The Birds

The Birds, 1963. A woman follows a man to a small town, where he lives with his over-protective mother.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Evan Hunter, based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier. Starring Tippi Hedren & Rod Taylor.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 1/4 (Bad)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 1/4 (Bad)
Special effects/design: 0/4 (Terrible)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 0/4 (Terrible). The idea of not having music, just bird sounds, would have worked if (1) more than half the movie had anything to do with birds, and (2) the bird sounds didn't sound like somebody playing bongos with his cat.
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). The first 90 minutes is awful - mostly boring "development" of shit characters, with the occasional unintentionally funny bird attack. The last half hour, on the other hand, is great. But why sit through the crap when you can just skip to the good bits by watching Night of the Living Dead instead?
Objective Rating (Average): 1.2/4 (Bad)