Batman...I mean Birdman!

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2015)

This has nothing to do with Batman except for the actor, of course. Speaking as a fan of Tim Burton's Batman and as a guy who likes to have an unusual but unique experience in films/TV shows/Books/Videogames, Birdman is now one of my favorite films of all time! It's one of those films where you can't really explain exactly why you love it so much because it has such a unique impact on you that you can't really find the words to describe it. A washed up celebrity who used to play an iconic superhero (kind of like the actor minus the washed up part) is starring in a Broadway adaption of Raymond Carver's book "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" to show he is more than just formally a superhero and a real actor. But he is having trouble keeping his head straight when things go wrong and he has to fight to keep this play afloat. Michael Keaton has proved to me and everyone that he is more than just Batman, he is a real actor and a damn good one. The cinematography? Oh my god! This has to be the best cinematography I have ever seen in my entire life. I constantly ask myself, "Why didn't they do this in the past?" Emma Stone is pretty good, I still think she did better as Gwen Stacey from the Spider-Man reboots. Edward Norton is such an ass but he is so good at it. Zach Galifianakis? Really? He wasn't great but I don't think he did that bad. Anyway, don't call it by it's full title "Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance" it's much faster and memorable just to call it "Birdman" First he was a ghoul, then he was a Bat, now he is BIRDMAN!