"So which story do you prefer?"

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2013)

Ang Lee has taken this popular novel (whether plagiarized or inspired is up to you) and created a mystical adventure that defies logic yet inspires a suspension of disbelief that I hadn't experience in quite a while. While the CGI visuals prove that forces of nature are truly characters, it is the survival thoughts that we attach ourselves to. This is film that can be experienced and evaluated on your own as its message is a personal one. That's not to say that there won' be plenty of provoked discussion by many afterward. I will admit that my second viewing, while wonderful to fully understand certain items clearer, confirmed one fault that I see. Sometimes a film experience is like a long intricate joke whose punchline is the grand finale. Pi seemed like too long of an intricate joke to end with its simplicity. Make no mistake, I loved the finale, just found it unbalanced from the set up.