Thursday, 27 December 2012

As sweet as Pi



I took part in one of my most favorite past-times/ hobbies today...I took some time out to see the new film Life of Pi...
Now first off I did put off see this as I thought it was just going to be a CGI-fest of high cost effects and bright colors, which technically it was, and since the acclaimed Avatar I wasn't sure of something that in verbal reviews were constantly being compared to it.
The way trailers wet your appetite (which 95% of them do mostly for me) this one did with the beautiful visuals, but I couldn't see where the story was coming from. It looked like a cross between "Castaway" and "The Jungle Book" for all I knew, and I find reading reviews on big films like this can end up being quite biased, so deterred away from it until viewing...
And boy was I impressed. You actually found yourself aligning yourself with the character as he seemed so together, so eager to learn eager for adventure especially the situation about being a follower of 3 religions.
As it all unfolded yes the visuals were breath taking, the plot thickened and the finale...the perfect topping to the cake.
I refuse to give anything away as I will encourage all of those that I know to see it for themselves, but in my eyes it really hit the spot and bettered my expectations.

Move out the way Avatar, Pi and Richard Parker will make waves in the new age CGI department now.

No comments:

Post a Comment