Twister

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Summary: I hate Tornadoes...But I like this movie
Review: I first saw this movie with my brother when he rented it when it first came out and we liked it. I like the five tornado scenes.
Even when things like cows, houses, cars, and trees are flying around makes the movie more exciting. The characters in the movie are okay for their roles only I don't get why the tornado catchers problems and marriages have to do with the movie. I found the beggining sad when the little girl lost her dad because of the twister. The reason for chasing the twister is so the tornado chasers can improve the tornado warning system.
The movie went by smoothly and I still enjoy it. I would recommend renting it before buying.

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Summary: Jo! Bill! Jo! We have cows!
Review: OK! I love these "cardboard" characters and the special effects. I love that Megs gravey should be a food group all its own. My whole family loves this movie.

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Summary: This movie rocks about tornanoes.
Review: When I first saw it it was awesome. I love the part when the cows are flying around during a tornado. The beginning was awesome, but I think the the top of the shelter had windows on top and it would break and shatter. I love the part where one guy says "This gravy is famous, it`s almost a whole nother food group." This is the best movie ever. In one part where they were sitting under somethin gdurng a twister,that the car flew away and the twister woul of suck them out. This is a cool movie. BuyIt!

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Summary: "Twister"- The Windy Soap Opera
Review: Ok. I saw this flick when it came out in 1996. On first viewing it isn't so bad. Then when you go the distance,buy the DVD and really take notice of how awful the acting AND storyline is,you have a REAL rude awakening. The word to describe this film is "ANNOYING". The acting is ANNOYING. The EVER worn out,stupid and severly lame "Lover's-Quarrel-But-Everyone-Gets-Back-Together-In-The-End" sub plot is ANNOYING. The "Bad Guys" driving BLACK vehicles and having that ever politically incorrect "Corporate Backing"(How DARE they??!!!)is ANNOYING. The one liners are ANNOYING. The fact that every tornado is refered to as "She" or Her" is ANNOYING. The fact that the homemade weather station named "Dorothy" is refered to as "She" or "Her" is ANNOYING. The final scene of the main characters tying themselves down inside a decrepit shack and ending up flying around SAFELY INSIDE an F-5 tornado is ANNOYING. Bill Paxton's rotton acting and "intense" monotone voice(HOW did this guy EVER get hired for motion pictures????!!!!)plus Helen Hunt's terrible acting are ANNOYING. The scene where everyone shuts up and looks at each other when an "F-5" tornado is mentioned and is referred to as "The Finger Of God" is ANNOYING. Trucks driving through houses,the main "bad guy" getting sucked up into the F-5 after ignoring Paxton's warnings,Bill Paxton telling Helen Hunt that he is still in love with her while his "wife to be" over hears the conversation on the CB radio,Helen Hunt's "Death Wish" by confronting the tornadoes,one of the PROFESSIONAL STORM CHASERS deciding to take cover in a truck while a tornado is coming(even I would know NOT to do that!),the little PLASTIC piece of junk "sensors" rigged with sliced up soda cans for propellers being sucked up into a tornado and are NOT PULVERIZED,the fact that all the domestic animals that are shown survive(Hollywood seems to have no problem showing people being mauled but HEAVEN FORBID a down home pet gets wiped out),the fact that the scene following the drive in theater destruction in Wakita is not included(was it ever shot?)etc. etc. etc. etc. are ALL ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!! Good points: Opening scene with guy getting sucked up into an F-5 tornado,tornado destroying the drive in theater,18 wheeler being thrown at the main characters truck,the final tornado wiping out a large barn and the surround sound. These scenes and these scenes alone give this film the 2 points it gets. A note to the producers for a follow up: DO YOUR SCIENCE HOMEWORK PEOPLE!!!!! BE ORIGINAL!!!!!!!! LAY OFF THE STUPID PLAYED OUT LOVE STORY,GOOD GUYS VERSUS THE BAD GUYS GARBAGE AND GET SOME GOOD ACTORS!!!!!!!!!!! SHEESH!

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Summary: The first of its kind. Mind-Boggling special effects.
Review: It was incredible and awesome to watch this film in a movie theater. The first of its kind and the high-upgrade in special effects is mind-boggling. To see the movie tornadoes in a theater from ceiling to bottom (well you know what I mean) was breath-taking. They did try to add some sense of humor every now and then (the cow). Shown in squeezy widescreen. I know some people that just will not watch this film because it is too real for them. The only thing I disliked about this film is, the soundman did not turn up the sound on the K.D. Lang song (heard when Hunt is at the diner with the drive-in in backgroud). You can barely hear her wonderful ballad. I also disliked the rock & roll music at the end credits. TRIVIA: Did you know that one of the writers of this film, Anne-Marie Martin, played "Gwen Davies" (1982-85) on the NBC serial "Days Of Our Lives"? She was also in PROM NIGHT (1980) and HALLOWEEN II (1981). This DVD includes in Special Effects, Audio Commentary with Director, Jan De Bont and Special Effects Coordinator, Stefen Fangmeier. A featurette nearly 14 minutes long on "The Making Of Twister". Here you will see how they made fake storms, filming in real storms approaching, videos of real tornadoes, how they made a set that was seven blocks long of destruction and much more. "An Anatomy of the Twister" is an 8-minute featurette is mostly about the over 300 special effects for the film. How they made the tornadoes look so realistic. Each tornado created had a character of its own. Two original theatrical trailers and info on cast and crew are also available. The music video "Humans Being" by Van Halen can be played. I wish they added the song "Love Affair" by K.D. Lang to the DVD. I was really hoping for a sequel to be made of "TWISTER".

