I think I pulled a muscle in my face . . . trying to wink hard enough to say this line aloud. I'll be sending you my ER bill from south of your border.
I saw this film in theaters with my grandma in that year 1996 when I was 16 years old and now in my 42 I still love this classic Twister starring by Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Thank you guys great reaction 👍👍👍
I kinda feel like Bill, while not a "villain," is the jerk here, especially saying to Jo "you can't see what's right in front of you, me," even if the other lady hadn't been listening in, that's kind of a dick move on his part, especially since afterwards he has no intention of breaking things off with her, she chose to leave, thankfully.
honestly one of the things i love about this movie is the fact that they didnt make the new fiancee to be some evil or annoying character.. which they typically do in movies with this kind of romantic plot. shes fun and supportive and its realistic. not all new partners or old partners are 'bad'. i think they were all very mature and i like the way it was handled.
Oh yeah, I had no idea when I'd seen this movie as a kid. But as an adult, I absolutely love how they handled the Fiance. She doesn't put the blame on anyone, she doesn't throw a hissy fit. She doesn't really do any of the normal... tropes, I guess. She just realizes the situation isn't working out. That he obviously still has feelings for Jo. And that the best thing for her is to just gtfo. And she does it in an adult way. I wish there was more of this
Fun Fact: Twister was the very first film to be released on DVD. Up until that point all films sold were on VHS tapes. It was awesome to see this film with digital technology. Especially because of its soundtrack.
This is sort of true. There were 4 movies that were released on DVD in Japan first, and then there were 15 titles that were released in the US after that, which ‘Twister’ was in the list of movies.
This movie was actually based on the work of scientists at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. The long-term goal of putting multiple instruments in the path of a tornado was met in southeast Wyoming, during the NOAA- and National Science Foundation-funded experiment known as VORTEX2, in 2009. So it took scientists 13 years to achieve what happened in Twister.
Unfortunately there are some major problems within the movie. Yes they do some well, but there are some terrible things as well. If an F5 passes over your house, nothing will be left of it. If you are inside at the time, you have way less than a 1% chance of survival. The way it was depicted in the movie was not good. Bill and Hellen would be shredded. But one of my favorite all time movies.
21:56 George: "At what point does a tornado become a hurricane? " Me (as a South Floridian): "Oh you sweet Canadian baby child, tornadoes and hurricanes are nowhere near the same thing".
The sad thing is when you realize the dad died for no reason. The door didn't matter. If it did they would've been sucked out right after. But all they needed to do was to stay on the back wall and they all would've been fine.
One of the only "disaster" movies I really really like. Some great very plausible effects, great characters and great performances, some extra silly stunts for spice, and the "new" woman isn't a horrible shrew, just a nice, reasonable woman that just happens to be not so perfect a match and who gracefully bows out when she realises the reality of things.
I agree! At the beginning it seems like they are setting her up to be a comical character, but then she reveals herself to be someone with dignity and integrity. Jami Gertz accomplished a lot without very much screen time.
I also love that Melissa was so gracefully bowed out once she saw that Bill really loved being a storm chaser. You might recognise her as the same actress, Jami Gertz, who played Star in Lost Boys.
And in "Quicksilver" with Kevin Bacon. But she don't have to act anymore.; she and her husband are the owners of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, and her net Worth is about 3 Billion dollars.
I think you guys missed that Aunt May was watching Judy Garland in a movie (A Star is Born) on TV just before her wind chimes started chiming. Judy was putting on lip stick. Judy played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Twister was such a favorite from my childhood, I wore out that VHS tape. I love how the official MPAA rating is "PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather."
I'd never noticed that but considering the amount of cases of PTSD from Tornado's, not at all surprised. It's very prominent. And this movie, while old and doesn't look TOO great, could be a rediculous trigger.
George, the Cone of Silence the character was referring to was from the 60's TV show Get Smart. A spy spoof. The CoS was a gadget that dropped over the heads of two people talking to keep it private. The joke was the two people could barely hear each other while people outside the Cone could hear the entire "private" conversation.
I love Get Smart, but “cone of silence” has a bunch of meanings and one of them is indeed specific to tornados, storms in general actually. I don’t understand all of the specifics of it, but basically storms can mess with Doppler radar sites when they are too close to them. It makes it hard or impossible for the radar to gather accurate data. Which creates a large scary looking black hole on the Doppler screen and meteorologists have taken to terming the phenomenon the “cone of silence”.
@@timhibbard4226 I think the Doppler radar blind spot at the center is simply that there is too much junk too high off the ground (trees and buildings) that the Doppler radar signal bounces off of them and creates meaningless data. The nearby ground itself also returns junk data. That data may mask what's really happening further out because of multiple reflections of the nearby ground and junk. So, to eliminate confusion and to not mask what's happening further out, the system basically just ignores the data from inside a specified radius and draws a blank circle where all this spurious data appears. It's essentially a cone of meaningless information.
