Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) by Sobellejanet — 01 Mar 2015

We watched it because it won Best Picture. Why I don't know (that it won). For a film to truly connect and be likable, it's helpful to be able to like some of the characters. I can't remember when I've ever been introduced to such a shallow, angry, selfish, bunch of hipsters.

For that's what they are. Just edgy hipsters with lots and lots of "clever" snarky lines. I suppose Hollywood finds this meaningful as that is about all they know, but the rest of us are lucky enough to live away from that empty world of full time self absorption.

Maybe the way it was shot was innovative; that certainly doesn't make it worthy of anything more than some technical achievement. I had stopped reading the 1st book in Will Durant's History of Civilization series to watch this movie.

What a mistake. There is more value for the soul and intellect in any 1 page of that book than anywhere in the entire length of this movie.