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Author Topic: The Birds Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-24-2009 10:12 PM                     I'm sure this will inflame some but here goes. Saw it tonight for the first time. Done as a fundraiser for our foundation. I thought it was slow to the point of being boring at times and certainly not a thriller. Story was excellent effects were goog especially for the day.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2009 09:42 AM                        It's a slow-burner for sure. It is the only Hitchcock film I've ever seen. My favorite part is the ending, because the birds win! I think the movie is an acquired taste. It hasn't dated too well, that's just my opinion. The soundtrack is downright creepy. If this movie was made today, they would lure all the birds into a huge skyscraper. The heroine would be played by Beyonce or Cameron Diaz, and she would have to go into the building (and thus sacrifice herself) to lure the birds in, because "it's me they want." Then the building would be detonated in a huge explosion, but Cameron would come walking out of the rubble because she had hidden in a bomb-shelter in the basement. And she'd have a dog with her.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2009 01:45 PM                     Thats the only Hitchcock film you've seen?? Man you've missed out BIG TIME... Next try "Rear Window", then "North By Northwest" (my favorite)... Many think Vertigo was his best and I won't argue that here(it certainly was his most complex!) but it is somewhat of a dragger onner after you've seen it the first time. Mark  |  IP: Logged Christos Mitsakis Expert Film Handler Posts: 242 From: Ag.Paraskevi, ATHENS, GREECE Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-26-2009 12:51 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley If this movie was made today, they would lure all the birds into a huge skyscraper. Actually there are plans for a remake to be released in 2011 IMDB C.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-01-2009 07:09 PM                     I was a shy, introverted sort of kid of 12 yrs old when "the Birds" was released in 1963. My folks and I went to see this film at our local cinema and the danged thing terrified me. For, never imagined that birds would begin to have that sort of possessive aggression on humans, especially on Tipi Hedren. Then, the following day while in the front room practicing my piano lessons, I hear two big "thumps" on our front window. I opened the front door and there were two blackbirds laying there dead from hitting the window - talk about a massive freak out! I look back at that time and now laugh how immature and ignorant I was to Hollywood movies and their stories since all I knew was Disney movies and their simple stories and wonderful animated features. Hitchcock knew how to make suspense and nobody can outdo him. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-01-2009 08:48 PM                     quote: My favorite part is the ending, because the birds win! Ugh! Seriously? A spoiler? Some of us haven't yet seen this 40-50-whatever year old movie yet.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-01-2009 08:55 PM                     It's a lie. The cat wins.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-01-2009 09:00 PM                        In addition to PSYCHO and VERTIGO, Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS is among many that I like very much. I mst have seen it at least three times in a theatre and countless times on VHS, laserdisc and DVD. Because I liked the movie so much, a lady friend and I drove to Bodega Bay back in 1980 and visited the various sites where the film was shot including the town and the school. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 06-16-2009 06:01 PM                  Clyde - You drove to Bodega Bay? You must have one of those James Bond submarine cars!!! I like this film too. It definitely takes it's time but if you just go with it the suspense builds as the film progresses. Ever see "Frenzy"? That's a great Hitchcock film.  |  IP: Logged

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