@@ScottyDoesntKnow69 By marriage...like 99% of rich women. The richest women in the world all got there by divorce. Its like saying you own a Bugatti b/c your dad lets you drive his around.
For Simone at 4:40: They actually tried something similar to Dorthy in the 70s and 80s called TOTO (TOtable Tornado Observatory), but never worked. Also, the 3 sensor deploy units from this movie can be seen on display at The National Weather Center in Norman, OK. Also, there have only been 59 f5 tornadoes or stronger since 1950, so they are pretty rare.
One of the Dorothys are in Hutchinson, KS in the salt mine, or at least it used to be. Been awhile since I've been through there. The movie studio rented storage in the mine due to consistent storage conditions for film reels and there is a little museum down there. At the time I went they had one of the agent smiths from the matrix and a mister freeze suit from a Batman movie and a few other cool things.
@@bigdream_dreambig Lol no not actually. It was a life size mannequin. I assumed they used it for one of the sequels where there are multiple agent smiths. Not sure really. Kinda need to make it back down there to see if they've added anything new.
You mentioned Roland Emmerich and you guys actually reacted to his most successful movie Independence Day, which came out the same year as this. Please consider reacting to his first $100+ million hit: 1994's Stargate. Disaster flicks were huge in the 70s but had a revival in the 90s w/ the likes of Titanic, Armageddon, Deep Impact, Dante's Peak, Volcano, Daylight, Hard Rain, etc...
actually Roland Emmerich didn't direct this one... this came out the same year as Independence Day. However Micheal Crichton was 1 of the writers on this film. The director for this was Jan de Bont who directed Speed and Speed 2 along with the Laura Croft sequel(we won't discuss his 1 horror remake attempt The Haunting). If you want to see a guilty pleasure big budget action flick Roland directed try Godzilla '98.
This movie will always have a special place in my heart. My mom took me to see it at the age of 10 and the theater was completely empty. It was the coolest thing 💜
I live in Tornado Alley. Everyone has tornado insurance. I worked cleanup for Joplin tornado. That’s the worst I’ve ever seen. But I have lived through 2 tornadoes that actually damaged our house. The sound is deafening, like you laid your ears on the ground next to a passing train. But as quickly as arrived, it’s over. That’s why I wouldn’t want to live on the East Coast. Hurricanes are sooooo much worse.
I live in California and it always surprises me when people say they’d rather live with tornadoes and hurricanes than earthquakes. I guess it a stick with the pain you know kinda thing. Earthquakes feel like your house is on the ocean( at least out in the boonies where my town is)
I always wondered... why do you build houses the way you do in the US, when you know you live in a place where a tornado could hit you? Is it because a wooden structure is cheaper? Wouldn't it be cheaper in the long run to build a house sturdy enough to withstand any tornado? I'm from Germany and while we also have a lot of wooden structures mostly in the south of the country, most buildings are made from concrete and stone bricks. That includes your regular, nothing-fancy, average home. A tornado couldn't do anything to the house I grew up in... all the walls were between 2 and 3 feet of concrete and bricks. So, yeah... honest question... why build wooden houses in an area where tornados are common?
A buddy of mine is a volunteer firefighter in Arkansas, just across the state border about 70 miles/110km from Joplin. When news began to break about the tornado he and some other firefighters hopped into trucks and drove up to Joplin. By the time they had gotten there rescue operations were just about wrapping up and it turned into searching for the people who didn't make it. He still doesn't like to talk about what he saw there but his wife has told me he'd have nightmares about it a few months after it happened.
Officially, the widest tornado on record is the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013 with a width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km) at its peak. This is the width found by the National Weather Service based on preliminary data from University of Oklahoma RaXPol mobile radar that also sampled winds of 296 mph...
The El Reno tornado also killed Tim Samaras who created the device this movie was based on. He and 3 others were the first storm chasers to be killed by a tornado.
"Fun ridiculous" is a perfect way to describe this film. The director Jan DeBont seemed to have learned a lot about making outrageous but emotionally gripping action from having shot DIE HARD and directed SPEED.
Saw this in the theater when it came out. It was definitely a memorable experience. Usually whenever the tornado sirens turn on, a lot of us in the Southern U.S. go outside to look at the sky. There's a joke about a flying trampoline being one of our state's birds.
ugh this movie is a thrilling if corny classic! it holds a very special place in my heart as a tornado admirer and child of 1996. universal orlando used to have an attraction based on it that SCARED the life out of my little sister because they basically simulate a tornado in the building with you, crazy cool stuff. would love to see this movie remade with some modern vfx.
Two years ago a tornado took the second story off my Dad's house. He had to have his house rebuilt. Tornado damage is covered by homeowners insurance in Texas. A tornado and a hurricane are two entirely different types of storms.
