Movie Recommendations / Reviews (Str8, Non-Pxxn) (Compiled)

[CrazyRipples]

not bad... hate the starting 10 mins though...

[Blacque]

It's nice loved the war scene at the start, was kinda hilarious though, don't ask why :/

[DreamerBoyy]

It was okay, quite worth watching! But I hated the ending though. Although it's kinda forgivable cos there's a part 2. >.>

[alien0505]

worth watching? yes! it's bring you back to your army's day. haha you miss your army day? actually i abit miss it... no worries... very week just waiting for book out day...

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[Newbieboyz90]

Woo. Enjoyed it! ESP since I been in tekong for more than a yr as spec too!

[DreamerBoyy]

The theme song is nice hahaha!

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[gammaray]

Not bad luh, it gets better after the initiate 15mins.

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[alien0505]

i love this song too... during my day in amry we sing some part of it... i not born in 70s' ah... haha i born in 80s'

[alien0505]

its bring me back a lot of memories tonite haha... your can share your army day... haha...

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[firereaver]

Although in the trailer it depicts itself as a movie "portraying Singapore at war", it became more like adventures of a recruit instead. Overall, very funny movie and entertaining. Will definitely watch it again.

[russell]

anyone read this.....?

http://six-and-seven.com/2012/10/16/limelight-5-reasons-why-jack-neo-is-possibly-the-worst-director-ever/

[minichub]

bullshit movie ...

[Slynn]

I find some parts really elitist LOL "BECAUSE HE'S NOT IMPULSIVE LIKE YOU. HE IS AN OFFICER!" and then a weird product placement scene following that which doesn't advance the story (with some guys passing the male lead some raincoat. >_>)

and some characters are bordering too extreme on opposites (the super chao keng uncle and the super siao on father)

But i find its portrayal of certain scenes in army, old and new, interesting and entertaining despite the flaws in dialogues for events outside of the camp

Oh.. and it doesn't seems to end quite completely, a sequel perhaps?

[andysiol]

Sorry, but I have to say this. The movie is the worst movie of all time! Seriously! No storyline and really damn bullshit. Why is a movie on army life and experience suddenly changing to a guy acting irrationaly and end up causing his dad to get a stroke? The 'storyline' is bullshit! What kind of nonsense man? I mean yes, they are trying to show how gf will change and usually couples will break up, but do you really have to come up with such lame ass outcome or plot to show that? It is really just retarded!

I am not a fan of local film, but the previous ones like 'Already famous' '881' and 'we are not stupid' series are so much better than this. I dont really see much breakthrough in this film and it was such a disappointment.

[Guest IamPineapple]

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It will look more cool if some of them wears Air-force and Navy No. 1 !

[lonely57]

i dont really feel anything for this movie. since i just passed out.. i guess its a must watch. the only thing worth it to look out for is irene.. almost every line she speaks makes ppl laugh.

its really draggy.. they could have fitted everything into 1 movie.. but i guess they wana make more money.. the war scene in my opinion wasnt necessary.. they can cut costs and its just horrible effects..

i find army daze better..

[FateEva]

I find the Main Character hot :x

[gstc82]

Sorry, but I have to say this. The movie is the worst movie of all time! Seriously! No storyline and really damn bullshit. Why is a movie on army life and experience suddenly changing to a guy acting irrationaly and end up causing his dad to get a stroke? The 'storyline' is bullshit! What kind of nonsense man? I mean yes, they are trying to show how gf will change and usually couples will break up, but do you really have to come up with such lame ass outcome or plot to show that? It is really just retarded!

I am not a fan of local film, but the previous ones like 'Already famous' '881' and 'we are not stupid' series are so much better than this. I dont really see much breakthrough in this film and it was such a disappointment.

have u seen Medium Rare? That's really the worst movie.

[Guest Bookey]

I have read the book. When I entered the cinema, I was trying to find out how Lee Ang would fail in bringing it to screen. I was totally wrong. Throughout the entire movie, I was stunned by the its beauty and emotionally touched. The only flaw -- Pi's facial expression when telling the second story 5 min before the movie ends is just "too direct" like pushing the truth into my throat. I still prefer the subtleness in the book's ending. Watch it, you'll not regret.

