Birdman (Michael Keaton)

[marker2037]

Those promos are amazing

 

[DiFabio]

Inarritu, Keaton and the gang make a sequel. BIRDMAN 2

Riggan Thomson didn't jump or fly, he was arrested for brandishing a weapon and endangering theater patrons. That's what Sam sees out the window.

 

[Khev]

Inarritu, Keaton and the gang make a sequel. BIRDMAN 2

And then instead of one continuous take showing them make a play it can be one continuous take of Riggan making "Birdman Begins" for the cinema.

 

[Karnis]

Inarritu, Keaton and the gang make a sequel. BIRDMAN 2

Riggan Thomson didn't jump or fly, he was arrested for brandishing a weapon and endangering theater patrons. That's what Sam sees out the window.

I kinda thought he got his robe caught on a flagpole or something and she's smiling because...<wait for it>...she smells balls.

 

[Khev]

I want a folded "Birdman 3" poster.

 

[DiFabio]

Spoiler:

Foreshadowing that he possibly blew his brains out on stage?

 

[Khev]

Possibly...possibly. That opening rehearsal scene is all about a guy who failed to kill himself when he shot himself in the mouth. Did he succeed? Did he fail? There's foreshadowing for both. Total Recall all over again.

 

[guyver1]

Here's another from Fox Searchlight:

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WTF is this supposed to be?

 

[Deckard]

Inarritu, Keaton and the gang make a sequel. BIRDMAN 2

Riggan Thomson didn't jump or fly, he was arrested for brandishing a weapon and endangering theater patrons. That's what Sam sees out the window.

Birdman 2 should get even more Meta and be about Michael Keaton playing Birdman as his comeback irl and leading up to the Oscars we just had. He doesn't win best actor so he gets up on stage and shoots himself in the face.

 

[Khev]

This is a ****ing amazing movie. Just watching that scene again where Keaton is locked outside in his underwear. The way he barges in to the auditorium, only a few people notice him at first, he pretends to knock loudly and starts ranting and even from the far side of the auditorium you can see that Naomi Watts and Ed Norton are clearly taken by surprise and disoriented but immediately go about improvising while staying "in character."

Then when Riggan finally gets up on stage Zach Galifianakis is watching from the wings, his cell phone goes off and he pulls it out and it flies through the air as he frantically tries to catch it and silence it before answering the call. If the phone somehow got away from him it would have negated everything Michael Keaton had done outside!

 

[batfan08]

I really need to pick up the Blu-Ray while they still have those cool red cases/slipcovers, but I got to thinking about the ending, and...

Spoiler:

Is it possible that the entire hospital sequence was in Sam's head? She's a child of divorce, so, one can assume that there's at least one small part of her subconscious that hopes her parents would reunite, and, in the end of the film, we see a portrait of one, big, happy, albeit incredibly dysfunctional, family. The new nose and rave reviews would be in response to her father, ultimately, allowing the world to see him for the tortured artist that he was and gaining a newfound respect for him. Which leads me to Riggan's "ascension," in that, perhaps, she finally gained closure in knowing that her father had a legacy to show for all his sacrifice; as twisted as it is, he left a legacy with his "final" performance. That newfound respect for Riggan allowed her to have something to show for her father's absence throughout her formative years.

 

[Jameson Rook]

Just saw this movie on blu ray (it came in red!) and I'm not sure what the general consensus is here but I was blown away at how open ended the story was. Masterful acting, cinematography, editing, sound, and pacing.

 

[cmiller99]

Just saw this movie on blu ray (it came in red!) and I'm not sure what the general consensus is here but I was blown away at how open ended the story was. Masterful acting, cinematography, editing, sound, and pacing.

Agreed. Great movie.

 

[meth head]

Damn, I want that statue! Not paying the ridiculous amount being asked for one on eBay at the moment.

 

[Dellyboy]

All i will add is this was movie was truly a classic.

 

[rushmore223]

While I thought the movie was good, it didn't make a big impact on me once I got over the technical achievement of it all.

 

[EarlHickey98]

Just watched this and I thought it was fantastic. Great acting by Michael Keaton.

The ending is an open one, but...

Spoiler:

I believe that Keaton shot himself on stage and the hostpital scene was a dream. The hostpital scene was too perfect to be real life; him and his wife are close, he gets the attention he's always wanted and Birdman has stopped talking.

 

[meth head]

Found one