This was released as a 'bring the whole family' summer blockbuster type deal. The marketing went really heavy on the visual effects, which while dated by today's standards were quite sophisticated and ground breaking for 1996. All told it did about $500 million gross on a $90 million budget, and it really did capture the public opinion for a short while, so it was a success by any metric.
One of my old college roommates is in this movie. It's so bizarre seeing him pop-up every now and then in TV and movies. He never made it big, but it's fun to see him come out of nowhere. Good movie too.
Everyone forgets how much a major star of the movie Bill's Dodge Ram was. This helped to spike the sales of Ram trucks after the movie came out. This has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid, and made me fall in love with the Ram as well.
As completely unrealistic as the end is, this movie is definitely one of my guilty pleasures. My hubby gives me so much shit for loving it so much... Especially since I have an insane fear of severe weather and tornados.
Tornadoes cannot touch you if your not in the way of them. You have no reason to fear them if you stay updated on forecasts. I check it 4 times a day. You do this & your fear will melt away. I chase myself for a living. Tornadoes are an amazing sight in fields away from people at a distance. Especially bright pearl white tornados.
Several people have mentioned hearing the sound of a train during a tornado and I was skeptical... until I actually experienced a tornado. It truly does sound like a train and it rattles the ground like one too.
Fun fact you can hear earthquakes too. I use to live in California, then I moved to Idaho. Will I didn’t know Idaho hoot earthquakes until I heard a rumbling I was like no way a earthquake was going to happen. It was a not that big and I didn’t have to run for cover. Too small and short. It did damage my 100 year old church but very little.
I've been through two tornadoes. One knocked our trailer off the blocks, the next one was an F-4 and wiped out the whole house. It was pretty damn scary and loud. I was more upset about losing all of my toys than anything else, since I was only 4.
Wauketa the city Aunt May lived in was actually flattened during filming. The residents agreed to show the scenes to bring awareness to the damages caused. The Twister experience at Universal Florida, began with Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton explaining the reasons for using the town in the movie.
I live in Oklahoma and had a near miss with the May 5th tornado. It went right over our house. The damage path was a mile wide , with nothing left in its wake, not even grass. There was another time we had a lot of small tornadoes all over the place and they kept shutting down all the roads. My husband was almost sucked off the road trying to get home.
One of the more underrated Van Halen songs with Humans Being. Hagar was in hysterics after seeing Eddie write the lyrics, he re-wrote the whole song so it didn't feel too spoon fed for the soundtrack.
Definitely agree. I blast Humans Being when I drive or exercise at the gym. And I'd argue one of Edward Van Halen's greatest guitar solos. Eddie's "Respect the Wind" at the end of the credits is an eerie unusual instrumental that definitely fits this movie. I could also see it used in the backdrop of an alien film or X-Files.
@@stephensmith8316 Respect the Wind is perfect because we just got through watching a massive event but then we get to see the beauty of the sky and the clouds while listening to some great music. Song ends with the dramatic piano as the Amblin logo shows up.
I live in South Carolina so unfortunately we can be hit with both tornadoes or hurricanes. Tornadoes normally don’t last very long but bring so much devastation, while hurricanes can bring days upon days of bad weather. Flooding, high winds, thunderstorms, all the things with hurricanes. Our school districts will cancel school if the weather is supposed to be bad with high winds.
Bro why are you acting like South Carolina gets tornados lmao I live in nc, and your just lying lol. They happen like once every few years with very very little destruction at all if any.
This movie still looks really good today for how they animated the tornadoes. They actually filmed stuff 7 mins from my house, but nothing was used in the movie. I remember watching all the vehicles going by the house when I was 8/9 years old. We drove by what should have been used in the movie a few days later. It was like a Big Boy restaurant statue thing halfway in the water with a lot of debris around it. Pauls Valley, OK - Very unlikely to survive that end scene based on the random debris in the tornado itself. Small things turn into bullets that could rip through flesh. They might even be ripped apart at the end.. That's a lot of force.
@@tkurz3071 my grandmother lived there until she passed. Heard so much about broomcorn! Did you ever go the school park or playground with that crazy roller slide that tried to punch your skin or fingers between the rollers?
I grew up on a farm in Iowa and have been though several tornados. I remember seeing a photo my grandpa showed me of a circular saw blade stuck halfway through a tree. The craziest part? Even knowing the danger, people (myself included at one time or another) can always be seen standing on our porches watching the damn thing.
I miss the Twister attraction at Universal Studios in Orlando. The closest I've been to a tornado was about 300 yards, as the Nazghul flies. I think it was an EF-2. It tore down some light and power poles and ripped the roof a QuickTrip. Also tornadoes are much more localized with more intense winds, while hurricanes/typhoons are much, much bigger and start over water.
