slightly overrated Hitchcock...shocking,but dull and superficial...

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2007)

i bought this movie while i was passing through a "hitchcockian" phase.it all started by buying vertigo after reading all the good reviews,and i really liked it.then my second pick was psycho which i already saw on TV,but really watching it on DVD was different,i loved it.then i bought the birds,supposedly another masterpiece...i was slightly disappointed,the characters are underdeveloped,the storyline is one-dimensional,the whole concept of the movie is more like a documentary than a real movie(especially a Hitchcock movie). ...........but,the birds really is a shocking and strange film and it has it's share of hitchcockian black humor.i guess if u deal with the fact that this movie has no musical score,no plot,no character development and no real human emotion,then...u may love it.but if u want real Hitchcock,try "vertigo","psycho","rear window" and the less notorious but perfect "notorious".