Thursday, November 22, 2012

Life Of Pi

Ang Lee's new movie, Life Of Pi is astonishing! Brilliant and moving, Life Of Pi is abundant with originality. Its also abundant with excitement and adventure. See it in 3D to experience its full worth. No longer does 3D have to be a cheap gimmick of objects flying in your face. 3D as art is what director Ang Lee has in mind AND he achieves high art. Don't let that scare you off. It is not artsy but artful and above all else enormously involving and entertaining. I will not only see it again but am most eager to read the book it is based on. Life Of Pi is a beautiful film - visually, to be sure but spiritually as well. To accomplish high adventure and soaring spirituality in a story about a boy literally lost at sea is monumental. Add a ferocious tiger, an island of meerkats , a sinking passenger ship, a zebra, monkey, mean cook and several nail biting storms in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and you have the ingredients of a surprising story of faith and survival.

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8 comments:

  1. Hi Tony! I was wondering is this movie appropriate for an animal loving 9 year old with an extrodinary imagination?

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  2. OMG, Yes I loved it especially for the animals. The tiger stuff is a little scary but in a good logical way and shouldn't upset a child unless that child is highly sensitive.

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  3. No Izzy is fearless! Thanks for the input.

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    1. Give me your review - even if its a bad review :-)

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  4. OK, a bit off topic, not too good at this, but wondering about everyone's nominations for best full length Christmas movies. Here are mine: It's A Wonderful Life (no really?), A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, The Gathering, Mr. Magoo's Scrooge, Home Alone, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, and Gremlins.

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    1. I like an obscure Disney movie "One Magic Christmas" - pretty strong stuff for Disney - even devastating. Then there's A Christmas Carol from a couple of years ago with Jim Carey as Scrooge that is especially good.

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  5. And planning on seeing Life of Pi as well, down here at Downtown Disney, at one of the dinner movie theatres.

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