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Ang LeeDrehbuch:
David MageeKamera:
Claudio MirandaMusik:
Mychael DannaBesetzung:
Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu, Gérard Depardieu, Rafe Spall, Andrea Di Stefano, Chien-wei Huang, James Saito, I-Chen Ko, Jun NaitoStreaming (6)
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Nach einer verhängnisvollen Schiffskatastrophe treibt Pi Patel, Sohn eines indischen Zoodirektors, in einem Rettungsboot mitten auf dem Ozean – zusammen mit dem einzigen anderen Überlebenden, einem furchteinflößenden bengalischen Tiger. Zwischen den beiden entsteht eine wundersame Beziehung und Pi muss seinen ganzen Einfallsreichtum aufbringen, um den Tiger zu trainieren – und seinen Mut, um den Elementen zu trotzen und sie beide zu retten. Der neue Film von Oscar®-Preisträger Ang Lee ist nicht nur ein episches Abenteuer voller gefährlicher Entdeckungen und Erlebnisse, sondern auch ein visuelles Meisterwerk mit faszinierenden Spezialeffekten! (Verleiher-Text)
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Two stars are quite a decent result for a film that I didn't enjoy at all. Ang Lee approached the laws of physics his way, relied on CGI and made a film about high moral values, with no chance of appealing to me (a shallow individual). The film is technically distinguished, but its story left me cold.
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Menschen neigen dazu, im Leid eine edle, spirituelle Dimension zu suchen. Ich habe zwei Stunden lang wie eine Hyäne gelitten, jedoch keins gefunden (obwohl "die Mutti ein Orang-Utan ist", har mir das hier zumindest ein himmelloses Lachen auf die Lippen gezaubert). Objektiv gesehen ist das ganze sehr schön gefärbt, wird sanft und geschickt erzählt, aber ich bevorzuge anstelle eines spirituellen Zirkus Humberto immer Adrenalin sowie die Animalität von 127 Hours. Hoffentlich wird mich einer der 33 Millionen Götter, die diesen Film spirituell sponsern, nicht mit Suraj Sharma auf eine Schiffsfahrt schicken. Den ich hätte gerade so richtig Lust ihn zu killen.
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Zu, zu (und noch einmal zu) digital. Die vielen Tricks (mit Ausnahme des perfekten Tigers) sowie die Kamera haben mich ständig gestört und ich fand sie nervig. Die Geschichte kam mir schrecklich gewöhnlich vor. Um den Haupthelden konnte ich mir während seiner Reise gar keine Sorgen machen (warum auch, wenn man ihn am Anfang gesund und munter sieht)… Ich kann nicht leugnen, dass die Szenen mit dem Himmel, der sich auf der unendlichen Wasseroberfläche spiegelt, visuell wirkungsvoll sind. Im Grunde genommen hat mir auch die Szene mit dem fliegenden Fischschwarm gefallen. Aber warum musste alles so kitschig, digital und halluzinogen sein? Waren all die Neonfarben wirklich nötig? Außerdem ist die Musik (ja, die Musik, die einen Oscar bekommen hat) völlig fade. Zwei Sterne wären zu viel.
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Als ich das Kino verließ, dachte ich, dass ich wahrscheinlich etwas Tiefgründigeres und Intensiveres erwartet hatte, aber dann wurde mir klar, dass ich eigentlich so etwas wie ein wunderschönes, farbenfrohes und bitterböses Märchen mit vielen digitalen Tieren erwartet hatte, und das bekam ich auch. Der Anfang war so langsam (vielleicht hätte er etwas kürzer sein können), aber die Bootsfahrt, das Schiffswrack und der Kampf ums Überleben waren absolut erstaunlich. Viele Szenen sahen magisch aus und waren eine Augenweide - zum Beispiel der Sonnenuntergang oder die Nacht auf dem Meer. Alle digitalen Tiere sahen unglaublich realistisch aus (Tiger, Erdmännchen, ...), also ein großes Lob an die Tricktechniker. Was die Hauptfigur betrifft, so muss man berücksichtigen, dass es sich um das Debüt des Schauspielers handelte und man ihm daher etwas verzeihen muss, aber am Ende war es nicht viel. Kurzum, ein buntes Abenteuer eines Jungen, in dem auch interessante religiöse Abstecher ihren Platz finden.
