all the scenes and visuals where this is clearly ( to me, anyway) communicated. Especially when it shows them both staring into the water and having visions of his family. The story of the animals was a way for him to re-tell his story without having to relive the reality of what actually happened. It's really a beautiful and thought provoking story.
Yes, it makes sense also for Richard Parker to leave Pi like that. Because Richard Parker symbolizes that "savage" side of Pi, what he had to do to survive and struggles to reconcile. It's pretty clear at the end of the movie, how he associated several people with the animals. His mother is the monkey, the cook is the hyena. I don't remember exactly who the zebra is. But that's why Pi enquires about the monkey's baby, because he actually asks about his brother. And Richard Parker is Pi. We see the Tiger kill the Hyena, meaning Pi killed a man. Yes, a man who killed his mother, but still he took a life and did a lot of things that were contrary to what he felt as his values, and hopes and his faith(s). Richard Parker leaving is also Pi losing this "security" of being allowed to be an animal and handling what he did because of that, because he had no other choice. It's shown in the hospital scene, where he tells the story with the animals, no one believes him and it's clear that it's a way for Pi to cope with what actually happened. Now you have to reconcile that with the fact that you indeed survived, you did what you had to do, you endured what you endured, and that you'll have to live with all of that, forever changed. And in that, Pi is definetely alone, way more alone than he was when he was on that boat. Because he has to heal from that trauma, and as we see from Adult Pi, he did, he found some solace in what happened to him, but it still took time, and he felt lonelier than ever when Richard Parker, his "primal instincts" deserted him. It's also very telling, how despite being rickety and sickly, Richard Parker does survive the trip, because Pi survived, because his will to live survived, in the most primal sense. But what are you left with, once you've gone through that crucible, and you have to pick your life up? This is what this story is about. This is where Pi found God, within himself, in life itself. It's also very beautiful how it comes full circle within the story. A Tiger as an animal, is not savage or evil or soulless, nor even emotionless for doing what it needs to live (eat fresh meat, attack people etc), because it's what it does to live. It doesn't take away the tiger's value or right to live, just like it doesn't take away Pi's right to live, what he went through and had to do to survive.
And Richard Parker looking back at Pi, would have meant "the end of their relationship" as Pi said, there is no end between Pi and that part of himself. It moves forward, just like Pi has to move forward. As Pi says, life is letting go. To move forward he had to let go everything attached to Richard Parker and that trauma of surviving.
And during the whole story there are clues, when Richard Parker is weak and on the brink of death, it's when Pi gives up, is ready to die, because that fighting energy within him, is fading. When they're on the island, Richard Parker stays on the boat because Pi's instincts tell him something is wrong with this island, and so on.
@@MARYWTHER yes, thank you for expounding so well :) I agree with everything you said, I just didn't feel like writing that long of a reply, lol :) so thanks. :)
What was the meaning of the island in the book then, which much more intense in the book?
@@gordondry I believe it represents something theological in nature. Pi is religious, a Christian. Christianity often emphasizes a turning away from the world (sinful transgressions), and resisting temptation. I believe the island represents that, because it was so giving and delicious and sweet at first, but the longer he was there the more he realized how perilous and destructive it actually was and that as tempting as it was to stay, he has to turn away to find true salvation. That's what I think.
@@gordondry he ate his mum. Meerkats are maggots, acid pools is him throwing up aan him realising how fucked everything is.
The island is in the shape of a woman after all..
So everyone said the tiger betrayed him, never looked back and went straight into jungle. The thing is the tiger DIDN'T betray him because although it didn't look back....... IT DIDN'T EAT HIM! I'D SAY THAT'S THE BEST THANK YOU! But that's just my opinion.
It was like "All that was really weird."
*When I first saw this years ago, I cried, as I am now. Parker, his parents, everyone and everything leaving is how things are: souls come into your life for seasons and reasons. Either for a short time, or long term or just passing through, and for various reasons that often intersect someplace along time. Learning to go with the flow, pat attention, and learn from even failures and betrayals.*
Yup... those souls come into your life... and eating those who were friends or relatives is never easy. Just adding that little reality nugget to your point.
