Wow

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2020)

First time I watched it was when I was 14 and honestly I thought it would be another super hero movie. I gave it 2/5 and at that time I wasn't really into movies, I just basically watched superhero movies with my friends. I was so wrong about this film and I'm angry at myself for not revisiting it earlier.
Birdman is one of the best character studies and definitely a techincal achievement. It critizices current state of cinema in which superhero movies earn all the money and essentially the audience (me at that period) who only care about superhero movies. It critizices movie and theatre critics who don't care about people behind the movie, critics who make up their mind before they've even watched the movie, critics who don't know what to write so they write random quotes.
Honestly, I prefer Birdman's one take over 1917's onetake simply because I find it more effective here. I particularly love the shots when there is mirror in shot and Lubezki's cinematography is impeccable.
In the end, this is all about our main character Riggan, how he strives to get back into movie industry and not become another name in the crossword, how he wants to create his legacy and leave something important behind. In the essence it is about being human.