Apr 30, 2017
Movie Meltdown - Episode 392
This week we try to tackle the
notorious modern "classic" - Birdemic: Shock and
Terror. At first we start to crack from the initial "shock", but as
we make our way through the so-called "terror", we eventually come
around to a pretty amazing resolution.
And while we revel in a land of
lawlessness and sweet bird justice, we also bring up... spider
monkeys, robotin', more
Indiana Jones, time-lapse filmmaking, just as smarmy but with guns,
Samurai Cop, the rotary hot dog maker, beloved 8-bit graphics, the
first selfie, a sheet with a hole in it, driving around with birds,
you're taking a risk... you are taking a chance, you have to be the
fool, a lady alien, Jake from State Farm, cut him a check Yoko, you
can't make a cult film, Transformers, Nagel artwork, the Al Gore
spiel, winter is coming, you're mission is accomplished, did we
break our Hammerhead Corvette, it looks like you went to the
mall... in 1984, a mountain lion with water wings, the way that
it's told is kind of the way that I imagine... like when you're a
kid and you're making up a story, and you're playing, The Labeouf,
a quick gruesome death... by birds, do what you love, The Attack of
the Killer Shrews, the Spear of Destiny, a joyous life-affirming
experience, evil underwater vultures, that is the mark of an
incredibly bad film, your finger on the pulse of the history, if
you owned a 7‑Eleven, whether you made money on it or not and who
doesn't love a road trip... with machine guns... and never-ending
ammo?
Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for
Rogue One. Oh... and I guess for Birdemic: Shock and
Terror as well.
"It takes a lot to make 'Over
the Top' look like an Oscar winner... by
comparison."