Some of you may remember that in my posts, I had been critical of Life of Pi. However, my sister who lives outside Chennai has been in raptures after seeing Life of Pi and insisted that my Mom see Pi. Hence I had to make it a reluctant second time.
Surprise 1: The movie is running in two screens in Chennai. I did not get a ticket for the Sunday show. I just managed to scrape through and got the tickets at PVR today, At Escape I could not get tickets for a Monday show. For an art house movie which is almost running for the last four- five months, the full house was a big surprise.
Surprise 2: The appeal of Pi. Given that it is a visual treat and aesthetic in many ways, one wonders, how a film which is so subtle, sophisticated, literary, with very little twists and turns, with almost zero drama and phenomenally verbose and boring climax has managed to strike a chord with such a large section of people.
In my last review, I had dismissed the movie as Pi converges to zero. There are few revisions in my observations, I do not think I was turned on by the first forty minutes as much as I did when I saw the movie the first time, neither was I as bored in the second half as I felt the first time.
I was quite touched when Pi has the almost dying Richard Parker, the Tiger on his Lap. The lament of Pi about the several untold Good Bye's was quite touching as well.
An earnest and sincere effort which seems to have gone down well with me the second time(The climax however remains a monumental letdown).
Having said that I am still in mourning for Steve not winning the Best Picture and the Best Director award for Lincoln.
Oh! yes. My Mother did quite enjoy it!!!!
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