the birdman

this was a...weird film. My mother in law wanted to see it. So we went to see it.

but gosh, it seems like the "inner" world of an individual whose entire career is based around his life in the theatre/movie star:

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it looks like it's going to be some hipster shit, I'mm pass

Also, the jhonny depp part at the end of the trailer looked like it was part of the movie

Posted by Rambunctious76
I loved this film actually.

If you know about Michael Keaton's career time line, you can see how he played his role so well - he was basically acting as himself. Even the part about him quitting the Birdman franchise cos of his disillusionment is tied in with why he quit Batman after doing the second movie.

This movie will only seem weird if you have not had any exposure to the experiences that actors/musicians go through - the processes of character development, the ups and downs of the industry, the sacrifices they have to make in order to 'get somewhere' in their career.

Everyone I know who works in the performing arts really loved this film because they could relate to the characters 100% .

I suspect that's probably why this film won - because the peers who voted for it probably saw bits of themselves in the characters.

my mother in law said something like that, in which you'd have to understand the ins and outs of theatre and their world.

i just don't get it i guess, that's what i said, and she said somtehing like, it's just a HARD life/living for alot of people, and something like that is NOT EASY choice to be in. I can agree with that. too much complication for me, i like simplicity in life.

and no wonder the filmsters,hipsters liked it, since it related to them and their life.

i honestly didnt like the film. oh well.

but my mother in law liked it alot.

Posted by Impulsv
Edward Norton still the sexiest mofo

lol

never saw much into him. good actor but i was surprised emma stone's character was so into him.

ohhhhh spoilers....

I did try to hold back crying at the end. that was so touching. i think the most touching of all scenes in the entire film.

Posted by lisabethur8

Posted by Impulsv
Edward Norton still the sexiest mofo

lol

never saw much into him. good actor but i was surprised emma stone's character was so into him.

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omg!! speaking of emma stone liking edward Norton (ew!)

she is with a leo sun man Andrew Garfield. he's got libra in him too (saturn pluto all in 7th)
cause she's dominant libra and she's a libra moon. No wonder she looks venusian.

Posted by Gobshite
I stopped watching it half-way through...

It wasn't solely because of the film itself, but largely because I absolutely have no interest in movies that are about 'behind the scenes of a theatre production'.

Many of us know how obnoxious, catty and screwed-up these people are - I certainly don't need reminding again.

lmao.

that's why i was kind of "shocked" at the film and why it got rave reviews.

if that's how filmstars/theatre folks are, in real life, gosh, no wonder. So many people wanting to have different sexual partners and there's no fidelity in the movie/film industry.

i'm wondering, is it really that bad— they all want to be loved by everyone?? yet have the lacking to love themselves??

in a way...

it's very sad. 😢

Posted by Rambunctious76

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Posted by Gobshite
I stopped watching it half-way through...
It wasn't solely because of the film itself, but largely because I absolutely have no interest in movies that are about 'behind the scenes of a theatre production'.
Many of us know how obnoxious, catty and screwed-up these people are - I certainly don't need reminding again.

lmao.
that's why i was kind of "shocked" at the film and why it got rave reviews.
if that's how filmstars/theatre folks are, in real life, gosh, no wonder. So many people wanting to have different sexual partners and there's no fidelity in the movie/film industry.
i'm wondering, is it really that bad— they all want to be loved by everyone?? yet have the lacking to love themselves??

No? Not all theatre folks are like that. You're just generalising based on what you saw in the film.
Actors like Ed Norton's character are far more common than Keaton's character - the sort who feels more comfortable on stage than in real life.
And it's not so much a lack in loving themselves but more a case of loving themselves so much that they forget their loved ones i.e. Emma Stone's character and her relationship with Keaton's character.
He was so wrapped up in his pursuit of proving his worth that he forgot he had a wife and daughter who loved him.
And I understand why Emma Stone's character was so enamoured with Ed Norton's character. off stage he was vulnerable and non-sexually promiscuous. On stage he was an egotistical bastard who somehow managed to get a boner from the very idea that people were there to watch him play a character.

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naw i just mentioned alot of them, and it's the portrayal of the film of how i percieved it.

yeah on emma's character and keaton's. It was even said from the mother that he (keaton) wasn't even there during the birth/pregnancy at the hospital. so he was already missing from the beginning. and they didnt break up because he was caught in bed sleeping with another woman, the ex wife left him because of his rages. (he threw something at her, which indicates he has violent rages) Of course that is shown in the film too.

interesting, yes, that is true, about Norton's charac

is true, about Norton's character is much much more "common". Where he feels more "alive" on stage. Keaton's character has more "depth" to him.

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Heavy. Sad. Brutal. True?

It's one of those things where the whole movie is only a set-up for the ending -- meaning, as a whole it's def going places but it's a long fucking stretch.