It's crap.

Rating: 2/10 (7 May 2005)

This movie has no plot, no story, no point. It's like a modern day blockbuster that's all show and no substance.
The entire story can be summed up in one sentence: An unrealistically spoiled, rich brat of a woman follows a man to his hometown, which then proceeds to be attacked by birds that suddenly and for no reason turn on people. That's it, no further development.
This plot is so stupid that neither Hitchcock nor the writers bothered to come up with any reason or explanation as to why/how the birds' sudden super-intelligence and organized hatred of humans. Why not be creative and argue that, let's say a virus causes the birds to crave human flesh?
All we're given is a drawn out series of pointless, unexplained, meaningless bird attacks on characters that we know nothing about and don't care about. Instead of plot development, we get cool camera angles and scare tactics, -which, by the way fall flat because without a score even the potentially frightening scenes are simply blasé. How could Hitchcock not use music for effect after the success of Psycho's shower scene?
On top of all this, Hitchcock used paintings and blue screens throughout the entire movie because he hated shooting on location. It shows. The Birds, in my opinion is -dare I say like its director- a fake.