The Birds (1963) is a seriously overrated film. There are many other classic Hitchcock pictures from both before and after this film that are better than this film.
Glad I’m not the only one who felt this way. I can understand how the concept of a bunch of our feathered friends going rogue could be intense, but for me, the characters kept the movie from ever taking off. I don’t remember liking any of them except for maybe the old lady who lost her husband. And I’m about to commit blasphemy for saying this, but Tippi Hedren’s character was way too much of a goody-two-shoes character for me to care about her. In fact, when she got ambushed near the end of the movie, I was rooting for those birds to peck her to death.
So, no. I’ll just stick to rewatching Vertigo for the hundredth time, thank you very much.