Better On The Technical Level Than Storytelling Just Like Avatar

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2014)

Life of Pi is a 3D adventure drama film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel of the same title that revolves around an Indian man named Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel.It was directed by Ang Lee and it features cast that includes Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, and Adil Hussain.
Pi happens to be a novelist who lives in Canada.He tells the story of how he survived a shipwreck at age 16 wherein his family dies and his experience of being stranded in lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean together with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.This leads his to adventure and a journey to self-discovery.
Just like Avatar,this movie is critical and commercial success.And just like the said movie,it is also better on the technical level rather than the storytelling as the 3D special effects unfortunately somehow supersedes the emotional and insightful story of Pi.Too bad that the magnificent visual splendor of the film could take away the viewers attention to what the main character - Pi - is all about especially in times of the most difficult moments of his life particularly in his struggle to survive and overcome the most painful ones when his family dies.Nevertheless,one cannot deny that this remains a great film as it is a visual masterpiece from Ang Lee despite of the reasons mentioned above.