Posted on 07/20/2008 7:33:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Director:Martin Campbell
Writers:Paul Harris Boardman (writer)
Scott Derrickson (writer) more
Release Date:3 July 2009 (USA) more
Genre:Horror | Thriller more
Plot:A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller about a flock of birds that take over a quiet Northern California town. | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:Remake
Production Notes/Status:
Status:Pre-production
Comments:The film's production dates have been pushed past any possible directors and actors strike.
Status Updated:22 April 2008
Note:Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.
Cast (Credited cast)
Naomi Watts ... Melanie Daniels (rumored)
All I can figure is that youngsters see the original’s special effects as what oldsters would call “corny”.
It isn’t enough for the current generation of dumbed down movie goers to see fake blood around the eye sockets — they want to see the eye being picked out and rolling on the ground.
Here’s a Hitchcock film that was never made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5nAxzH4OPs
Watch carefully all the way through.
;-)
Hithcock is an icon of film making. A Hitchcock movie's storyline is secondary to fans like myself. It's the Hitchcock's method that is essential. No one could direct actors like he could. You could tell what a Hitchcock character was thinking just by the expression on their faces.
He is considered the master of suspense. The Hitchcock method was copied by director Paul Verhoven in his successful 1992 thriller "Basic Instinct".
I find computer animation to generally look bad in live action films. The motion is “too fast” and bears little resemblence to reality.
The rotating camera “spins” don’t make the effect any more convincing.
The old effects may be “corny” but they are no less convincing than the modern techniques.
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