Life of Pi

Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan
Director: Ang Lee
Rating: ●●●○○ - Over-promising

After the Christmas break, I started the year with Life of Pi, movie transposition of the successful book by Yann Martel published in 2001, directed by Oscar Winner Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain).
The main feature of this movie are the images, the visual effects and a finally proper and skillful use of the 3D feature, the best since Avatar. So in case you wonder, yes this one is worthwhile watching in 3D.
The movie has a first part based in India which deals with the theme of religions vs. rationality which I find very interesting, though you have a feeling that you are missing out something compared to the book.
Then there is a second part about the kid and the tiger. This part is the one where images and the photography come in support of an otherwise slow paced section, which is the the core of the movie, the main central part.
Finally there is the conclusion, in which again, you feel that you are a bit rushed into. In the first part you are promised a story that will show you the existence of God (nothing less), but in the end I felt I was promised more than what has been delivered.
So this is a visually excellent movie, an inspiring story, with some pace issues here and there (derived from the difficulty of transposing a spiritual book into a movie) but overall a movie worth watching.