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The Birds (1963) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!! (Patreon)

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The Birds (1963) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!

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Edgar Gonzalez

The Birds! Watch your heads fam, they are going to poop on you! 😱💩

Steve Mercier

Hitchcock!!! Not even close to my favorite Hitchcock movie, but still a damn good one. Goooooood shit.

Ellie Williams

I actually have a fear of birds (Ornithophobia) and I'm convinced that watching this movie as a kid contributed to that. Stop freaking me out!

Marcus Cato

I've been dive bombed by crows three or four times. I no longer walk around outside without a hat. Hate those things!

Vincent Hollow

I still love the fact that before she was taken out by a xenomorph, Veronica Cartwright was just little Cathy Brenner trying to have a nice birthday party before some psychotic gulls came and crashed it.

Marcus Cato

She doesn't have great luck, cinematically.

Vincent Hollow

True, but at least she made it out with those lovebirds.

Paul Cox

Dunno if you made the connection when looking at the cast, but Tippi Hedren (still alive!) is Melanie Griffith's mother and Dakota Johnson's grandmother.

Look out, Arbogast!

That shot of the neighbor and his eyeless corpse is still effective today. Saw this movie as a child and that frame is seared in my brain.

David Wilkins

Hey, this is a great surprise! 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

PIG

Can always watch a Hitchcock film.

Birdie Num Num

Definitely had a strong influence on Jaws

Keith Brown

Hitchcock and Hedren teamed one more time with "Marnie" co-starring Sean Connery. You must check out the classic 1960 version of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" starring Rod Taylor. Rod Taylor's final film he played Winston Churchill in Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" . Jessica Tandy won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" , her final movie is the great 1994 Paul Newman movie "Nobody's Fool" co-starring Tippi Hedren's daughter Melanie Griffin.

Look out, Arbogast!

What a wonderful watchalong! Great to see you guys recognize Veronica Cartwright at the end. You would LOVE "The Witches of Eastwick". She arguably steals the show from Jack Nicholson in that movie with an already stacked cast. I hope that one wins a poll or gets a bye one day!

Brent bmc_comix

Great movie and great vid guys!!! As someone else brought up, I hope you guys check out The Time Machine from 1960, one of my favorites which also happens to star Rod Taylor! :)

Michael SCH

Thanks for reacting to The Birds, considered Hitchcock's last great film (which I don't necessarily agree with). You've covered most of the popular Hitchcock films that other YouTubers have reactions to. However, there are a few key films that I feel would make good reactions - I just don't know whether anyone is interested in them. The biggest one that's missing is Rope (1948), an early technical masterpiece for Hitchcock. Others include: * the romantic thrillers Notorious (1946) and To Catch a Thief (1955); * the only Hitchcock film to win Best Picture at the Oscars, Rebecca (1940); * the mystery thrillers The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Spellbound (1945); * Hitchcock's great spy thrillers Foreign Correspondent (1940) and The Lady Vanishes (1938); * and my personal late Hitchcock favourite, Frenzy (1972).

David Wilkins

An unexpected treat, and I immediately pulled my disc from the library and watched it with you guys. This one is such a classic. I’ve lost count on viewings and have owned a copy in every home media format. And it’s still a blast. I’m glad that it gave you two a good ride. There are many good scenes, but I think the most masterful is her sitting in the schoolyard, while the birds slowly accumulate behind her.

Michael SCH

Rod Taylor (who's Australian, but you'd never guess that) only has two great films to his credit - this and The Time Machine (1960). Unfortunately, he never turned his short-lived fame into a more lucrative career, being stuck with mostly B-tier action and comedy films. Sadly, Tippi Hedren had a major falling out with Hitchcock after their last collaboration, Marnie (1964). She too, never did much with her acting career after the twin Hitchcock films.

Cliff Adams

A friend of the family worked on this film. Loaned from Disney, Ub Iwerks led the animation team. Very limited budget to create as realistic birds attacking the running students was the most difficult to get right. In a film class on Hitchcock, another of the effects people told us how Hitchcock wanted all outdoor closeups of Melanie to be either rear projection or other process shots. Melanie needed to look separate from nature. Heavy makeup, perfect hair, tailored suit... what would a few years later be considered "uptight." Hitchcock wanted the ambiguity of nature rebelling against all humankind and rebelling against this privileged rich prankster daughter.

