Well Made, But Pointless

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2015)

I finally saw this movie last weekend at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville for their Summer Movie Magic series. This is one of those classic movies that I'd heard of all my life, but had never seen.
Now that I have seen "The Birds", I must say that I was left a bit unimpressed. The movie is well made, and certainly fits well with the eerie vibe of Hitchcock films. There are certainly many scenes that induce horror and suspense along the way, and inasmuch as that is true, I suppose that this was a mildly good horror film just based on the shock value of its imagery alone.
Still, the movie suffers in that it ultimately comes across as pointless. There is no resolution at the end of this film. It simply ends in a way that is senseless. The opening half of the film has a somewhat intriguing plot, but that plot is completely divorced from the rest of the movie. Essentially, birds begin attacking folks. That's it. You never find out why. The characters and plot are completely removed from any motive or rationale for the gist of the film.
That said, I've rated this at a six simply due to the fact that it is a well made Hitchcock film, but the truth is that I could have just as easily rated it much lower.