When Bill Paxton died, storm chasers paid tribute to him by using their shared network to spell out 'BP' with GPS markers in their vehicles. The initials ran across Oklahoma and Kansas and they were centered around the town of Wakita, Oklahoma. Where Aunt Meg lived in the movie. Thought it was a pretty cool tribute.
When I was a young 'un I lived through the 'Storm of the Century' in April of '74 when it came through north Alabama (148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 U.S. states AND the Canadian province of Ontario!). I think we had around 10 tornadoes come through in one night. Luckily they didn't hit our house but others weren't so lucky. I went out with friends and helped clean up a few days later and it was a mess. Speaking of cows, another tornado that came through maybe 10 years later hit an elementary school that was across the street from a dairy farm and they found cows that had been killed by debris - including pens and pencils - that the tornado turned into projectiles. The mom of one of my co-workers got picked up in her car and the tornado dropped the car on a bunch of power lines but, luckily, the power had already been knocked out so she was okay, other than being very shooken up (and she was in her 60's at the time). And another friend of mine went down in their basement with their family and when they came out about 15 minutes later, their house was gone. With climate change, we're seeing them come through at weird times and not just in Spring/Summer. Hell, even in Manzanita, Oregon, just south of Cannon Beach, one came through in December a few years ago and went right up the main drag (and there's only one main street with almost all the shops and restaurants). This movie was fun to see in theaters, and there was some news recently that there's a sequel in the works, I think. Also RIP Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Too sad that they're both gone.
There's no evidence that so-called global warming is causing an uptick in the number of tornadoes. However, the technology to detect them has improved greatly, so weather organizations are better able to both predict them and give warning, as well as identify them even when they fail to touch down. Back in the 1970's when Doppler rader was in its infancy (speaking from experience living not more than 15 miles from the F5 Xenia tornado, the largest ever recorded at the time), at that time there was only one date on the weather calendar of recorded American history that had never experienced a tornado somewhere in the lower 48 states: January 17th. It's not like they're all that rare here--all you need is the right combination of warm and cold air. North America is more suseptible than most areas of the world because of our generally temperate climate, proximity to weather systems born in both the northern latitudes and warm tropical water, and the size of our land mass that enables large thunderstorms to develop powerful storms.
The movie actually does tell us that there are 4 Dorthy's to start with. When Jo first reveals it to Bill, she states that they did build 4 of them, and all 4 ended up being used and/or destroyed. The other three were presumably kept in Dusty's bus or any of the other larger vehicles.
I watched this movie very young, not sure how old I was but it was younger than 10, and every tornado scene terrified me. Was baffled to find out its not a horror movie as I got older.
That was an amazing reaction! Thank you so much for watching this icon! Believe it or not, they actually interviewed 2 people who actually were in the middle of the tornado and survived. So everything Bill and Jo saw were exactly as the survivors described it. Helen Hunt has also been in these films: Quarterback Princess, based on true story about a girl being a kicker on all boys football team, and Soul Surfer, which based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton’s shark attack and overcoming her obstacles to get back in the water. 🌪
I live in Dallas Texas and we are at the bottom of tornado alley. Several of my friends have survived tornadoes damaging their homes over the years thankfully. I've had one destroy a Home Depot three miles south of my house a few years back. That's the closest I have been. The movie does a good job depicting how terrifying it is when you don't know which way they can go.
Remember the F3 that ripped through downtown Fort Worth in 2000? A couple of large buildings had to be demolished, including a skyscraper, because it was beyond repair. Luckily I lived on the outskirts of the city.
I remember when this came out in theaters. My uncle and aunt came out next county over and brought me to see it in our "cheap theater" (where movies went after a few months after box office). It happened to heavy storm at the time of viewing. Projector cut out at the scene where no one could see the tornado at the top of the hill. Audio still going. Theater cut audio and refunded everyone's money and gave us free vouchers for future visits. I was 11. Scared and loved every second of it.
I've survived a couple of tornados in my childhood and I can tell you that while they might have added animal sound effects for the movie, tornados do make you hear some of the wildest shit. I've heard everything from lion's roars to steam whistles, and they're every bit as terrifying as the movie makes them look.
