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Saw Birdman this afternoon. Great movie!! I had no idea Edward Norton was in it. Awesome performances by him and Michael Keaton. In depth characters, funny, and just a very well done movie. A must see for anyone who enjoys truly good movies that aren't the usual cookie cutter bullshit Hollywood spits out every week.

9.5
 

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So how was it for others?

Just decent. Definitely a weak best picture winner

The cinematography was excellent. It is just 1 continuous scene and they only took something like 6 cuts the entire movie but the actual storyline didn't do a ton for me.
 

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Great actors but bad movie. Really bad.

2/10 for me. I can't believe it won best picture. Dumb and Dumber to was the worst movie I seen all year until Birdman.
 
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Saw Birdman this afternoon. Great movie!! I had no idea Edward Norton was in it. Awesome performances by him and Michael Keaton. In depth characters, funny, and just a very well done movie. A must see for anyone who enjoys truly good movies that aren't the usual cookie cutter bullshit Hollywood spits out every week.

9.5

I love Michael Keaton, he will always be Batman for me... Bale never owned the part like Keaton did. He is dark with a funny twist, Bale was only dark, his funniest line was when he joined tables with Maggie Gyllenhal and Harvey Dent cause he owned the restaurant. Keaton had a bunch.

Cinematography was off the charts, I love Ed Norton as well, one of my faves... and looking at Emma Stone is always nice.

I give the film a solid 8. Have not seen all nominees to say it was the outright winner but I think year after year the Oscars are weaker because Hollywood itself has been getting caught in a mediocre trend, especially the last 6-8 years.
 
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Great actors but bad movie. Really bad.

2/10 for me. I can't believe it won best picture. Dumb and Dumber to was the worst movie I seen all year until Birdman.

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You clearly have not seen lots of Hollywood movies this year then... would you say American Sniper is better?
 
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Liked it a lot. Especially the actor's demons theme.

I loved that as well, hearing voices, sounds familiar, one could identify himself lol.

Are you still acting Judge? I've been wanting to try that out since my band dismembered... any acting classes you would recommend? A friend of mine is a prominent artist and has a film in his mind with me portraying a psycho exconvict...
 

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You clearly have not seen lots of Hollywood movies this year then... would you say American Sniper is better?
I have seen way too many actually.

I thought American Sniper was good not great. 6.8/10
Whiplash was real good. 7.5/10
The Imitation Game was pretty good. 7/10
Boyhood started off good but was kinda boring. 5.5/10
Birdman painful to watch. 2/10. Just didn't work for me. I am glad some of you enjoyed it. Not sure why but everyone has their own taste. It reminded me of Noah that came out early in 2014. Great cast .. Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins and Jennifer Connelly. What a horrible movie also.
 
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I have seen way too many actually.

I thought American Sniper was good not great. 6.8/10
Whiplash was real good. 7.5/10
The Imitation Game was pretty good. 7/10
Boyhood started off good but was kinda boring. 5.5/10
Birdman painful to watch. 2/10

Need to watch Whiplash man... haven't seen it.

Having experienced schizophrenia myself I guess that was a big part of me liking the film.
 

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Need to watch Whiplash man... haven't seen it.

Having experienced schizophrenia myself I guess that was a big part of me liking the film.
it was pretty intense and times and a great twist towards the end.

coke doesn't not help schizophrenia^!:
 

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Was it better then whiplash
 

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SC I don't see how you couldn't like Birdman. Maybe you were in a weird mood or something. It was a very good movie. I gave e it a 9.5 and it won Best Picture. I should be a critic.
 

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SC I don't see how you couldn't like Birdman. Maybe you were in a weird mood or something. It was a very good movie. I gave e it a 9.5 and it won Best Picture. I should be a critic.
99% of the people I know that seen Birdman hated it. I am not judging you. in 1998 I would have voted for big lebowski or saving private ryan and you would have voted for shakespeare in love which ended up winning.

only explaination about Birdman is you must have been high. :toast:
 

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Never saw Shakespeare in love. Big Lebowsky is a classic. Saving Private Ryan is outstanding.
 

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Great actors but bad movie. Really bad.

2/10 for me. I can't believe it won best picture. Dumb and Dumber to was the worst movie I seen all year until Birdman.
It's kind of difficult to respect the opinion of anyone who would even consider seeing any of the Dumb and Dumber movies.
 

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