I've never clicked so fast for a video! Seeing their reactions is wholesome, very innocent. What could be better than them watching Life of Pi. One of my favourite movies ever.
Same. They need to watch slumdog millionaire next. That will completely inspire them
This was one of the best book to film adaptations I’ve seen. I read the book a few times long before I heard they we’re making it into a movie. It’s still one of my favorite books.
So you did not miss the part of the book which was one third of it, the island?
I think pi needed parker to be strong enough to make it (I'm seeing Parker as part of himself). He needed to be tough and fierce and wild like a tiger. Once he is on shore back on human lands, Parker wanders off into the jungle, back into Pi's subconscious bc he isn't needed anymore. But Pi grieves the loss because he was all alone and Parker was the only one he had. It's the disconnect between wild animals and humans... This became a disconnect between Pi and his own animal instincts, which for humans only come out in the gravest of circumstances.
PS but I forgot to say Pi tries to rein in Parker and that's his human self in control fighting animal survival instincts. So he does keep his head all the while, he would not have survived without the human ability to be rational and solve complex problems. He keeps his humanity but now he sees what it is to be an animal through this awful experience.
Richard Parker DID say goodbye to him, in his own wild animal way. Pi was his last thought before disappearing into the jungle. That’s how i’ve always interpreted it.
Even though they missed the metaphor I loved the lessons they took away from Life of Pi❤
I had to watch it twice before i got it.
What's not to get? The Journalist spells it out.@@bigphat200
I am so pleased they have been reinstated on youtube. As they find the western world so different, it is their way of seeing things I find so fascinating and beautifully uncorrupted. I would love to sit with them and spend much time talking. Blessings and hi from the UK.
That’s a different channel
That's "Tribal People Try".
@@LMmccallL57 I know.. but this is the channel they set up after the ban. All one and the same, joined at the hip.
I’m sorry, but no, they are not affiliated. These people are from India. Tribal People Try is based in Pakistan.
@@keithcheeseman567 yep not the same crew at all. Was atleast 3 channels that popped up kinda at the same time. Villagers react, tribal people try, reactistan.
Their cynicism about flies turning up in the middle of the ocean was spot on!
I know I have criticized movie choices in the past but this is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was hoping for and you have not disappointed me. What an excellent choice! I LOVE seeing them react to western movies about Indian characters, etc. When Babu said this felt like his dream coming true I almost cried.
Yeah, Richard Parker, and his not looking back, is beautiful and sad all at once. Richard Parker was his Survivor persona. He created the story of the animals as stand-ins for the humans on the boat as a survival mechanism. It wasn't simply isolation that drove him to create the story about the animals. It was the guilt over the death and cannibalism of his mother/the orangutan, as led by the chef/hyena. And they were a vegetarian family! And he was forced to eat his own mother (and the others) to survive. That type of trauma *would* make you want to disassociate and create a narrative that was easier to "digest".
I wish there was a way to explain that to the villagers. It would be nice to interact with them about what they watch.
There's doubt about whether that is true or not. In the movie, at the end, the writer finds a paper saying he was found in the raft with a tiger. It's left open to interpretation.
Movie had very deep philosophical meaning and strong metaphors
This movie always makes me so emotional. The first time I saw it, I cried like a baby.
I love this movie and the book. A complete masterpiece.
Both the movie and the book are overrated and boring af.
@@masterJZX To each their own.
Tbh, I'm not much of a movie fan. I prefer the book version. They removed the blind cook and added Anandi in the movie... Anyway, I suppose this is their movie... And I also expected the scene where the tiger (Mahish in the book) kills the goat to be a bit bigger. The movie scene felt very claustrophobic and small spaced compared to the book.
That old man getting so invested in this movie was priceless, at one point he even asks God not to put him through the same trials and tribulations . That was so endearing. And then he sings his little song at the end, So sweet.
So excited to watch this ❤
RIP Irfan Khan
Yes, such a good actor! RIP 🕊️
This was one of the most moving reactions I've ever seen.
Thank you.
One of my favorite movies. Loved the tiger and the relationship with Pi, even if he did not say goodbye. A lovely movie of faith as well
Without these figures in his mind, mom, dad's voice, God hears him and sends him fish. The Tiger was real and in the boat with him.God saved them both.
