learn to fly

Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2015)

I think that people writing negative reviews got mislead by the trailer. I had some false hopes myself and expected a drama in CGI environment, yet eventually i've seen a great movie.
Birdman is a psychological portrait of a strained actor whose mainstream career took a turn twenty years before the events portrayed in the movie. This parallel with real-life situation of Michael Keaton and his reluctance to stay on board the Batman franchise in 1990s was a nice touch.
In the given environment Alejandro G. Iñárritu has some surprisingly positive moments and didn't only intend to drag us through the shards of main character's life. His state of mind dictated the tempo and came across in a convincing pseudo single shot, a long take that stretched across the whole movie. The soundtrack, consisting mostly of jazz improvisation, underlines the strain to which our hero has been exposed.
If you like theater, then Birdman might be interesting for you. It actually is a theater piece brought to screen and mocks the industry and the media surrounding it. Because, the real power is not your motivation, qualities or achievements, but how many people clicked on the link in which you've appeared.