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This movie was awful.

posted 10 years ago by nicetryjan
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I can't believe that some people actually have the audacity to claim that this is better than Into The Storm. Are you kidding me right now?

My expextations were set high because of the good reviews. Mind you, I watched this AFTER I saw Into The Storm. And the entire movie I kept asking myself "this is better?".

The special effects were awful. At one point the tornado looked like something taken straight from a cartoon. Especially the ones that were above water. The effects in Into The Storm were WAY more realistic looking.

The dialogue/acting was actually quite laughable. I've seen better acting on lifetime. Hell, I'd go as far to say that Jodi Arias was a better actress on the witness stand. WAY more believable than the people in this movie. "I cant talk Julia, we have cows". LOL are you serious. Who the *beep* says that? We have cows!

Into The Storm had a relatively engaging story, visually pleasing effects, decent actors....everything that Twister LACKED. I cant believe that some actually prefer Twister over ITS.

Into The Storm 7/10
Twister 3/10

[–] Beeracuda 10 years ago

I can't say that I disagree with you. Although I wouldn't say the movie was "awful" - it is watchable.

I strongly agree with you on the acting/dialogue. Horrible. And the special effects? I didn't think any of the tornados were particularly scary or realistic. The best twisters were the ones you never really saw: the one at night in the beginning, and the one at the drive-in. The Wizard of Oz has a much better tornado, and that was done in 1939 completely without the use of comptuers.

And the ending, tying yourself down with leather straps in a shed full of sharp instruments that looked like a serial killer's rec room? Laughable. And to think you'd be able to survive the vortex of an EF5 with leather straps, and not be torn apart or even so much as a scratch from flying debris? That's an insult to the viewers' intelligence.

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[–] duckofprey 10 years ago

I am not going to agree with the OP, it's a decently entertaining film, even today, and in the theatre, on the BIG SCREEN, for 1996 it kicked butt. The sound and visuals were fantastic for what is now 20+ year-old tech.

For me, first time I saw it the only really bad thing was "I got to go. We have cows."

[–] rphilip1 10 years ago

Twister might have been sort of cheesy but the characters were more engaging than the cardboard cutouts in Into the Storm. It was a lot more fun than the VFX reel that was Into the Storm.

[–] Redhawkof2008 10 years ago

Screw it. I've always like this movie.

Son, you got a panty on your head.

[–] sybil_vane31 10 years ago

I agree is a rubbish movie

[–] Z-Tay 10 years ago

You will rue the day you called this movie awful

I'm talking immenent ruage

[–] dollvalley 10 years ago

I love this movie so much. I always watch it the volume turned up high. The last 40 minutes or so are non-stop adrenaline-filled action and from the moment Helen and Bill start their escape from the last tornado, in their red truck, and everything possible falling from the sky, fantastic. I pity the ones who can only see special effect that today's HD reveal as being less realistic than today's. You are missing a lot.
I agree that the cows line could have been done better but you have to take it from how the character says it, she's like from a different place and that's how she expressed it. I like it.

[–] ralph_2ndedition 10 years ago

"immenent ruage"

Very funny!
That made my day. :-D

[–] northernlad 10 years ago

LOL!!!

I'm worried that my guardian angel is a crack head...

[–] Gojira1963 10 years ago

I enjoy both movies and although the special effects stand up pretty well in my opinion they are almost 20 years old and CGI has improved since then. I just like the characters more in twister.

[–] dellahicks 10 years ago

I remember the hype surrounding this movie when it was first released, and it actually lived up to or surpassed audience expectations! Helen Hunt was still a favorite in the popular, Mad About You t.v. series, and Bill Paxton had just come off the box office hit Apollo 13, so it had star quality! This movie is nearly 10 years old, and look how much technology has changed in our t.v. sets and cellphones, never mind movie effects! You are viewing it through today's lense, cut the movie some slack!

[–] pags424 10 years ago

Nearly 20 years old.

[–] Dwright1212 10 years ago

The special effects were awful.

How can you insult the special effects when you clearly have vision problems.

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