One of the most “talkative” no dialouge shorts I’ve ever seen! 
I just LOVE the end where all the little birds loose their
feathers and the large bird just honks with laughter. 
This short is so funny. I loved the birds and that one akward bird. So hilarious. But the
theme of the short really stood out to me.
It’s prolly just me but I gotta say it, when the little
birds are all “shouting” and the goofy one starts to “sing” along doesn’t it sorta sound
like a sax just for that one second? Jus getting my thoughts out here.
According to Ralph Eggleston’s commentary, they made this short purely for fun. And it won an Oscar. Fun’s
not a bad ingrediant to add into a short, eh?
It’s a great little short, and a nice timeless one as well,
like Geri’s Game.
Yeah, it quite possibly is a sax. Watching the short again, he does sound
like one for a few seconds, though not when he’s laughing or anything.
[quote="RMS
Oceanic"]
According to Ralph Eggleston’s commentary, they made this short purely for fun. And it won an Oscar.
Fun’s not a bad ingrediant to add into a short, eh?
It’s a great little short, and a nice timeless one
as well, like Geri’s Game.
[/quote]
Agreed. It’s amazing that
many companies these days seem to forget that “fun” is actually quite integral and necessary for
success!!
What a great short . . . talk about Karma!
Haven’t seen yet, still a surprise to come for me. 
If you look at the picture
above, you will all agree with me when I say this.
[u][b]We are all one happy
family!!![/b][/u]
Yeah, pretty sums that up well. 
That short Film always makes me die laughing. 
Same here.
Didja ever notice that
only a certain amount of the birds (mainly the center) have a distinct personality?
Yeah, they mentioned that in the commentary. I don’t think I ever picked up
on it before watching the commentary, but then, I only watched it a few times before watching it with the
commentary, so who knows, maybe I would have eventually. 
It’s certainly a clever touch. I remember that
after finding that out, I especially enjoyed watching the snobby one; no offense to our many members from the
U.K., but he looks so, well, British.
Pixfan- Yeah, I noticed that
after watching it a couple of times through. But it isn’t overly obvious, and doesn’t spoil the short at
all.
glares at DElf
lizardgirl: Hey,
I said no offense meant! I meant the whole stereotypical British upper-crust-type person, and I’m completely
against stereotypes, so I didn’t mean a thing by it.
Don’t hurt me. 
Hmm…Jolly good. I think we’ve spiffingly cleared this
up, eh, old chap?
I have had a
debate with a friend about this short about the moral. I think it is even the unique can still be adored. My
friend thinks what goes up must come down. So what is the actual theme to this short?
The moral, in a sense, is
that if you make fun of others, it will come back around to you. So…I’m screwed.
TSS: Who’s to say that
anything has to have only one moral? There are lot more things that have several
morals than there are things that have just one. For The Birds is both of those, and what lizardgirl said, and
plenty more as well.