Twister | | Cast : | Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton | | Director : | Jan de Bont | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | May 10, 1996 | | DVD Released Date : | September 14, 2004 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | No plot, acting is okay, but the tornados are great! | Content
 | You can fast-forward through the inane dialog, or turn the sound down and make up your own, the tornados are the stars of this movie. Some of the best "special effect" tornados I've ever seen. If you like tornados (as I do) it's worth watching. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 10, 2005 | | Summary | A COMPLETE JOKE | Content
| ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES OF ALL TIME.
Tornados and humans chasing after each other... it quickly becomes clear that the tornados are actually more intelligent than the humans.
At least PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE was so stupid you could laugh at it. This movie is simply pathetic - save for the "flying cow" scene, there isn't even anything to laugh at.
Total rubbish. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 29, 2005 | | Summary | Good special effects, but that's where it ends | Content
| This film is a bit dated now, having come out almost ten years ago, but it still sports excellent special effects and, for its day, had amazing (and still amazing) CGI tornadoes. However -- and this for me is a big however -- there's nothing else. The plot is thinner than deli-sliced meat, the acting (Helen Hunt aside) is sophomoric, and the dialog would make a saint cringe. Now, to err on the side of the actors, there wasn't much that could be done with the dialog -- it's like the Doublemint Twins wrote it. Everything is repeated twice ... "Tornado at three o'clock! Tornado at three o'clock! I'm on it! I'm on it! Where's the road? Where's the road?" Stop the insanity, stop the insanity. I can understand English quite well, especially when the actors are bellowing it out at 80 decibels.
Imagine "Speed" with worse dialog, but with more action and with less wooden acting than what Keanu Reeves delivers. Now replace the bus with a red truck and the bomb with a series of tornadoes and you have "Twister". I'll admit that I liked it when I saw it, the "wow" factor of the special effects being the draw for me, but now that I've seen it again I only notice the fast-slow-fast-slow pacing and the completely dreadful dialog. This would make a decent rental for someone looking for mindless entertainment, but please don't buy it. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 26, 2005 | | Summary | I was quite "blown" away | Content
| Twister is possibly one of the best movies ever to grace a screen. I remember that I used to watch every day when it first came out, and I still do as much as possible. As soon as the movie starts, the action is on. The opening scene tells the story of how the lead character, Joanne loses her Dad to an F5 tornado, that are so powerful they are refered to as the "finger of God."
Years later, now an adult, she and a team scientists chase after tornados in order to learn more about them. And with the new invention "Dorothy" a machine that can study the inside of a twister, they can learn more than ever before. But in order to use the device, it must be placed directly in the damage path of a twister.
The acting is superb, all the characters are very likable, accept of course the ones you aren't supposed to like (Jonas), and there is plenty of destruction. Buy this movie and buckle up, because it's going to be a wild ride. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | A tornado has been spotted, in your TV. It is best to get the 3-8 year olds out! This is gonna be rough! | Content
| Wow! From F-1 to F-5s, Twister will blow you out of your seat! Jo and Bill are storm chasers, Jo when she was a little girl survive a dangerous tornado, the all powerful finger of God! (an F-5!) One of Jo's inventions is Dorothy. Dorothy inside her has these tiny balls. If they get inside a tornado, an early warning system will be made and will save many lives if this works. A group of people wanted to save lives so they teamed up with Jo and Bill. However, the job is not as easy as it looks.
The plot is kind of weak, but at least it isn't R rated. Although the actors should have been told to watch their language but it's Hollywood, sometimes they mess things up.
But the special effecs are two thumbs up! If you are interested into tornados and love seeing weather destroys things, I might recommend this movie. The movie deserves the PG-13. It is very violent. I mean, tornados, wind, etc. I have been in many tornado warnings (one of them I was a baby.) Another one was near my town, but it didn't touch the ground. :D I have seen that funnel cloud. Anyway, you decide WEATHER or not you want this movie
The National Weather Service is predicting a tornado warning, it is in your own TV.
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