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Summary: Awful
Review: This is one of the dumbest, silliest, worst movies I have seen

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Summary: The lull before the storm just kept going
Review: The tornadoes were cool. And there were plenty of them, if you believe that twenty of them will hit the same area in one afternoon.

But don't worry, the tornadoes are slow. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton can easily outrun them.

Or maybe Hunt and Paxton are just really, really fast...because Cary Elwes and Co. can't outrun a twister while driving at 80 mph. (Thankfully, this leads to one of the movie's few worthwhile scenes in which Elwes' truck is lifted up by the twister, given the spin-dry treatment, and thrown back down to earth in an explosive encore.)

And anyone in the movie not from the country (Paxton's fiancee) are made out to be idiots who couldn't survive even the weakest of water cyclones. And in the span of less than 24 hours, Paxton goes from divorcing Hunt and marrying his fiancee to dumping his fiancee and getting back with Hunt. Whatever.

I give this movie two stars. One star is for the tornadoes. The other is for the gratifying opening scene, in which the moral lesson blares through loud and clear... if you're dumb enough to hang on for dear life to an unsecured shelter door instead of taking refuge further more underground, you deserve to get swept away as a tornado passes directly overhead.

Had they ended the movie there, I'd give it five stars.

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Summary: Hang on!
Review: If ever a film was made to perpetuate the stereotype of Oklahoma as a state mercilessly and relentlessly ravaged by tornadoes, TWISTER is it. As a resident of Oklahoma, I can assure the readers of this review of two things: 1) tornadoes do on occasion occur here; and 2) tornadoes do not come in endless waves, one after another, like some sort of demented assembly line.

Having said this, TWISTER is a remarkably entertaining film. It's a fasten-your-seatbelt, get-ready-to-duck, leave-both-hands-inside-the-car rollercoaster ride, complete with eye-popping, hair-raising special effects. This movie is a vivid feast for the eyes: menacing, swirling tornadoes of various shapes and sizes; flying cows; and an endless assortment of storm debris to block the path of our protagonists, from tractors to tanker trucks--even houses.

The plot plays second fiddle to the action and special effects. Thank goodness: if the plot had to carry this film, the movie would have collapsed into a sappy and contrived love story. From the very beginning of the film, when meteorologist Bill Harding (Bill Paxton) locates his estranged stormchasing wife Dr. JoAnne Thornton-Harding (Helen Hunt) out on the northern Oklahoma plains and asks her to sign divorce papers, the viewer instantly realizes: the couple, eventually, will get back together. Thankfully, Mother Nature takes over and the film takes off. Paxton and Hunt are solid in their performances, yet Philip Seymour Hoffman steals the show, as techno-goofy, slightly off-center Dusty Davis, a member of JoAnne's stormchasing team. If anyone can have a good time in the face of oncoming disaster, it's Dusty (who refers to a tornado's swath of destruction as "the suck zone").

Director Jan de Bont delivers nonstop action like a swirling wall cloud; TWISTER is nervous energy unleashed, a cacophony of sights and sounds that keeps the adrenaline flowing.

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Summary: Special Effects are okay but Plot and Dialogue Aren't
Review: We rented Twister and I didn't like it too much, the special effects aren't bad but the storyline and dialogue are kind of bad and they usually are in these disaster movies while the special effects are usually the best parts but the dialogue and plot in this movie are some of the worst of any disaster movie and some of the characters were annoying. I like both Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt but I think Twister is not either one of their best movies. Just my personal opinion.

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Summary: Special Effects Make It Happen
Review: This movie had it all. There was action, drama, quality acting, and even suspense. However, as great as the mixture of all these components was, the movie failed to intrigue me and keep me interested. The special effects were fantastic! And it was a very well-intended movie but you can't help but say "so what." I mean, the story-line absolutely puts you to sleep--but you won't fall asleep because of the heart-pounding action and the fabulously depicted storms. I would go as far as to say that this movie is a contradiction of itself! This is one of those few movies that takes special film effects to the next level. Too bad that the story is so mundane. However, I really don't know what they could've done to improve it. This movie truly captures the spirit and liveliness of the tornado--one of nature's deadliest weapons. It's a neat movie with remarkable special effects! Watch it . . . I think you'll be impressed. This movie only gets a third star because of the effects, but a deserved one at that!