Birdbrain

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2015)

"Birdman" directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu was a disappointment. Catching it on a flight, I fell asleep for about 15 min or so of its runtime. Inarritu puts showbusiness front and center including Michael Keaton's character's mental illness induced supposedly by his own vanity. There isn't much to relate to for me in this movie. I don't care about fame or theatre art much per se, and the storytellers have Keaton lashing out at himself mainly in response. Their answer? His character committing suicide, so instead of learning to be comfortable with himself, the storytellers glorify his tragedy. This was not a great movie to say anything of an Oscar. You may find you enjoy the acting, bravado, or even his tragedy, but although performances were OK, I didn't find it entertaining much 6/10 - and a disappointment, unworthy of a nomination to say anything of Best Picture. Seemed pretentious at least.