Birdman, played by Batman

The first movie I ever saw with Michael Keaton was Batman from 1989, directed by Tim Burton. I'd say it's what got me on the path of becoming a superhero fan. In Birdman, the main character, played by Keaton, used to be the lead in a blockbuster superhero franchise called "Birdman", which I feel might be a reflection of the actor's history with the Batman franchise, though I would say the two Batman films Keaton starred in were good, despite being a little bit cheesy. Either way, Birdman shows a real challenge I'm sure many real actors face. I can imagine in the future, Liam Neeson or Dwayne Johnson might try to become more than just an action hero known for a bunch of blockbusters. Even if they are good actors, which at least one of them is, no one's going to take them very seriously if they try to make a stage drama or anything like that. I like the way it was made to look like one continuous shot. I'm not exactly sure what it was supposed to bring to the story or the idea of the movie, but I still like to see directors experiment with different filming styles. I also had fun watching the magic-realism scenes (those parts where Riggin flew, used telekenesis, or talked to Birdman himself). These were obviously just his hallucinations and dual personality disorder, but it was integrated into the story quite well. It was nice to see that no matter what happened, he always knew it didn't matter what people said about him, and he floated above them (literally) to show how much self confidence he had that people would worship him one day, and they kind of did. Of course, it came at a cost. I spent a long time thinking about this film after I finished it because of it's artistic side, but I also enjoyed watching it because it was exciting in it's own way. A