The Worst Independent Film of All Time???

• This post doesn't have anything to do with what we discussed...but the closest relation to THIS and fairy tales, would have to be the fact that it's a fairy tale that this movie even exists. I gotta say, I usually don't watch independent films. Why you may ask? I'll admit there are some great Independent films out there, but one of the reasons I tend to watch movies made by studios ( and sometimes still get bummed out ) is because they don't make movies like "Birdemic". A lot of people say "The Room" is the absolute worst American Independent film ever. I can't say whether or not that's true, because I haven't seen it, but what I have seen, is the shock and terror, of "Birdemic: Shock and Terror". I can say without a doubt there is literally nothing on this earth that can mentally prepare you for the atrocity of this film. That sounds really harsh... but it's true. In seriousness though, Birdemic is probably the worst movie I've ever seen. I got suckered into it after watching "Howard the Duck" last year, I said " Gee there can't be anything worse than THAT" I was shortly pointed towards this movie. I can't say I feel sorry for myself though. Nobody knows about this movie except for indie film makers and people who were just unlucky to come across it in a backwater internet search. In retrospect though, it's a good thing this movie is hidden. I think I lost brain cells after watching it. Okay, enough complaining, you wanna know why this movie was so bad? Lately, all of the movies I've been watching in DM101 and Signs and Wonders have purposeful meaning behind them. We aren't just watching fluff films with explosions and no morality. Birdemic does have a greater meaning behind it, the whole movie is what would happen if you crammed Al Gore in a blender with a flock of seagulls. That's right, the movie is about global warming. It's entire moral basis is this incredibly sappy and blatantly obvious lecture on global warming, and how if we don't stop burning fossil fuels, birds are going to go crazy and attack us. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, the whole plot is set in this california coastal town, and eagles get into flocks and dive-bomb buildings, shoot acid at crowds and slice people's necks with talons... Yeah go ahead read that again. Clearly the director, James Nguyen, is a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock's film "The Birds" is basically what this new director was shooting for. Except Alfred Hitchcock's film was actually good, and is considered a masterpiece, and of his many iconic films. Birdemic is a joke compared to The Birds however, and I thank god that there are absolutely no references or cheesy jokes in Birdemic to The Birds. It would severely squander the name of Hitchcock's movie. Okay so that basically explains that Birdemic had some "purpose" and they weren't just fooling around intentionally making a horrible film. What they did wrong film wise though would be... stale actors, the upmost horrible CGI, action scenes that boggle the mind in stupidity, the script sounds like a first draft...by a middle schooler. The camera shots are horrendous ( I counted one actually good shot that lasted 3 seconds.) pointless scenes ( there are over 20 minutes of silent driving shots ) cheesy romantic subplot, half the characters cram information about global warming that I learned in 8th grade. Finally the fact that there was absolutely no point in this film's existence except to blow 10,000 dollars ( yes that was the ACTUAL budget) on a forceful message about global warming, which those 10,000 dollars could have gone to global warming research, if it REALLY MATTERED that much. I was recently reminded of this film's existence, so I just had to share it with you guys, if you didn't believe a word I said, the movie is on youtube and here is the actual trailer if you want a quick giggle...
• see ya next time when they release Birdemic 2! ( Yes, they are making a sequel )