I saw this at the cinima, it was so beautiful on the big screan.
Ive never seen the movie.
But the reactions of Babu and the others was emotional.
They have the same wisdom as all of us.
Life of Pi is really good.
Watching this made me think of "Cast Away". That's one I think they would enjoy also.
"Look at the duck."
Flamingo: "A WHAT?!?"
This was a wonderful surprise, thank you for this wonderful watchalong with you three.
I've always been an Ang Lee fan, but this film of his is especially beautiful.
I would love to see a reaction video of Richard Attenborough's 1982 film, Gandhi.
Love this movie! Visually stunning.
Have they seen 'Slumdog Millionaire'? If not, I suggest they watch it next.
The sad part is, the CGI company who animated Richard Parker and the rest of the special effects went bankrupt.
That's sad
A Canadian story actually, inspired from a Brazilian writer, Poe and shipwreck incidents from Ireland and England.
Pi's inner beast came out when he killed the cook!
Oh Babu, you make watching these to the end worthwhile.
YESSS I love this movie!! It kind of slipped under the radar a bit, sadly, even though it won awards
You should also do Slumdog Millionaire for another Hollywood-Indian film
Yes, and definitely "Lion"
I think the lesson of the movie is two-fold: 1, we are all animals at heart in times of crisis; 2, our imaginations help us get through trauma
Awesome movie!
The 100 foot journey. Y'all will love that one too as it has actors from India. It's a great movie. One of my favorite movies of all time.
45:46 They kinda forgot to mention that technically while the director is directing this movie from Hollywood, he's actually Asian (Taiwan-Chinese to be exact)
What is very sympathic to see is, that people all over the world react the same on deep emotional events...
My wife and I watched this at the cinema and cried so much. Brilliant film.
Perhaps Lion is also a good suggestion since it also is set partly in India. But idk if a drama like that works for this format
Haha I also just suggested it. Yeah Lion is great to react to.
I also suggested the movie- Lion.
I am sure Sir will do that in the future if he can.
Slumdog Millionaire is also a modern classic in my opinion
Life of Pi is a magical movie, thank you ! The tiger was digitialized it would have been impossible with a real one. That movie is like a beautiful, somewhat sad fable full of lessons. I proposed that movie a few weeks ago and I wonder if they might be interested with "Slumdog millionaire" wich is excellent too (and a big success worldwide) , if a bit violent for the heros sometimes, and takes place in India. And RIP Irrfan Khan, a fantastic actor.
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I didn't knew that this actor is dead. RIP.
I miss Irfan Khan. I liked him in Slumdog Millionaire but more as Mr Masrani in Jurassic World
One of my favorite films. What a great surprise. You should have them watch "Lion" next.
These are some great videos to binge lmao. Loved the song at the end!
I love this channel, but these three movies were especially incredible to see their reactions for. Thank you!
- There were never ANY animals in the lifeboat... only people. The cook (hyena) kills and eats the sailor (the zebra) and Pi's mother (the orangutan). It can be assumed that Pi likely participated in the cannibalism. These acts cause a mental 'break' in Pi... and this is where he becomes the tiger.
- The tiger aspect of Pi rises from his subconscious, and he kills the cook. One can only surmise that he also eats the cook. In his mind (and throughout the entire story), Pi maintains himself as a separate entity from the vicious survival instinct (the tiger) that has taken hold of him. He is on a mission to try to tame this instinctual being.
- He sees the creature he has become as a sort of necessary evil... something that must kill to survive. The fact that Pi was formerly a vegetarian and animal lover causes him to create this alternative story where he is not the predator. He imagines himself as a separate entity that only feeds the carnivorous predator when necessary. When he is on the small, separate raft looking in at the boat, it is like his civilized self is outside his body, and looking at his animal self.
- The impossible "island" is perhaps the most bizarre part of the story. In many ways, Pi thinks of this imaginary 'place' as a respite and sanctuary from the open ocean. I believe that in this point of Pi's journey, he is actually lying semi-conscious in the boat and slipping into pure hallucinatory fantasies. Part of him knows it isn't real. He knows he's hallucinating, and he sees both benefits and dangers to this. He sees the imaginary island as almost a paradise during the day (where the tiger feeds), but dangerous at night (where he's alone in the dark with his deeds).
