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re: Birdman: a good litmus test
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:38 pm to DanglingFury
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:38 pm to DanglingFury
It's funny how some people are 100% certain of the ending.
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1. He dies on the stage. This makes no sense but some people are positive this is what happens and the hospital scene is the final pistons firing in his brain.
2. He survives but dies after jumping out the window. I don't buy this at all. Why would his daughter not freak out if he is dead on the street? The people who believe this theory claim she snapped upon seeing him dead and entered the same style of fantasy life that he was living. Her brain tried to protect her by making her think he was flying.
3. Same as he did the whole movie, he thinks he is using his birdman powers but in real life he is climbing up a fire escape. This is the most plausible explanation. We already saw him jump once before and he didn't die.
4. The Being There Theory. No longer tethered by the weight of his doubts, he actually flies away similar to Chauncey walking on water.
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What I love is how CERTAIN people are about the ending. Sure.
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1. He dies on the stage. This makes no sense but some people are positive this is what happens and the hospital scene is the final pistons firing in his brain.
2. He survives but dies after jumping out the window. I don't buy this at all. Why would his daughter not freak out if he is dead on the street? The people who believe this theory claim she snapped upon seeing him dead and entered the same style of fantasy life that he was living. Her brain tried to protect her by making her think he was flying.
3. Same as he did the whole movie, he thinks he is using his birdman powers but in real life he is climbing up a fire escape. This is the most plausible explanation. We already saw him jump once before and he didn't die.
4. The Being There Theory. No longer tethered by the weight of his doubts, he actually flies away similar to Chauncey walking on water.
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What I love is how CERTAIN people are about the ending. Sure.
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 10:46 pm
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 11:05 pm to TigerMyth36
My take:
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IMO: You end this movie with him on stage giving the final monologue with the gun in his hand. Done.
I would have cut the scene of him putting bullets into the gun and the drowning dream discussion. It was already building up to a does he kill himself opening night scenario.
Being a character driven story, it should have just faded to black. Shooting nose off, disappearing through hospital window, daughter looking into sky with surprise - all unnecessary.
That's my only issue with the movie. Otherwise, I thought it was a very good story with well developed characters. Not every movie needs some twist ending, just let it be. IMO.
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IMO: You end this movie with him on stage giving the final monologue with the gun in his hand. Done.
I would have cut the scene of him putting bullets into the gun and the drowning dream discussion. It was already building up to a does he kill himself opening night scenario.
Being a character driven story, it should have just faded to black. Shooting nose off, disappearing through hospital window, daughter looking into sky with surprise - all unnecessary.
That's my only issue with the movie. Otherwise, I thought it was a very good story with well developed characters. Not every movie needs some twist ending, just let it be. IMO.
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 11:17 pm to TigerMyth36
SPOILERS....SPOILERS...SPOILERS....
That's the closest thing to what I believe the director/writer wants it to be portrayed as, but it's just weak. The movie is squarely in our world, and then he's just gonna go and visibly fly off? Sure, ok...why not.
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4. The Being There Theory. No longer tethered by the weight of his doubts, he actually flies away similar to Chauncey walking on water.
That's the closest thing to what I believe the director/writer wants it to be portrayed as, but it's just weak. The movie is squarely in our world, and then he's just gonna go and visibly fly off? Sure, ok...why not.
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