History YMMV / Birdemic

* EarWorm: "Hangin' out! Hangin' out! Hangin' out with my family!"

* James Nguyen obviously has no idea how big a deal being a Victoria's Secret cover model is - in terms of money or prestige.

* DontShootTheMessage: Don't expect any pro-enviromental groups to add this one to their top-10 movies list.

* GiftedlyBad: James Nguyen. A perfect example of this is found in the DVD extras: some random person sarcastically asks Nguyen why is movie is so awesome and Nguyen responds (apparently obvlivious to said sarcasm) "Sincerity."

** The birds don't so much "fly" as "hover while slowly flapping their wings". They move [[strike: like]] ''far'' worse than the aerial mounts in ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

** The birds don't so much "fly" as "hover while slowly flapping their wings". They move [[strike like]] ''worse than the aerial mounts in'' ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

** The birds don't so much "fly" as "hover while slowly flapping their wings". They move like aerial mounts in ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

* DetractorNickname: Rod is sometimes referred to as "[[DullSurprise Wooden Rod]]"

** There are many serious ecological concerns associated with global warming, from abnormally short or long seasons to widespread flooding to powerful hurricanes to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking more]] [[KnowYourVines poison ivy]]. However, "exploding mutant birds" is ''not'' one of them.

* TheyJustDidntCare: Allowing for NoBudget and improvised props, Nyugen still didn't exactly show that he was thorough with his direction.

** Nyugen also completely ignored sound mixing or even taking a normal room tone, which is why the background would change during editing. For example, during the scene with Tom Hill, you could hear a brook babbling behind him when the shot was on him, but the sound of water would vanish when the camera was off him.

** There are many serious ecological concerns associated with global warming, from abnormally short or long seasons to widespread flooding to powerful hurricanes to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking more]] [[KnowYourVines poison ivy]]. However, "mutant birds" is ''not'' one of them.

* IdiotPlot: Swarms of eagles are attacking people everywhere, yet the main characters drive out to the country, repeatedly getting out of the car for impromputu picnics. Any time anyone is inside a car, they leave the windows rolled down. The entire movie could have been resolved by staying indoors.

** There are many serious ecological concerns associated with global warming. "Mutant birds" is not one of them.

* SoBadItsGood: It makes ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'' look like a [[{{Anvilicious}} subtle warning about]], [[YouFailBiologyForever and a realistic portrayal of]] the effects of global warming. The entire cast, crew, writers and editors turn in perfomances that wouldn't just get them kicked out of any film school, but land them a restraining order as well. And it's glorious.

* BadBadActing: Alan Bagh (who plays Rod) seems hyperconscious of the camera, trying his ''hardest'' not to look into it. The fellows at {{RiffTrax}} imply he's an alien learning to walk like a human for the first time.

* SoBadItsGood: It makes ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'' look like a [[{{Anvilicious}} subtle warning about]], [[YouFailBiologyForever and a realistic portrail of]] the effects of global warming. The entire cast, crew, writers and editors turn in perfomances that wouldn't just get them kicked out of any film school, but land them a restraining order as well. And it's glorious.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Possibly the Most Triumphant Example.
* AssPull: Ramsey's guns, which he apparently kept in his van. He says that he used to be a Marine but he quit because he was tired of killing. [[FridgeLogic So then why did he keep his guns?]]
* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big Lipped Alligator]] ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Movie]]''

* HellIsThatNoise: Averted with the birds' amazingly goofy squawking noises.

* SnarkBait: ... Yes.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Oh, Dear God, yes. For example, a dead bird is a cartoon clip art of a bird superimposed on the screen.
** Most of the 'flying' birds are just superimposed animated gifs of the same bird.

-->'''Kevin:''' Help, it's a strangely localized forest fire!
-->'''Bill:''' With small pinpoint blazes that are not spreading in the least! Help!
-->'''Mike:''' And which are handily contained to tiny patches off the road itself making safe passage quite easy! Help!
-->''(later'')
-->'''Kevin:''' It's not a forest fire. It's a bunch of Buddhist monk chipmunks doing a simultaneous self-immolation to protest!
-->'''Bill:''' To protest global warming?
-->'''Kevin:''' No, ''this movie''!

-->'''Mike:''' Sincere expression of remorse: "I didn't do anything!"
-->'''Bill:''' "Mistakes were made!"

* AssPull: Presumably where they got the uzis out of the guy's truck. He said that he used to be a marine but quit because he was tired of killing, [[FridgeLogic but then why did he keep the uzis?]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: Any time the birds show up.

* SpecialEffectFailure