"Acting...Genius!"

Rating: 1/10 (22 February 2015)

Years ago a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch was about the "Master Thespian". It featured John Luvitz and ended with the exclamation "acting!......genius!" I hadn't thought about this take-off on ultra pretentious pseudo-intellectuals until today. As I read through the many rated-10 reviews of "Birdman" here on IMDb it instantly came to mind. How can so many people declare this film to be a "Masterpiece?" I must suffer a deficit of intellect. I expect these reviewers will pity my failure to grasp the brilliance. Maybe they are right and I am a dullard. But to me, "Birdman" is a Master Piece of Crap. "Acting...Genius?" LOL.
Watching this movie was torture enough, I simply cannot prolong my suffering with a full recounting of it's myriad disappointments. I do feel compelled to make three comments. The music score was annoyingly bad. The Writer/Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu appeared on the Golden Globes and did not speak English very well. Of course there are 2 other writers credited so I suspect the script was a translation of sorts. So I suppose Alejandro González Iñárritu has created a film populated with "Master Thespians." Third, I have always liked Michael Keaton and if anything kept me in my seat to the bitter, unresolved end of this mess, it was him. Too bad for me.