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Plot: Alfred Hitchcock's famous classic where a flock of birds terrorize the small town Bodega Bay.

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  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 29, 2008
    ok this movie scares me everytime i see it but only because my grandma lives by a wooded area that once a year gets all these birds in it and there are so many of them. and after seeing this movie i am aftaid to go outside while all the birds are there lol
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 27, 2008
    Surprisingly good special effects for 1963. However, there was too much shit talking and not enough suspense. The end was too ambigious for my liking as well. Did the lovebirds cause the whole thing? Were those birds just going to stay there forever? It's also interesting to note how not having any background music at all in a movie can give the feeling that it's cheap and lacking something.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 26, 2008
    Wow. Sans aucun doute, il s'agit là d'un des plus gigantesques déploiements cinématographiques de toute l'histoire du cinéma, le genre de déploiement qui, justement, accorde tant de mérite à Alfred Hitchcock pour s'être attaqué à une entreprise aussi volumineuse. Ces millions d'oiseaux qui guettent, un rictus en coin, les crocs aiguisés, y a-t-il seulement quelque chose de plus impressionnant, de plus terrorisant que de les voir fondre simultanément sur les enfants d'un petit village nommé Bodega Bay? Ces images n'ont-elles pas nécessités de longues années de recherche, de préparation, d'écriture, de dessins, d'ébauches et de tournage? Hithcock fait partie de cette catégorie, comme Kubrick le faisait jadis à son tour, de cinéastes qui considèrent réellement le cinéma comme un art et qui prennent bien du temps afin que tout soit le plus parfait que possible.

    Malheureusement, le seul problème dans ce cas-ci, c'est que l'histoire de base était peut-être fortement intéressante en 1963, mais aujourd'hui, il me semble qu'elle n'est plus en mesure de rejoindre qui que ce soit. Le développement est lent, incroyablement lent, si bien qu'il faut presque attendre une heure avant que le premier oiseau n'attaque innocemment l'héroïne principale. Et durant la première heure, l'histoire qu'on nous donne à croquer n'est pas aussi alléchante qu'on l'aurait souhaitée. Une femme qui magasine des oiseaux, qui flirte avec un inconnu et qui le rejoint dans ce même petit village. Tout est long, très long, et franchement peu intéressant, si bien que ça en devient carrément inintéressant, et même malgré la belle performance de Tippi Hedren.

    Ce n'est malheureusement pas le genre de film qui traverse les époques et qui a le mérite de plaire aux auditoires de toute les générations...
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 26, 2008
    Unintentionally one funny film but drags on in places when unnecessary.
    You won't look at fake plastic toy birds ever the same again...
  • 0.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 24, 2008
    SO STUPID!!! I SAW IT WHEN I WAS THREE AND FIVE!!! WHY DO THE BIRDS KEEP FOLLOWING THEM?!?!? DONT WATCH ITS A WASTE OF TIME!!!

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  • nayita23
    lovebirds!
    posted 21 days ago
  • alasun0
    The Birds is the best horror movies of all time!
    posted 128 days ago
  • seeyoulater72
    Hitchcock was way ahead of his time on the special effects for the Birds.
    (children running from school scene)He took camera shoots of the actual birds flying overhead , then had birds flying in an all white room(going nuts.lol) and superimposed this image on top of the regular birds,then finally fake birds attacking. Also loved how Hitchcock wanted to keep everyone a little chilled about birds he never revealed why the birds went nutty.
    The final scene is very scary as you wonder what even the slightest move would cause the wacko birds to do.
    Talk about strength in numbers.
    posted 394 days ago
  • kennybreezy
    hitchcock is one of best movie directers of all time for 1 and 2 the birds is one of the best movies i ever saw
    IT FUCKN RULES
    posted 517 days ago

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  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Genres: Classics, Mystery & Suspense
  • Released: January 1, 1963
  • DVD Released: March 28, 2000

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