not my type of movie, but it can surely be good for others

Rating: 4/10 (26 March 2016)

I rated this movie with 4 stars. Let me explain what this means: This movie is very much OK for a special audience, but I don't like it and I would not recommend it to my friends.
For me movies are about entertainment, about relating to something or someone, to find myself in the movie. The very second that this movie decided to put in superpowers (maybe as a metaphor for the superhuman feelings that some Hollywood stars have) and show the main actor flying around (and I very well understand that he might not really have superpowers and it more about the metaphor), I just disconnected. I must admit, maybe I am too simple minded, that movies like Birdman, Naked Lunch or most of Lynchs work don't interest me too much. Despite this I could enjoy Mulholland Drive (so maybe I am not a hopeless case), but when it becomes too crazy, I disconnect and this makes those movies not even bad, but boring. Same goes for the work of
I get it that this movie is a satire, I even get the message and I hope that I understand the tools that were used. Same goes for Nicolas Winding Refn, I loved Drive, but I don't enjoy his other work or Darren Aronofskys work except Black Swan.
There are several types of people who enjoy movies. Some like it as a form of art, some look it for entertainment, some look it for whole other reasons. I have seen probably 10.000s of movies in my life and a movie that tries to do things differently is really a great thing. But Birdman is a bit too far away from being a story. I am happy for everyone who likes this movie, but it surely wasn't for me. I can understand why some people love this movie, but I surely don't.
And this is OK, everything that counts is the respect that we should have for other opinions. Not everyone who is different from us is dumb. They are just different. Like this movie... it is just different.