Eh..

Rating: 4/10 (25 January 2013)

Am I the only one who found most of this film boring? At the beginning it seemed like it would be a good, funny film. It seemed stupid but a bit funny at the start. Irrfan Khan is a good actor and I have seen him in other films. He was particularly good in Billu Barber. He was okay in this film too but obviously did not get much screen time. There was quite an emphasis on religion and God at the beginning which seemed lost to me later in the film. I thought there would be some big connection at least at the end of the film that would explain the whole thing properly but the beginning seemed pointless compared to the ending. The film seemed realistic in an unrealistic way, if that makes sense. The scenes were beautiful, of course. My favourite scene was of the whale that splashed out of the water near Pi's boat. I found myself in reverie (personal thoughts) in a couple of places through the film. To me, the film was boring. The connection between Pi and the tiger. His attempts to survive. Oh wait.. I also liked the island scene with the meerkats. Maybe that's because I like meerkats anyway but I thought the idea was pretty interesting. An island that no one else has really seen. It makes you think. Other than that.. eh, I felt a lot of the people in the cinema were also disappointed. I may be wrong.. judging by the comments on here. I just felt that they could have made a better survival story out of this. The whole thing with the animals seemed stupid. I can't remember many of the points I had in mind about the film because I watched it around 2/3 weeks ago. I thought it was a waste of time but maybe I should have read the book first. It would have probably been a good read. I'm not sure what to rate it? Lower maybe. I'll leave it at 4/10.