Stupidity: When birds gather in the schoolyard, Melanie runs in to warn Annie. Rather than call the police or fire department for help and shelter in place until aid arrives (which would take about ten minutes), they make a run for it with the children, out in the open, attacked by the birds. As it's the 1960s, the schoolhouse must have a working phone. Even if it didn't or wasn't working, one adults could have driven in Melanie's car to get help.
raywest
21st Jul 2020
The Birds (1963)
28th May 2020
The Birds (1963)
Other mistake: Annie is the only teacher in the town, and there is only one classroom with students, all who are around the ages of 10-12 years old, even though the schoolhouse she teaches at is a two-story, mid-sized building with multiple rooms. There are no administrators, staff, custodians, or other teachers and no students in lower and upper grades at all. Even when Annie and Melanie are evacuating the children during the crow attack, there is only the two women and Annie's students. There is no-one else.