'Twister' did for weather-related disaster movies what 'Dante's Peak' did for Volcano-related disaster movies. All movies on the genre to follow would be compared to these.
'Twister' is one of the best disaster movies. The destruction and action sequences are very well done, accompanied by incredibly realistic visuals. The film gives a nice insight into the lives of storm chasers. In 'Twister', separated husband and wife team designed a system that would allow them to predict severe weather patterns. The only problem is that they need to get close enough to a twister in order to allow hundreds of sensors to be sucked up into the funnel. Thus, they chase one storm after the other hoping to succeed.
Add a nice dose of humor, some drama elements, and total mayhem and destruction and you have a hell of an entertaining action adventure drama, with a bit of suspense in the mix as well.
My only criticism would be that the actors' reactions didn't always look realistic considering the situations they found themselves in, and massive destruction all around them. Even though the characters are professional storm chasers, they must surely still believe things could go terribly wrong when confronted by nature. Instead, they sometimes make fun of a situation, even when life-threatening. The expression on their faces also didn't always convince me they were in fact faced with danger - maybe this was because the actors didn't have anything to work with, since all the visuals were added during post-production. The sad fact of CGI and actors having to work on instinct...
Ah, well, that aside, 'Twister' is an amazing movie and one of my favorite disaster movies.
'Twister' is one of the best disaster movies. The destruction and action sequences are very well done, accompanied by incredibly realistic visuals. The film gives a nice insight into the lives of storm chasers. In 'Twister', separated husband and wife team designed a system that would allow them to predict severe weather patterns. The only problem is that they need to get close enough to a twister in order to allow hundreds of sensors to be sucked up into the funnel. Thus, they chase one storm after the other hoping to succeed.
Add a nice dose of humor, some drama elements, and total mayhem and destruction and you have a hell of an entertaining action adventure drama, with a bit of suspense in the mix as well.
My only criticism would be that the actors' reactions didn't always look realistic considering the situations they found themselves in, and massive destruction all around them. Even though the characters are professional storm chasers, they must surely still believe things could go terribly wrong when confronted by nature. Instead, they sometimes make fun of a situation, even when life-threatening. The expression on their faces also didn't always convince me they were in fact faced with danger - maybe this was because the actors didn't have anything to work with, since all the visuals were added during post-production. The sad fact of CGI and actors having to work on instinct...
Ah, well, that aside, 'Twister' is an amazing movie and one of my favorite disaster movies.