Clearly not a 'love at first sight'..! simply a brilliant movie!

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2012)

Once in a while you see a movie and think "god its brilliant!". And once in a decade u see a movie and think "good lord, that's boring!" and go home, login to facebook and update a status saying crap about the movie but think a LOT about it later and realize that you just watched one of the most brilliant movies ever made! that's Life of Pi!
I went for the movie with a lot of expectations. Firstly, because its an Ang Lee movie and secondly, because its a movie about survival and facing your fears. But what was waiting for me in the theater, was just another 3D flick with a lot of CGI graphics. At least, that's what I thought! But after watching the last few scenes, began one of the most intense thinking processes of my life! And finally realized how brilliant the story is and how brilliantly Lee has made it into a movie. Life of Pi may not be the best acted movie ever but everything else about it, is inexplicable.
Speaking as a south Indian myself, another good thing about the movie is that Lee has managed to minimize the amount of clichés which occur a lot while making a Hollywood movie about Indians.
I played the movie, scene by scene in my head again and again, only to realize not everything is what it looks like. I highly recommend this film to everyone. whether you like it or not completely depends on your perception. In the scene where the tired young Pi asks his 'companion' to talk to him and looks deep down into the ocean, the camera goes deep into the ocean from Pi's tired and hopeless face, captures everything he has lost, ends up at his mother's smiling face and comes back up to his 'companion''s strong, confident face. That one scene has a strong inner meaning and another dimension, which you will realize if you really want to! And that was just an example.
I know i used the word 'brilliant' a lot but I really can't help it! the movie is just BRILLIANT!