- When he finally lands on a (real) beach and realizes he is safely back to civilization, the tiger part of him doesn't stay... but instead immediately melts away into the jungle. He essentially 'retires' this aspect of himself when it is no longer needed.
This is a rather dark interpretation - a little too morbid for some people. It is really left up to the viewer which story they like better. Rather than to admit to cannibalism, Pi has set up an entirely different memory, but the one you present is actually more believable.
" And if I should die on this boat, I want you to eat me."
" What you, with the gamey leg? I'd rather eat the cook, sir -- he's much fatter."
@@edwardthorne9875 - Well of course it's left up to the viewer... that's kind of the whole point of the film. Is it easier to believe in feel-good fantasies, than it is to accept the hard truths in life? Should we accept the bad things we've done, or cover them up in false justifications to protect our fragile minds?
Even in the "feel-good" version, he weeps over killing a fish to eat it. If he ever had to face the "other things" he had to eat, it might drive him to madness.
I was today years old when I realized that Pi probabli ate his own mother. The part about the island is the only section that is not reflected in any way in the alternate story. An island of refreshement and acid, nourishment and teeth from which a swarm of tiny meerkats feed off like flies off a dead corpse. Horrifiend and yet touching when you realize what else was he supposed to do to survive.... In the end, his very suffering gave birth to the story that inspired people.
That's a very interesting analysis, but that's your interpretation bud. It's not a real story and a feel good fantasy, both stories are fully valid, you just chose the one you prefer. Afterall, the story we follow is the tiger's story, we saw it from beginning to end, why would it have to be the inferior one.
@@Megaspinosaurusrex - Bet you also prefer the Santa Claus story over the parents version (ie: childish fantasy over obvious reality). I mean... both sides are "fully valid"... right?
We need a CD with Babu's songs
Lovely song at the end !! Thank you for these beautiful vids
I was so sad the movie competed the same year as Skyfall in the Oscars. The opening song was nothing short of beautiful and had to face Adele. Both deserving the oscar for best song yet my pick was Pi's
perfect selection for them to react to
Such a great film ❤ thanks for sharing
The tiger is not a metaphor for Pi, the tiger is a metaphor for the universe. Pi looks in the tiger's eyes and sees a human-like intelligence behind them, but his father the atheist tells him that it's just his own emotions reflected back. Does the tiger understand Pi's kindnesses and sacrifice, ie is there a god behind the universe - or do we just see ourselves in what is happening and invent god in our minds.
In the end, all Pi wants is the tiger to look back, he wants a sign that there is a real god, and he gets none, and his atheist father was proved right. But despite knowing there is no god, Pi chooses to believe in the fiction because it's a "better story" aka what he can deal with: even if god is just a reflection of ourselves in a tiger's eyes, Pi argues it's still worth believing in.
You would love the movie The Tiger. I normally don't watch Korean movies, but this one's soooo good!
Much love from America, and God bless!
At the 8:55 Babu almost copied the meme "He's literally me!" :))
You should now show them a video of the visual FX to make Life of Pi as the animals and ocean were largely computerised.
Yes, no tiger-training was required...
Now please show them Slumdog Millionaire!
This is an amazing movie for them to watch, thank you
Please let them know that most of the tiger scenes, it was a cgi tiger. Also please show some clips of wild animals that have shown compassion for humans. Great reaction to the movie. Theyre lovely people.
I always look forward to Babu's song at the end. 😊 ❤
Piscine is french for Pool and he goes by Pi short for Piscine!
A sad reality is the nuclear contamination that happened in the Pacific Ocean , for years the US army carried out nuclear explosions in the Pacific Ocean. Currently in this 21st century there are no nuclear test but we hope that the nuclear test of the 20th century will have no consequences.
You should also show them the movie “Lion” with Dev Patel, I think they’d really enjoy that one.
If they want to see another fantastic Hollywood movie based in India, please show them Slumdog Millionaire! It's even got some Bollywood-style song and dance!
I really wonder how they'd react to Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.
