Well, that is my 'film feast' over for the week with Life of Pi at Cineworld tonight. Despite having booked for the '3d' version, the movie wouldn't work, so we were escorted from the cinema and either given a refund or there were 50 seats left in the '2d' version which was just about to start. Luckily I was 2nd in the queue for the refund and managed to get a seat.
The movie was stunningly shot in India, it was almost like being on a live safari watching the different animals from the zoo on the big screen. The story was very simple with a lot of hidden depths, about a young boy called Piscine (Pi) who travelled with his family from India to Canada by boat with their 'zoo' of animals in the hold, on their way to find their fortune in Canada by selling the animals and making a new life for themselves. Unfortunately the ship sinks in a violent storm and only Pi, a zebra, a hyena, Orange Juice the Orangutan and 'Richard Parker' the Bengal Tiger make it into a lifeboat. The story follows their survival (or not for some of them)and their 'meeting with god' and combatting their own demons. A very different, unusual story and I have no doubt the book will be 10 times the film. There were very scary moments when I was on the edge of my seat with my hands over my eyes, but I won't spoil it for those who still have to see it. Thoroughly enjoyed it and the rest of the movies this week.
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