A Unique Experience To Say The Least

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2016)

Birdman is unlike any movie I've ever seen before and that's the highest praise I could give a movie and is one of the reasons I love it so much. One thing I loved about this film was the way it was directed, I've always loved watching long, on stake shots but expanding it out across an entire movie is something that never crossed my mind and I loved it, it just gave this film a flow that allowed it to be perfectly paced and is possibly one of the best directed movies I've ever seen. The way this film views the modern film industry is fantastic, it's not done in an insulting way but in a way that allows the viewer to think upon other big blockbusters. Michael Keaton is amazing in this movie, I've always liked him as an actor but he's never really blown me away until this film, he was able to draw from his own life experience to add to his performance and is overall just a unique performance. You really felt for his character you understood why it was so important for this play to work out for him. Edward Norton is one of my favourite actors and this is easily one of his best performances, not only does he succeed at being a scumbag but he's also able to bring a humanity to his character that makes him more compelling, like Keaton you understand completely why he is the way he is. Emma Stone has really grown on me in recent year but I've never seen her like this, it's a completely disgusting character but it's not needless, you understand her past experiences and why she is the way she is, Stones now famous monologue in this film blew me away, my jaw was on the floor and eyes were glued to the screen. This movie is very interpretative and I liked that about this film. You don't completely understand what is going on and the choice of leaving an open ending really made me want to go back and watch it again to try and form your own theories and understand better. This film also does great things with its characters, the reason all the performances Birdman are so good is because there all developed perfectly, they all have great backstories and reasons for their attitudes.
To be honest I don't really have any flaws with this movie, I can't explain it but I just can give this film a 10. But it doesn't change the fact that I love this film. I admired how it tried to be different, I loved all the character and performances. It perfectly and paced and directed and I believe that this is one of those films that everybody, film fan or not, should experience at least once in their lifetime.
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