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For the first time in a long time, I found it very difficult to find in a film flash of value added, a release from stultifying intellectual dullness. Because it’s seriously not enough that this Lif of Pi is in colour and 3D. The book is not an intellectual masterpiece either, but at least it leaves a lot more room for our imagination and does not immediately cut dead the offer of an alternative interpretation by using an idiotic summary of which animal represented whom. Compared to the film with its single narrator, the book is also more distinctly structured as a contemplation of the reliability of storytelling, on the infinite adaptability of “our” stories (3.14...). In the book, we are encouraged to exercise greater caution in our judgment if we get from a given person only information that fits their version of the story. The beginning of the book, when Pi prepares the groundwork for what he will tell later, thus makes much more sense than in the film, where the beginning is basically used only to present the multiplicity of paths to higher knowledge (including ordinary earthly love, which is absent in the book and which gives the film an unnecessary melodramatic aspect). Whereas there are several narrators in the book and each of them can pursue their respective goals, e.g. “you will believe in God”, the film lets Piscine do all of the talking and thus leads us to a “religious” interpretation, which is further supported by the unambiguous, magical-realistic visual aspect. While reading the book, which doesn’t skimp on descriptions of the brutalities that man commits against animals in the interest of survival, my head was definitely not inundated with so many colours. The absolutely most powerful moment of the film is fittingly its most visually pure, when Pi merely retells the second version in words and it is up to us to imagine it in colour. Though other scenes (the sinking of the ship, the initial confrontation with Richard) are breathtaking in their execution – long shots, the rocking camera that stays in close proximity to the protagonist – they seem uneven and don’t resonate. In the end, the film offers mainly a visceral experience rather than intellectual or emotional enrichment, which is simply not enough, and the painfully high price of a 3D movie ticket doesn’t help. 65%
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Colours, animals and gods in a pleasant adventure, and a twist that can be considered nice or nasty, depending on your nature. I reckon the book version was sharper and Ang Lee probably blunted the edges, but it doesn’t matter. Great filmmaking that the ending prevents from being a mere naive religious tale. Thumbs up.
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I rate this movie five stars for one simple reason. I liked it mostly because it is able to stay on top of all the big religions of the world. It’s kind of a big philosophical view on humans and animals and the world around them. It was really nice to watch and it was even nicer to experience it with Pi, as he was played by a great actor and Ang Lee as an incredibly likeable director added a beautiful, positive and unique atmosphere full of original ideas that you simply have to appreciate.
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A raw, uncompromising, unadorned condemnation of faith as a crutch. That is what the book is about. But not here in this illustrative adaptation which waters down the material into a suitable form for family viewing, turning it into an enchanting tale about faith. It’s simply a Persian pussy-cat kitten and not a full-grown Bengal tiger. All of the rawness (and so the chilling power that is the basis of this story) is gone; from the feeding to leaving out the part where he meets the blind sailor. The result of this is that the (stupidly put across) “Disney-like" adapted version of the lesson barely makes sense and provokes the wrong questions. Apart from this “detail", Lee handled this challenging material with flying colors. Especially once they get to the open sea, he excels, not only in terms of visuals. In terms of filmmaking, he is often impossible to beat; headed the best visual effect in cinema history - Richard Parker. Too bad for the nothing prolog and awful ending. P.S.: The dubbing is pure Hell on Earth. It’s the worst I have heard in a long time and the people responsible should be driven into the tiger enclosure at feeding time. On the other hand, the 3D was a pleasant surprise, used here unexpectedly ingeniously and sensibly, not just for effect.
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From the moment the devastating storm hits the ship, Ang Lee captivated me with his storytelling and the courage of the human spirit. Suraj Sharma's sincere performance, the curiosity of which creature or object will appear next, and above all, the perfect audiovisuals that keep me awake at night, all made their contributions. All the fish, islands, waves, and most importantly, Richard Parker, along with the flawless soundtrack, convinced me that the rumors of its astonishing form were true. So why not give it the full rating? Because I cannot fully accept the ending. The choice that suddenly appeared before me is actually quite gratifying for the audience. It allows more cynical individuals to distance themselves from the incredible visuals and perhaps give Pi's whole life a higher spiritual dimension. And yet I never wanted to have such doubts. Choosing for yourself how the film actually ended is often a clever trick in screenwriting, but here the film falls a bit short. I would truly prefer to embark on the mesmerizing journey across half the world and do away with the sincere lesson about faith. This voyage never became immortal, but hats off to how the film, where for the most part we see only a man, a tiger, and the sea onscreen, becomes a captivating spectacle that sticks in your mind.
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Similar to What Dreams May Come, visually captivating, technically precise, and an essentially empty film outlining religion, family cohesion, and survival adventure. But it’s so tedious that even though the form is self-indulgently mesmerizing, it’s not entertaining. Ang Lee leaned too heavily into the camera and and the visual effects at the expense of everything else, and there’s no originality, let alone this being the film of the year.
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"The Life of Pi" is a film that I had been putting off for a while, but in the end, I managed to get to it and I don't regret it at all. I was afraid of how it would turn out, what the film would actually be about, that it would be quite boring, a struggle for life on a boat with a tiger, it just didn't seem like something that would impact me, but one should never judge a book by its cover. In this case, it definitely held true and I am really glad that my girlfriend and I didn't miss this film. Ang Lee is a director who can always surprise, both in a positive sense and unfortunately in a negative sense - see "Hulk". More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/pi-jeho-zivot-2012-85.html
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