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Life of Pi
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ليست رواية قدر ماهي رحلة روحية..رحلة البحث عن الذات..و الله
والفيلم المقتبس عنها ليس مجرد مؤثرات وتمثيل..بل لوحة فنية قدمت جزء من روحانية الرواية بشكل فني بديع
لذا لا تكتفي بواحدة وتترك الأخري
It's One big journey into the Pacific Ocean.
Just you ,an Indian small boy and a royal Bengal Tiger.
But before you're thrown to that small life boat into the wide ocean...you learn so much about your companion Indian boy.. his curiosity about Life, the Creator, Ultimate Reality, Brahman, God ,Allah..
Little Pi picked the best and the greatest manners of every religion ; Hinduism,Christianity, and Islam..
His life in the quite Indian small city 'Pondicherry' which was -for me- the best part of the book with its spiritual events, the zoo beautifully,amazingly colorful illustrated by words described in the first Part of the novel.
But That was calm before the storm and the events of the Part 2 where you stick at that boat with them as I've said before..
So hard those 227,boring sometimes, bit disgusting but most of the time thrilling and exciting..
Into a wondrous ocean.. amazing life, tense with a wild tiger..fear and love...and searching for the Mercy of God..
Then the final part...and the Hardest ever....and it make u think ....and believe if you think by your heart and soul..
A Twist like no other...and a very great raw conclusion for this very spiritual journey.
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The Movie Vs The Novel..
Well it may be the first time that I can't say which was better the movie or the novel..
The thing is the movie was stronger in some points "of course the visual effect and cinematography was BRILLIANT , a true piece of art" but otherwise it missed some important spirit of the novel..
**some points of the story itself, some switches in the characters -like the father role as the unbeliever was better in the movie than in the book-
**The journey at the ocean was less boring as the book and successful removed the very brutal and disgusting parts that filled that part at the book.
**BUT the novel was stronger at the spiritual points as I call some of the chapters :"A Journey through 3 Religions " "A Clash of 3 Religions" ,
but otherwise it's almost the same.
So Still I prefer the movie a little bit..the adaption was almost honest ,make more depth to the beauty of the journey.. manifest the beautiful spirit despite all the hardness of the journey ...
Mohammed Arabey
20 March to 2 April 2013
my first review before reading it
11-1-2013 "The Movie is amazing... so deep and visually amazing. Can't wait to read the book"
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ليست رواية قدر ماهي رحلة روحية..رحلة البحث عن الذات..و الله
والفيلم المقتبس عنها ليس مجرد مؤثرات وتمثيل..بل لوحة فنية قدمت جزء من روحانية الرواية بشكل فني بديع
لذا لا تكتفي بواحدة وتترك الأخري
It's One big journey into the Pacific Ocean.
Just you ,an Indian small boy and a royal Bengal Tiger.
But before you're thrown to that small life boat into the wide ocean...you learn so much about your companion Indian boy.. his curiosity about Life, the Creator, Ultimate Reality, Brahman, God ,Allah..
Little Pi picked the best and the greatest manners of every religion ; Hinduism,Christianity, and Islam..
His life in the quite Indian small city 'Pondicherry' which was -for me- the best part of the book with its spiritual events, the zoo beautifully,amazingly colorful illustrated by words described in the first Part of the novel.
But That was calm before the storm and the events of the Part 2 where you stick at that boat with them as I've said before..
So hard those 227,boring sometimes, bit disgusting but most of the time thrilling and exciting..
Into a wondrous ocean.. amazing life, tense with a wild tiger..fear and love...and searching for the Mercy of God..
Then the final part...and the Hardest ever....and it make u think ....and believe if you think by your heart and soul..
A Twist like no other...and a very great raw conclusion for this very spiritual journey.
----------------------
The Movie Vs The Novel..
Well it may be the first time that I can't say which was better the movie or the novel..
The thing is the movie was stronger in some points "of course the visual effect and cinematography was BRILLIANT , a true piece of art" but otherwise it missed some important spirit of the novel..
**some points of the story itself, some switches in the characters -like the father role as the unbeliever was better in the movie than in the book-
**The journey at the ocean was less boring as the book and successful removed the very brutal and disgusting parts that filled that part at the book.
**BUT the novel was stronger at the spiritual points as I call some of the chapters :"A Journey through 3 Religions " "A Clash of 3 Religions" ,
but otherwise it's almost the same.
