Summary: A Indian boy (played by Suraj Sharma), a Zebra, hyena, an Orangutan and a Bengal tiger adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
I was opportune to watch this movie over the weekend as we celebrated the 50th birthday of a senior friend and he took us all to an IMAX screen where we watched in 3D. It's an adaption of Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi".
Life of Pi started with a family in India who owned and relocated to Canada with the animals. On their way in a steamer on the pacific, the ship wrecked. The boy survived on a lifeboat with an injured zebra. As they drifted at sea, a hyena and Oragutan floated in and joined them. A couple of minutes later, Pi saw something from a distance and thinking it was human, threw a lifeline. It was a Bengal tiger, the same animal, his now dead father warned him about when he was still in India and before he could withdraw the lifeline, the tiger was in! A full grown man eating Bengal tiger. The hyena being a wild animal wounded and killed both zebra and Orangutan. The tiger lept out and killed the hyena leaving Pi and the animal for the next 266 days. Alone and drifting at sea! The story starts....
Pi and Richard (The Tiger) needed to survive. Pi, being the higher animal must fend for the tiger or the tiger would eat him. Pi showed compassion as God would on us despite our unfaithfulness. The tiger as a man eating animal is instructive to me as a very sinful man who'd mess up despite God trying to help us. The tiger attacked Pi at various times during the movie despite the fact that he provided food and water for him. God "will never leave nor forsake us". "He will provide for our needs according to His riches in glory". Pi also showed resilience in the face of great adversity. He suffered dehydration and had to stay alive and watchful of the tiger. Pi separated himself from the tiger by staying on a makeshift raft leaving the tiger on the lifeboat and they couldn't be separated because of the bond. How many times have we run away from God but has continue to show us love? How many times have we disappointed God, yet "The steadfast love of The Lord never ceases". How many times have we have wandered off but "God has made our crooked path straight".
Pi and the animal eventually bonded and began to live at peace. Pi trained and tamed the animal and when there was no more food, both became extremely weak and were on the verge of death. Out on the horizon, an island came into view. Food was available once again. How many times have we disbelieved God as a result of events around us? I don't have a job and my bible is telling me to believe in God? I'm very sick with a terminal disease and the bible says "let the weak say I am strong". Pi and the the tiger stocked up on food and left the island. The God that we serve as believers will always provide respite in the face of trouble. We can always run to Him for shelter. He is always readily available to provide succour but why do we run away from the One who is able to sort things out?
A few notes stood out in this movie:
God will be God
He will provide for us according to His riches in glory
He loves us despite our unfaithfulness.
He's a compassion God
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