Lost and Found: The Potential of Birdman

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2018)

With the movie "Birdman", I tend to be asking myself while watching it, "What's the point?". Several ties throughout the movie I felt were lacking due to the style of the whole "One take shot" feel the movie was going for that drastically changed how the pacing of the movie felt. The substance of the film and what it gave me felt a little bloated to me personally while compared to more traditionally made movies that I found myself enjoying more. I can tell why this movie could be entertaining to certain people but it's just not for me. About everything I said as a fault are really the only reason I didn't enjoy the film though. The filmmaking and cinematography was great for what it could of been even if it wasn't used to it's greatest potential and I found myself very interested in almost every character in the film with Edward Norton's character being a great highlight. I would recommend this film to anyone just to show them how well shot and masterfully directed this is, and maybe they would enjoy the bits I didn't as well more than me. The thing about Birdman is its more of what you take out of it than what it gives you, which is something to marvel at, despite the fact that I basically found the movie to drag a lot. But the set pieces and excellent acting in the movie more than makes up for it.