My younger sister and I have been weather nerds all of our lives, and this is one of our favorite movies. My sister literally has it memorized and it's the reason why she's a legit storm chasing photographer now in her 20s with NWS certifications through SkyWarn and Spotter Network. If you've ever heard a NOAA weather radio broadcast say "Spotter activation may be necessary", that's what/who it's talking about. She actually reads meteorology textbooks _for fun,_ so she's taken it WAY further than I ever have which I think is awesome (can you tell I'm proud of her?). The only thing that kept her from becoming a meteorologist was the advanced math required for forecasting since she has dyscalculia (dyslexia with numbers). Whenever she brings up terminology I don't know I'll tell her "That term. Educate me." and she'll info-dump about it. lol We both have advanced radar apps on our phones (albeit she has more features unlocked in hers because of being part of Spotter Network) and during the season we'll text each other screenshots of supercells _in other states_ just to say oooooh look at this!! Because we are nerds. I'm really hoping to join her on a chase this spring, too, so I can drive and she can safely take pictures out the window. ...because we are nerds. lol
@@StormChaserMaci. That's cool. That's why my sister always chases with a trunk full of first aid supplies and is planning on getting EMT training, in case she ever comes across a community right after it's been hit. She wants to help. Personally I would say "professional" rather than "real". Storm chasers who chase as a hobby for the love of the science are still storm chasers. It's not that different than me saying I'm a professional artist because I'm an illustrator for a living. I wouldn't tell a hobbyist I'm a "real" artist because they're still artists. I just pay my bills with my work while theirs is created for the love of it and nothing else. Passion drives a person into the profession, absolutely, but it doesn't discount those who do it on the side when they can.
I’m born and raised in Northeast Texas, and I’ve lived between Northeast Texas and Southeastern Oklahoma, my whole life. I’ve been through several tornadoes. When you live in a place where tornadoes are regular, other than having a weather radio and maybe an app on your phone or the weather channel so you can see the radar. You really don’t worry about it too much. I’ve slept through plenty of storms that produce tornadoes near me. It’s kind of like how people that live in Southern California get used to minor earthquakes. It would take a really big destructive end of the world type one to get them really amped up about it. Thanks for reacting to this movie because being that I’m an Okie it’s like our claim to fame other than the musical Oklahoma. Lol.
Twister was such a fun watch when I was a kid! Got me into Deep Purple from that scene alone. Bill is a legend! RIP! I love the family aspect of this movie.
Yes! Omg, it never occurred to me before but YES this is like Contact in some ways (Joe the character and backstory. Helen Hunt even looks like Jodie Foster.) And yes! Yes it is also like Speed in structure and tone. And yes! Yes that IS the dread pirate Roberts. (Okay, I already knew that one, but I was wondering if anyone would notice.) 😂👍 Every time Simone speaks today I’m like 😯
This was a movie made for me when it came out. I was a big weather nerd in junior high. I knew of the scientific inaccuracies (That's not what the inside of a tornado is really like), but its still a fun movie. Bonus points for Bill Paxton and a great soundtrack.
I seen this movie in an IMAX movie theater in Las Vegas. Also there was a reality show following Storm chasers who built their vehicles into tank like structures to survive
@@StormChaserMaci. yeah I looked it up on CZcams not Reed timmer the other guy/group I didn't realize that Discovery show started over a decade ago. Also one of the clip says one of the guys have died Joel Taylor? But I watched some of it before Reed timmer built the dominator the other guy built the tank like vehicle first
This movie is a whole other experience in the theater. I want to say I was 10 or 11 when this came out and my whole family wen to see this opening weekend. Our local theater had THX audio and it was so intense watching this, simply amazing.
This movie is on my top 10 list with Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton was a genius even if some other movies were not good. His books are amazing...His writting overall is one of the best of it's kind.
Hi! 30 year storm chaser here - Twister was the movie that introduced a little known pastime to masses and make core punching a truly stupid thing. (And yes, it's real.) Tornadoes can be stationary or can move across the ground clocked over 90 mph. Wind speeds can go from 60 mph to 318 (measured by mobile Doppler radar in Moore, OK in 1999.). Most tornadoes are 50 ft wide, but can be 2.6 miles wide. They can occur any time conditions are favorable to severe thunderstorms, day or night, any season. They can be solitary, come in families, or drop hundreds in an outbreak. Twister 2 in in development.
Watching this movie in my town had an extra effect. The cinema was built at the old drive-in, and the old screen was still standing. We come out of the cinema and a storm has started, we walk to the car and lightning strike lights up the big screen just like in the movie! I had brief moment of "Oh shit!"
I’ve seen this movie so many times throughout my life and this is the first time that I remembered at the end that she signed the papers only to end up back together 😂😂
Twister and Volcano are my 2 favorite disaster movies that aren't from the 70's. I got hooked on disaster movies in the 70's thanks to Airport(and it's sequels), The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and The Poseidon Adventure.
I was a teen through the disaster movie era of the 70s and have all of them in my video library except Poseidon Adventure which I can not find anywhere. Most people today do not know the extent of the casting for those movies. Icons from the 30s through the 70s this is what made these movies so great, the acting, scenes, dialog, and emotions were magnificent.
17:03 "It must have hit a car from the 80's". Very rarely do I genuinely Laugh Out Loud when watching CZcams, but you got me there George, Big Time! So much so, I had to stop everything and type out this silly comment before proceeding. That was extremely quick wit. And your deadpan expression whilst delivering it was perfect. Thank you for that. 😂
I'm glad you guys liked this movie so much! When I was a kid this was one of my favorite movies, I have no idea what it was that I loved so much but I watched it so much at probably way too young an age haha!