Hunter DeRensis

What makes this film extra special is that, besides some ominous birds flying overhead and the lone attack on Melanie in the boat, the first 45 minutes do not play as a horror film but as the setup for a romantic comedy. Melanie and her spirited attitude and love of pranks demonstrate the same romantic determination as the lead of a 1930s screwball. We're given a meet cute in a pet shop, an outrageous, over the top display of infatuation with Melanie's journey to Bodega Bay and pursuit of Mitch's attention, and even a possible love triangle introduced with Annie. Unlike a group of teenagers who go to a cabin in the woods, these are characters who are existing in a whole other genre before the terror starts. Much like ourselves, they're living normal lives when suddenly and for no conceivable reason they're thrust into a horror film and have to react to the circumstance with no understanding of what's happening or why. Sam called the sounds of the film "nightmare fuel." And that's exactly why Hitchcock insisted that there be no film score! It's only the cacophony of birds that the audience hears from beginning to end with no respite. And I agree with Daniel; the third act is flawless, and honestly one of Hitchcock's best. He argued hard to eliminate the "Universal Release" logo at the close of the film so the audience would be left sitting with a black screen but lost out. Fans have a lot of speculation over what the cause of the bird attacks were. Was it really that Melanie was an evil presence who brought this attack from the sky to Bodega Bay? Was it connected to the love birds, who never in the film show any aggression or abnormal behavior? Was it some kind of disease that made the birds go wild? Was this supernatural? It's wisely never explained because, honestly, any reason that tried to explain it would make you go "Oh wait, that's dumb," so best left up to your imagination lol. This can be a difficult movie for modern audiences to appreciate because of the 60-year old special effects, but some of them truly are magnificent, and it can be difficult today to understand how much effort when into them. Thousands upon thousands of birds were used on this production, along with some mechanical birds, and (for the era) the most cutting-edge editing techniques to insert them. These were not actors just standing in front of a green screen; when she entered the second floor bedroom, Tippi Hedren really was being pelted with birds that were being thrown at her by stage hands (and she had to be hospitalized for exhaustion); they were putting birdseed into children's hair to get the birds to fly into them. Blood went into this celluloid in a way that'll never happen again in Hollywood, and we need to respect the hell out of that. As you two noticed, this was Tippi Hedren's first ever film. Until this, she was a super model. Hitchcock noticed her in an advertisement, and (blonde obsessive that he was) decided she would be his next star. As other commenters have pointed out, she's also the lead in his next film Marnie (1964) with Sean Connery—but do NOT expect the same chemistry she had with Rod Taylor lol. Annie is one of the most tragic characters in all of Hitchcock in my opinion; existing on the margins of the man she loves and watching another woman take him while she has to stay above the fray. And hearing about her sacrifice to save Cathy and how the birds "covered her," always makes me misty eyed. You two pointed out that by the end Lydia had accepted Melanie as a match for Mitch, but it's also reciprocal: the way Melanie clings to Lydia in the car also signifies that she'll accept her as a replacement mother figure and receive the "mother's care" she's been deprived of in life. This film was an adaptation of a short story by Daphne du Maurier, whose work was a favorite of Hitchcock's. He also adapted her bestselling novel Rebecca, which was Hitchcock's first Hollywood production and his ONLY film to ever win Best Picture. It's one of my favorite films of all time, and I really hope you two react to it in the near future. It's utterly brilliant. "I don't know how much more Hitchcock we have, but let us know." Honestly, there's about ten other films he directed that are on the level of GREAT that aren't on the channel yet. I'll reiterate to jump to Rebecca (1940) and you can move forward from there!

Hunter DeRensis

I'll second the nomination for Rebecca! These are all great recommendations; I would add Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The 39 Steps (1935), The Trouble With Harry (1955), and suggest the original The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) rather than the remake.

Michael SCH

I'd agree with your choices, too, but I would have listed Hitchcock's entire filmography if I hadn't drawn the line somewhere!

s8150f

A lot of well know actors in this movie. Beautiful Tippi Hedren is also Melanie Griffiths mom. Mitches mom was played by Jessica Tandy a well known Broadway and movie actress from the 40s and 50s later known for Driving Miss Daisy. She was married to Hume Cronyn. Cathy was played by Veronica Cartwright. She played in Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake and many others. She is Lost in Space actress' Angela Cartwrights older sister. Annie the school teacher is Susanne Pleshette who played Bob Newharts wife in the 70s. Rod Taylor was in The Time Machine.

