Friday, January 11, 2013

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

I never thought that I would rate a 1.0 for any movie, but the terrifying and shockingly things seen in here comprehend unlike anything else I have ever seen.

Birdemic is about an epidemic of violent birds that randomly attack people, randomly make disturbing noises sounding like bicycle pumps and randomly crash into objects and then either die instantly, or explode instantly. A couple “fights” back, but can they survive?

The couple comprises of an almost emotionless faggot with a blank face, and a way too happy dumb smiling model and actress wannabe that is only redeemable because of her looks. The supporting cast consists of random victim kids, a bird expert, a grandma, a CEO and a peaceful tree hugger, *ahem* lover.

Only after about 45 minutes in do the actual birds attack, but before that, we are introduced towards the film techniques, or the director’s style. His style comprises of a slowly sweeping camera like a grandfather clock, wooden acting, pauses between sentences, sound pulling away into nothingness often, unfitting songs towards their given scenes and transitions of editing that are so terrible at times, it begs the question; what was the director thinking into filming this? (déjà vu)


There are so many useless scenes seen here, I have never seen a movie put that much emphasise upon cars driving around, people’s backs being shown that much or people walking constantly. The music does NOT compute with the scenes, or when they rarely do, it’s over the top. 

About the useless scenes, there’s those, and then there’s the scenes that stay there for too long, such as looking at a sign or a moon like atleast 7 seconds. The worst of all is the birds themselves, my God, what was the DIRECTOR THINKING!? It’s a very guilty “so bad it’s good” of a movie, like Troll 2(1991) or The Room(2003), and I laughed at almost every bird scene shown.

The 2D gif animations of birds either being motionless or flapping their wings around very unreal are thrown into the film without any effort, and weirdest of all, they can kamikaze and explode. As this was happening, the characters react towards the birdemic so amazingly bad, what were they thinking upon barricading themselves when the birds did not even attack with effect, or when the kids never screamed in I dunno, shock and terror towards either the awful birds or the huge guns that the guys pulled out of their asses!?

Birdemic has to be seen to be believed, but I am afraid that no one, anyone but the director himself and his editing team can withstand the shock and terror of Birdemic. It’s the worst movie I have ever seen, but thankfully, it’s a very good choice to make fun out of whenever feeling bored or having had too much drinks or drugs.



Or, if you wish to get spared from this nightmare, watch the best bird horror movie instead, which is of course The Birds(1963), of which this director, James Nguyen, takes awful inspiration of. The worst scene in this movie? It’s very hard to pick, but I think that the coat hanger scene takes the cake. I was speechless once that happened.

And there's a sequel coming. Are you kidding me? Is Nguyen an alien as well, just like Wiseau? Because they both believe they are great directors. Oh I almost forgot, here's the director's commentary, just watch it, it's awfully hilarious: 

James Nguyen identifying things 

Rating: 1.0

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