*of
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
poor cast, cinematographer and drummer prbly won't have a careers after this one. what a disaster.
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
no 'a' obv
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
or maybe I threw it in there for a bit o jazz*pish**pap!**pow!*
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
qn: why did keaton take another hit off that roach after pretending like he'd sucked the hot embers of the last remaining weed into his mouth by accident?
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
ILX: this is definitely the worst movie ever made. literally worse than cancer and Hitler combined x 1,000. part way through watching, i was forced to gouge my eyes out and ram them into my ears. the second time i watched it (somehow), in order to document all the crimes committed against humanity, I literally died on the spot. i once walked past a movie theater that was showing American Beauty and this was almost as bad.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
lol otm
― local eire man (darraghmac), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
Crash vs. American Beauty vs. this shitshow
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
I would rip Thinwall's eyes out and put them in my own skull so that I could see ILX that way again
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
If you don't know Crash is in a league all its own, I don't even know where to begin.
― Eric H., Monday, 2 March 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
yeah Crash is def the worst
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
but Crash vs. American Beauty vs. Spider-Man 3 would be tough
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
i still legit hate Crash.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 March 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
the only equivalence I was referencing was their award-winning (and, to a lesser extent, their "big statement"/of-the-moment commentary nature)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 March 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
Haggis is not afraid to be stupid
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 2 March 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
and, to a lesser extent, their "big statement"/of-the-moment commentary nature
What "big statement" is this supposed to be making?? I'll say it again: it's clichéd and over-the-top in the service of comedy. The Ophuls comparison Jay Vee should be making is the circus in Lola Montes. Not that Birdman is a masterpiece of cinema. But it's using its technical devices to similar effect.
― Cherish, Monday, 2 March 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
The closest Birdman comes to an American Beauty moment is ...
http://media.giphy.com/media/Ya6TjOP90uoJa/giphy.gif
― Eric H., Monday, 2 March 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
"big statement" in Academy terms = jampacked w references to contemporary cultural flashpoints
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 March 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
Big Statement in Academy terms = an actress' breasts.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 March 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
prosthetic noses also acceptable
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 March 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
You mock noses.
― Eric H., Monday, 2 March 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
A nose by any other name
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 2 March 2015 22:23 (nine years ago) link
we should poll Academy-approved prosthetic noses - Monster, The Hours, Birdman, Foxcatcher. Raging Bull would win I suppose
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 March 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
wizard of oz
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
just green makeup for original witch nvm
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
but def lion and tin man. guess witch nose prosthetic was fostered by disney cartoons.
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 March 2015 22:45 (nine years ago) link
The ending was a bit twee
Except... He probably actually killed himself. At least that's how I read it.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, January 26, 2015 4:16 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
chap otm
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
That would explain his daughter's relief in the last shot.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 3 March 2015 04:58 (nine years ago) link
there's no read of the ending that makes sense
― describing a scene in which the Hulk gets a boner (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 05:08 (nine years ago) link
Thought that was film giving us the birdman we crave, though he is actually dead.
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 05:09 (nine years ago) link
he died on stage. Everything after is terrible fake ending.
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 05:34 (nine years ago) link
He was actually just window washing naked
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 05:35 (nine years ago) link
You wish he window washed naked bc that is a famous scene from birdman 2
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 05:53 (nine years ago) link
Two titles for two movies. One instinctively wants it to be birdman 4 while watching, which is sad bc that instinct is the impetus for the tragedy unfolding in the true story of birdman.
― you can buy your hair if it won't grow (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 06:20 (nine years ago) link
Cool movie, amazing soundtrack, surprised it took so long before somebody on a rooftop looked out at New York and proclaimed "God I love this city".
But yeah he didn't kill himself at the end. Or if we are going to say he did kill himself I'm pretty sure it was when he jumped off the building the day before.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
iirc the line was "I loathe this city."
― ryan, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:38 (nine years ago) link
Lol was gonna say
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
Still cliche, just with a cynical tint to it. Actually that kind of describes this whole movie. Most of the characters felt like very broad stereotypes, and it wouldn't work nearly as well if the technical aspects weren't all just locked in to be nearly PERFECT. If I was teaching a film class this would be a perfect movie to bring out.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
It's funny but in a way it's just as comic booky as the comic book movies that are the villains of this film.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
every other instance of his "powers" in the film are shown to be either unreal or otherwise in his mind (incl when he jumps off the building the day before - when he walks back into the theater he's being badgered by a cabbie for the fare), why would the end be any different
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
it could be a 'feelgood' cheat like that pisspoor climax of Being There where Sellers walks on water.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
yeah - and the only real clue there is his daughter's expression. although maybe she is just glad he's dead.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
altho tbf I like the ending of Being There
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
the most notable thing about this film was Norton playing the essence of every "Norton is an asshole to work with" story from the last 20 years.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
that was certainly the most enjoyable thing about it
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
The movie goes downhill after his and Keaton's first moment onstage.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Finally saw this last night, super fun. Sure it's showoffy, but it's hard for me to believe that anyone interested in film wouldn't enjoy just the physical mechanics of its construction (tracking shot, drum score, jittery dialogue etc. etc.) Man there are some grumpy snobs upthread.
― Losing swag by the second (Dan Peterson), Monday, 9 March 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
I'm a cheerful snob.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 March 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
if you don't mind that what's under the showboating is repulsive
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 March 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
I feel bad for them.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 9 March 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link