A nice movie

Rating: 6/10 (15 January 2013)

It is a nice movie, really nice. But just nice, nothing more.
The film has a light, but thoughtful tone. The fantasy-story is told in an immaculate way. Picture, colors, characters, all fit in just perfect.
But the overall result is just that bit too slick to make you care.
Emotionally the main character is more or less remote. Yes, he shows some grieve about loosing his family. And he is in despair, at times. But only to an easily bearable extend. If the audience would be confronted with the full force of his emotions, the story would not be nice or lovely after all.
The same happens intellectually. A portion of the film deals with man, god, believe. And yes, the main character has a lot of reason to doubt god. But again, this doubt is not going too far. It just scratches the issue, so everything remains easy. Nothing too serious here. So it has hardly any meaning.
Life of Pi is nice to watch, but do not expect something with real substance.
By the way: This movie will work in 2D as well. I felt most of the time 3D was not really adding anything to the film.