The director starts with a long travelling shot, and we automatically add Kubrick to Hitchcock as directors the person behind this obviously aspires to.
The first scene shows exactly how far from that he is as he fails to a) get his actor walking like a believable human being, or b) manage 2 seconds of a tracking shot on him without the camera clunkily jumping along.
That said, visually the film isn't too bad, we get some very artistic and picturesque shots, let down a bit by lingering shots on cars, women, sandwiches and whatever else the director likes.
The sound and editing is awful, cutting between shots with completely different levels of volume and ambience. I thought it was bad during the early conversations, but the boardroom and then on the beach it got progressively worse, and at times the dialogue is even drowned out.
Everything is super heavy handed, ranging from the constant environmental/anti-war messages to via news reports and dropped into conversations, as well as frequent comments about of money - A hundred dollar fuel, a twenty thousand dollar solar panel, a million dollar contract, a 10 million dollar investment, a billion dollar takeover! I have to say though these both got funnier throughout.
I takes over 45 minutes to get to the actual birdemic, and the CGI is the next level bad you're expecting (maybe hoping for) by that stage of the film. The scene where they fight them off with coat hangers is one of my personal highlights of the film, along with pretty much every death scene.
I will give credit to the female lead, she has a bit of charm, and I find her daily activities of walking, cutting food etc. as believable as her being a model. Beyond that the extras are largely better than the main cast. The young girl in particular has clearly never acted before.
I won't go into more specifics or spoilers as you really need to watch it and be as shocked and entertained as I was. Right, I'm off to watch the sequel!
0 out of 0 found this helpful.
Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink
Tell Your Friends