2014 Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.
Michael Keaton Emma Stone Kenny Chin Jamahl Garrison-Lowe Zach Galifianakis Naomi Watts Jeremy Shamos Andrea Riseborough Katherine O'Sullivan Damian Young Keenan Shimizu Akira Ito Natalie Gold Merritt Wever Edward Norton Michael Siberry Clark Middleton Amy Ryan William Youmans Lindsay Duncan Paula Pell David Fierro Hudson Flynn Warren Kelley Joel Garland Brent Bateman Donna Lynne Champlin Valentino Musumeci Taylor Schwencke Show All…
Alejandro González Iñárritu Arnon Milchan John Lesher James W. Skotchdopole Molly Conners Sarah E. Johnson Christopher Woodrow
Bradford Bell Sean Madsen Mark Purcell Aaron Glascock Martín Hernández Jeremy Peirson Roland N. Thai Skip Lievsay Bill Meadows Frank A. Montaño Tom Ozanich Jon Taylor
Brilliant. Absolutely Fucking Brilliant.
Gosh Dammit, Michael Keaton.
The entire cast wow...
THE CAMERAWORK, THE EFFING CAMERAWORK!!!
This is just too great to put into words.
When I was twelve I knew I wanted to become a teacher. I honestly don't know why, I just knew, it was a fact for me. When I started studying at seventeen, I signed up for an improv acting class, urged on by a fellow student. I fell head over heels with acting and the theatre. It was the first and only time that it made me doubt everything I thought I knew about what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Acting is addictive, it provides an opportunity to extrapolate yourself, to channel meaning, laughter, sadness or any other emotion through you towards an audience. And yes, it influences the ego which can be a terrifyingly…
The king of all things depressing Alejandro González Iñárritu tries his luck at comedy in this tale of a washed up actor played by Mr. Mom Gung Ho Michael Keaton and his second chance at success. Intense yoga. Batman's underpants. Not so fat Zach. Badasses wear toupées? The way snob film fucks talk. Pussy share? Birdman has a groovy jazzy funky New Wave percussion feel. Derek Vinyard without his tattoos. Does Alejandro González Iñárritu ever yell "CUT?" Emma Stone and Naomi Watts in the same movie? Hell to the yes! Michael Keaton's teeth. Baby mama drama. Real motherfuckers kill it in stage plays. Edward Norton's hairstyle. Ganja intervention. Emma Stone has real acting talent. The color blue is everywhere in…
Can't quite back Scott Tobias' scorching takedown of this film, but I broadly agree with him that it's self-righteous without being convincing, and self-important without being substantial. The long shots wandering through the corridors of a Broadway theater to find characters shrieking at each other just felt endlessly redundant to me, like being on an exhausting treadmill and never getting anywhere. The fact that it doesn't end at the natural endpoint, but goes on and on and on after that, just adds to the impression that it's all sound and self-important fury, flashy enough to be impressive, full of technical virtuosity, and with some really striking images, but not really saying anything except Art Is Important, and People Interpret Art Differently. I'm aware that a lot of people love this film. I guess I also am embracing its message of People Interpret Art Differently, because I interpreted this as a pretty intellectually empty exercise in self-congratulation.
I was wrong.
I don't normally say that. With cinema, I usually stay true to my reaction after a first viewing, with subsequent rewatches confirming my opinion on the film as a whole. To say that I was wrong about a film doesn't bother me, but It may seem weird to some on here considering that the film has just won Best Picture and I recently rewatched it and found it worse. Honestly, I don't know what happened on this third watch, but I loved it. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) has messed with my head since I first saw it, combining wonderful performances and a snobby presentation. I felt annoyed after I first saw it, and my…
Yes the acting. That acting! Perfect? Acting! Certainly from Michael Keaton who gives absolutely everything he has into what is an excellent meta-commentary performance akin to that of Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler. Everyone else shines as much as they can in his shadow. Even Edward Norton's self-aware performance can barely match the former-Batman. Two former big screen superheroes go head-to-head, and the one who played an iconic DC hero beats out Marvel. Certainly a complete reversal of current reality.
But that camerawork. Holy camerawork! Immediately I had to check Emmanuel Lubezki's CV to determine his current streak of absolute beauties and despite my not seeing all of his work going to the start of his career, I shall just…
emma stone...............ed norton............. michael fucking keaton
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2017 Movie Challenge
#25 A Film That Has Won The Academy Award for Best Picture
2014 - Birdman
From what I remember..
very cool filming, impressed by that. Pretty disgusted by the way the female characters are treated, for reference it fails the Bechdel test with flying colors.
Sometimes great performances can save a film from its own misgivings. Yes the story is completely self aware and pretentious but the ensemble cast do a terrific job of portraying the characters with conviction. I particularly loved Emma Stone's frank turn as a daughter exasperated by her famous father's lack of awareness. The scene where she verbally digs daggers into him is refreshingly honest. It's not a perfect film, but it's not unbearable either.
Vuole essere un film complesso, impegnato e da decifrare e lo è... forse un po' troppo!
Le scene volutamente lente accostate ad una regia poco mobile risultano noiose , la storia è abbastanza semplice ma il messaggio di fondo passa fin troppo poco!
Il tentativo del protagonista di sganciarsi dal mito di Birdman a mio parere miseramente fallisce.
Il finale è dei peggiori
Peccato perché L idea di base era più che buona e interessante lo sviluppo è decisamente mancante
Voto 5
Snarky but far from condescending. Technical wizardry but done so effortlessly. Theatrical but never needlessly sensationalized. A film that's equal parts humbling but deserving of all the appraisal heaped upon it.
Birdman is a coalescing tour de force of everything that makes cinema one of the greatest pillars of artistic expression and even if it remains overlooked, for those that bother to digest and understand what it has to offer, it's a treasured landmark in the medium's extensive catalog.
Saw it again with my wife and we both truly enjoyed it. She had trouble relating at first to the main character but by the end his motivations and depression all made sense.
roses are red
my president is black
in the movie birdman
michael keaton is a snack
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