The drive in movie scene, even in clips here, is way too real for me. Have been in middle of very small tornado and have had bigger pass very close through the decades. The noise that surrounds a storm and tornados is otherworldly at times. They did a good job of dramatizing those sounds to convey it to general public.
I saw this movie at a theatre just south of Houston. During the movie, the power went out for about 20 minutes. When we finally left the theatre after the movie ended, we found that a tornado had passed within a quarter mile of the theatre and had flipped a few cars on the nearby freeway. Surreal.
For the curious, a not as well known F5 was in Jarrell, Texas in 1997. Actually it was an outbreak of tornados (like in the movie) but the worse hit Jarrell because the tornado moved strangely slow- it lasted 13 minutes, got up to 3/4 mile wide and, at times, moved 5 - 10 mph which means the tornado kinda sat on some areas and just grinded them into dust. Tore asphalt from the road, yanked the houses from foundations and then tore the foundations out too. Skinned cows. And while gale force winds are terrifying, the real danger in tornados is the debris they pick up and slam into other things. Things like wooden posts being driven thru metal, flying cars etc It's kind of amazing how powerful storms can get
this film actually gave me nightmares as a kid, i was so concerned that we didn't have a basement for if the twisters come... we live in Britain, its not really an issue here lol
Read a fun fact a few years ago that there are actually more tornadoes in the UK per year than in the USA, but the American ones are much, much, much bigger (even the little ones).
@@philmordecai oh we get crazy weather for sure, just last year a storm tor up half the trees where I live, but we don't get full on twisters like in the US because there isn't enough land for them to build up speed
I'm so glad you can see it from the fiancee's point of view. I feel like so many reactors don't really care that Bill Paxton's character basically went back with his ex in front of his fiancee.
This film was inspired by storm chasers and this film inspired storm chasers. The ideology behind the technical instrument's is spot on and still used today. Bill Paxton was taken from us way too early, he has never played a boring character, no matter how small. When he passed, storm chasers spelt out his name via geotags in tornado alley across America.
Watching the behind the scenes on how they made Twister, and it genuinely is incredible how they actually did the effects for this film considering they had to practically invent new CGI technology and techniques to create the twisters. Plus the bit with the house. When it rolls onto the road it's CGI but for the truck smashing through it, they actually built enough of a house for the truck to drive through.
I'll never forget, the tornados that hit in April of 2011. I live in Alabama and it was one of the hardest hit states during that outbreak. The string of tornados lasted over 3 days, I want to say there were like 350 tornados over the course of the outbreak and a few of them were EF5 tornados. It was absolutely terrifying. Over 300 fatalities, over 10 billion dollars in damage. I remember my brother rushed home to pick me up and bring me to a shelter and one of the tornados was literally going right over our heads. Somebody's barn roof landed in a field beside us as we were leaving our house. It was definitely an experience that will stick with me forever, and I now have a major fear of tornados
To answer another question, tornados and hurricanes are two different kinds of storms. Tornados form over land and are relatively small, even F5's in comparison to hurricanes because travelling over land actually wears them down and makes them smaller. But hurricanes form over oceans/seas, and are so massive that you never actually see the cyclone, you just feel the wind itself when one side of the hurricane hits land.
Bill Paxton was such a talent. Brought life to every character he played and was such a down to earth and cool guy in real life. Such a loss. RIP. I highly recommend the “let there be rock” podcast where he was a guest. The host of that podcast and him go way back and their relationship is awesome. Bill Paxton is such an unsung hero of so many films.
Has a game of twister ever led you to the suck zone?
I think I pulled a muscle in my face . . . trying to wink hard enough to say this line aloud. I'll be sending you my ER bill from south of your border.
I saw this film in theaters with my grandma in that year 1996 when I was 16 years old and now in my 42 I still love this classic Twister starring by Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Thank you guys great reaction 👍👍👍
Nah. I feel like the suck zone is a myth.
Playing Twister has never been a sexy experience IMO.
Oh no you didn't!
Oh heck yeah. Put the Extreme into high gear.
I liked how they handled the love triangle, with nobody being a villain. The tornadoes are the only antagonists the movie needs.
I kinda feel like Bill, while not a "villain," is the jerk here, especially saying to Jo "you can't see what's right in front of you, me," even if the other lady hadn't been listening in, that's kind of a dick move on his part, especially since afterwards he has no intention of breaking things off with her, she chose to leave, thankfully.
@@hellomark1 When people get emotional, they tend to say things they never intended. I think Bill was even shook by his own words.
Jonas is the villain
@@RobGamesOn I was referring to the love triangle situation.
@@RobGamesOn I look at Jonas as more of a rival.
I always loved the line " When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor."
GREAT line. Supposedly Joss Whedon did a lot of uncredited work on the script of this movie.
