A resposta muito curta é não. Nguyen parece ser genuinamente insano, sem saber que seu filme é risível. Ele honestamente acredita que o público está rindo com o filme e que é um 'pedaço de pensamento' inteligente e um filme de romance (!).
Se você quiser olhar nos olhos da loucura, pode assistir as entrevistas abaixo
Interviewer: "Do you think it's a good film?"
Nguyen: "I think that it's a good film, based on the condition of what I had to work with"
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I see a similar pattern, is that the audience really likes the film. I think the majority of the audience [are] really laughing with the movie, and they were really experiencing the scenes of the film, scene-to-scene. It’s like they were sitting at the midnight showing of the ‘Rocky Horror [Picture Show]’. You know? - http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/23593/special-interview-birdemic-shock-and-terror-director-james-nguyen/