Birdman

What I enjoyed most were the allusions to commercial Hollywood – "How about Jeremy Renner?" "Who?" --- "Awful, we'd have raised, like..." "A serial killer..." "Or Justin Bieber." --- "He's got a new nose! And if he doesn't like that one, we'll get him another one. We can use Meg Ryan's guy." At these moments I laughed genuinely and very much out loud. And it's certainly one of the more interesting and original films I've seen. I applaud the "drumming" atmosphere, as I was actually tense as a guitar string a couple of times (and only because of drums!). I don't want to dissect everything Birdman is about (or what most people think it actually is); what's important to me is that I enjoyed myself for 110 minutes. I also found Norton quite entertaining in the first half. I appreciate the cameos by Spider-Man, Iron Man (how the previous "Robert Downey, Jr. bashing" is developed beautifully in one of the last scenes), and even Bumblebee. Michael Bay can be grateful to Iñárritu for finally getting his work into a proper film. After all, it did win the statuette... (05/15/2017)

You rarely get to see something so emotionally deep and true, filmed in such a captivating way. Birdman is exactly the type of movie I had been secretly hoping to see - an autopsy of the human soul with all its joys and sorrows, presented in a form that did not turn this into a pseudo-psychological analysis filled with wannabe philosophical questions, but rather an absolutely amazing spectacle with an effort to appeal to both the art film lovers and mainstream audience. A critique of the world of film and theatre as well as the critics and the entire entertainment industry. In a word, excellent. Absolutely brilliant acting performances! Yes, I would love to see this at least one more time. (01/23/2015)