I finished a movie speechless and in awe, but I never understood it at all.
I never planned to watch Pi (1998) since my first notion of the movie was about numbers (3.141521….) and I hate Math. However, I thought that, if it is Darren Aronofsky’s work, it must be great. I’ve already watched two of his films and those were great (Requiem for a Dream [2000] and Black Swan [2010]), so this forced me to watch Pi.
And my impression was right. The movie was filled with numbers I never understood. But numbers aside, I find it interesting. From the direction, to the story, to the intense music, and the great actors, this movie is a complete package! And the fact that it’s in black and white adds to the thrill of the movie.
It’s true that I never quite understood the plot. But based on what I internalized about the film, it talks about a very intelligent man with very bright ideas. In his apartment are computers and all he did was to take all this numbers. Thus, this ruined his life. He got in trouble with the Jewish, and the stock market people. He lost track of the 216 numbers. Aside from that, his unknown sickness added to the drama. His hand shakes and he screams like a little boy. And then, he faints and when he wakes up, his nose is bleeding. He also had this mark on his right side of his head which he drilled in the ending.
I recommend this to be watched before someone dies. Why? Simple. It’s excellent. A YouTube comment even said that Pi is better than Inception and the latter is also a good movie (according to others, though. I still haven’t watched it but I plan to). If I were a critic at rottentomatoes.com, I would say this as a fresh tomato, and rate it as 95%.
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