Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Alejandro Gonalez Inarritu- Take a bow!

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Riggan Thomson,played by Michael Keaton,is a former cinema superhero(any resemblance to Keaton himself is purely uncoincidental)  who is desperately trying to move on and struggling to pull off his very own Broadway production.When a cast member is injured,Riggan gets hold of Mike Shiner(Edward Norton),an actor who is capable of selling tickets but is painfully hard to deal with as a colleague(any resemblance to Norton himself is purely uncoincidental).That's the premise.Now let's talk about why the movie works.

First of all,and you've probably heard this already,but...remember that one scene in Goodfellas where the camera follows that guy all the way into the restaurant and it's one long continuous shot?It looked pretty cool,didn't it?This whole freaking movie is one continuous long shot!Or at least that's how it seems.I swear,watching this movie was an exhilarating experience.It just wont let you catch your breath.Not in the sense that it's very fast-paced,but just the idea of not having jump cuts or scene transitions and instead following the characters throughout the movie is brilliant.And,it's been executed with painstaking perfection.The camera isn't that shaky and the film doesn't look unprofessional or like a found footage movie.Well done,Mr.Alejandro.

Former Bruce Wayne and Bruce Banner having it out.

Micheal Keaton delivers a brilliant performance.It was good to see Zach Galifianakis do stuff like this.He was pretty convincing.Emma Stone does a good job at playing the 'recently-out-of-rehab-daughter' with one particular monologue which was highly impressive.But Edward Norton,for me,was the best of the lot.Right from his first scene,I was hooked on how he played this character which could easily have been overdone.

I have to give the screenwriters credit for making bold and thought provoking remarks about the superhero movie culture,cynical critics,popularity,social media and phony Hollywood 'celebrities'.

And the ending.Man,oh man,the ending!There was actually a scene where I thought the movie was over and I was kind of satisfied with it.But,then the movie went on for a while,and then another, and ended,not in a proper,predictable fashion,but on a feeling.The ending doesn't tie up all the loose ends.It ends on a feeling(if that makes sense).You''ll be thinking about the movie(especially the ending) for quite a while.You''ll be talking about it with your friends and you''ll want to re-watch it for sure.It's just so easy on the eyes and the dialogue and performances make it even better.

It's kind of obvious.but I''ll say it anyway: Go watch this movie.Trust me,you will not regret it.

So have you seen this movie?What did you think about it?What movie should I review next?Comment below.