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The problem I have with this idea is that the book works so well because it is vastly open to interpretation. **SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT**
There's a bunch of people who take it is a religious allegory about the importance of faith, a bunch who take it is proof of the non-existence of god, and then there are those who take it is as a simple adventure story. This works because of the medium in which the story is told. Could it translate into a movie? Maybe. But you would have to do a damn good job of keeping your own interpretation out of the screenplay. It would also be problematic if any hint of the book's "twist" (for lack of a better word) were hinted at at any point prior to the final act.
The fact is, Life of Pi is a really good book. And movies that are based on good books, especially ones that are good precisely because of how well they use the written medium, are rarely good movies.
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