“Life Of Pi” is a visual treat but sadly, I just didn’t feel it worked as a movie. It’s a real shame because with all the hype and rave reviews I was expecting a contender for best film of 2012.

“Life Of Pi” shows us an adult named Pi (Irrfan Khan “Slumdog Millionaire”) telling the story of when he was a teen (Suraj Sharma) to an author. We find out that Pi’s family owned a zoo and when they were moving halfway around the world a horrible storm hit the ship and Pi ended up being aboard a lifeboat with a tiger named Richard Parker.

The adult Pi is played really well but sadly we don’t get to see a lot of him. The teen Pi wasn’t my cup of tea and I would have much preferred to have seen the adult Pi for the majority of the film. The animals look fantastic and the tiger looks just as good as when you see a tiger on a nature programme so I was really impressed with how they brought the animals to life. The interaction between the humans and the animals looks very impressive as well so I was happy with special effects all-round.

The special effects may be great but like movies such as “Avatar” the rest of the film suffers because of this. “Life Of Pi” starts off great but when they spend too much time on the lifeboat for the film to have as much impact and the ending for me took away some of the magic. The film is a mixed bag in my opinion but I’m sure with its popularity it’ll be at least nominated for a few Oscars. Although like I say I was disappointed in the film maybe you should see and make up your own mind as this is an occasion where I think I’m probably wrong and I’m missing something.