Visual perfection

Good

Absolutely brilliant CGI. A must watch purely for visuals, CGI and cinematography. And please don't miss the intro.

+ Surreal visuals and CGI (The 3D effects are worth it for a change)
+ Captivating story and flow
+ Poetic, Emotional and Spiritual depth
+ The movie will make you hunt for more information
+ One of the best movies of 2012
+ One of Ang Lee’s finest works

Random Facts:
- Based on Yann Martel’s Booker-prize winning novel

Plot Complexity:
Medium to Hard

Memorable Quote:
- Believing in everything is the same as believing in nothing
- I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

Magical, but slow in some parts. You may enjoy that though.

simply amazing! big up Ann Lee!!!!

No fue lo que esperaba.

Castaway meets Planet Earth with a few pointed spiritual overtones thrown in for good measure. As the plot slowly develops, it takes the slant of a classical fantasy adventure, akin to the serial novels and comic strips of the early 20th century, granting the screen an entrancing, otherworldly sensibility. As is, that would've been a perfectly acceptable stylistic decision - after all, director Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made no apologies for its less-grounded moments - but such stylish exaggerations actually become an essential part of the telling when an admission in the final act changes everything we'd just seen.

Magnificently composed and spectacularly beautiful, it would be worth watching for the eye candy alone. Lee's restraint in this regard is especially impressive; he knows precisely when his audience will want to linger in a moment and indulges them with one breath-catching vista after another. Kudos to the enormous team of effects artists; their combined efforts have produced a cinematic masterpiece.

A bit sluggish at times, with a few moments that tease the boundaries of plausibility, its visuals are a revelation and I'm still considering some of the story's underlying meanings a day later. Worth experiencing.