His fiance had all the best lines. "You people are all crazy!"
I used to chase them to but I had to give it up, I could not run fast enough.
honestly one of the things i love about this movie is the fact that they didnt make the new fiancee to be some evil or annoying character.. which they typically do in movies with this kind of romantic plot. shes fun and supportive and its realistic. not all new partners or old partners are 'bad'. i think they were all very mature and i like the way it was handled.
It also makes sense that she's a therapist.
Oh yeah, I had no idea when I'd seen this movie as a kid. But as an adult, I absolutely love how they handled the Fiance. She doesn't put the blame on anyone, she doesn't throw a hissy fit. She doesn't really do any of the normal... tropes, I guess. She just realizes the situation isn't working out. That he obviously still has feelings for Jo. And that the best thing for her is to just gtfo. And she does it in an adult way. I wish there was more of this
Fun Fact: Twister was the very first film to be released on DVD. Up until that point all films sold were on VHS tapes. It was awesome to see this film with digital technology. Especially because of its soundtrack.
This is sort of true. There were 4 movies that were released on DVD in Japan first, and then there were 15 titles that were released in the US after that, which ‘Twister’ was in the list of movies.
This movie was actually based on the work of scientists at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. The long-term goal of putting multiple instruments in the path of a tornado was met in southeast Wyoming, during the NOAA- and National Science Foundation-funded experiment known as VORTEX2, in 2009. So it took scientists 13 years to achieve what happened in Twister.
r.i.p. tim, paul, and carl
Yah there was a NOVA special about it.
& now I'm part of making that reality.
Unfortunately there are some major problems within the movie. Yes they do some well, but there are some terrible things as well. If an F5 passes over your house, nothing will be left of it. If you are inside at the time, you have way less than a 1% chance of survival. The way it was depicted in the movie was not good. Bill and Hellen would be shredded.
But one of my favorite all time movies.
@@JV-xf9ry that is the only thing about the movie that was cheesy. Rest was great.
21:56 George: "At what point does a tornado become a hurricane? "
Me (as a South Floridian): "Oh you sweet Canadian baby child, tornadoes and hurricanes are nowhere near the same thing".
"Just like Speed, this movie just went right into it immediately" ITS THE SAME DIRECTOR! Good call.
The sad thing is when you realize the dad died for no reason. The door didn't matter. If it did they would've been sucked out right after. But all they needed to do was to stay on the back wall and they all would've been fine.
It’s the suck zone.
Is a comedy apoarently so what sad part
One of the only "disaster" movies I really really like. Some great very plausible effects, great characters and great performances, some extra silly stunts for spice, and the "new" woman isn't a horrible shrew, just a nice, reasonable woman that just happens to be not so perfect a match and who gracefully bows out when she realises the reality of things.
I agree! At the beginning it seems like they are setting her up to be a comical character, but then she reveals herself to be someone with dignity and integrity. Jami Gertz accomplished a lot without very much screen time.
She's also appropriately a therapist.
I also love that Melissa was so gracefully bowed out once she saw that Bill really loved being a storm chaser. You might recognise her as the same actress, Jami Gertz, who played Star in Lost Boys.
And in "Quicksilver" with Kevin Bacon. But she don't have to act anymore.; she and her husband are the owners of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, and her net Worth is about 3 Billion dollars.
I think you guys missed that Aunt May was watching Judy Garland in a movie (A Star is Born) on TV just before her wind chimes started chiming. Judy was putting on lip stick. Judy played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Also, the dog at the beginning of the movie is the same breed as Toto, the dog in the Wizard of Oz
@@beandean23 that’s what kind of dog i have and we live in kansas but moved five years ago from texas
Twister was such a favorite from my childhood, I wore out that VHS tape. I love how the official MPAA rating is "PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather."
Lmao 🤣
Yeah I always get cracked up reading that lol
I'd never noticed that but considering the amount of cases of PTSD from Tornado's, not at all surprised. It's very prominent. And this movie, while old and doesn't look TOO great, could be a rediculous trigger.
One of my favorite movies ever. Outstanding cast and performances all around. RIP to Bill Paxton and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. 🙏❤
“I gotta go Julia, we’ve got cows!” I love this movie so much. Another great disaster movie you guys should check out is The Day After Tomorrow.
Definitely watch Day After Tomorrow!
George, the Cone of Silence the character was referring to was from the 60's TV show Get Smart. A spy spoof. The CoS was a gadget that dropped over the heads of two people talking to keep it private. The joke was the two people could barely hear each other while people outside the Cone could hear the entire "private" conversation.
I love Get Smart, but “cone of silence” has a bunch of meanings and one of them is indeed specific to tornados, storms in general actually.
I don’t understand all of the specifics of it, but basically storms can mess with Doppler radar sites when they are too close to them. It makes it hard or impossible for the radar to gather accurate data. Which creates a large scary looking black hole on the Doppler screen and meteorologists have taken to terming the phenomenon the “cone of silence”.
