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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Birdman 2014 - 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

This 2014 release thats a bit long at 119 minutes is NOT for someone like me.That is,someone who thinks those “that have”have the same issues as you and me,relative”have not’s”are worthy of our sympathy.For me NO THEY ARE NOT !!! So despite the hype,I was NOT impressed.Trailer follows the picture and a IMDB summary is below.

Riggan Thomas, once known quite well to movie theater goers as an iconic super hero called "The Birdman" had recently turned down a fourth installment of the franchise. Now washed up, he attempts to reinvent himself as a director by staging a new adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story called "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". The events leading up to the Saturday night premiere prove to be one disaster after another as the original lead actor is injured while on set and Riggan scrambles to find a replacement, but the replacement proves to be exactly who he needs - a method actor who takes the job way too seriously. But Riggan has a hard time juggling between the set, his replacement actor, his equally washed up daughter, and a host of other disasters that prevent a proper staging of the play. Meanwhile, a New York Times critic who Riggan has to woo threatens to shut down production of the play before it even starts with a scathing review of the opening night performance... Written by halo1k
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1378069529?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_1

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