Movie Theater The Life of Pi
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Re: The Life of Pi
Its a great movie if your into those epic story kinda movies.
It has an interesting story and there is a lot of emotion. The ending is cool and a surprise. Its slow like The Hurt Locker, but just like THL, one or two things keep you wanting to see what happens next. I thought it was compelling.
Its a great movie if your into those epic story kinda movies.
It has an interesting story and there is a lot of emotion. The ending is cool and a surprise. Its slow like The Hurt Locker, but just like THL, one or two things keep you wanting to see what happens next. I thought it was compelling.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jpspeeddemon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Its a great movie if your into those epic story kinda movies.
It has an interesting story and there is a lot of emotion. The ending is cool and a surprise. Its slow like The Hurt Locker, but just like THL, one or two things keep you wanting to see what happens next. I thought it was compelling. </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's visually amazing, worth seeing in 3D.</div></div>
I havent been to a cinema in 4 years or so...just got tired of all the same old shit. Glad I picked this one to go to, truly amazeing film. Not so mch for the story, though that is interesting, but for the photography, and the ocean and wild life shots. If your into big explosions there arent any, but if you want to see a movie that youll reflect upon for some time to come, this is the one. Would make a nice surprise Xmas gift for some one.
4.5 BTHP
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jpspeeddemon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Its a great movie if your into those epic story kinda movies.
It has an interesting story and there is a lot of emotion. The ending is cool and a surprise. Its slow like The Hurt Locker, but just like THL, one or two things keep you wanting to see what happens next. I thought it was compelling. </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's visually amazing, worth seeing in 3D.</div></div>
I havent been to a cinema in 4 years or so...just got tired of all the same old shit. Glad I picked this one to go to, truly amazeing film. Not so mch for the story, though that is interesting, but for the photography, and the ocean and wild life shots. If your into big explosions there arent any, but if you want to see a movie that youll reflect upon for some time to come, this is the one. Would make a nice surprise Xmas gift for some one.
4.5 BTHP
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There's some really amazing work in that film and probably more synthetic VFX than you'd expect...
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There's a more detailed breakdown of the visual effects work here (warning: may contain spoilers)
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/life-of-pi/
There's some really amazing work in that film and probably more synthetic VFX than you'd expect...
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There's a more detailed breakdown of the visual effects work here (warning: may contain spoilers)
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/life-of-pi/
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tucson Dave</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As good as the book? </div></div>
No, but it's a pretty close and doesn't betray the book too bad (even by Hollywood standards).
Visually it's amazing, and the theme of "which story do you prefer" comes through very well.
First of the new "3D" movies I've ever seen, worth the ticket IMO.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tucson Dave</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As good as the book? </div></div>
No, but it's a pretty close and doesn't betray the book too bad (even by Hollywood standards).
Visually it's amazing, and the theme of "which story do you prefer" comes through very well.
First of the new "3D" movies I've ever seen, worth the ticket IMO.
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I saw it in 3-D... Would recommend it. I didn't read the book but like the movie...
I saw it in 3-D... Would recommend it. I didn't read the book but like the movie...
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Saw this again last night - you definitely want to see it in 3D. They didn't do a post conversion on it and actually shot it with a proper 3D camera rig. The visual effects are stunning and technically some of the best CG water (one of the most difficult things to do) to date. It's also a great story.
Saw this again last night - you definitely want to see it in 3D. They didn't do a post conversion on it and actually shot it with a proper 3D camera rig. The visual effects are stunning and technically some of the best CG water (one of the most difficult things to do) to date. It's also a great story.
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Sadly, the visual effects studio that did a majority of the work on "Life of Pi", including CG animals, has just filed Chapter 11. There's about 1200 people there out of a job, a lot of them former colleagues and friends I've known for many years. Your first reaction may be, "well fuck 'em if they can't run a business properly." But unless you've worked in this industry, you are completely unaware of how the movie studios have made it nearly impossible to operate on anything other than razor thin margins. In the case of R&H, it was actually a combination of projects being delayed as well as payments for work completed being further delayed, all on the studio side, which ultimately sank them. If you're operating on already thin margins, having delays like that will kill your company, especially when there are only five or six major studios providing the bulk of the work.
The fact that R&H will likely get the Oscar 2 weeks from now makes this even more bittersweet.
Sadly, the visual effects studio that did a majority of the work on "Life of Pi", including CG animals, has just filed Chapter 11. There's about 1200 people there out of a job, a lot of them former colleagues and friends I've known for many years. Your first reaction may be, "well fuck 'em if they can't run a business properly." But unless you've worked in this industry, you are completely unaware of how the movie studios have made it nearly impossible to operate on anything other than razor thin margins. In the case of R&H, it was actually a combination of projects being delayed as well as payments for work completed being further delayed, all on the studio side, which ultimately sank them. If you're operating on already thin margins, having delays like that will kill your company, especially when there are only five or six major studios providing the bulk of the work.
The fact that R&H will likely get the Oscar 2 weeks from now makes this even more bittersweet.
Saw this on Bluray last night. I wanted to revive this thread as the movie is simple outstanding. I wish that I had seen this in the theater, because the visuals are some of the best. I really enjoyed the story and the theme of that story. I thought the acting was very good too.
