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Watashi
02-18-2009, 06:38 AM
Ang Lee is in talks to direct Life of Pi, the Fox 2000 adaptation of Yann Martel's coming-of-age survival tale.
The novel revolves around a youth who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger.
The project has been through several incarnations, first with screenwriter Dean Georgaris, then M. Night Shyamalan. Lee will supervise a new script. The studio will hire a writer shortly.
First Shyamalan, then Jean-Pierre Jeunet, now Ang Lee.
I hope it gets made. It's probably my favorite book of all time.
megladon8
02-18-2009, 12:06 PM
It should be animated.
Ezee E
02-18-2009, 12:59 PM
It should be animated.
This.
Kurosawa Fan
02-18-2009, 03:09 PM
It should be animated.
I agree. It would work much better.
lovejuice
02-18-2009, 04:38 PM
i disagree with the animation idea. what make pi great is the realism of the fairy tale. the story being a fairy tale -- a boy surviving in the ocean with a bengal tiger -- but it's presented under the realistic and even scientific light.
Kurosawa Fan
02-18-2009, 04:46 PM
i disagree with the animation idea. what make pi great is the realism of the fairy tale. the story being a fairy tale -- a boy surviving in the ocean with a bengal tiger -- but it's presented under the realistic and even scientific light.
I agree, and would rather it never be made into a film, but if it's done as a live action with CG effects, I think too many scenes will look phony anyway. It'd be better off being a photo-realistic animated film.
Qrazy
02-18-2009, 04:46 PM
i disagree with the animation idea. what make pi great is the realism of the fairy tale. the story being a fairy tale -- a boy surviving in the ocean with a bengal tiger -- but it's presented under the realistic and even scientific light.
Yeah I agree with this. Contrasting the believability of the two possible realities is an important thematic point for the film which wouldn't hit as hard in an animated feature. Also I think a real tiger would add an element of tension that an animated tiger never could. However, the carnivorous island is going to be hard to pull off via live action.
I don't think this novel would make a good film.
Winston*
02-18-2009, 05:53 PM
I don't think this novel would make a good film.
Agreed. Very little desire to see an adaptation of it.
Sycophant
02-18-2009, 06:05 PM
Man, there is so much agreement in this thread!
I haven't read the book, so I'm going to be that guy. If this ends up being an Ang Lee film, I am so there. Also, I'll have to postpone my plans to read the book until after the film comes out.
Man, there is so much agreement in this thread!
I disagree.
lovejuice
02-18-2009, 06:23 PM
I disagree.
let's agree to disagree.
Sycophant
02-18-2009, 07:09 PM
Let's disagree to agree!
Kurosawa Fan
02-18-2009, 07:22 PM
Also, I'll have to postpone my plans to read the book until after the film comes out.
This is not good judgment.
lovejuice
02-18-2009, 07:38 PM
This is not good judgment.
i agr...ok fine. :cool:
Qrazy
02-18-2009, 08:29 PM
It could make a fine film. You people are wrong.
Furthermore the book is good but bordering on mediocre.
Also I see no absolutely necessary reason to use CG. If the director doesn't suck too hard he could avoid any fake seeming moments.
Ezee E
06-10-2012, 04:11 AM
Did anyone else see the clip before Prometheus? An amazing use of 3D for one, and I cannot wait for it now.
My date could only talk about how weird it was and asked, "It doesn't all take place on that boat, right?"
Kurosawa Fan
06-10-2012, 05:25 AM
Did anyone else see the clip before Prometheus? An amazing use of 3D for one, and I cannot wait for it now.
My date could only talk about how weird it was and asked, "It doesn't all take place on that boat, right?"
Nope. All I got was a red band trailer for The Watch. :|
Watashi
06-10-2012, 05:29 AM
I may sneak into a 3D Prometheus screening to watch this.
Watashi
06-10-2012, 05:29 AM
Also, tell me more about this "date", Eric.
Henry Gale
06-10-2012, 09:08 AM
I like the idea of a major studio advertising a movie with standalone scenes, in theatres, in 3D, as they want them to be seen, but it was just jarring to have it pop up amongst a bunch of trailers, and it definitely didn't help that the scene itself was as awkward and over the top as it was.