I'd like to recommend the movie Cast Away with Tom Hanks as a future reaction.
Trauma can be a terrible thing to withstand, in the end of the day the movie tells magnificent, engaging, fantastic story with an even better a more profound rationalism/agnosticism end message
I actually haven't seen this movie before. But have heard of it. Will be good to watch it with our Village Friends
Seeing animals in movies die makes me sad (even the CGI ones) :-(
Can you do the movie Lion next ? I think that would be interesting.
They were asking at the end about the tiger; I believe some of it was done with a trained tiger (real animal), and some was done with digital computer imaging.
If they'd like a great film set in India, you could do worse than showing them "Bandit Queen" - a true story, based on the life of Phoolan Devi. It's in Hindi (so no translation problems) and set in Uttar Pradesh. It's a very well made and exciting film, but it's also quite serious - involving sensitive issues such as child marriage and the caste system. I think it would be really interesting to see the villager discuss and react to it. It doesn't always have to be Hollywood style, special effects laden movies, does it? I think "Phoolan Devi" would be great viewing for them, and us.
Irfan khan
RIP🙏
29 April 2020
CAST AWAY!!! PLEASE SHOW THEM THE MOVIE CAST AWAY!!!
uncle looks so tired, did you guys wake him up early for this? lol
The reality of the tiger is: There never was a tiger. And that's true in several ways ;)
Yes, Life of Pi is a really great and sophisticated movie. I guess, showing this one to the guys was in the end almost mandatory.
Losing hope is the biggest killer so long as you have hope there is a way there was a man who could have survived this fatal illness but he lost hope in living and died as a result
Such a beautiful movie with a powerful message. It is a pity there are not more people reacting to it. That you for allowing Babu and others to view it. I am glad they felt the connection from their Indian home land.
So much subtext in this film. Everyone will have a different interpretation due to their culture/heritage IMO. Sometimes the only way to hear the good/bad is by using a little fiction.
Would love to see a reaction for The Neverending Story, another good story with subtext.
If i recall correctly i believe in the book the two different stories are told but there are a lot more little hints in the report that he actually was telling the truth about the fantastical version.
There is one other movie about an Indian - Australian child, I think they should watch, even if they know the story, which is possible. Lion, a long way home.
Tigers are 100% the most deadly big cat, they are the largest and can fair well in most terrain. They can climb, swim and are fast
the "welcome to Pi's arc" had me cracking up 😂
"But bananas don't float." What is he talking about? Bananas and other fruits absolutely DO float.
Maybe the tiger was a symbol of letting go.... The boy was mature enough to take care of himself And other things as well
👉Babu👈 says he's at a loss for words??!!! Yeah sure🙄
Please tell the guys that the tiger did look back to say goodbye.
babu your song sounded great. I really liked this 1
Both stories are equally fictional. People make a mistake when they assume they have to choose the "realistic" one. Choose whichever story you like best because both of them are fictional and neither one is real.
If Babu wants to see a great film about India made by an outsider, Attenborough's "Gandhi" would be another good one.
Too bad he didn't learn that chuff noise at the zoo that tigers make to tell other tigers they are friendly. That would have come in handy lol.
Hi. I think this is my favourite video on your channel. I have understood that I want to see how you see the world. Is there any possibility of seeing something your "reactors" want to react to, or them telling us something from their own lives?
I would like them to watch "The Man Who Knew Infinity".
Great episode👍🏾
Please reassure the guys that all of the shots on the tiger in the boat were done with CGI, so Suraj Sharma was never in any danger. The shots of the tiger swimming, however, were of a real tiger. Unlike most cats, tigers do like to play in water.
Such a good pick!
More Bollywood movies please.
Also show them architecture of India . Ancient and new
Technology, Temples, carvings etc
Good film if they like Indian movies they should watch slumdog millionaire 😊
And none of them figured out they were CGI animals nor the set was not the ocean but a gigantic pool. Neither I did.
I had to chuckle when they thought the huge army at the beginning of Fellowship of the Ring was actually a horde of extras. It ruins the magic a bit to know most of them are CGI.
Piscine is the French word for swimming pool.
They should watch monty python and the holy grail! Awesome stuff!
hey! i recommended this one :)