Amazing...

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 2013)

LIFE OF PI
This is a movie I wanted to see in the cinema in 3D but never got round to it. After seeing the Blu-Ray, I can honestly say I am gutted I missed it.
The movie tells the story of an Indian lad who was named after a swimming pool his name is Pi. His family, who owns a zoo, decides to move to Canada but on their long journey their boat hits a storm and sinks killing almost everyone on board. The movie is about Pi's fight for survival on a little life boat Not only does Pi have to find a way to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, but he is not alone. He is stuck in this small boat with an aggressive Bengal Tiger.
The story is amazing it is very entertaining and full of excitement which surprised me seeing as 90% of the movie is set on a small boat. Before watching this I was thinking that this would be quite a slow movie and there would be parts that would be boring but there isn't. It really does keep you glued to your seat.
Yes, the story Pi is telling is very unrealistic and when I watched it, a few times in the movie I was thinking that if this happened in real life he would be dead.
Visually, this film is probably the best looking film I have ever seen. The images and scenery were amazing. All the way through the movie I was thinking (as a photographer) that I would love to be there with my camera. I have a photography website and there were so many images there that I wish were real so that I could go and visit and get some amazing shots. The colours were amazing, very vibrant and they jumped out from the screen. I could imagine that in 3D it would make the experience even more beautiful.
The only thing negative I could say about this film would be that the effects were not always on form. Most of the time it was brilliant, but then every now and then you could see that the tiger was computer generated and not real. That goes for some of the other animals too. They just didn't look right in some scenes. They didn't move realistically.
The casting was perfect. Suraj Sharma plays the main character. This was his first movie and I hope he gets a career out of this because he did a great job. The only famous face in the movie was Gerard Depardieu, but he only had a cameo.
I will give this film 8 out of 10.
Excellent effects, excellent action, excellent story, excellent acting.
"Animals have souls... I have seen it in their eyes."
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