Twister 1996 by AverageMansReviews

Twister 1996 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects environment/animal cruelty/impaling/cutting/vehicle crash/medical

What some days that turned out to be: briefly; Bill Harding [Bill Paxton:] would like to get married to his newest girlfriend and move on to his new job of being a weatherman, he once was part of this hectic lifestyle also. His new girlfriend name is  Dr. Melissa Reeves [Jami Gertz:] she is a psychologist and she prefers the quiet life compared to what she is going to experience very shortly. But first he has to get the divorce papers signed by his wife/ex-wife [Young Jo: Alexa Vega/Older Dr. Jo Harding/wife/ex-wife: Helen Hunt:] she is a meteorologist and alongside her are the Storm Chasers as they are chasing tornadoes to learn more about them.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 113 minutes film is straightforward as in it has an outlay and it sticks to that outlay with good pace.

Action and art; because we are dealing with environmental/disaster action sequences; they are going to be very impactful so from an action perspective and artistic perspective; one of my favourite sequences is where the weather takes a horrible time and we are in this drive-through cinema; where it conveniently has/showing The Shining 1980, unfortunately this outdoors cinema screen quickly gets destroyed with ease [if you're wondering what part of The Shining; they were up to the axe chopping through the door.] For a artistic/cosmetic perspective all the action sequences still look of a very high quality if just a little bit old, if you have been watching a lot of films or TV programs now and again you will be able to pick up when the green screen comes into effect [if you are old enough you would know it is the black lines sometimes thin or thick black lines that give the green screen away, in this case it would be the thin black lines.] But other than that they are still holding up to a very good standard anyway.

Character developments, performances and comedy; the character developments are reliably good versions of what they are meant to be, but it is the 99.9% of performances that elevate these reliably good character types to well flushed out and all-round characters/people, so we have Hunt as Dr. Jo Harding and the rest of the Storm Chasers focused on achieving and then we have Paxton as Bill Harding trying to break free of this world to move on, but like a hurricane getting quickly wrapped back up in this world and then finally we have Seymour Hoffman as Dustin Davis; being the enthusiastic comical one that really enjoys this life. I will say this now even though this has nothing to do with this film, it needs to be said if the upcoming sequel Twisters 2024 doesn't have anything remotely alike this kind of chemistry; the sequel will be the equivalent of a fart in a hurricane from the perspective of it may have happened but who cares, because you are in a tornado.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; I mean as I may have referenced already; the selling point about this film is the majority of the cast and their performances and chemistry. There is a ongoing sequence through the closing and yes this film has awards [not all of them are positive] such as 11 Winners which includes MTV Movie + TV Awards 1997  MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance Helen Hunt and at the same award ceremony/event Best Action Sequence For the truck driving through farm equipment. Nominees 17 which includes Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1997 Saturn Award Best Actor Bill Paxton and from the same award ceremony/event  Best Special Effects Stefen Fangmeier John Frazier Habib Zargarpour Henry LaBounta, Briefly I should also point out that this film has 2 Academy Awards/Oscars accredited to its name. Negative Awards included Winners The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1996 Worst Supporting Actress Jami Gertz and Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math Michael Crichton Anne-Marie Martin and Nominee from the same award ceremony/event Worst Picture