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Oct 07, 2019SusyHendrix rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
THE BIRDS is often considered the last Hitchcock masterpiece (depending upon how you feel about MARNIE, anyway). I don't think it's a masterpiece, but it is the last Hitchcock movie I find fairly entertaining. The first half is slower and focused on building up the characters-- which wouldn't be a problem if I liked the characters, but they are uniformly irritating. The second half is where the nightmare fuel kicks into high gear, though I confess I found myself admiring Hitchcock's technique more than being immersed in the terror of the characters... mainly because I was kinda rooting for the birds to win!