[DreamerBoyy]

I find the Main Character hot :x

Hahaha same here! xD

[Boro]

Just watched Silent Hill Revelation. I got scared by toaster when the bread jumped out instead of those monsters in the movie! Damn!

But it's nice but for those who did not watch Silent Hill 1, I guess they will have a hard time catching up with the story.

3 out of 5.

[oralb]

I love to watch movies, and would like to share my reviews on the recent movies that i watched.

Hopefully I can get "talent" spotted to be invited to movie premiers ....

“Life of Pi” is a movie about faith, not just the faith of the antagonist Pi; it is also a testament of the faith of the audiences, on which version of the experience to believe in.

Director Lee Ang once again proved to be one of the most versatile director of all times, from his earlier days of Taiwanese trilogy of modern family, to the revival of kung fu genre “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, from the surprised choice of Marvel’s “Hulk” to the award winning western homosexual themed “Brokeback Mountain”, Lee Ang proved that he could tackle a completely new genre and style of movie making and leave a mark.

“Life of Pi” tells the story of a young Indian man, Pi, who survived a ship accident only to find himself stuck on a lifeboat with a fearsome Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, and thus the unlikely duo began an adventure of life discovery and faith seeking.

Visually, “Life of Pi” is impeccable; the composition of the screens right to the perfect CGI rendition of the tiger will leave you completely amazed. In fact the CGI effect was so great that India government called in the film group to explain why the tiger was boned thin towards the end of the film as they suspected the film group ill-treated the animal. All these will definitely garner, and dare I say win, technical awards for this film in the next Oscar.

Frankly speaking, while I was watching the movie, I wasn’t too impressed with the storyline. The rather long background story of Pi’s family and love life, the sea survival encounters did become a little draggy at times and a certain part when Pi was crying for God’s acceptance did make me cringed a little.

All that changed in the last 10 minutes of the film, when the adult Pi told of another version of ship-wreck story, one that was more realistic while no less brutal. He then asked the writer to choose which version to believe in.

Adult Pi Patel: So which story do you prefer?

Writer: The one with the tiger. That's the better story.

Adult Pi Patel: Thank you. And so it goes with God.

To me, that moment was the gem of the movie, which the unlikely tale of animals and carnivorous island all makes sense. The reason of lengthy beginning that shown Pi embracing not one but three religions concurrently to his eventual triumphs of nature and survived to tell his ordeal.

Lee Ang had assembled an amazing cast for this film, newcomer Suraj Sharma as the teenager Pi showcased both strength and weakness of a human against the nature perfectly, while Irrfan Khan as the older Pi was warmth and believable as he spanned off an almost unbelievable tale. However the scenes stealer would without argument, the tiger Richard Parker. Almost entirely CGI created, the tiger was really a masterpiece in computer technology and yet one can related with its emotion.

There were many people expressing their opinions of this film, people likes it for different reasons, while some loathe it as well, whatever the reason maybe, “Life of Pi” is a movie not to be missed and I would surely recommending seeing in 3D as the effects were absolutely breathtaking.

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[Slynn]

Yes Ang Lee is a really versatile director!

I have not caught this show All my friends were saying they want to watch movies that are light-hearted and stuff so we ended up watching something else >_>

i guess i will catch this online instead

There should be more movie review threads around or something, hee (or u just expand this thread with more reviews)

[jeeves]

I watched the movie a while ago and there are so many questions left to be answered! Why did he have to create another version of the story to the reporters? Were the animals linked to the people he knew in real life? Did he REALLY go through the ship wreck? What's the link between his ordeal and his religious beliefs?

Really thought provoking movie, with a good cast. Props to Suraj Sharma of course. Acting in front of a blank screen (supposedly the CGI tiger) has gotta be tough.

[Guest Can't Register]

Read the book (Yann Martel), it's so much better. Some parts of the book which are essential to the story are unfilmable. The movie is nice as a 3D Hollywood spectacle but I felt it was more of an adventure than a long torment and testing of the faith out at sea that was more prominent in the book.

[merlinkun]

Have you guys read the book? I got the Life of Pi ebook on my Note 2 when I purchase it from Singtel, haven't got to reading it (so many books so little time).

