Apart from the special effects CGI, the movie is mildly interesting. The Writer meets Pi's mama-ji (honorary uncle), who sent him to Pi's way, as Pi has a wonderful story that will make him believe in God. Pi starts of narrating how he got his interesting name. Nothing to do with math. He continues on as to how he met Richard Parker. Pi's Dad runs a zoo right in the middle of town, and Richard Parket is a Bengal tiger. There's another sub-story as to how a tiger got a human name.
Anyway, the city council is not supporting the zoo anymore, so Pi's Dad decides to relocate the family and the zoo to Canada. The Japanese cargo ship that they're on capsizes during a night of heavy thunderstorm, and all that's left is Pi on a life raft with an injured zebra, an orangutan, an hyena, and Richard Parker. The hyena start the ball rolling by killing the zebra as Pi watches on helplessly. Then, the hyena turns on Pi, but is thwarted by the orangutan. It kills the orangutan instead. Richard Parker steps in and devours the hyena. Over the next few days, the tiger consumes the zebra and the orangutan. Knowing he's next, Pi spends some time conditioning and training the tiger, so that they can co-exist on the raft.
They eventually end up on an inhabited island (by humans) with lots of meerkats and vegetation, but it turns out the island is awash with carnivorous algae that turns the ground acidic at night. The pair moves on and after a total of 227 days out on the sea, they wash up on the shores of Mexico.
So, was that all true, or just Pi's mental imagery to keep him sane? You decide.
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