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If you don't mention "amazing camera work" in your comment then you have no idea about camera work. Camera work was very good, single sequence shots were great. Did I mention camera work?.
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Anyway, to the point, Birdman is a personal movie of the Hollywood industry. And so it is very understandable movie was honored by an Oscar. However, that doesn't mean an average movie watcher should praise it to the sky. Comments here are utterly overrated. Inarritu is a first class director with excellent pieces. Birdman is not in his top three. Additionally, I didn't like the fake sequence shots at all. The transitions via the walls were pretty boring to me.
Limbesdautomne
It seems that Iñárritu tries to say us something, and then, we start to understand that, like his main character, it is mostly a hysteric and a incoherent speech.Read more in French on La Saveur des goûts amers.
Earring72
Offbeat movie that took some time getting in too, but was very rewarding. Keaton is absolutely terrific in a performance of a life time! Movie looks great but felt a bit gimmackly.danisanna
Bit pompous. Felt like a whole lot of talking about nothing.Giacco
a truly amazing masterpiece.Paulorsadv
Rubbishnicolaskrizan
Vanitas!https://beyond1001movies.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/1219/
zheller667
Loved it the first time. Read Film Crit Hulk's examination of the movie and my opinion has changed...unfortunately, the pretentiousness of Iñarritu and the disappointing hollowness of the movie lead it to be good, not great. I highly suggest reading FCH's examination, it's very well done. Birdman is still a fun ride, but I really wish I could dig deeper into it; unfortunately, nothing is there.ClassicLady
The camera work and photography was phenomenal. The cinematography told most of the story. The staccato drumming and then harmonious music score gave it just the disjointed and powerful edge it needed to lift it into a chaotic and yet potent dialog between the self and mental illness. I don't think I truly understood all aspects of it or the points it was trying to make. But I grasped enough to know that this movie is a sleeper sensation.mariannepaqn
Best film I've seen in a long time. It's insanely creative, captivating, and simply unique. I absolutely adore the "one-take" concept. The camera work and photography is breathtaking. The actors are absolutely wonderful and deliver authentic, truthful, brutal performances. We can very well see that this film was done with passion and love. I want more films like this one!Natalee
The camera work amazed me but the story is very boring !! I wouldn't recommend this movie !Siskoid
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is presumably the only superhero movie to ever make the Best Picture category. Not that it's your usual superhero action film. Rather, it's about a washed-up movie star who used to PLAY a superhero, though he does appear to have actual powers in the film. That actor is now trying to gain some kind of credibility by staging a play on Broadway based on a Raymond Carver novel, and this brings us to the other unusual aspect of the film - it appears to be a single unbroken take, very much working LIKE theater. But beyond the strange premise (superheroes via the Vertigo aesthetic) and maverick technique, what I liked about the film was its various interconnected levels. Here we have actors playing actors who are echoes of themselves, acting in a play which creates a further echo of who they are in the film. Michael Keaton DID play a superhero in the 90s, and Edward Norton IS a notoriously difficult to work with genius. And this is all quite aside from what the Carver play says about the characters playing ITS characters. The film is also a meditation on the fleeting nature of fame, and how one handles it, seeks it, or ignores it. I suspect it's an Oscar darling because the portrayal of actors and their craft feels true to life. It certainly seems so, and I know enough theater actors to stake my reputation on it. And hey, I'm a sucker for magical realism, which Birdman also delivers. As you can see, it's a rich film, surprising on several levels.Rdgz_Dust_Speck
Critical Review in spanish / Reseña Crítica en español:http://www.criticismo.com/birdman/
opusaddict
Felt like an excellent modern (or digital age) surrealism version of Sunset Boulevard. Sharpened by one damn fine and super realist performance of Keaton indeed. Love the witty camera work&tricks (including some glimpse of the drummer) + magnificent jazzy-orchestral scoring make Birdman unexpectedly superb. I like how the storyline is unpredictable, toying with audience's expectation.lmkmoviemaniac
Riggan Thomson, a former Hollywood superstar famed for his avatar as the 'Birdman', has now fallen on hard times and tries to resurrect his dying career by staging an ambitious play on Broadway. He has to grapple with his gifts, his inner demons and also his relationships with his separated wife, girlfriend and drug addict daughter. To make things harder, he also has to manage practical issues surrounding the play and an eccentric co-actor who takes things too far often.Brilliant performances by the galaxy of stars in the film. An engaging fare for sure. And lastly, no two opinions about the pulsatingly FAB drums score by Antonio Sanchez. Brilliant and mood-setting ...
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