The early bird gets the worm but the early worm gets eaten

Rating: 2/10 (10 March 2015)

Birdman is the type of movie where behind every word of the script, there's an excuse for the way it is...the script demands it. I was not entertained. I would have rated the film one star. But the end, where I realize that the film is about two things, the lack of talent in Hollywood and Broadway, and the existential crisis of an actor.
The jokes in the movie are not funny. Making them, and keeping on making them, to me, was a mistake. All things considered, Birdman DID win Best Picture. Most Best Picture winners during the last decade drove me out of the front of the screen.
Making of jazz music such a pathetic show, was another negative. The surrealism of Michael Keaton flying or of the dialog where the question of embitterment and forgiveness are dealt with, belies a tired imagination. I am fine with absurd movies, but they must never outstay their welcome.
It seems that with each year, we get a crowd of people who know a lot about movies, but being young and not finding their image in the past, want the current crop of movies to be as great as the Greats. These people are never tired of repeated tricks. It seems as if they wake up with their memories wiped out. True, some can support their movies with great dissertations. But where's the perspective? Where's the sense of proportion and why is the very act of entitlement for the present such an absurd act in itself? I knew movies have gone the same way as the music but I didn't know it was THAT bad.