I did read the wikipedia page just now, apparently the 2 endings were intentional. This is one of those "let your reader ponder on the ending" book with no clear answers.

The story of shipwreck and the tiger's name are all inspired by a couple of other novel and real life accounts such as Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' in 1838 that involves cannibalizim, a real person named Richard Parker who died in a shipwreck in 1846, and 1884's a cabin boy also named Richard Parker was cannibalized after a shipwreck.

Oh, by any chance have anyone read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho? It is also about spirituality but happens in a desert instead and no tiger lol.

[firereaver]

I watched the movie a while ago and there are so many questions left to be answered! Why did he have to create another version of the story to the reporters? Were the animals linked to the people he knew in real life? Did he REALLY go through the ship wreck? What's the link between his ordeal and his religious beliefs?

Really thought provoking movie, with a good cast. Props to Suraj Sharma of course. Acting in front of a blank screen (supposedly the CGI tiger) has gotta be tough.

He was using symbolism to express what actually happened. The second story was what truly happened. He did not literally got stuck in a boat with four animals, just that they represented the cook, his mother, the sailor and him, and what the animals did to each other was what the humans did to each other in the second story.

[glowingember]

Just caught the movie.

The most poignant moment for me was when Richard Parker stepped into the forest without looking back at Pi and the sadness he felt being abadndoned by someone he has cared for. If the parallels are true, then perhaps Pi was sad that he has lost a part of himself.

A habit after an attachment stint:

I always pay attention to the opening and closing scene.

The opening: beauty, zen and peaceful zoo with the exotic animals colorized.

The closing: famished tiger departing into a green forest slowly losing its colors.

Another thing I learned from the attachment: directors have a lot to express through films and every scene is crucial. So the starting about his Pi's life, how he changed his name for survival (perhaps a prelude to his identity switch later) and his embracing of the different faiths, are all important. It's just that I've not been able to link them at another level.

Oh, by any chance have anyone read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho? It is also about spirituality but happens in a desert instead and no tiger lol.

I've read Alchemist. It's one of my top books. The story is easy to read, thought-provoking with a surprise at the end. My favorite is the part about Fatima turning her face towards the direction of her love and imagining the wind carrying his kiss from faraway to brushing her cheeks. It would be a great movie with the right director.

Edited December 10, 2012 by glowingember

[Cube3]

Life of Pi is like Lee Ang's "senior moment". Wish he can recap more of those good ol' days magic touch like Pushing Hands, Eat Drink Man Woman or Wedding Banquet... which are so re-watchable and humorous!

[Guest Ironrod]

Is the movie really about "faith" or is it about choices?

Cos like what Pi's dad says "If you believe in everything, u are believing in nothing"

Most importantly is I would like to ask, what do you guys think the island represent?

[glowingember]

I thought the island was a turning point. He was on the verge of dying and he survived.

According to sparknotes: the island represents Pi's pessimism and his decision to fight for his survival instead of letting the island consume him.

[Guest Ironrod]

I thought the island was a turning point. He was on the verge of dying and he survived.

According to sparknotes: the island represents Pi's pessimism and his decision to fight for his survival instead of letting the island consume him.

But the island provides Pi everything for survival till his ends of days - why does it represent pessimism? I think it represent isolation more.

Either he can be isolated for his rest of his life, or he can choose to move on and have a better life - the island was a choice - what do u think?

[Guest Neutral]

Basically I feel the writer is making "fun" of religions by picking their similarities. I bet he is writing in an Aethist point of view.

To him, Religions is something which tells you what they want you to believe in. Its like the same story he told the japanese guys and they simply don't believe in what he say so he twisted the story characters here and there by a little. So If you think the story suits you then its your belief and faith.

If you noticed, he uses 3 main religions as his main tageted group as maybe he believe these 3 group preaches in a way with limited supporting scientific prove in their teaching. Who knows? Just making an assumption of what the writer is trying to convery his message across. So ending part, he asked that guys which story you prefer? Either one he believe is his faith, and there is no right or wrong. The story play around with your minds...

