Drive-in Sci-Fi: The Giant Claw (1957)

Once the world was big, but science made it smaller. and then they go on boasting about "new radar technology". oh boy we just shrinked the world with radars! Then we see people testing sound barrier planes. then the narrator goes on telling the people that work at facility, by their job, he even says "people doing their job". TWICE. Narrators warns us about UFO before the characters does though, interesting. They do find UFO flying and being as big as battleship. and army is flying to intercept, but finds nothing. the guy gets spanked for the "joke" he did even though one of the plane disappears. and that's completely natural, no way an UFO could have made it? the biggest problem they have is radars not detecting it, cha you silly high end technology.
So they fly out somewhere, probably to investigate, but ufo his their plane too and they crashland. but they survive the crash, even though the plane is "gone". they suddenly appear inside a town and local sheriff calls them a car back to the city. while waiting they drink vodka that is "a perfect antidote for snake bite, thunder, lightning and disbelieving generals".
They fly yet on another plane to washington. dont they learn that you shouldn't fly plans now? meanwhile the first pilot attempts to force the girl to kiss him. they then start arguing whether ufo is real and wake up others in the plane, the passsengers even complain.
And then we see it, a giant bird attacks a marine ship and eats its passengers. the ship model is awful though. They try to shoot it and nothing works. tanks rockets ect. but "its just a bird". they repeat it many times. They decide to shoot atomic weapons even, no game. so they put up a theory about antimatter that has negative nucleos and positive electrodes. it also decides that antimatter has been proven. the bird is protected by antimatter screen, thats why radar wouldnt work. wow this is so far in the "WTF" zone. even the general says its a guesswork. but the "Scientist" "proves" him its been proven that bird can generate antimatter by choice. WOW.
They find a birds feather and attempts to analyse what it was made from but the feather makes thier stuff go boom (we dont see the boom though). wow thats some explosive feathers. so the bird must be "Extraterrestrial from a sick universe of anitmatter". nice ass-umptions they do there....
the press called it "feathered nightmare on wings" now what the fuck is that. and yes i spelled it correctly ON wings, not with wings they say. how many logical errors they can make in here?
They make a plan that are not told to us, but stop to listen to news radio that says things both we and them already know. They find birds nest with an egg in it and decides to shoot the egg to destroy it. it works. Then it finally eats one of the most annoying characters. the others comment on it "see, it did meant his death". that's cold even for a horror b-movie. then it decides to eat some bad teenagers in a car. good job birdie.
they find a way to disable the birds shield and then express it "you can hit it with anything but the kitchens sink" to which general replies "well we got kitchen sinks to spare". i guess he needed hearing implant too. When the bird attacks the city it keeps making so much ridiculous noise that it gets very annoying. why he attacks buildings noone knows. so they make the chase sequence where bird is chasing them and manage to finally break the shield. then the regular misiles do to sing the birdie. off we go.

This movie was also reviewed on CinemaMassacre's monster madness 13rd entry of 2009.
Story: 2/10. what story?
Acting: 3/10. at least they delivered the goofy lines.
Sound: 2/10. the usual terrible soundtrack.
Sci factor: 0/10. 0 doesnt do it justice.
Lasting Appeal: 1/10. oh no its a giant bird from outer space....
Overall rating: 2/10.