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Post by GL on Sept 29, 2010 9:53:53 GMT -5
When their seaside resort town falls under attack by vicious birds, a group of survivors races to save those who are still susceptible to attack, but their efforts only enrage the creatures to attack them even more viciously than before. What did everyone think of this one?
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Post by GL on Sept 29, 2010 9:54:38 GMT -5
On TV in October on the 2nd at 1:00 AM and the 7th at 1:25 AM, both times on HBO Signature.
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Post by HNT on Sept 29, 2010 10:40:16 GMT -5
By no means my favorite Hitchcock, but still an absolutely brilliant film. I think in many ways it revolutionized the horror genre, not the least of which is by having a very downbeat ending
So, it gets a five
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Post by Jen on Sept 29, 2010 12:54:59 GMT -5
I can't rate this, because this is one of those that I think is undeniably well done, but I just flat out don't like it. And its the only Hitchcock film that I have seen that I feel that way about. Its one of those that I KNOW is good as far as quality, but I just can't get into.
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Post by abraxas on Sept 30, 2010 9:14:23 GMT -5
Oh man so much to say about this film, one of my favorite movies of all time, absolute f***ing brilliance. And you are right HN this totally revolutionized horror, and was the inspiration for countless movies to come, most significant of all being Georg Romero's Night of the living Dead, but also going into films such as M Night's "Signs"
It is a masterpiece, it uses matte painting extensively but I challenge anyone to pick them out, and it also has probably the greatest single shot of any film ever made.
FYI The final film of Albert Whitlock, the matte artist on the Birds, was John Carpenters The Thing
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Post by GL on Sept 30, 2010 9:41:03 GMT -5
I'm with Jen in this one: technically brilliant, but I can't find myself to enjoy this one on an entertainment level. Two really good attacks (the initial one at the diner and later in the house) but beyond that, it's deathly boring and really isn't all that interesting or exciting.
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