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Posted by Bill Enos (Member # 440) on 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.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 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.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 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

Posted by Christos Mitsakis (Member # 143) on 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 [Frown]

IMDB

C.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 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

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 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. [Frown]

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 05-01-2009, 08:55 PM:

It's a lie. The cat wins.

Posted by Claude S. Ayakawa (Member # 1401) on 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

Posted by Joe Tommassello (Member # 4632) on 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.