Life of Pi

[rottyexpress]

Went to watch this in Odeon, Leicester, today, great movie and 3d was awesome.

[emm1210]

I haven't read the book. I thought the film was brilliant with an interesting story line. The 3D affects were ok nothing really fantastic on the 3D side.

[sharkgirl]

Saw this last night and was totally impressed with the visuals and moved by the story. The fact that I am still thinking about it and the meaning tells me what an excellent movie it was. Really enjoyed the ending. It comes a close 2nd for my film of the year with Argo.

[Rentaneko]

I thought this was a great film, very true to the book. Unlike most I didn't have a problem with the length of the film - it's supposed to convey how long and hard pi had to struggle as a castaway and the bond that he built with the tiger. I don't think this would not have come across in the same way if they had cut it down.

[seanan]

look forward to seeing the film!

[lolyrf]

went to Odeon Greenwich last Sunday. Captivating movie and great visuals! I agree the 3D effects might have been better, but still the visuals themselves were pretty good! loved the end of the movie :) but won't reveal it for those who haven't seen it yet. It's a must seen! It's also been my 1st time in the Odeon at Greenwich and I was very positively impressed!

[sikmansam]

Saw this on Tuesday with my dad, and we both agree that its really special. The special effects were, as expected, incredible, and the 3d is the most useful i've seen in a while (especially that scene with the flying fish, where you almost feel like you're being slapped with them). The tiger was believably animated and i thought that the actor who played Pi was amazing (especially as its his first time). Anyway, I really enjoyed this and would probably see it again if there weren't so many films i need to see already. It's a great adaptation, and Lee completely does the novel justice.

9/10

My take on this:

[smithricharde]

First time I'd seen a 3d film and was impressed by it. Well worth watching.

[cliveas]

Well The Telegraph & The May Fair combined to create one of the most surreal of screenings on Tuesday evening. Have you heard the one about being the only person at a screening? (I’ve been the only one before) – Well this time no-one turned up, sort of!

I wasn’t around when this went live and by the time that I tried the May Fair was fully booked. Then they added a later screening at 9pm, which I booked for.

Well there are always a few empty seats at The May Fair, so I thought I would try my luck and see if it wasn’t too busy, if they would let me into the 6.30pm screening with a ticket for 9pm. Well when I got there (expecting it to be pretty full, but with hopefully a few spaces) there were 3 people there! The ticket guy couldn’t really say no and I was rather more concerned that the early screening was going to be cancelled – especially when chatting with the others I realised that no-one actually had a ticket!

Eventually the screening went ahead, by which time there were 8 of us to watch it. These consisted of:

The ticket guy & companion.
A couple that hadn’t realised there were two screenings and that their ticket was for later, before getting there.
Myself (allowed in early) and a guy also with a ticket for the late screening who had just walked in without asking.
A woman who had been ringing the ticket line all day and had eventually been allowed to come by The Telegraph.
A guy with a ticket to a screening elsewhere that had been cancelled.

But no-one actually with a ticket for this screening!

Well presumably the ticketing system hadn’t actually issued any, allowing us to have a very civilised and pleasant screening.


Oh and the film..... well that was very good, but you already knew that didn’t you. Great to see a film made in 3D that warranted it as well.

We left walking past the very long queue of people waiting to come in for the late screening.

[kav17a]

beautifully shot movie