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Subject: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:05 am
Looks as shitty as the book.
Largo's Shark 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:08 am
Ang Lee's a good director. It might not be so bad.
Not sure about the CGI animals though.
CJB 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:59 am
Should probably get high before watching.
MBalje Q Branch
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:49 am
Another art house movie. Intresting for the public channel for Friday or Saturday.
Makeshift Python 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:42 am
"Looks pretty stupid." That was my reaction.
Control 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:46 am
Have any of you read the book?
If not, consider yourself lucky.
FourDot 'R'
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:10 am
I'm burned by Lee after the general vomitosity of Taking Woodstock.
Dunno what to expect from this. Claudio Miranda can make purdy images. That might make it worthwhile.
j7wild Head of Station
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:15 pm
When I saw Prometheus, this was in front of it.
Not the trailer, but a long clip of him in the boat with the tiger and the fishes coming out of the ocean.
It just seemed to go on forever and forever and we didn't know what it was.
There was no MPAA Green Band Trailer card in front it.
We thought we were in the wrong movie theater until the clip ended and it indicated that it was the trailer for an upcoming movie.
Very annoying.
We didn't pay $16 to go to IMAX to see this!!
Loomis Head of Station
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Subject: LIFE OF PI (2012, dir. by Ang Lee) Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:31 pm
Just finished the book. Anyone here looking forward to the film?
ETA: Sorry, Control. Didn't know there was already a thread on this topic.
Harmsway Potential 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:59 pm
I've not read the book, so I don't know whether or not to look forward to this film or not. The trailer didn't do a lot for me, but it is an Ang Lee film.
Loomis Head of Station
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:50 am
If you read it, make sure you do so spoiler-free. Even the film trailer gives too much away (although trailers tend to do that, in my experience).
I gather that M. Night Shyamalan was going to direct LIFE OF PI at one point, which makes sense given that the novel is very Shyamalanian in some ways (but don't let that put you off it). I much prefer Lee as a filmmaker, though.
trevanian Head of Station
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:17 am
Cuaron was going to do it for awhile, too, according to IMDB anyway.
I talked to the cinematographer on PI today, and it sounds like a big-budget art house movie. I'm definitely intrigued. There are a lot of live-action animals, but obviously dangerous interaction situations make for a certain amount of CG animals as well.
From the way they shot a lot of stuff in a big new tank, I can imagine the 'making of' images being as impressive as the movie, in terms of the rigging and the silks and the spidercam all in a big arc over the water set.
bitchcraft Potential 00 Agent
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Subject: Life of Pi Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:22 am
Heard good things about this one and my daughter loves the big kitty. Apparently it's a movie with Narnia, Titanic, Free Willy, and Cast Away combined. Love the way Coldplay kicks in...
Chief of SIS 'R'
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:29 am
Saw it. Don't ask how I was slightly besotted when I saw it but I was. My inebriated mind thoroughly enjoyed it.
Makeshift Python 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:41 am
Eh, doesn't seem like my kind of flick.
Largo's Shark 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:43 am
Looks like HUGO 2.0.
I've got better things to waste cash on.
Chief of SIS 'R'
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:50 am
Largo's Shark wrote:
Looks like HUGO 2.0.
I've got better things to waste cash on.
In its defense, it's better than HUGO. This is at its worst visually stimulating.
Makeshift Python 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:51 am
I actually enjoyed HUGO, so whatever. Still not interested in Pi.
bitchcraft Potential 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:52 am
I'll be there when it opens locally....kinda fed up seeing Skyfall 4 times :face:
Chief of SIS 'R'
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:15 am
Mrs Aural Sects wrote:
I'll be there when it opens locally....kinda fed up seeing Skyfall 4 times :face:
LIES!
bitchcraft Potential 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:17 am
Chief of SIS wrote:
Mrs Aural Sects wrote:
I'll be there when it opens locally....kinda fed up seeing Skyfall 4 times :face:
LIES!
Next you'll be saying, 'Mummy was very bad.'
Well...actually I was in my day...sigh... :drunken:
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:38 am
Python wrote:
I actually enjoyed HUGO, so whatever. Still not interested in Pi.
This.
It just looks too fake.
Largo's Shark 00 Agent
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Subject: Re: Life of Pi (2012) Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:40 am