Leah Mell

I noticed this movie is reviewed at either a 1 or a 5, no in between. I can relate to the 5s here because Birdemic: Shock and Terror is so horrifically bad, that it's good. What is supposed to be a gruesome, morbid thriller about a bird attack on a quaint town, comes out as a light-hearted, good old hilarious time. This movie had me in tears many times. *spoilers ahead* the first time I laughed so hard I cried was within the first five minutes of the film when the main character goes into a restaurant and the waitress greets him with this staticy, obnoxious "HI" followed by a quieter, still fuzzy "here's the menu". This moment sets the tone for the rest of the movie. There aren't any actual birds for the first 45 minutes because the movie is too busy explaining that every single characters life is going perfectly as planned. The main characters company gets the funding it needs, he gets a solar panel, life is good. The female character just landed a modelling gig with Victoria's Secret. So of course they meet and go on like two dates. Then, the birds come in. I think they had one bird sound, three animations and no budget. It was fine. Especially the bird puke acid. Totally awesome. I get that one possibly insane man made this film so there isn't much to be expected. And that's why I like it. It's fun and light hearted.

I've only played this game for an hour and I got it slightly on sale but I must say WOW. This game is so much more in-depth than I ever imagined a zoo game could be. Granted, the only other zoo game I've played was the Zoo expansion for RCT 3. Frontier really knows what they're doing. I own Planet Coaster and while its good, I actually like this one a lot more because it seems there are many other elements that play into the quality of the zoo. I like that you have to make the enclosures just right, instead of randomly placing animals and having to deal with an escape every now and again. I haven't even gotten to any real "decoration" aspect because I've only played the tutorial, however, I am excited because it doesn't seem as complex as Planet Coaster. I did not like making buildings in Planet Coaster, and I think this will probably have the same thing going on, but there's just so much more to it than just build build build.