Good evening friends.
Welcome to the movie rewrite for “The Life of Pi.” — Now the truth is “Life of Pi” ended pretty well. But some parts have to be rewritten, which in turn will cause the end to change too.
Pi’s quote; “I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. It broke my heart. You know my father was right: Richard Parker never saw me as his friend”
So in the Rewrite we’re going to mend Pi’s broken heart. Lets pick it up from the scene where after all the battles with Mother Nature, they finally made it safely to Mexico’s shores.
This is where the Tiger (Richard Parker) jumps out of the boat and runs directly into the jungle without even glancing back back at Pi. After 227 days at sea, not even a glance. You can feel the anguish when you think of all that time together at sea. But we also have to remember what Pi said, “Tending to Richard Parker’s needs gives my life purpose” — And that purpose kept Pi marching forward each day and essentially kept him alive.
Remember, Richard Parker the Tiger grew up in a zoo and while he was always in training, he didn’t have to fend for his food, it was provided for him. And despite the magnitude of the shipwreck which set Pi and the Tiger on a 227 day journey, Richard Parker still didn’t have to fend for himself with food, Pi provided it by fishing for both of them.
The tiger finds himself in the jungles of Mexico alone having to provide for himself for the first time. This was the scariest time in Richard Parker’s life. Now if you remember in June of 2012, the tiger Vitaly in the movie “Madagascar 3” was always looking out for his circus buddies and was quite the risk taker. Vitaly was now part of a failing circus that the Madagascar team hooked up with to make another attempt to reach home. When they escaped the circus they fled to Mexico as well. It turns out Vitaly and the gang were hiding out in the same Mexican Jungle that Richard Parker now finds himself in. Being the Madagascar Crew had been there a few months already they helped provide Richard Parker with food.
Within a few weeks, Vitaly and Richard Parker were best friends. After all, they are both tigers and both grew up in a zoo entertaining people from near and far. So being the brave tiger that Vitaly likes to be, he suggests to Richard Parker they head to Hollywood to put their skills at use. Vitaly was a smooth talker so took the role of the manager, and Richard Parker would be the actor.
When they got to Hollywood Vitaly immediately gets Richard Parker the tiger an agent. The agent sends Richard Parker on a call for a Frosted Flakes commercial, only now they wanted a real life Tony the Tiger actor instead of just the cartoon we’ve all grown accustomed to. Low and behold, Richard Parker was a natural entertainer and a perfect fit. Richard Parker got so comfortable in his role, he suggested to Frosted Flake Cereal company that their slogan should be; “Have Frosted Flakes for breakfast and give your life purpose”
Needless to say that slogan became the main tagline for Frosted Flakes Cereal across the world. Eventually Pi caught wind of all this media surrounding the New Tiger’s face and tag line for for Frosted Flakes and realized it was Richard Parker.
Now at this point , Pi is a middle aged man living in Canada with his own family. Eventually, while The Frosted Flakes company was touring the world with their new ad campaign, they made their way to Canada; “eh” lol. Slang joke right there.
Pi made sure to be at the location he heard the Cereal gang was coming to. When he saw Pi after all this time he heart was pounding. As Pi approached the Tiger Richard Parker, Richard ran up to him and said; “your father was wrong, I did see you as my friend, I didn’t look back because i saw the two Japanese investigators approaching from a far to rescue you. I didn’t want to be captured and killed” — Pi felt the weight of the world just unravel off his shoulders.
Pi looked Richard straight in the eyes and said; ” How did you come up with that slogan: “Have Frosted Flakes for breakfast and give your life Purpose?” Richard Parker said; “I got it from you Pi, I knew that keeping me alive took you into adulthood and gave your life purpose”
The End….. The Movie Still would’ve been great.
