Written
February 10, 2013
Pi
Ang Lee is a distinguished film director so if he wants to do something a little different with technical special effects,one should pay attention. Pi may not win a lot of awards but yes,it is worth going to the multiplex large screen or waiting for it later on DVD or a pay cable channel. The visual effects of ocean creatures,the sky at dawn and night as a young man struggles in a lifeboat and improvised raft with an improbable survivor,a Tiger are wonderful. So,if the plot is not that unique of a Robinson Crusoe tale told in flashback,there are many aspects or mini-lessons one can think about after viewing it. There is the value of family,of course and how a young child finds his way between lessons from one's parents to religious principles from different faiths to relationships with animals and how one learns from a physical survival struggle to sense there is more to our world than just us. My wife liked it,too so even with minor violence to animals,it is a special family film.
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