It was a good movie but let's keep it 100.......

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2013)

Do I really have to reiterate the plot? If you don't know the Life of Pi is about a young boy stranded at sea with a Bengal Tiger, then I want to know what rock you've been sleeping under and how long. But seriously, that's pretty much what the movie is about. The movie also chronicles the life a young boy named Pi from his early childhood up until and after the ordeal.
Let me start off by stating the visuals are excellent. I saw this movie in 3D (as if there's any other way to see it) and I think the composers did a masterful job creating a dynamic of animals and humans with the same feelings and facial expressions. The movie utilized awesome 3D visual effects to put you smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The plot is simple but intriguing. There is something about the idea of being stranded in the middle of the ocean that awes the public. Add in the fact that your stranded with a wild animal is even more fun. The film focuses on the struggle of human survival in addition to spiritual enlightenment.
I know what you're thinking. "If the movie had all these good things, why did you rate it a 6?" That's a good question, so I'll give you my reasons. After about 40 minutes into the movie I began to wonder where all this was going. The movie seemed to drag on and on with little indication there was any meaning to it all. You go through about an hour and a half of fishing, sea storms and animal taming. It was like Cast Away on the Pacific Ocean. The offshore adventure was fun until about 45 minutes. After that, the film just seemed to drag on with one futile triumph after another.
There were religious and faith-based references throughout the movie, and the narrator made it clear there would be some type of revelation at the conclusion; leaving you with an anticipation of an prophetic event or climax. However, the film never really delivered. As weird as it sounds, there was nothing much out of the ordinary that happened in this story from any other story about a boy stranded in the sea with a wild tiger. The fact that he was stranded at sea with a wild tiger was what was out of the ordinary. Get me? I came into the movie expecting to be taken on an epic journey that left me with some great revelation. Instead, it was like watching an extended HD documentary on the discovery channel concluding with a dubious spiritual message. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie. I mean, I like watching the Discovery Channel. As I mentioned before, the movie had great visuals and an interesting plot. I just don't think it lived up to all the hype and had the phenomenal effect so many people claimed it to have. To each his own though.