![]() ![]() ![]() The shipwreck sequence is the best example of this, showing Pi in his tiny boat as the massive ship containing his entire family falls to the ocean's depths. ![]() In a story that's largely limited to inside a tiny lifeboat, Life of Pi is not afraid to put it all in your face.Īnd yet, even with everything I just said about "before the window," this movie is even more dazzling when exploring the ocean's terrifying depths, with the 3D creating an unbelievable space of space expanding out beyond the "window" of the screen. The most stirring moment is easily when a school of flying fish leaps over Pi and the tiger in their boat, but there's also a shot in which Pi menacingly jabs a stick toward the tiger, or even when the tiger's face itself appears to be popping out of the screen. But the wonder of this movie's 3D is that it's never afraid to give you a moment to jump out of your seat, putting all kinds of animals and faces and even weapons in front of the camera so that they appear to leap out of the screen, or before the "window" of the movie. This is one 3D gimmick that tends not to happen much these days, especially in live-action movies with serious themes like Life of Pi. That kind of beauty doesn't happen without rigorous planning. ![]() It's not just that there are moments that take your breath away with the 3D skill it's that there are tons of them. Lee said that he never could have made the movie without current technology, and it's easy to see why, as he fluidly combined CGI and real effects (including several actual tigers), and plans shots entirely around 3D, even changing the film's aspect ratios to take advantage of the 3D effects. Various directors have attempted to make Life of Pi since the book was published in 2001, and even when Lee finally committed to the project, it took him 3 years to bring it to life- largely because of the 3D technology he was working with. ![]()
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