The Life of Pi is an adventure Drama film directed and produced by Ang Lee, the movie is based on the Novel Life of Pi in 2001 by Yann Martel. The film was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and it won at least The Golden Globe Award for the best original Score. The release was in September 2012 and the worldwide earning is already over 600 million Dollar. The principal actor is Pi acted mainly by Suraj Sharma, and from other actors in different Situations.
The movie starts that an Author ask Pi about his Life story for his book, the Author has the Name Yann Martel ( the same as the Author from the Novell the Life of Pi). Pi Patel tells him his story, in a flashback it begins with Pi as a child in India. His family owns a Zoo, also with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The main plot begins when they have to move, because the Zoo is too expensive. They move by ship. Pi watches helplessly as the ship with his family and the crew sinks in front of him, but he survives the shipwreck in the Lifeboat. He is the only Person in the Boat just with a Bengal tiger, a zebra, a monkey and a hyena in the middle of the Ocean. At the end Pi survives unexpected 227 days with a Bengal tiger and finally stranded on the coast of Mexico.
The Life of Pi is a computer animated film, it is also available in 3D. It won many awards for example best special effects or best camera. The critics are mainly positive, good dramatically movie with realistic effects and an exciting story, a negative critic says that the german name for the movie “Life of Pi: Shipwreck with a tiger” is a perfect description, because the whole film only seems to act about a shipwreck with a tiger and is therefore rather boring.
In my opinion it’s a good dramatically movie, mixed with a sad touch and animated special effects. Computer animated movies are perfect to watch in