Don't they ever stop migrating?

The Birds (1963)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Daphne du Maurier (story), Evan Hunter (screenplay)
Starring Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy

Notes

• It's weird how natural smoking is in the 60's.
• Tippi Hedren has such an entrancing voice... or isn't that how a lot of people talked back then? Third possibility: a 1960's microphone filter to make a voice sound awesome.
• It's creepy how the main three women in the movie all have the same hair cut! That's on purpose, right Hitchcock?! Oh, oh, to show how their heads are all similarly wrapped around the charms of Mitch??
• The little girl was a pretty bad actor. Again, I question if this just her or every little girl in the 60's.
• This is probably the only movie that can make me yell "WATCHOUT THERE'S A FREAKIN' CROW BEHIND YOU!"
• There seems to be a small amount of bird poop in the film.
  
• If this whole bird-attack craziness ever happened to us, I've thought of a simple solution. All we gotta do is get a whole bunch of those plastic six pack rings and place them all over the ground. The birds will succumb to our might of litter in no time.
• Did I just make a pollution joke..?

Things I learned from The Birds

• Back then, school children sang songs in class with no apparent purpose! (In English!)
  
• Flashlights used to be huge. (Physically speaking, not among consumers, although I'm not ruling that out as a possibility too.)
• Cars do, in fact, blow up if they catch in fire.

Recommended to

• Those who want to watch a horror film with fairly intricate character dynamics.
  
• Fans of Hitchcock films.
• Those who want to see people being attacked by birds. Boy, are YOU guys in for a treat!

Not Recommended to

• Those who get easily bored by old movies.
• Those who are looking for a horror film that matches the pace and gore of current horror movies.
  
• Ornithophobics.

Conclusion

This was my second Hitchcock movie and I, for the most part, enjoyed it. There are two great things I like about his films: the long narrative intros (albeit a little too long), and the memorable settings. (Totally wanna visit to Bodega Bay now!) I think the best part of the movie was not the creepy birds - no! It was the scenes where people were talking on phones! Which sounds a little odd, sure, but it is the film's pinnacle of the acting, directing, and cinematography! The ultimate scene would naturally be a bunch of birds talking on the phone, but sadly, Hitchcock did not deliver on that front.