Life of Pi

I'm doing this backwards as I've seen the movie and I'm still reading the book.  The story: a boy, a zoo, a horrific storm in the Pacific which leaves the boy stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, a hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan.  Ang Lee has captured the very essence of this award-winning book, deserving of its Oscar nominations and introducing us to a character and an actor who endures one of the most difficult journeys, whether fictional or not, Suraj Sharma, as Piscine Molitor Patel.  Although, you basically know the outcome of the story, you're drawn into it like a moth to a flame.  It's gorgeous, mesmerizing, terrifying, and mysterious.  Rating:  4 stars