The Birds (1963)

Hitch trains the birds to act scary like

I must have been around ten years old when mum took me to watch this movie and the scene which struck me most was the burning petrol station. I just couldn't understand why the birds were getting blamed for that lol! But the connection stayed and now I always watch out for birds whilst filling up. A lot of bad reviews for this in IMDB. Some thought the plot was silly, the conclusion inconclusive, and among other things too many scenes where nothing happens. None of that bothered me. Having been clobbered by a bird several times whilst riding a bike I totally sympathised with the residents of that small Californian town. I was wearing a helmet, maybe they should have thought about doing the same. Goggles to protect the eyeballs? Perhaps.
I quite liked the complication to the love interest in this story, the mother reluctant to lose her son to this good looking blode. That must have been a Hitch's add on, given he was so infatuated with Tippi maybe it gave him hope to win her over...ha ha. I liked the nostalgia of the setting in the sixties too, it now seems so distant. Also I don't think the plot was so silly, the birds could have been mutating into a savage species. But in the final analysis I have to say, I would have taken a slightly different tack to these bird pests. Correct me if I'm wrong but guns are legal in America, not?