This is how I see it

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2015)

First I really enjoyed this movie. Second there are quite a few things that seemed obvious to me. Keaton did not have any kind of powers, See one instance, when he arrives at the theater flying, while he really arrived via taxi ... And when he has a discussion with Birdman and at the snap of the fingers the action movie begins ... None of his tricks have any effect on any character / situation in the movie, but for the light incident, but that was a coincidence right? He was a necessary step in the story to bring in Norton, the non pretending actor. So to me he killed himself on the stage and had a BTW moment before the end of the movie to actually show us that he was able to create an extraordinary play that become a REAL tragedy .... He gave the finger to Birdman, made his best friend and happy, said goodbye to his wife and daughter and flew into him imaginary world ... And that is wrap. This in very simple words.