So Much That I Expected... But There Was Even More That I Didn't Get

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2013)

I wanted to see this movie; many people enjoyed it, said it was very well done, but I just did not see it. When I walked out of the theater, I struggled to see the point of the film. It was not about the friendship between a boy and a tiger, and it was not a survival story either. It was actually a film about religion, but I just could not bare to stomach the fact that a person would choose to follow three religions at the same time, and even more so, I could not see someone believing each three religions while such a young age.
The special effects are often overdone, and too perfect. Someone said that you can hardly notice that the tiger is CG (computer generated) but I could. It was just too perfect in the way that it walked, its movements too different than the real thing, but I must admit that it was very close. I thought that the special effects were amazing, but overall, I think that they could have had a better story to tell with less special effects–-it would have made a more believable story, and would have made it easier to take in. The story overall, is lackluster. Not very well thought out, and there is hardly a point to it.
The film is long, and I could not help but as myself how much more there was. By the end, I was entirely burnt out, and ready to go home. The story's climax is a huge let down, and it will leave you disappointed. Overall, I think that this is a film that people will go to see only if they wish to kill time. It's not a journey, its not really even that great of an adventure, and it will leave you wishing that there had been more. I am not exactly sure what more there could be, but it did feel as though there was indeed something more that it needed in order to get an emotional response from the audience. I feel as though this movie could have been better if there had been more emotions conveyed through the film that would have given you a better emotional response, a more realistic one, but there was nothing. I felt no sadness. No happiness. Just disappointment.
This is a movie that needed to be something more than just an adventure, something more about self-explortaion about religion. It needed to be a drama, but ultimately, it wasn't sad enough, or suspenseful enough. If you want great visuals, and a somewhat generic storyline, then I think you would enjoy it. But if your like me and want more than just great visuals and an actual story that will make your heart break with emotion, then don't expect to get it from this movie.