Birdman

[Brenda]

This is, and is not, a superhero movie. It is certainly a movie about being a super hero. Starring Michael Keaton, as a washed-up action-hero movie star! I saw this in limited art-hous theater release, but it is now in the multiplexes.

A short review here: http://bookviewcafe.com/blog/2014/11/...

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Brenda wrote: "This is, and is not, a superhero movie. It is certainly a movie about being a super hero. Starring Michael Keaton, as a washed-up action-hero movie star! I saw this in limited art-hous theater rele..."

I can't wait to see this! It's never coming to my city - I may have to wait until DVD.

Like you, I love all superhero-related films. Unbreakable is one of my all-time favorites.

[Brenda]

Oh yes, UNBREAKABLE is superb. BIRDMAN is up for a bunch of awards -- if it gets onto the Oscar ballot then it may show up at the multiplexes.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

That would be fantastic!

I enjoyed your review, BTW.

And I may need to get your audiobook for Christmas. (Bronson Pinchot?!?) Though I just did a quick search, and my library carries the print version! (Sorry, getting off-topic.)

[Brenda]

I am so media-unsavvy that I have no idea who Bronson Pinchot is. I feel so bad...

[Steven]

I am going to see Birdman soon; I been dying to see it just have to get to the theatre. Read a great article a few months ago in Entertainment Weekly.

[Brenda]

You guys need to see it so that we can discuss the super powers of Michael Keaton.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Brenda wrote: "I am so media-unsavvy that I have no idea who Bronson Pinchot is. I feel so bad..."

Bronson Pinchot was Balki on the 80s series Perfect Strangers.

Don't be ridicu-lose!

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Wait - that's hilarious. He read your audiobook, right? :)

[Brenda]

Yeah, but I still don't know who he is. I can read, on paper, my own books, but I can't bear to actually listen to the audiobook. Heaven help me if the things should ever go to movie or TV, I will probably have to retire to a Tibetan monastery in the high Himalaya.

[Jim, The Ulti-Moderator]

Finally saw Birdman!

What a fascinating movie. And the camera work was amazing. A really good film - highly recommended.