It totally is! Every 5th of January as it so happens.
There's no reason to post about it other than that I actually threw on this Finding Nemo seagull t-shirt this morning "MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE" ... before I knew! [insert eery music]
It's a sign that silly list-making is required of me.
Though this year in cinema was definitely the Year of the Dog, we did get at least one memorable bird in Lord Shen, the villain of Kung Fu Panda 2. There were also feathers flying everywhere in Rio but I can't seem to bring myself to watch the screener because it never shows up in "Best Animated Film" nominations. Not that you should trust those when Cars 2 does ferchrissakes.
Favorite Feathered Film Things!
18 Ben Foster as Angel in Let Us Not Speak of That Movie or that guy from Barbarella I forget his name.
17 Kevin in Up (2009)
16 Lord Shen in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
15 Camilla from The Muppets
14 Those ostrich costumes in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
13 The vultures from The Jungle Book
12 Maleficent's crow in Sleeping Beauty
11 The Crow (1994)
10 The mariachi owls from Rango
09 those seagulls "mine mine mine mine mine mine"
08 Natalie's final pirouette transformation in Black Swan
07 Matthew Barney's flock in Cremaster 5 (1997)
Cremaster 5
06 Björk at the Oscars
05 Babs in Chicken Run (2000). Remember her?
04 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
03 Pixar's For the Birds
02 The Birds (1963)
01 Michelle Pfeiffer as Ladyhawke (1985)
P.S. Tweety-bird and Road Runner are assholes.
P.P. S. images that came up this morning when I searched for "Ben Foster Angel Screencaps"
and they all came up within the first couple of pages. LOL
Zombieland rules, Shame's three-way, Rapunzel Baby, some shirtless guy -- I'm guessing reality television?, Harry Potter... internet lulz!
What they have to do with Ben Foster's winged mutant is up to you to decipher!