Category: EnglishDarren Aronofsky's first feature film has immense potential from the philosophical and mathematical point of view. Shot entirely in black and white it is crisp when the protagonists mind is focused and immensely grainy and blurry when his mind is not.
The movie follows the life of a mathematician who believes "Math is the language of nature". He sets upon himself to seek the true meaning and patterns in nature - in this case the Stock Market. As with Aronofsky he's usually all over the place with such movies (The Fountain) so there's also the Jewish league who believe the 216 digit number at the heart of all his calculations could be a message from God & the capitalistic folk from Wall Street who want to use the code for their own profit.
The movie dabbles with the nature of Chaos & Order, Kabbalah, Maths, The Game of Go & of course the funny nature of Pi itself. It's not the best cinema you're going to see but it provokes some thought which should mean - mission accomplished! Sean Gullette is brilliant, seems like Aronofsky brings out the best from his lead men.
I was pretty fortunate to view this with a close friend, rent the movie or buy it Aronofsky is one of the best directors of Hollywood, don't download like it cheap fucks please.
Recommendation level: 3/5 - Clint Mansell + Darren Aronofsky + Sean Gullette.
thumbs up to this one!!! takes u on an unknown trip .. at most times I found myself entrapped in feelings of claustrophobia n paranoia.. leaving us with a thought that does self discovery lead to insanity! so much for being a genius!
ReplyDeletethink the background score only enhanced the visuals adding to its crispiness!!