good enough

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2015)

The film tells the story of an actor who tries to regain his past glory by producing a theatrical piece on Broadway. At first the film was a little boring. The story didn't seem to be going somewhere, the whole birdman mix up with the star moving things without touching them, the whole voice in his head and the quick move from one place to an other didn't help the case. However the second part of the film gets better. The story finally unfolds, the drama grows and even though it doesn't succeed on being a comedy, the presentation of the characters and the deepness of their feelings is one of the best things of the film, if not the great performances, the shots and the idea of the good old theater and art being washed away by medium quality blockbusters. The fame and the glory of Hollywood is based on the foundation of the fake art, and the movie simply points that out through the eyes of a blockbuster hero who tries to convince everyone and himself that he is a real actor. The camera follows the actors as they move, changing the scenes by simply getting out of the room along with a character, and I think that that was the best part of the film. So 7 out of 10 for Birdman.