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Thousands of hostile birds converge on a small California town and wreak havoc. At the same time a Freudian psychological drama unfolds about humans and their selfishness . One of Hitchcock's best.
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Gritty, tense, and rather odd, The Birds is definitely an unforgettable film. The ending struck me as a little abrupt, though in retrospect, it was probably the most effective way to end a film as dark as this one.
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Great leading character. I love how the story develops with a really interesting plot that amount to something closer to a romantic movie, but keeps dropping hints of the impending bird attack, and of course as a viewer you dread what';s coming, but then you are recaptured by the plot and forget about the birds, then something else happens, and you go back to dreading while the protagonists go about their day. It works great.
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there are legitimately great moments in this but it's just a really weak point in hitchcock's career
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It features some of Hitchcock's most interesting characters. It's also a great game of intimidation.
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Lazy Sunday afternoons are the best time to sit Cat down and force a movie on her, which is exactly what I did with The Birds. Although I've never seen the film before, I did recognise a couple of scenes from movie trivia games and clip shows, and it was nice to finally put these scenes into some sort of context. I loved Tippi Hedren as the sassy Melanie Daniels and found myself surprisingly engaged with the characters before there…
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The attacks have not aged well, and the leads generate little heat. But that doesn't stop Hitch from making this work, a triumph of mood and subtext.
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Hitchcock should have just directed porn.
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A woman goes to a remote island for a weekend to deliver a bird to someone. During that weekend, all the birds on the island decide to attack the residents. This is a good film, but it could have been better. One of big issues I have with this film is that you never find out why the birds attacked, they just did. In saying that though, there are some great scenes in this film; such as the scene where…
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Scarier than the premise should ever allow, 'The Birds' is a well balanced success for the director who had just come off creating three of the greatest films of all-time.
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I was once attacked by an aggressive flock of seagulls in Blackpool. Fortunately, they were only after my chips and not my eyeballs. Great film!