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This movie has one of the worst continuity errors....

posted 9 years ago by Vicenzo-VV
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...it is when father wants to teach son a lesson by showing how dangerous tigers are, then ties a goat to a fence. The tiger is on one side of the fence, the goat and the family are on the safe side. The camera turns away, the goat is attacked.... the camera turns back, and now the tiger has somehow killed the goat, untied the rope and somehow managed to get that huge clunk of dead meat on his side of the fence. How did that tiger do that? LOL

[–] zenbutt 9 years ago

try to get a blow from Tiger, then you know why

[–] Vicenzo-VV 9 years ago

Yeah, you don't hear that much, and that fence is still standing at the end of the scene, family safe... LOL

[–] zenbutt 9 years ago

the tiger can gasp your arm and pull you through the steel cage with your bones dronken..

[–] Vicenzo-VV 9 years ago

What you're describing would make a really loud noise (not hear in the movie) or would take a lot of time (not shown in the movie) and would leave a large pool of blood ( not shown in the movie). LOL

[–] zenbutt 9 years ago

Did you ever hear the crying of a waiting-too-get-killed animals?
it's better to mute the sound.
If the tiger broke the neck of the goat, there may be no blood.
Een if the eyes of the goat were blocked. I wonder if the goat can smile the tiger and start the Panic activies or just pray to his God peacefully.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 9 years ago

Just watch the scene again. If you think it makes sense, well, the rest of the movie is also sort of a fairytale.

[–] tuix00 9 years ago

The barriers are way too narrow for either one of them. Parker's arm wouldn't even completely fit in there. Weird continuity error indeed. but it's the message, moment, and the atmosphere that counts. i tend to ignore this stuff while watching. makes my experience more enjoyable.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 9 years ago

Look I loved this movie and but this scene would be much better and more realistic with some simple changes in setting or editing. Maybe the scene was supposed to be more graphic but had to be reshot or edited for MPAA reasons. That would make sense.

[–] zenbutt 9 years ago

"this scene would be much better and more realistic with some simple changes in setting or editing"

For Buddist, it's the best choice.
For Muslim or Christian, behead a goat is daily routine.

This movie has so many levels, It all depends on YOUR BRAIN.
When Pi kills his first fish, Pi can not face it.
Christians are laughing about his reaction.

As evolution goes on, one day, may be we do not have to kill to survive.

Each living creature has right to live his short life without fear.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 9 years ago

It has nothing to do with religion and everything with filmmaking. It's just a question of how that goat gets from one side of the fence to the other.

[–] OneGettingOlderAndBetter 9 years ago

I doubt the people in charge of that movie wanted any "reality" in that scene.
What the father does to his son is ghastly. It might save Piscine, later. But it is terrible.
No one else but a father would have done so.

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[–] forrykook 9 years ago

dronken? What?

[–] zenbutt 9 years ago

It was type error. I mean Broken : " your bones/ribs Broken/smashed by two steel bars.

[–] FiveMinuteMovieGuy 9 years ago

It was a silly error. Why they hadn't just tied him to the other side of the fence is beyond me, especially considering they had to turn the bars just to open Richard Parker's cage to begin with. So they could have safely done it without putting themselves in any harm.

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[–] zenbutt 9 years ago

"Why they hadn't just tied him to the other side of the fence is beyond me"

Pi reach out Ricard parker with his hand on the other side of fence with a piece of meat.
Pi would have lost his arm or his life if his father did not arrive on time.

[–] FiveMinuteMovieGuy 9 years ago

Yes, I'm aware of that. What doesn't make sense is how the goat was on the same side of the fence as Pi once had been, and yet somehow the lion within seconds manages to pull the entire thing between the bars, with it remaining in tact. I'm not convinced Richard Parker could have even reached through those bars, let alone pulled a goat through them without ripping it into shreds.

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[–] Sussexfilmlad 9 years ago

The film (and the novel) have lots of intentional discontinuities (do bananas float?) that support the eventual question "which story do you prefer?" I've always thought the goat / bars of the cage thing was a nice little first pointer to the 'truth' or otherwise of Pi's story.

[–] randyhndrsn 9 years ago

That is actually the best way to explain it, because I have to assume it was done with some intention, as most of this film is very technically polished and an error like that would be easily fixed in post.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 9 years ago

The "which story do you prefer" motive comes into this story when trying to decide what really happened after the ship went down into the ocean. The father/son relationship is presented as something that really happened, not as something open to interpretation.

[–] Sussexfilmlad 9 years ago

I disagree. I think the wider premise of the film (let alone the book) is to question the veracity of any account (or story). For example, a schoolboy recalling Pi (the value) to a vast number of decimal places is certainly possible but is hardly realistic in the way it is shown in the film. I think there are intentional disconnects from the get-go in this film (including the goat/gate/tiger) and that they add to the heft and weight of the film's structure and scheme. After all, Pi is 'irrational'...

[–] Loops2112 9 years ago

It was actually an ex-Seigfried and Roy tiger, rejected from Vegas for being too orange......but still learnt a trick or two 😉

But seriously, I agree with you, it was a bit of a weird error for them to make. Would have been more believable if it'd just ripped the goat's head off, to make Pi realise that Richard Parker could have taken his whole arm off that easily.

[–] Lester_Burnham_Risen 9 years ago

The main point of the scene is the early face to face meeting of Pi and tiger.

We saw Pi showing Miss Bollywood the tiger and how tiger seems to "Know" Pi.

Then we see the tiger question Pi's outstretched hand with meat on it and it looks like he might simply take the meat and leave Pi intact, BUT we can never know as his father intervenes.

We need to progress into the story to see what will happen, ie tiger's head in Pi's lap, but finally Pi shattered that tiger does not look back.

But why WOULD the tiger look back? IMHO that is the point of the movie that animals act rationally in order to survive, but it is us humans that are so totally confused by politically correct but meaningless expectations of how to act in a given situation.

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[–] Vicenzo-VV 8 years ago

Agreed with your point but none of it has anything to do with the Original post...

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man..."

[–] timax_911 8 years ago

Rewatch that scene and you will see that the gate was open to let a little gap enough for the bodie of the goat to pass.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 8 years ago

Ahhh they left the gate a little bit open? Sounds like a smart idea.

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man..."

[–] Vicenzo-VV 8 years ago

bump.

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man..."

[–] Ras_lupo 7 years ago

Oh hush, you got the damn point of the scene. Don't bump your own lame thread. what the he:: type of answer do you really expect?

I read this in a chola accent.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 7 years ago

what the:: type of answer do you really expect?

I could ask you the same question because your post is about as useless and borderline moronic as anything I've read here.

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man..."

[–] Ras_lupo 7 years ago

Seriously? Is it really? Or are you just offended a bit. Your emotions are wild. Relax.

I read this in a chola accent.

[–] Vicenzo-VV 7 years ago

You bumped the thread again.

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man..."