Life of PiA very slow and religously inclined book that makes you kind of crazy in its lethargic nature to tell you the story about a boy on a boat with an adult male Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. Set in three different countries, this stories only problem is the begining. I literally had to force myself to read the first part without throwing it at times. It's not so much his religious nature but that he wants to be all religons and he tells it an too deep emotional way. Then we get to the story where he and Richard Parker cruise the Pacific Ocean for 227 together. This is the stroy as told by the main character to the journalist who has tracked him down from Pondicherry to Canada. The end however is so amazing and beautiful you forgive the begining of the book. Maybe most people knew how it was going to end, but i honeslty didn't, not even for a second think it was going to terminate in a tornado of emotion. I know a book about a kid stuck in the middle of nowhere is sooo Robinson Cruesoe but it still wasnt so bad.
Now the movie i can happily say stuck very close to the book. They added one character and I was glad that they didn't show any more religous scenes then were necessary. That being said, the story was even more beautiful painted and directed by the great Ang Lee (ignoring the 2003 rendition of "the Hulk"). It was visually stunning, the colors so bright i had to shield my eyes. I think they got a little crazy with the glow in the dark paint but it was otherwise a very good movie and with the exception of some ommisions I was in general pleased. Can anyone say Oscar Nomination?
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