The most realistic CGI tiger in film history can be admired in Life of Pi. In Ang Lee’s overwhelming adventure film, the protagonist is stranded on the high seas with the animal and has to fight for survival. But it is not just the tiger named Richard Parker that the director brings to life in a spectacular way.
Life of Pi guarantees a movie night that will leave everyone’s mouths hanging open and their eyes watering. The film, which also made it into our Moviepilot Top 100 of the best films of the last decade, is available as a subscription at Disney+.
This is what the adventure masterpiece Life of Pi on Disney+ is about
In the story of Ang Lee’s film, which is based on the novel Shipwreck with Tiger * by Yann Martel, a writer (Rafe Spall) is looking for an unusual story for his new book. In Montreal he meets the Indian-born Pi, who is recommended to him by a incredible adventure told.
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Life of Pi
At the age of 17, Pi (Suraj Sharma) and his family are to emigrate from India to Canada. On board the ship are also a large number of the zoo animals that belong to his family and are to be sold in America. After a heavy storm, only Pi and a few animals have made it onto a lifeboat. This begins a over 200 days of struggle for survival.
Life of Pi touches the heart and has stunning images
When Ang Lee’s film was released in 2012, the 3D hype after James Cameron’s Avatar. In addition to the many films that were subsequently converted to 3D and were more of an eye-sore, Life of Pi benefited enormously from the effect and made the cinema experience even more impressive.
But even in the stream on Disney+, where the 3D effect of the film is lost, Ang Lee’s blockbuster remains an impressive spectacle. The award at the Oscars 2013 for Best Visual Effects is especially noticeable in the scenes in which the main character interacts with the animated animals or encounters the wonders of nature.
Here you can watch the making-of of the amazing images from Life of Pi:
Life of Pi – Making Of (German) HD
The portrayal of the tiger Richard Parker is unique and in almost every scene seems so real as if the film had been shot with a real animal. Scenes in which the lifeboat is suddenly stormed by a school of flying fish, a glowing whale or a floating island full of meerkats make Life of Pi a optical delight.
But Ang Lee has not only created a demonstration of impressive technical possibilities with his film. In terms of narrative, Life of Pi is also a extremely touching dramain which the main character’s fight for survival is exaggerated into a modern fairy tale. Without being too religious, the blockbuster is also about how the power of faith can produce the most incredible stories.
You can stream the 130-minute adventure film Life of Pi with a Disney+ subscription.
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