Life of Pi. 3.1415D

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Westerners are always suckers for anything oriental. This year, Ang Lee tries for another Oscar as he follows Danny Boyle’s formula of exotic vistas plus heavily-accented Indian actors. Although the film promises deep spiritual stuff, “a story that would make me believe in God,” it fell short. The Academy, however, has only one slot in its spiritual/New Age category, and between Life of Pi and Cloud Atlas, the nomination had to go to the former, as the latter was a bit difficult to digest, even for heavy psychedelics users.

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At least this film had animals.

Why The Amazing Spider-Man is Better Than the Other One

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And when I say "the other one", I mean the one with Tobey Maguire.

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"Yeah, this'll fit Andrew Garfield."

1. It's darker.

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Not that kind of darker.

And it's not because of the 3D lenses darkening your vision (I didn't watch this in 3D... yet). You can tell that the filmmakers tried taking The Dark Knight route (why do people keep referencing The Dark Knight when it was Batman Begins that started it all?), and actually achieved it with mild success. You can't go full dark on this flick, not with your hero still in high school. That would be too emo. And just like The Dark Knight...