Nice effects, but boring movie

Rating: 4/10 (26 November 2012)

Nice visual effects, but sorry, the movie was boring. There were so many elements introduced that could have played out as being relevant to the story, but in the end didn't connect together at all. We learn how Pi got his name. That is amusing, but so what? He could have been named Paul or Peter. Being named Pi had nothing to do with the story, and so was a waste of screen time. Similarly, other elements introduced early on carried no meaning in the story. The book was the same way. It's like the author "felt" there had to be some meaning there, and so he threw a spaghetti mess of ideas on the wall, hoping some strands would stick. Shoddy story telling. I will say the visual effects were nice. But... visual effects these days do not a movie make. Very disappointing effort over all.