High expectations leading to deep disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (5 February 2015)

Birdman is supposed to be an "absolutely outer-worldly brilliant" movie according to so many critics. When being rated so highly at this site, nominated for 9 Oscars my expectations were raised sky high. Especially when knowing that it is a movie that is aiming for 'more' than cinematic fast-food.
In all honesty, I would have loved to admit I totally fell in love with the brilliance of Birdman. I would have loved to join the choir of those that praise the movie's cinematography, the fantastic performance of the actors, etc.
But I simply cannot! It only left me wondering, what is it about this movie that just did not grab me?
I wasn't even remotely interested how the movie would end. Should I doubt my own judgment? I certainly started watching with an open mind. Even twice I tried to sit it out and both times I already wanted to stop the self-torment of watching after about 30 minutes. The continuous (no edit) cinematography, the claustrophobic feel of it all, the acting (and acting to be playing a part) irritated me terribly.
I simply failed to see the necessity of it all. No point, no passion, just a sequence of random events gradually escalating into nothing. And when reading the other reviews, I can see I am not alone. Clearly it is a 'love it or hate it' kind of movie, but with the large difference that the low ratings largely outweigh the very few good ones.
Why this is not reflected in the average ratings of the movie to me is very questionable. Is this the result of some rating scheme?
But then, who cares? See it for yourself if you can stand the torment and cast your honest judgment.