Life of Pi(2012)- User Reviews

"Life Of Pi" is brilliant!

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"Life Of Pi" is brilliant! This is how the story goes: Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zoo keeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival.

The cast led by Suraj Sharma (as Pi) & Irrfan Khan (as adult Pi) is brilliant. The directing by Ang Lee (who also produced) is brilliant. The screenplay by David Magee (based on the novel) is brilliant.

The music by Mychael Danna is brilliant. The cinematography by Claudio Miranda is brilliant. The film editing by Tim Squyres is brilliant. The casting by Avy Kaufman is brilliant. The production design by David Gropman is brilliant. The art direction by Al Hobbs, Ravi Srivastava, James F. Truesdale & Dan Webster is brilliant. The set decoration by Terry Lewis & Anna Pinnock, set designs by Sarah Contant, Jim Hewitt & Easton Michael Smith is brilliant. The costume design by Arjun Bhasin is brilliant. The special effects supervised by Jean-Martin Desmarais, coordinated by John Rosengrant, Alan Scott & Lindsay MacGowan is brilliant. The visual effects supervised by Paul Graff, Susan MacLeod, Guillaume Rocheron & Bill Westenhofer, coordinated by Dana Lynn Bennett, Blair Brownlee, Rebecca Brookman, Bryce Brecheisen, Celine Chew, James Cochrane, Gloria Cohen, Sonia D'Costa, Sheila Giroux, Ankit Gokani, James Grummitt, Chad Hudson, Eric Kimelton, Monet Monge, Molly Pabian, Brett Skaggs, Judy Webster & Bryan Wengroff is brilliant. The stunts coordinated by Charles Croughwell & John Stoneham Jr. is brilliant.

This is a brilliant and well-crafted (as well as, well-made) film that is entertaining and intriguing that is different and interesting. This is also a visually beautiful treat that is beautiful either in 3D or 2D. Ang Lee has made another interesting and well-made film that is definitely one of his best movies of his career. This is also one of the best films of the holiday season and of the year. This is also a film that should be remembered come the awards season.