A little hokey for me - but it does make you wonder...!

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2008)

My overall impression of the movie is that it is , for lack of a better word, a little hokey. I found much of the plot and presentation unbelievable. And trust me, I am usually a big suspender of belief when watching movies. But somehow here, I found it a little more difficult.
But don't get me wrong, I am a huge Hitchcock fan, and I do still like this movie, But I guess I have such high expectations for Hitchcock that this one comes up just a bit short, say a Vertigo, Rear Window or Psycho. But it is still a good movie, just not GREAT like I hoped.
Tippi's character is a little too stalkish in the beginning, following Taylor to his hometown. Who would do this? Especially nowadays. And I guess I have never been a big Rod Taylor fan - he always seems a little neaderthal-ish Okay, enough of the negatives. I think the real beauty of the movie is that it takes something you never think of as a threat, i.e. birds, and suddenly has you thinking... "It could happen?!..." So it succeeds in inspiring fear. I wonder if had the same effect on people back then, that Jaws had on my generation?
But the ending fell flat for me. I see it was meant to leave you asking "So what happens...?". And it doesn't answer any of the why questions as to why it happened or will they go away.