Rewatched The Birds tonight and, after certain people got over their annoyance with the guy/girl/mother dynamics and decided to go to sleep, I was able to finish the movie.
Hitchcock really was quite brilliant. Forget that Tippi Hedren was a crappy actress-watching her get pecked for that was worth it.
But, the whole grandfather's eyeball gone scene, Suzanne Pleshette lying on the sidewalk, birds hovering, Angela Cartwright!, the final scene as they left.
I see where Stephen King got a lot of impetus, in the "make normal stuff go batshit crazy in incremental ways" from Hitchcock. For his books, not necessarily his movies, most of which are worse than his books.
The Birds was definitely re-creepy. Even after all these years.
Stale movie review but still fun! The Birds
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I think "The Birds" is for the birds....
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That is an amazing avatar! It will win.littlebeast13 wrote:I think "The Birds" is for the birds....
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Those birds look kinda angry!SportsFan68 wrote:That is an amazing avatar! It will win.littlebeast13 wrote:I think "The Birds" is for the birds....
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So, should they sue Rovio? Wait, there were no pigs in the movie...nevermind...MarleysGh0st wrote:Those birds look kinda angry!SportsFan68 wrote:That is an amazing avatar! It will win.littlebeast13 wrote:I think "The Birds" is for the birds....
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Re: Stale movie review but still fun! The Birds
I always wondered why a half dozen or so folks with shotguns didn't just go out there and wipe the little critters out...