I just don't know if it was the right approach for them to release it like that. I knew about it in advance and didn't end thinking much of it one way or another, but my audience's reaction was an audible "lol wut", even from a couple of my friends that actually knew what the movie / book is.
I'm only somewhat familiar with what the novel is about, but even just as an admirer of Lee's work the footage did very little for me, so I really doubt it's going to sell anyone that has zero idea as to what it even is.
But it was definitely unique, the 3D was well-done, and the tiger (assuming it was entirely CG) looked believable. Otherwise, I'll wait and see how this turns out and focus more on getting around to reading the book.
Ezee E
06-10-2012, 02:43 PM
A lot of lolwutz I think. I wonder if some thought of it as a "short film" like what Pixar does.
Ezee E
06-10-2012, 02:44 PM
Also, tell me more about this "date", Eric.
Been about the fourth or fifth one. No quotations necessary.
Dukefrukem
06-10-2012, 08:14 PM
Did anyone else see the clip before Prometheus? An amazing use of 3D for one, and I cannot wait for it now.
Yes. I was more confused than excited. 3D was OK.
Chac Mool
06-11-2012, 01:55 AM
I may be in the minority, but that "teaser" looked dreadful -- it looked like a badly rendered commercial!
Pop Trash
06-11-2012, 06:37 AM
I may be in the minority, but that "teaser" looked dreadful -- it looked like a badly rendered commercial!
No, I thought it was crap as well. Thankfully the credit sequence in Prometheus gave me a giant eyegasm and made me forget about this.
Pop Trash
06-11-2012, 06:54 AM
Been about the fourth or fifth one. No quotations necessary.
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Dukefrukem
07-25-2012, 12:49 PM
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I think that looks awful.
Pop Trash
07-25-2012, 05:46 PM
It should be animated.
^^
Watashi
07-25-2012, 06:14 PM
Looks gorgeous.
I wonder how they will handle the ending. It's going to piss a lot of people off if done like the book.
Qrazy
07-25-2012, 08:31 PM
I think that looks awful.
Yep.
Henry Gale
07-26-2012, 12:36 AM
Wow, I hope a lot of those effects are unfinished.
Conceptually it looks like it could be very strong stuff, but whether or not Lee can bring it all together into a good movie, I will reserve judgement.
Boner M
07-26-2012, 01:57 AM
Looks like What Dreams May Come.
Qrazy
07-26-2012, 02:10 AM
It looks like Slumdog Millionaire in the middle of the ocean.
Watashi
07-26-2012, 02:11 AM
It looks like Slumdog Millionaire in the middle of the ocean.
That's racist.
Qrazy
07-26-2012, 02:29 AM
That's racist.
Hopefully I hallucinated it but I'm pretty sure I saw people dancing.
Irish
07-26-2012, 03:00 AM
I will never wholly trust Ang Lee after The Hulk. It wasn't quite a George Lucas level punch-to-the-nuts, but it was close.
Raiders
07-26-2012, 12:38 PM
I will never wholly trust Ang Lee after The Hulk. It wasn't quite a George Lucas level punch-to-the-nuts, but it was close.
It's my favorite of his films. Naturally.
D_Davis
07-26-2012, 05:12 PM
I will never wholly trust Ang Lee after The Hulk. It wasn't quite a George Lucas level punch-to-the-nuts, but it was close.
Best comic book super hero film ever made.
Grouchy
07-26-2012, 07:39 PM
I will never wholly trust Ang Lee after The Hulk. It wasn't quite a George Lucas level punch-to-the-nuts, but it was close.
That's when I started paying attention to him.
number8
07-26-2012, 08:06 PM
I will never wholly trust Ang Lee after The Hulk. It wasn't quite a George Lucas level punch-to-the-nuts, but it was close.
It cured my cancer with handjobs.
Looks like What Dreams May Come.
I saw this in theaters with a friend and got into a huge fight about it. She loved it; I hated it. I had also completely forgotten about it.
KK2.0
07-27-2012, 08:00 PM
I also hated What Dreams May Come (more agreement!?).
It should be animated.
judging by the trailer i say it's quite close.
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