From LIFE OF PI

Is it a film about a hard to tell story, or one about the most amazing journey never told?

One could argue that the latest ANG LEE'S LIFE OF PI adaptation from the same book, it's a compilation of extraordinary events a la fabula style where dialog, narration, even storytelling are to its minimalistic context. To  some is the opposite, which is a well elaborate story that's so detailed and so embeded in its events that takes two screenings to discern its message. But either way, I personally find the film to triumph in its fashion to communicate its message: an impressive and visually outstanding feast.

To me, the film is more about the journey. I get to relate to it the more that the journey progresses. It's not what I learn from the dialogue or narrative. it's what i see, and witness with my own eyes. Never a sentiment is dictated, hence you don't feel emotionally manipulated by its events (I'm watching at you Spielberg.) It reminds me of one of those fable books that I read, when I was a little kid where the reading is slim and the colorful presentation of men and fauna is rich. To its core, Life of Pi is a throwback to that innocence: a moral that's sublime where men and animal meet and confront together adversities.

Make no mistake though, Life of Pie is neither solely for kids or adults. It reaches beyond our conventional rating system. The film is too beautifully painted with breathtaking sceneries that are far from being dark; even in its dark scenes, the film provides an almost magical, no, a mythical array of colors and lights that cause an enriching splendor. In the same way, the film presents situations and events that are crude, rough, and too nerve wrecking for kids to behold even traumatizing per say. Life of Pi is such that epic in its journey: an ever told epic of kid vs. nature, boy vs. beast, and ultimately man vs. god. As Roger Ebert says, "The film could've might as well be called LIFE," such is the journey that's always beautiful to behold with its triumphs, and failures.

Life of Pi achieves a tehnological landmark of movie making both CGI and 3D. Never before I've seen a well crafted and inviting world, which technology fully supports the film so well without distracting the attention of the viewer. Quite the opposite, such technological means cause an utter submergion of the viewer in its world. The audience is virtually part of the journey: an extended reality of the film where objects seemingly connect with the viewer. I found myself not only witnessing the events, but i'm also part of them.

3D here is the culmination of what the 3D technology was meant to achieve, since its conception. The third dimensional plane is employed in every bit of the film, not just in chasing sequences, thrilling scenes, or dramatic shots like it has been poorly overused on blockbuster films. Life of Pi doesn't want you to get distracted or impressed; it wants you to experience its path. 3D is not a gimmick in the film, but a new found ground that triumphantly expands its universe, and oh boy, what an amazing universe to behold. Only last year SCORSESSE'S HUGO comes closer at achieving the evolution of 3D. ANG LEE finds it and successfully applies it in Life of Pi.

I can't recommend and urge people to go and experience this film any more than what I'm already doing it so. Go and see it, live it, and embrace the overwhelming feeling you'll feel in its climatic moments. I'm not gonna tell you what the film is about because is your own interpretation of what the film is about what makes it so mesmerizing. Do pay attention to its concluding scenes and dialogues though, it might open your eyes to extraordinary possibilities .