The Definition of Bad Writing - Overrated- Great Performances

Rating: 5/10 (27 January 2015)

When you set out to submit your stories to publishers, many magazine's guidelines tell you not to send them stories about what it's like to be a struggling writer or to have writer's block, that this is bad, lazy writing. If you don't have a real work of fiction to share, keep your insecurities in your personal journals. My second definition of bad writing is to write about what it would be like if you were a great writer, the effect you would have on the world, and the accolades that come with it. Again, there is no story with this kind of writing. It's just an authors fantasy, the easy to way to write when you can't weave an actual story.
Birdman epitomizes these realms of bad writing; one of not being an actualized artist as well as delusions of grandeur. (Do not mistake the monologues of the play the actors perform in the movie for the screenwriter's writings, they are Raymond Carver's)
All in all, Birdman was a lot of fun, but obvious. Performances were awesome. Some good, honest, dialogue. Humbled writing. Good energy.
Hate endings that are left open for interpretation. And this was a doozy. Not sure if I'm giving it an average rating because of the smallness of the world it's set in, or because of the writing itself. Whichever, Birdman is considered an indie movie, yet manages to implement loads of Hollywood Movie elements.
This is art chewing on itself