Beautiful Visuals and Such

Rating: 8/10 (23 January 2013)

Life of Pi is a really beautiful movie, with dreamy visuals.
When I first saw the trailer, I thought; Not another story with animals that will eventually talk. But it looked beautiful so I went to the cinema.
It felt like a relaxing movie to watch. I was really curious in how the story would progress. Luckely no animals where talking. I like this sort of 'cast away' type of movie. I really felt his misery. And that because it's a great actor. Suraj Sharma. According to IMDb this is his first movie. If that's the case, then this is going to be a really great actor.
Then you have the interviewer. I think he's is cast wrong. He acted like a douchebag. I guess it is necessary in some parts because he is not paying a full 100% of attention to adult Pi.
3D and Visuals: This movie was very beautiful. And 3D made it better. And with 'It' I mean the amazing depth of field. The first time I noticed this was at the title sequence. I kept wondering how they put the text behind the elephant. But like in every other 3D movie, U get used to it after a while. But it still was great. When the boat was sinking in the storm the 3D effects looked very realistic. And all the animals too. I kept thinking to myself through the whole movie; "How did they film this. Where is the green-screen?". I still don't know if the animals are real or fake. That's movie magic for ya.
GOD-PART: It did not take long for PI to talk about religion. Pi is curious in more then one religion. That's all fine with me. A kid needs to find out himself. That's actually very great about the family he grows up with. In the real world religious parents will force there belief upon there kids when they are born. But not in this movie, because his dad is atheist. I like that. But they kept talking about "finding god". I have never seen or noticed any sign of god in the whole movie. Maybe I'm not getting an extra meaning behind all that he sees.
I have seen it 2 times know. And that's enough for now.