So Still I prefer the movie a little bit..the adaption was almost honest ,make more depth to the beauty of the journey.. manifest the beautiful spirit despite all the hardness of the journey ...
Mohammed Arabey
20 March to 2 April 2013
my first review before reading it
11-1-2013 "The Movie is amazing... so deep and visually amazing. Can't wait to read the book"
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“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
Reading Progress
January 11, 2013
– Shelved
March 20, 2013
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Started Reading
March 20, 2013
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14.42%
"Well.. I didn't know that the author was really the one who listen to the story,and it was true, isn't it? The introduction says so.. Anyway Pi really went on talking and talking and talking so far.. I loved most of the part of what he said about Zoo systems and some nice facts about animals and how should be their habitations. may be cause I read it in English I find it kinda "too long" but still interesting enough."
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46
March 23, 2013
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19.75%
"Pi joining the Christianity and Islam next to his Hindu ,nice journey makes me want to start on Mostafa Mahmoud's " My Journey from Doubt to Certainty""
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63
March 24, 2013
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29.15%
"Yesterday I've read Pi's "A Journey Through 3 Religions". And today I've just finished Pi's A Clash of Religions" . Both written in a very special and spirital way. Smart and entertaining and makes u really think about the harmony of our life and religions."
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93
March 26, 2013
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35.42%
"So I'm in the middle of the ocean, just me,Pi,a zebra, a hyena , a chimpanzee and Richard Parker... It's so different from the movie with the introduction of Parker, and I guess the movie was better at some moments."
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113
March 27, 2013
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41.69%
"Still on the ocean , and a better introduction for "Richard Parker" ,and since I understand the ending now ...I think it's brilliant the timing when Richard appears."
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133
March 30, 2013
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65.52%
"after the long"making of the raft, the lifeboat long description " the spiritual wasn't as much as the beginning ...But when the action is resume "I guess with the flying fish scene" it back to be better."
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209
March 31, 2013
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73.04%
"So I'm board like Pi....feel extremely disgusted by his circumstances and some of his actions .... After all I can't protest since I'm on the lifeboat with him and the
"Richard Parker" presence by my free will :)"
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233
"Richard Parker" presence by my free will :)"
April 1, 2013
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88.71%
"Chapter 91 was the longest and yet a real short relief of the terrible times I've spend in the wide ocean.."
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283
April 2, 2013
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Finished Reading
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Veronika decides to die is one of the books that I'm gonna read soon , I think reading it first before the movie would be better.And I was glad for just see ur review about it, I didn't know it'd be interesting one.
And I guess you right about Eat Pray Love, the movie in this case would be also great visual to the book at some points..But I'm not that into Romantic books,But I may watch the movie since I love Julia.
veronika decides to die is one of my favourite,it is spiritual and very inspiring.Eat Pray love not romantic at all it is more about balancing between your heart,God and your emotional life,i would recommand you read it instead of watching to me the movie was alittle boring and not connected!(ps:download life of Pi yesterday,gonna watch it soon)
The movie even more interested at some parts of the movie in this case, very great visualized, you'll love it
Your first review. .ever??فعلا هل هذا هو اول ريفيوهاتك ولا اخر سطرين هو اول ريفيوهاتك؟عن هذه القصة بالتحديد ؟
Nayra.Hassan wrote: "Your first review. .ever??فعلا هل هذا هو اول ريفيوهاتك ولا اخر سطرين هو اول ريفيوهاتك؟عن هذه القصة بالتحديد ؟"
لا ده كان الريفيو المبدئي بعد مشاهدة الفيلم
اول ريفيو كان
The Casual Vacancy
وبعده الفيل الأزرق
Ramy.Morad wrote: "Artful review"For an ' awful' moment I saw the comment "Awful review"..
Thank you my friend :) grlad that you liked the pictures here;:)
Hope u read the novel soon too
what does the arabic say?
finn bradfield wrote: "what does the arabic say?"That it's a Spiritual Journey to discover one's self ...and God.
and thee based movie is a true piece of art, that captured a hint of the spiritual text..
so do both, watch and read :)
but otherwise it's almost the same
I will definitly agree with you in this part,i read Veronika decides to die and watched it,the spiritual part was way stronger in the book and the movie a little boring,also Eat Pray Love the book was better specially when it comes to describing Yoga,hindu aspets and her feelings YET the visual part was way prettier.