Twister (DVD)

Twister is a big effects block buster movie that came out back in 1996. The film was nominated for two Oscars and did well at the box office. It was a real big film, with great spceial effects and a fast story. I really like this film and have seen it many times, the effects are breath taking. The film is written by Micheal Crichton which tells a story in itself as he is an excellent writter. Directed by Jan De Bont who also does a really good job of directing an excellent film. Twister tells the story of a group of Storm chasers out in Tornado Alley in America. They are chasing tornados trying to get scientific research completed. They are up ...  Read the complete review

This gets a 4/10 purely for how Helen Hunt looks (foxy as heck!). I'll get you over some facts first, this isn't about the famous board game where you spin the spinner & get tied up in knots. It's about the mental idiots who chase storms for a living to try and enhance the science of weather prediction and tornado behavior, following their research and the highs and lows of their lives chasing storms. Going from being a no-one in Terminator, to being second string in Aliens, Bill Paxton plays the starring role of Bill (just in case he can't remember his own characters name I assume?), a former storm chaser who is about to settle down into married life ...  Read the complete review

I suppose it depends what you want from a movie as to whether Twister is going to be for you or not. If you are looking for deep convoluted plotlines, multi-faceted characters, perfect scripting and Oscar winning performances all round...then you came to the wrong place. If, on the other hand you don't care if your actors are plastic, the characters 2 dimensional, the plot...welll what plot? it doesn't exist BUT with awesome special effects which will literally blow you away(pun most definitely intended) then this IS the movie for you. Personally, I would prefer a combination of the two but obviously this is far too much to ask for. Twister is one of ...  Read the complete review

Twister is a simply stunning movie from Speed director Jan De Bont. It manages to recreate one of natures most awe inspiring sights in astounding fashion. Not only that but it's a brilliant movie too! The plot follows tornado chasers played by Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as they pursue the deadly phenomenon. The reasoning behind their madness is so that they can launch Dorothy. Dorothy being the worlds first instrument pack for studying tornados. The problem is that to launch Dorothy they have to get it in the twister damage path so that it gets sucked up into the funnel. The makes for some really interesting scenes involving getting very close to the ...  Read the complete 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 film. I can safely say that some of the "impossibilities" in the film 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 ...  Read the complete review