I’m sure you’ve all heard about the shark fisherman who spent over a year adrift in the Pacific. Now the papers are running headlines like: “Castaway who spent 13 months at sea not taking questions, including why other fisherman died” My theory is he had a hand in his demise to avoid starvation. The rest of the story probably played out similar to what you read about here…
Film Review and commentary by Jim Robertson
Spoiler Alert:
If you haven’t seen the movie, Life of Pi, and you plan to, don’t read this post yet. In discussing what I feel is the story’s theme I will end up revealing some of its major plot points, and I don’t want to spoil the experience just to make a point about ethical veganism…
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Still here? Ok, assuming you’ve seen the film (or read the book on which it’s based), you’ll recall that there are essentially three parts to the story, ending with what many critics felt was a disappointing and even unnecessary “alternate” account of events to explain how Pi survived such a long ordeal at sea. Personally, I didn’t find the ending a disappointment, perhaps because I may have been one of the few people who got the message the movie was trying to make. After…
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Exposing the Big Game 