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I_like_cheese Cereal Subunit	posted December 26, 2000 02:03 PM A lot of people in another thread are discussing the film Pi, so I thought I'd start a thread to direct OT traffic out of there. So, what did YOU think of it? Great? Bizarre? Annoying? All of the above? IP: Logged
Cup_Caddy Self-Made User	posted December 26, 2000 07:53 PM You, know... I heard about the movie, had no earthly idea what it was about (I assumed it was something about 2 Japanese Lovers, or something) so I never saw it, but I saw it in the video store, and I saw some people at work talking about it... People that I don't like much. So I STILL Didn't see it, then, I guess, about 3 months ago, I was watching one of the 100+ Cable channels we have here (It was a movie channel, but I don't know which) and... There was this strange music, and this balck and white grainy image of a guy looking real panicked! I mean, seeing that, why would you click thru? SO I stayed, and stayed... Yet, at the end, I had no clue what the movie was... So it was on again, about a week later, but I found it Earlier in the film, so I got to see more... nd it kinda clicked... it was About Pi, it must be Pi?!? So I rented it, and watched it twice in a row, and then got the soundtrack.... Reminds me again that one cannot tell what something is, just by looking at the box, and idiots, like monkeys with machineguns, sometimes hit the target. I love the way that in the 90's it is almost cool to explore the Jewish with a newer microscope. The Gollam, or whatever it is, the monster summoned, was on both the X-Files, and Sopranos, and this Secret Mathmatical number which is the name of God, and countless others I will not name here, because I cannot recall specifically. But it interests me. History interests me in general, but particularly strange history. And real history which amazes... Like the fact that the Pyramids of Giza actually represent the three stars in Orions belt... and there are other pyramids in Egypt which represent the other stars in Orion, but you can only really tell they do from space, or from calculations that seem to be impossible... I shouldn't have drunk all that cough syrup. ------------------ ``On closer inspection it was discovered that the object was unfortunately the body of a man.'' IP: Logged
sourwookie Self-Made User	posted December 27, 2000 09:23 AM Cabbalism and Gemitria (sp?) are in no way indicitive or even important to Judaism. It just made good Hollywood paranoia fodder. ------------------ "I am altering the pants. Pray I do not alter them any further." --Vader IP: Logged
I_like_cheese Cereal Subunit	posted December 27, 2000 03:07 PM The theology in Pi is all wrong; so are the math and the computer science - but they're all McGuffins; they don't matter. They're just used to give the film its Eraserhead with a Techno Soundtrack feel. IP: Logged
Miyu Self-Made User	posted December 27, 2000 05:58 PM I thought it was utterly incredible... Especially that disturbing next-to-last scene. One of my favorite movies. The math in it is wrong? I can't do math for shit, so it surprised me that I liked the film as much as I did... And that soundtrack! swoons, plays track #12 again <3 ------------------ Let's all love Lain! Let's all love Lain! Let's all love Lain! Let's all love Lain! IP: Logged
kazul Self-Made User	posted December 27, 2000 10:00 PM yah. if I remember correctly the first release of it didn't even use the same number all the time for that big number. silly. interesting movie though, and definitely freaky on the big screen. ------------------ just trying to write it down while I still remember it... IP: Logged
Duchess of Corn Pop Cereal Subunit	posted January 02, 2001 08:10 AM I thought Pi was a dissapointment. Too much style, not enough substance. Did anyone see his new film, Requiem For A Dream? I've had my fill of heroin/junkie films, but this book-inspired film was well worth it because it also touched on other less glamorous types of addiction (food, tv, prescription drugs). Except for the "shock value" montage at the end it was good. Weeks after seeing the film, I couldn't stop thinking or talking about it. Sidenote: If you prefer "triumph of the human spirit" type movies, don't see it. (edited because I'm incapable of making a single post without a typo. argh!) [This message has been edited by Duchess of Corn Pop (edited January 02, 2001).] IP: Logged
babylonia Self-Made User	posted January 05, 2001 07:58 AM I loved Pi. It's one of my favorites. Too few movie houses are putting out movies like this, which is shocking considering the tiny budget the film had. I think most of their money went into the special film they used. The soundtrack is simply unbelievable. And the acting...shit. I could go on and on. ------------------ I want a spouse with cheek pockets! IP: Logged
Y2Karen Cereal Subunit	posted September 09, 2001 01:14 AM I liked Pi. IP: Logged

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