Birdman

As captivating as the form is, even though I had to get used to it a lot, in the end, it still didn't captivate me enough to make me drop to my knees before the film. There are great scenes, great shots, and some actors give Iñárritu unbelievable performances (Keaton, Galifianakis), but even after several hours since watching it, mixed feelings remain. (28/01/2015)

What I enjoyed most were the allusions to commercial Hollywood – "How about Jeremy Renner?" "Who?" --- "Awful, we'd have raised, like..." "A serial killer..." "Or Justin Bieber." --- "He's got a new nose! And if he doesn't like that one, we'll get him another one. We can use Meg Ryan's guy." At these moments I laughed genuinely and very much out loud. And it's certainly one of the more interesting and original films I've seen. I applaud the "drumming" atmosphere, as I was actually tense as a guitar string a couple of times (and only because of drums!). I don't want to dissect everything Birdman is about (or what most people think it actually is); what's important to me is that I enjoyed myself for 110 minutes. I also found Norton quite entertaining in the first half. I appreciate the cameos by Spider-Man, Iron Man (how the previous "Robert Downey, Jr. bashing" is developed beautifully in one of the last scenes), and even Bumblebee. Michael Bay can be grateful to Iñárritu for finally getting his work into a proper film. After all, it did win the statuette... (15/05/2017)