Maybe should have seen it in 3D?

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2013)

Alfred Hitchcock put a few people in a lifeboat and told an interesting story with them.
After hearing all of the hoop-la around this I was expecting something profound, prophetic - or at least, interesting.
This movie pretty much gives up on a story once the lifeboat is launched.
What the movie delivers is a very pretty 3D experience. Or so I imagine. I saw it in 2D. For me it was like watching a collage of art student drawings.
The basic story-line is nothing new and very thin. The video and CGI overpowers the light story. The tiger is creatively constructed, but never enough to make you really believe it is real.
I suppose what Avatar was for geeks, Life of Pi is for the Sundance crowd.