Birdman

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2018)

I'm not going to lie, I pay money to see Michael Keaton's Birdman. Birdman stars Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, and Edward Norton and is directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu and tells the story of how Michael Keaton was a very successful actor because he was Birdman and now he's just a wash up has-been actor looking for a comeback. Michael Keaton is a fantastic actor and he's very controlling of his play and he slowly starts to lose his sanity that you kind of feel bad for him, but at the same time he's just arrogant. Its kind of hard to describe this movie because the way Alejandro directs this movie is in one shot. There's no edits between two characters like in movies that you watch in the theatre so that was an interesting take on his work, which I've never seen before and it shows that he is a fantastic director. Besides Michael Keaton I think the best performance is Edward Norton. He plays this method actor who is a jerk just like Michael Keaton is and you hate him even more, but between the two you have to admit deep down that Edward Norton does make interesting points. As for the brief romance between Edward Norton and Emma Stone, I did feel like that was just added randomly because this movie apparently needs a love romance. And there were a couple of scenes here and there that also felt random and peculiar, but I loved it as I asking myself are we seeing this in Michael Keaton's mind or is the play just an illusion. Overall I thought it was a fantastic movie with some great performances and it is definitely worth your time.