"Life of Pi" - starring Shuraj Sharma & Irrfan Khan. It's now available on DVD so I figured I'd find out what all of the hype was about. It didn't disappoint, it's a tremendous movie, the special effects are second to none, I can only imagine what it would have looked like on a big screen and in 3-D. It's about a man named Pi who tells his tale of survival at sea from the shipwreck of a cargo ship that had been transporting Pi and his family from India to Canada. It's quite the tale, it includes a life boat, a bengal tiger, a zebra, an orangutang, a hyena, a mysterious island and 227 days adrift at sea. It's really all quite unbelievable, especially to the Japanese investigators who were trying to find out what happened, so much so that an alternate ending is presented by Pi at the end. At that point the viewers are left to decide which ending is the most appropriate and/or believable. Many may not appreciate the ambiguous ending, but with any bit of thought you should be able to figure it out. Either way, it was a stunning movie, it was very well acted and the direction of Ang Lee was fantastic. I highly recommend it, give it a watch.
I will give it 4 out of 5 stars (*****).
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