For the Birds (2001)

From my favorite movies..

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This short animation tells the story of a group of mean birds on a wire, who laughs at a big bird who wants to join them on the wire.The animation is only three minutes long, but it already tells a lot of story. The little birds are really mean, and bullies the big bird. The big bird tries to be friendly, but is bullied by the small birds. Well, who has the last laugh? The short animation is entertaining, and has a satisfactory ending. I enjoyed watching it.

"For the Birds" is a three-minute movie from 15 years ago and therefore one of Pixar's shortest and earliest efforts. It won an Oscar in the Animated Short Film category and fittingly the director behind it is named Ralph Eggleston, who also worked as a voice actor here. Surprisingly, after his Oscar win, Mr. Eggleston changed from animation department to art department in the animation sector for most of his following projects. We see a group of restless angry small birds who seem to peck after everything and everybody that annoys them, so after attacking each other, their focus is quickly on a big blue bird that makes another noise than they do. They quickly hunt him away, but he still hangs in. Too late the little fellows understand what him letting loose means. This moment of realization is possibly the funniest part of the film. So you probably know who finally has the last laugh. It's an entertaining three minutes, but I would not say it is Oscar worthy, at least not in terms of the story. Still certainly worth a watch. Recommended and I wonder if the big bird is going to get his own film at some point. Probably not.

I've seen this short several times and the first time I saw it at the cinema before 'Monsters Inc,' I found it absolutely hilarious. When my father purchased the 'Monsters Inc' DVD, I also found it funny the second time around but when I was shown this in assembly at school with my fellow pupils, nobody really laughed to my Head of Year's surprise. After having seen this for the first time in several years upon renting the first volume of Pixar shorts on a DVD, I laughed just as much as I did on my first two viewings.The small birds are adorable and the big bird is a hoot. The funniest parts were the little birds seeming to argue when they stood on the wire of the telegraph pole, the honking sounds they make whilst puffing out and the moment the wire flung them up in the air when they were trying to peck the big bird off it. It was also funny when the bids realised their feathers were missing, covered themselves as if they had privates and hid behind the big bird followed by the splat of bird poo on the ending card. The animation has impressive use of the squash and stretch principle, the birds are coloured in a lovely shade of blue and the musical score is reminiscent of those used in 'Luxo Jr' and 'Red's Dream.'Overall this is one of Pixar's funniest and most straightforward shorts. 9/10.

I love it when little cartoons like these win an Oscar. There are so many variety of little animated shorts, some that are really innovative and some that are very deep, but some just deserve the win for being so fun. For three whole minutes, this little film has you in hysterics. From the amazing sound effects that the birds make, to the incredibly genius ending, it's fun to keep watching this just for kicks.It's about a couple of little snobby birds who fly onto a telephone wire and start hilariously chirping at each other. They suddenly hear a loud scream and they look over to see a funny looking big bird who wants to join in. The bird comes over and stands with them, pulling the wire down. The bird flips and holds on with one leg and the snobby birds start playing a game of "this little piggy..." They look down and as they're taking off the last finger, they notice that the telephone wire is at ground level and that the big bird will surely just fall an inch and they will get shot up. In a hilarious ending, the bird falls and the snobby birds fly up, losing all of their feathers.This is an animated short that everyone can enjoy. It's not exactly targeted to children, nor is it targeted towards animated short buffs. It's something fun to watch before starting a good movie, or something hilarious to see when you're down. It always puts a smile on your face."For the Birds" is definitely an animated short that focuses more on the humor aspect, rather than the animation and story. The real fun comes when watching it with different people, knowing you'll all hysterically laugh once that bird falls and the snobby birds fly up. Definitely worth at least one viewing for pure entertainment! 9/10