Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Life of Pi is one of those rare movies that delights the eyes and warms the spirit at the same time. Is it the same "visual miracle" akin to Avatar as Time claims? The two can't be compared; though I marveled at Avatar, my heart was carried away by Pi.
the Life of Pi is based off of a book by Canadian author Yann Martel, and follows the life of Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel. His name is based off of a pool in France, and yes, he got teased terribly as a child. Besides the childhood teasing, his childhood was that of enchantment as his family owned a zoo, and he had the opportunity to grow close to the animals. Then circumstance strikes and the family is forced to sell the zoo and travel to Canada. Then real life begins when a tragic storm strikes and Pi is forced to survive on a lifeboat for months with a Tiger.
The story becomes one of understanding, survival and acceptance as Pi struggles to live on hardly anything while he tries to battle the beast he suddenly finds himself living with. There is a connection there, and the Tiger helps Pi to fight for life and not lose hope.
Beautiful in every way, the film is full of wonderful music and cinematography. Having gone into this movie with high hopes, I was not disappointed in the least. The movie became a symbol of life, and now I want to go back for a second viewing and get more out of it. One viewing isn't enough, and even this morning when I woke Life of Pi was on my mind.
It's not often I go to the movies and the audience claps afterwards, and I wanted to applaud right with them, but I was so moved I just sat there taking it all in.
Something interesting I read on the sites wikipedia page. Tobey Maguire was original cast as a reporter, but in September director Ang Lee announced Tobey's scenes were cut and re shot with English actor Rafe Spall. The director stated that Tobey's presence was too jarring, being as recognizable as he is, to the rest of the cast and wanted to go international in the casting.
MPAA PG: For emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril.
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