REVIEW FOR "LIFE OF PI"

Is reality a fact?
     I have to write a review for "Life of Pi". The film is adapted from a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel that published in 2001. At that time, no one believes that novel can become film. When the movie first came out, I don't want to watch it. It is another movie of Ann Lee, the director of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie. I have to say, as a Chinese director in Hollywood, he is very successful. But as a Kung Fu movie, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not successful. It might suit in western movie culture, but certainly not for me.
     The entire film was also shot by fusion camera system that found it by James Cameron in 3D, not partially in 2D. It was developed as a way to shoot features in stereoscopic 3D. James Cameron first used in movie "Avatar",  and 3D is very different, like no more painted backdrops. Also "Life of Pi" uses a lot of lighting technique. I have to say Claudio Miranda is a genius in lighting.The sunset of the ocean that Pi was standing in the boat and sealing a message in can and throwing it into the ocean was so beautiful.    Visually, 'Life of Pi' is a masterpiece. It opens with shots that seemed like they were filmed in the Garden of Eden and moves on to stunning scenes from Pondicherry and the Pacific Ocean- where each frame looks like it was lovingly hand painted by supremely talented artists. 3D is also used well and you're unlikely to leave the theater complaining of a migraine. The film also used animated technology to create the animals and insert them into scenes. 
    When I first watched, I really did not get the point. I only saw the movie as a boy who left India traveled with his family across the ocean to another country. And in the middle of ocean, the ship sunk. Only Pi and a Bengal tiger survived from 227 days. I did not get the meaning of two different stories. But  now, I really want to believe in the first story, the one with the tiger. Ann Lee used a very obscure way to tell audience that the second story may be the fact of the reality, and even Japanese reporters wouldn't want to believe the second story.