"Life of Pi" Will atheists get it?

[cliffy1]

actually it is and I've been trying to figure a way of answering it without blowing the ending.. people hate that :)

I wonder if god watches movies?

[sophiexfox]

I wonder if god watches movies?

Well if he has the time to listen to ya'll mutter requests to him at once...of course he has time for movies!!!!

[Glacier]

I am Christian, I am male and most definitely straight, but I thought Brokeback Mountain was a great love story, though I got a little squeemish during the tent scene... :137:

Have you ever heard Willie Nelson's brokeback mountain song? Stoned as usual... lol.

[fvkasm2x]

I don't know why you think an atheist couldn't 'get' this movie. Pi isn't exclusively Christian - the whole first act of the story is him telling how he was raised both Hindu and a realist, then how he found Catholicism, then Islam. He is all these things at once. The theme is spiritual not religious. Just because one doesn't believe in god doesn't mean they're incapable of understanding spirituality.

Agreed.

I just watched the film last night and was more interested in the story and visuals than the religious messages. In fact, I never even thought about them until I read this thread (and yes I was aware of everything as an atheist).