Twister - Limited Edition Collector's Set

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Summary: Cool effects, cheesy acting
Review: When i saw this at the movies, I thought it had one of the coolest opening scenes i'd seen, and the effects throughout the movie were great. After seeing the movie a few times, the ooOO's and ahhh's have worn off, and I really notice how cheesy the acting in this movie is. I still think that the movie is half decent because of the special effects.

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Summary: Non-Stop excitement and fun
Review: "Twister" is a wild ride of a film that is also non-stop fun. The tornadoes in this film are staggering, brought to life by amazing visual effects, I can't really say to much about this movie except that it is always exciting and fun.

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Summary: Twister
Review: From the director of "Speed" comes another fast-pased adventure... but this time it's a force of nature... and a deadly one. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton star as tornado chasers in Tornado Alley, who attempt to research deadly F5 twisters with a special research device, "The Dorothy II". But when mother nature takes her course, and things start to get out of hand, Paxton and Hunt's characters join forces to escape Earth's deadliest natural force. Directed by Jan De Bont. A good movie to see, and I can guarantee you'll love it.

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Summary: Good, but not Great
Review: The special effects were awsome---the plot not so great.Okay movie, but deffinatly just a renter. Helen Hunt is extremely good in this movie however and if you're a fan it is a must-see. My rating of 3 stars is more of a personal rating--I am into Horror (hey, I'm a teen!) verse action.

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Summary: One of my favorite movies
Review: First of all, anyone who tells you they hated this movie simply did not give it a chance. People who can bring up all the little inconsistancies of the movie obviously spent more time looking for them than actually watching the movie. Being a meteorology student studying severe weather, I can safely say that some of the "impossibilities" in the movie can actually have have actually happened before. Tornadoes are a scientific anomoly that we don't know everything about. The plot is rather unique, considering no other movie has ever featured tornadoes as the main attraction. A group of rag-tag storm chasers roams across the plains Oklahoma is search of tornadoes in an effort to study them, hoping to develop an advanced warning system (which is desperatly needed in many parts of the country). Their plan is to deploy a large steel drum filled with sensors into an approaching tornado. This is where fantasy and reality take two totally seperate paths. Real-life storm chasers would never try to get as close as the chasers in the movie did. But after all, this is an action movie, and if it had stuck to formalities, the movie would have been very boring. The sub-plot was considerably weak, though. Jo (Helen Hunt) and Bill (Paxton), are finalizing a divorce which Jo is trying desperatly, but subtly, to get out of. Before starting the days chase, Bill comes by with a new fiance to get the divorce papers. Jo is planning on trying to get him back for the group, if not only for herself. After discovering that Jo and her team have finished a project that he had started (the sensor package), he is convinced to stay for the day and help them chase. Events transpire and it becomes evident that Bill is "back." The dialogue, which was blasted by all sorts of critics, is quite suited for the film in my opinion. Many complained that it was too basic, dull, plain, lacking depth, whatever other adverb you can think of. But if you stop to think about it, would you have an in-depth conversation about tornadogenesis with your team while a tornado is bearing down upon you? I don't think so. Besides, 3/4 of the people who saw it, saw it because of the special effects. They are spectacular, but the only complaint I had was that they made the tornadoes appear out of pathetic looking status clouds, rather than the jaw dropping rotating wall clouds and supercell thunderstorms that most tornadoes come from. This is a great movie, because it has such homely appeal. I couldn't imagine this movie with Tom Cruise or Jennifer Aniston. It reflected the laid back attitude of the mid-west, which added to the film's effect. Definetly worth seeing.

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Summary: Crank up the sound system!
Review: If you're not watching this movie on LaserDisc or DVD you're missing out. This movie is one of the best surround sound demos one can have for a home theater. The movie itself is, as everyone says, absolutely plotless. But it's a visual masterpiece, with wonderfully choreographed chaos. One of my personal favorites.

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Summary: GREAT for surround effect
Review: This movie was just simply awsome in its power to test your suuround speakers.you might run for your life to hide from the empowering roar of the tornado in you living room.I just get so excited since dts version is coming.make me wanna sell my old dd version of twister.if you are in for special effect and excellent surround sound effect with low low BASS,this is it.the story line is so so.

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Summary: Good DVD Release of the Hit Movie
Review: I have had my copy for a couple of months and have watched it only 3 or 4 times. You would think with the digital encoding and improved sound, you would get a better effect. I gave this DVD 4 out of 5 stars only because I liked it the first go around.

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Summary: Awesome tornadoes
Review: I wont waste much time on the actors and the acting in general (except that Helen Hunt was really very good), nor on the movie plot, which is not really that interesting (typical cliches of a bunch of scientists fighting against the big bad guys from the corporations)... But the special effects are just fantastic and make the movie worth being bought and watched. Especially for us Europeans who dont really know what a tornado is like, this movie gives a good insight in the powerful force of desctruction such a tornado can have and the dangers people are confronting by living in the concerned areas.

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Summary: Great showoff DVD for your home theater.
Review: This is a good DVD to pop in the player to show off your system to your friends. Being a ham radio operator & sometime storm chaser, this movie makes chase teams look like a bunch of clowns yelling into their CB radios. The groups I have been associated with are a lot more professional. Not particularly accurate as far as tornado behavior is concerned. How many people can run in a field & escape an F5 twister (ha)? But the special effects are really good & the soundtrack is awesome. Still worth the buy for the laughs.