The Birds (1963)

Synopsis: Melanie Daniels is a girl whose spoiled beyond all riches so when one guy, Mitch Brenner, tells her off in a bird store, she thinks that it would be fun to track him down in his mom's house in Bodega Bay and give his sister, Cathy, birds. That'll show him to be a bitch. Anyways so she gets to the bay and all hell breaks loose. Well, I guess you could say that if hell was filled with birds. They start attacking people and the crew I mentioned above, must convince other people in the bay that the birds are nuts, try to stay alive, and find out why the birds are nuts.

Should You Watch It? I heard a lot about this movie going in. I mean, I think most people who watch movies have heard about this movie. So I was expecting big things! Sure this movie was filmed in 1963 so the quality might be a bit low but man, I was shocked. Forget about the technology and the direction and whatever. Plain and simple, this movie is brutal. Don't get me the wrong, the birds are pretty great but it just doesn't make up for the 45 minutes of exposition mainly consisting of dialogue which has nothing to do with anything! It is the only thing to watch for the first half of the movie. So unless you really like bad dialogue, and I mean pretty bad, you should stay away from this movie.

Things to Watch Out For: This movie does have an interesting dynamic between the characters. Every character in the movie is after love and is afraid of being neglected. So Mitch likes Melanie, and Melanie likes Mitch but Lydia, Mitch's mom, doesn't like Melanie because she thinks Melanie is going to take Mitch away from her. Then there's Cathy who seems to like everyone but is afraid of her two love birds dying. Annie is the school teacher and she used to have a relationship with Mitch. So you pretty much learn that for the first 45 minutes and I guess there's really no way you can miss it cause they say it over and over again, but just incase.

Things You Don't Expect: Hitchcook suggested that this might be most terrifying movie he's made. I haven't seen the others that I have but I pray to God that he's wrong. It's just....bad. From beginning to end. Especially the end which makes no sense like everything else. There's just really no way to explain. Well bad or I guess it's innovative. Haha I guess that's better.

Final Comments:
Story: Fail
Direction: 7.0
Acting: 5.0
Cinematography: 7.0
Music/Sound: Fail

Final Score: Fail