I am making a guess wondering from the beginning did the ship actually sank? how he survive and nobody knows... Not even sure if the tiger actually exist... His parent and brother might be fictional from the very beginning... Not sure if anyone notice...he named his son, his "so call" brother's name...?

[glowingember]

But the island provides Pi everything for survival till his ends of days - why does it represent pessimism? I think it represent isolation more.

Either he can be isolated for his rest of his life, or he can choose to move on and have a better life - the island was a choice - what do u think?

From SparkNotes (their analysis is better than what I can explain): 'The odd natural phenomena Pi encounters illustrate his inner struggles. The floating island symbolizes Pi’s own despair. As Pi notes, it would not have killed him immediately had he stayed; rather, it would have eaten away at his soul, deadening his spirit and causing a numbing hopelessness. The carnivorous vegetation represents Pi’s pessimism, his dwindling hope that he will ever be found. To stay on the island would be to give up, to decide to end his days on a man-eating island rather than in civilization. Pi’s choice to leave the island and get back into the ocean is his way of remaining optimistic, however minutely, about his odds of salvation.'

When I saw the movie, I thought the island was salvation. But the multitude of meerkats made it unreal although the meerkats were adorable. When the fruit showed a human tooth, that's when it's unreal. Perhaps he was hallucinating.

He made a decision and he took Richard Parker with him.

I am making a guess wondering from the beginning did the ship actually sank? how he survive and nobody knows... Not even sure if the tiger actually exist... His parent and brother might be fictional from the very beginning... Not sure if anyone notice...he named his son, his "so call" brother's name...?

I believe the ship did sink based on the folder of the report from the insurance company. He did name his son Ravi, but it's quite common for some culture to name their offsprings after their family members, especially if they are very dear to them. E.g. George Bush and George Bush Jr.

The colour orange also was featured quite prominently. E.g. The tiger, the Orang-Utan's name was Orange Juice, and according to the book, Pi's daughter was holding an orange cat when she entered the house.

Two of my favourite quotes:

We will sail like Columbus.

But Columbus was looking for India!

All of life is an act of letting go but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

[oralb]

I like the few analysis posted here.

let me added in another

The shaped of the island was of a man lying in the ocean. Early it was mentioned the the Lord Vishnu "sleeps on the shore-less cosmic ocean, and we are the stuff of his dreams."

this could be a sign that the whole adventure with the tiger Richard Parker was a mere dream.

[SoSonni]

I like the few analysis posted here.

let me added in another

The shaped of the island was of a man lying in the ocean. Early it was mentioned the the Lord Vishnu "sleeps on the shore-less cosmic ocean, and we are the stuff of his dreams."

this could be a sign that the whole adventure with the tiger Richard Parker was a mere dream.

yes!! omg i thought i was the only one who noticed the shape, but was the shape described in the book though? that was my only question.

[merlinkun]

Not really linked to the movie review, but I just wanna share this image I found on Tumblr:

Source: http://designersof.com/post/37724892389/i-watched-the-life-of-pi-recently-some

[derryfawne]

Visual masterpiece. Love all the beautiful scenes.

The spirituality story itself is quite good, but not the major attraction.

I actually watched it twice, on 2D and 3D. Despite all the hype, it's still better watched on 2D, because the rich details of the scenic views become less focused when you put on 3D glasses.

I watched the movie a while ago and there are so many questions left to be answered! Why did he have to create another version of the story to the reporters? Were the animals linked to the people he knew in real life? Did he REALLY go through the ship wreck? What's the link between his ordeal and his religious beliefs?

The key of the story is to believe what you want to believe in.

The second story is the more logical of the two, which is akin to our understanding of life (or science, by extension). But of course our explanation of life is as limited as it can be, constraint within the capabilities and imaginations of human's brain.

The first story, however, gives the character more peace of mind, akin to the presence of God. Be it the presence of God to rescue you in his own magical way (if the whole story is the real one) or as a construct of your own mind's creation to free you from guilt (if the second story of him having to kill the Frenchman is the real one).

[glowingember]

Perhaps I'm bias.

I'm linking a line from the film - a story that will make you believe in god - and the 2 versions of the story.

Perhaps there are 2 versions of the same religion: one that is full of fables and tales and easier / nicer to believe and the other more logical one: Cruel and actual.