Iñárritu's worst film by far

Rating: 1/10 (17 March 2015)

This film sucks in every way possible. The only thing that it has it's the fact it was made in a "continuous sequence shot". It lacks a central theme. By the end I was never sure if it talked about the creative process of artist or how society won't let you reinvent yourself as a creator, amongst thousands of other unfulfilled themes the script was never able to portray. One thing I am sure of, is this film is Iñárritu talking about himself in the most self centered way possible. I love all of his other films, and even though they are dramas with a longer running time than this one, Birdman is by far the toughest film he has.
I know it is impossible to criticize a film that all critics consider a master piece. This is just a modern example of the emperors new clothes.
Technique is there to tell a compelling story, without that it's pretty much useless. Hitchcock did a film with the same style, The Rope, for me, this is one of his worst films.
Birdman is considered a comedy, but Alejandro González Iñárritu isn't a funny man. I didn't laugh once throughout the film. I am a big fan of his work but have always hated listening to him. He wants to demonstrate how intellectually superior he is every time he speaks about his movies using the most complex language possible. Alejandro we get it, you are talented. Now stop being such a douche. Take a page from Woody Allen's book (not the having sex with your adopted Asian daughter part, but the part were you try to be more humble).
Also this might not be a popular opinion, but, Michael Keaton is a terrible actor. This is a role he was "born" to play, and he is as stale as watching a sock puppet perform. This was similar to Mickey Rourke on the Wrestler, the difference is Rourke was always fantastic and that role really fitted him, Keaton always sucked.
The Oscars have never really meant much since we've never known why they are given (sometimes they really deserved it, sometimes they owed it to them and sometimes it's just mere politics). I really think Foxcatcher was a superior film in every way possible and was robed by this over-hyped garbage.