Brad P

Daniel mentioned early on that the location reminded him of The Mist but I think he may have actually been thinking of The Fog which was mainly filmed just down the coast from Bodega Bay. There was actually one brief scene in The Fog that was filmed on the Bodega Bay docks which included a brief glimpse of the famous Tides restaurant in the background. The Tides burned down shortly after The Birds was filmed but was rebuilt and expanded over the years and is still there today. The schoolhouse is actually in a different town simply called Bodega several miles inland and they used a variety of effects and camera tricks to make it appear to be on a hill overlooking Bodega Bay. George Romero acknowledged how the climactic siege of the house was an influence on Night of the Living Dead, particularly the desperate attempts to keep the windows and doors boarded up.

Florian Meier

On Our honeymoon we stopped two Days in Bodega Bay ! Nice City and Area, also "The Fog" was filmed here by John Carpenter !! I think i watched The Birds 10 Times :) What a Classic !!! For more Veronica Cartwright i recommend "The Witches of Eastwick" with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer !!! Fantastic Role !!! Next Hitchcock should be "Rope" or "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Both Classics !!! Great Week Guys

Florian Meier

Love The Witches of Eastwick !! Must watch for the Schmitts !!!

OddThomas

Another great Hitchcock also starring Tippi Hedren is 'Marnie'. And one with Grace Kelly is 'To Catch a Thief'.

OddThomas

I always forget the little girl in The Birds, Veronica Cartwright, is also the other woman in Alien who gets eaten. She's also the mother in Flight of the Navigator which is one of the best 80s movies.

EdmanXERO

So I have a traumatizing bird experience: I was getting off of work and was waiting at the bus stop. Downtown, mind you, which is like, bird central. lol Anyway, there were a shitload of pigeons perked on some of the roofs of buildings. You know how a flock of birds suddenly take off and fly at the same time? Well, these did the same thing, and all you can hear was "plop, splat, plop, splat." These damn birds decided to poop all at once. I swear it sounded like it was raining. LMAO. Thank goodness I was standing under a bus stop with a roof. Otherwise, I would've been nuked by bird shit. 🤣

Philip Alan

to be fair, we don't know if she got eaten. :)

Philip Alan

I love Bodega Bay. The BEST Lobster Rolls! Although it's unrecognizable from what you see in the movie. I've done a ton of shoots in that little town. And the drive in is GREAT! The school & church you see in the movie are still there.

David Martin

The girl who plays Cathy (Veronica Cartwright ) played Lambert in the movie Alien.

David Martin

Of course it's all Melanie's fault. We always think of evil witches as ugly, but the truly evil one would deceive us with a beautiful golden personage and the ability to bewitch all manner of man and beasts.

Abel Salas Jr

A great Hitchcock mystery is Dial M for Murder

Abel Salas Jr

Rewatching this now it occurred to me that if you’re going into this movie not aware that its about actual birds attacking people that the title could have been a reference to the love birds that she bought and that that was a plot device to bring her into this space and have it be about the crazy mother or crazy ex trying to kill her.

Forrest

They watched it on the channel and loved it. First time I watched it as well, and definitely a phenomenal movie!

Abel Salas Jr

Cool, I'll have to watch that reaction, wasnt aware they had done it. Thanks for letting me know.

Miles E Coburn

Great reactions, Sam and Dan! This movie is kind of hit or miss with some people. You know, the ones who scoff at the idea that birds can be scary. But I had faith you two would take the movie as what it was - an exercise in suspense and the way stories were told back then. And you didn't disappoint. It always makes me smile when people watch older movies and say things like, "You don't lock the car?" like in this movie. Or "He just walks right in without knocking?" as in "Psycho". Well, it was a different, more trusting time - 1963 for this one, 1960 for "Psycho". Rod Taylor (Mitch) will forever be in my memory as the protagonist, George in "The Time Machine" (1960). You should check that one out sometime. As well as some of the older science fiction movies that laid the groundwork for the science fiction of today.