Life of Pi was a very descriptive book but the plot was pretty consistent. I wouldn't have to take out much just not go into as much detail as the book did. For instance the first bit of the book took up quite a bit of space but really was just there to paint a picture of a boy who was strongly devoted to multiple religions and was deeply fascinated with anything relating to zoo's and animals. While I enjoyed it in the book watching that I think could get a bit boring so I'd maybe open with the reporter walking into Pi's home and it would be in his point of view, all you'd see would be Pi and his family, all the religious paintings, books etc. and pictures of past experiences. Every once in a while a photo or object would trigger a small moment in Pi's past that would give insight into what his childhood was like and it would be narrated by Pi. Eventually the reporter would get to the picture of Richard Parker, by this point you'd be out of first person because I thought it was really cool how you didn't know who Richard Parker was until he was climbing on the boat. So Pi would say yeah and it would trigger another flashback to him on the lifeboat saving Richard Parker.
He's disoriented and there's water splashing up all over the camera so you still can't really see what's happening until the tiger's on the boat, then there could be a short flashback with Pi's father saying that animals could be dangerous and the goat being butchered. From there the movie would follow the book pretty consistently throwing in more memories where necessary.
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