Title: Birdemic
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: Not a one, but it’s okay. No one really has a Wikipedia page anyway.
Introduction: I bought it because it looked awesome. I was right.
Location: Several different places in a small town, but I don’t honestly know if they had their permits or not. Some of it looked to be done Cecil B. Demented style.
Plot: So there’s this guy and he meets this girl he went to high school with only she doesn’t really seem to remember him. Then they get into contact again and go through some events which just make you wish you’d never watched a single movie. Ever. The guy lands some kind of million dollar deal at whatever his job is, then manages to drive a car that gets 100 miles per gallon and then he gets investors to help him create a billion dollar industry. All the while the girl is a model and she’s just landed a great gig with Victoria’s Secret. Eventually (and thankfully) the birds begin to attack and pretty much kill everyone for no real reason. Why do the birds attack? Who cares, these awful characters die (mostly all of them) and that’s all that really matters. In fact, pretty much all of the characters that do die end up that way because they don’t follow the classic horror movie rules. When you’re on the run from killer birds, don’t get out of your car for anything. Yes, this movie is hilarious but it ranks right up there with Rubber as one of my new favorite movies.
Acting: No one in this movie can act. Period.
Production: It wasn’t make for theaters and let’s be honest, the camera work and audio are not the best. But really, if your problem is the camera work or the audio then you really aren’t digging deep enough into the cheesiness of this movie. Also, it should be noted that in scenes like when they first date and talk about what they do for a living, this comes off feeling like a training video you’d watch at your first day of a new job. And later when he meets her mom it feels a lot like an infomercial you might stumble upon at 2 in the morning because Comedy Central has bills to pay too.
Sex/Nudity: No nudity, but there is an awkward sex scene of sorts.
Special Effects: They are AWESOME. Imagine if you could edit birds into your movies using Microsoft Paint on your computer. This is what that would look like.
Overall Verdict: While this is quite possibly one of the worst produced movies ever made, it is also one of my favorites. All those involved owe something to both Ed Wood and the Mystery Science Theater 3000 gang because without any of them people wouldn’t see the good in this movie buried deep underneath all of the bad.
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