Top 10 movies screened in China in 2012
- By Zhang Rui
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Life of Pi
Ang Lee made miracle with "Life of Pi," the 3D film based on the 2001 brain-twisting novel of the same title by Yann Martel, tells the story of Pi, a 16-year-old Indian boy and the sole survivor of a sinking freighter, who finds himself on a lifeboat headed for an epic adventure with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
This is another epic classic by the Taiwan-born American director. Armed with "Avatar" director James Cameron's 3D camera, Ang Lee, who can boast "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain" on his resume, entered a new era in his own career, and presented a film that was once deemed "unfilmable" as it involves water, animals, children, hope, belief and philosophy -- all elements thought to be the hardest to deal with in filmmaking.
Lee created some of the most beautiful, dreamy scenes ever created on screen, such as the illuminant jellyfish and whale, the starry sky and its reflection on the endless peaceful ocean, paired with 3D and IMAX technology ensure the movie's beauty and excitement.
But "Life of Pi" is more than just a visual spectacle. Suraj Sharma, who plays Pi, delivers a very strong performance, while the core of story is still about belief. You cannot possibly imagine the cruelty Pi had to endure during his 227-day-long drift along the ocean, but the magical realism can be felt everywhere.
The open ending of the story left Chinese audiences guessing and talking, this is the point where audiences have to rethink the whole story and find the deeper spiritual meaning that hides within. The discussion and spiritual aspects surrounding the film also prompted the movie's box office revenues to shoot up to 571 million yuan (US$91.6 million), even more than its total revenues in the United States.
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