above all, don't lose hope

my favorite scene from the movie,

this scene made me cry

The Life of Pi

Directed by Ang Lee

A novel by Yann Martel

i am still in awe of the movie that i still feel like crying so i  just need to write down my thoughts, or else, i won't be able to go to sleep.

i haven't read the novel by Yann Martel but Ang Lee's adaptation of the book was magnificent. indeed, it is hope that makes everything in life more bearable.

what struck me in the movie was the positivity of Pi's outlook in life. even though he's been through a blow of storm that caused him to lose his family, stuck with richard parker and experienced  the most disheartening days in the middle of the pacific ocean, he was still able to see the beauty around him. he was able to build a relationship with an impossible bengal tiger. he never stopped for a bit to pity himself. instead, he kept himself busy minding himself and richard parker. he had so much love in his heart and his passion for life and to live and respect for every being was overwhelming.

i felt so much happiness seeing the glowing jellyfish lit up the scary nights of Pi in the middle of the ocean, the school of flying fish that answered the hunger of richard parker, the lightning that Pi saw as something beautiful, the dolphins that swarmed close to their boat, the scene in the middle of the night showing Pi on his self-made raft and richard parker on the boat sandwiched between the starry sky and the calm ocean and the rainbow beyond the cloudy sky. those scenes made me cry because it showed just how beautiful this life is.

Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spiritualityand practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. (wikipedia.org)