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The film Life of PI was a masterpiece and prime example of how far we have come in visual effects and bringing stories people believed could only be real in the imagination onto the big screen.

The movie follows the adventure of a teenage boy named Pi being stranded on a lifeboat with a spotted hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan named Orange juice. Shortly after the shipwreck the hyena follows their instincts and kills both the zebra and Orangutan. Pi must watch in horror and if this is not traumatizing enough, it turns out a tiger named Richard parker has been hiding in the lifeboat and eats the hyena leaving Pi and him alone with only the sea as company. The rest of the film follows Pi and Richard Parker co-existing and both trying to be the alpha male with many close calls to their lives.

The film restores my faith in films as the story line along with the amazing editing to make it appear like a tiger is stranded with a man shows just how far we have come with movies and that we can still be original even after many years. Apparently, Ang Lee wanted to bring the book to life so much real tiger was used in parts of the movies to make sure it was as realistic as possible.

I without a dought think that everyone should watch this movie as it is definitely worth two hours of someone's day.