Smoking cigarettes in front of the school
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Birds
strey-05416 — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 11:36 AM)
I believe she was setting a bad example for the children smoking a cigarette in front of the school. Smoking causes all kinds of health issues and nobody seemed bothered by everyone lighting up in this film. I was offended by this and they need to edit this part out of the film. Perhaps they could edit the cigarette out of her hand with all the new technology they have. Everytime I watch this film I skip this part. They need to edit cigarette smoking from all films so that children will not grow up to be smokers. It is a nasty habit and it kills.
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strey-05416 — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 01:28 PM)
I don't care if it was 1922, we must eliminate cigarette smoking for good. That also means editing out of films . Do you think lung cancer is something to joke about? Research Truth , the organization that wants to be the generation to finish it.
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Sponiatowski — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 09:36 PM)
Smoking causes all kinds of health issues and nobody seemed bothered by everyone lighting up in this film.
At least no one in the film was
FAT
except for Alfred Hitchcock, which is more than can be said for the current "health conscious" society.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.- Ayn Rand
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RobbieCalifornia — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 02:34 PM)
I didn't care for that scene either, though I don't care if she was smoking. It was 1962.
It didn't make a lot of sense for her to sit out there to have a smoke with all those crazy birds flying around out there. -
beachaleena — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 06:08 AM)
April fool, right? In January?
You seriously think this movie should be edited because people smoked in it? Do you think Gone With the Wind should be re-shot because of the portrayal of African Americans?
Movies reflect the time they were made and give a window into people's lives and values.
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strey-05416 — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 03:21 AM)
Yes, you got me Beachleena. This is an early April Fools joke way ahead of its time. I just wanted to sound like those anti-smoker people and pretend to be them here on IMBD. Can you believe there are people who want to edit cigarettes out of films. That is a part of history that we can not get rid of. With that mentality we might as well edit out guns and everything else that makes these movies great. I am a smoker myself and still get harassed if I light up or given dirty looks. Often people look at me like if I'm blowing anthrax in their direction when I stand outside of a bar or restaurant to smoke a cigarette. I understand cigarette smoke can be annoying and supposedly second hand smoke kills but now we cant even smoke in bars over here. Yes, I understand that cigarettes kill and all but I'm not trying to live to be 95 either. I love watching these old films and it seems so long ago when it was proper to offer a lady a cigarette. It was a sign of adulthood to smoke. Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Marlon Brando all looked so cool. Im sure the cigarettes back then weren't sprayed with all the chemicals we have today. I wish I had been in my prime back in 1960, Woodstock, the doors, Hendrix, ..but now I'm here with this world getting crazier and crazier. As my post is
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dwarol — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 07:00 PM)
Well, I hope you are one of the lucky ones who doesn't get cancer.
But my father wasn't. On the night he told us about his diagnosis he said that nonetheless he was glad that he smoked because he enjoyed it so much. Three years later after several rounds of chemo and the radiation he told us he just wanted to die.
He made it to 81 and lived a good full life. But those last three years were a horror show and nobody should go out like that. It also took a huge toll on us his family which can't be overlooked.
I remember going to one of my father's chemo treatments and seeing almost half a floor of couches holding people who were also getting chemo, almost all of them older people. They were paying for a lifetime of smoking because back before the '60s nobody knew what it could do, and besides it looked so cool. All the beautiful stars in the movies were doing it.
I really believe that smoking is your own business, and this is the first time I'm ever said something like this to anybody. But to be honest your cavalier attitude and the fact that your original post was a bit of a troll annoyed me. If you really believe what you said, you have no idea what's in store for you if you do get cancer. -
ncdwbmk6 — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 01:43 PM)
I think they should edit out all the birds in this film, so as not to encourage hate crimes against birds. Then the title should be changed to something more neutral, like "A Weekend in Bodega Bay."
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Control Freak — 4 years ago(December 02, 2021 06:55 AM)
That's the part I walked in on when I was a kid!! I distinctly remember that scene and feeling terrified at what I saw. Even now as an adult I watch this movie but I'm admiring how the director build the suspense. She keeps looking behind Melanie at the school but the birds are gathering on the jungle gym right behind her back, watching and waiting to strike!
Donna is the only member of filmboards that nimda punished for wanting to leave. -
MovieManCin2 — 4 years ago(December 02, 2021 07:00 AM)
It was a different era.
I'll bet you also want to paint clothes on Michelangelo's
David,
and
The Creation of Man
in the Sistine Chapel. Grow up.
MAGA! FAFO!
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder. 