Why so much hype?

Truly Dreadful Film

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. It's funny how back in the 1990's there were so many great Natural Disaster Films and now there's only like 1 or 2 of course i'm talking about the movie "Twister" starring Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt and Philip Seymour Hoffman and it does have a very simple premise and story that fans won't be disappointed plus the special effects for a 1996 movie were actually pretty enjoyable and the performances by the 2 leading actors were very good it's for sure not the movie that you would expect to be nominated for 2 Oscars but it's still an enjoyable action flick that will definitely keep you relaxed.

The problem with this film is that it was not written as a tornado film, it was probably written with a generic plot generator where you have to fill in the name of the sport, um, event and it would generate a plot.In this case, we have a team of good meteorologists and a team of evil meteorologists who accepted corporate financing and "do it just for the money." What? They do their job for money? As opposed to what? They accepted corporate money, so what? Is it a bad thing that corporations are funding research that helps save lives? This evil team is doing the exact same research as the good guys, so what's the harm in it? And who funds the team of good guys? Not explained. The bad guys are bad guys because the film says they are. At the end of the day they do the same work, using the same techniques. It would be like saying "he's an evil doctor. He only work for money." I would have serious doubts about gynecologists that do it for the love of the job and have no interest in a salary.The generic plot doesn't stop there. There is some ridiculous love triangle that makes no sense. Bill is engaged and is about to get married, he just needs a signature from his ex-wife. She refuses to sign over and over, "forgetting" a page, etc. but we are never told why. She doesn't really show much of an interest towards him. She just doesn't to sign the papers for some reason. Then he leaves his fiancée for his (ex-? current) wife. His fiancée is there just so that he doesn't appear too desperate running back to his wife. Supposedly he loves her, yeah, right. And supposedly she loves him, uh-uh. But then she just says "I'm leaving." She says she can't compete with his current wife. She's not really in love with him and it doesn't make her sad. He doesn't get sad either. I don't know what kind of relationship this is or why this is in this film. Two people that are getting married for...? What exactly? Great films are based on hard choices. Stay or leave. This person or that person. This movie runs away from the difficult choices - everything resolves itself by itself without anyone needing to take a decision. The evil guys go on a suicide mission and get killed by a tornado. His fiancée leaves by her own volition. His wife just falls in love with him by default, as does he. The machine they built just works. They got the data they need. Everything just works out.There are never any difficult choices anyone has to make. This man is not torn between two women. He has no interest in his fiancée. He even lets her drive alone while he drives with his wife. The evil team is there just in the background. They do not offer him a position, try to lure some of his teammates or present any kind of competition whatsoever. They're there, they're evil, then they die. It's all like that. The backstories are just as ridiculous. Jo's dad died in a tornado and that's what made her want revenge, I mean to research tornadoes? So predictable.There's a scene where the whole team is eating and they explain to his noob fiancée about the tornado scale. They talk about F3 and F4. She says "Did anyone see an F5?" and the whole table goes quiet, everyone stops eating. It's so cheesy.The music was good, but that's about it.

Come on! Yes, I know I'm taking it too seriously. Someone said something about expecting too much when it's all about the special effects and lots of exploding houses. That's fine if that's your thing. What I don't buy is that the people who made the film didn't bother to research how tornadoes behave. Did any of them have a clue what the things can do. For people to be holding on to something for dear life (literally) while one of these massive things comes through is so stupid I can't believe it. There is no more devastating natural event in a small space than a tornado. No person is going to withstand it by grabbing on to something as it goes by. Also, like the shark in Jaws, the tornadoes in this movie seem to be chasing after the main characters. They are low pressure pockets that create enormous winds. They have not motives in mind. But I guess if you don't really care if there is a semblance of reality, go for it. There were some good scenes during the storm chaser parts at the beginning, but that was eventually forgotten.

I watch this film fairly often, as it's one of my wife's favorites. Actually, I have a soft spot for it too, as the final scene is filmed only 2 miles away from a good friend of mine (his silos can be seen in the background as the team approaches to rescue Bill & Jo). I enjoy this film as I would a fantasy film, as it has little connection with reality. Tractors, combines and even houses are transported through the air by the tornado, but the pickup truck driven by our intrepid scientists stays firmly on the ground. The script is full of holes and predictable clichés, but it is still entertaining enough with a few good lines and characters.