@@timhibbard4226that does sound a lot more plausible reference he would have been making.
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I think the Doppler radar blind spot at the center is simply that there is too much junk too high off the ground (trees and buildings) that the Doppler radar signal bounces off of them and creates meaningless data. The nearby ground itself also returns junk data.
That data may mask what's really happening further out because of multiple reflections of the nearby ground and junk. So, to eliminate confusion and to not mask what's happening further out, the system basically just ignores the data from inside a specified radius and draws a blank circle where all this spurious data appears.
It's essentially a cone of meaningless information.
Not many people know but the lady playing Bills fiancé is a billionaire irl lol
@@ScottyDoesntKnow69 By marriage...like 99% of rich women. The richest women in the world all got there by divorce. Its like saying you own a Bugatti b/c your dad lets you drive his around.
The breakfast scene in this movie never fails to make me hungry. It’s incredible food porn.
For Simone at 4:40: They actually tried something similar to Dorthy in the 70s and 80s called TOTO (TOtable Tornado Observatory), but never worked. Also, the 3 sensor deploy units from this movie can be seen on display at The National Weather Center in Norman, OK. Also, there have only been 59 f5 tornadoes or stronger since 1950, so they are pretty rare.
One of the Dorothys are in Hutchinson, KS in the salt mine, or at least it used to be. Been awhile since I've been through there. The movie studio rented storage in the mine due to consistent storage conditions for film reels and there is a little museum down there. At the time I went they had one of the agent smiths from the matrix and a mister freeze suit from a Batman movie and a few other cool things.
@@fan243dd7 Um. Agent Smith? I assume you don't mean they'd imprisoned Hugo Weaving in the mine...
@@bigdream_dreambig Lol no not actually. It was a life size mannequin. I assumed they used it for one of the sequels where there are multiple agent smiths. Not sure really. Kinda need to make it back down there to see if they've added anything new.
They have the Jeep Comanche at the Hollywood Cars Museum too
You mentioned Roland Emmerich and you guys actually reacted to his most successful movie Independence Day, which came out the same year as this. Please consider reacting to his first $100+ million hit: 1994's Stargate. Disaster flicks were huge in the 70s but had a revival in the 90s w/ the likes of Titanic, Armageddon, Deep Impact, Dante's Peak, Volcano, Daylight, Hard Rain, etc...
actually Roland Emmerich didn't direct this one... this came out the same year as Independence Day. However Micheal Crichton was 1 of the writers on this film. The director for this was Jan de Bont who directed Speed and Speed 2 along with the Laura Croft sequel(we won't discuss his 1 horror remake attempt The Haunting). If you want to see a guilty pleasure big budget action flick Roland directed try Godzilla '98.
@@pumkinheadfanvhsforever6087 I never claimed that Emmerich directed this one. As I said, they brought him up in the video.
@@jp3813 yeah that's why I added to it to clarify. We both caught it.
20:41 "That's got to be the most understanding woman ever"
The wife in Elf is also very patient and understanding.
This movie will always have a special place in my heart. My mom took me to see it at the age of 10 and the theater was completely empty. It was the coolest thing 💜
I live in Tornado Alley. Everyone has tornado insurance. I worked cleanup for Joplin tornado. That’s the worst I’ve ever seen. But I have lived through 2 tornadoes that actually damaged our house. The sound is deafening, like you laid your ears on the ground next to a passing train. But as quickly as arrived, it’s over. That’s why I wouldn’t want to live on the East Coast. Hurricanes are sooooo much worse.
That's why I like Colorado so much, we don't get either of those.
I live in California and it always surprises me when people say they’d rather live with tornadoes and hurricanes than earthquakes. I guess it a stick with the pain you know kinda thing. Earthquakes feel like your house is on the ocean( at least out in the boonies where my town is)
I always wondered... why do you build houses the way you do in the US, when you know you live in a place where a tornado could hit you?
Is it because a wooden structure is cheaper?
Wouldn't it be cheaper in the long run to build a house sturdy enough to withstand any tornado?
I'm from Germany and while we also have a lot of wooden structures mostly in the south of the country, most buildings are made from concrete and stone bricks.
That includes your regular, nothing-fancy, average home.
A tornado couldn't do anything to the house I grew up in... all the walls were between 2 and 3 feet of concrete and bricks.
So, yeah... honest question... why build wooden houses in an area where tornados are common?
A buddy of mine is a volunteer firefighter in Arkansas, just across the state border about 70 miles/110km from Joplin. When news began to break about the tornado he and some other firefighters hopped into trucks and drove up to Joplin. By the time they had gotten there rescue operations were just about wrapping up and it turned into searching for the people who didn't make it. He still doesn't like to talk about what he saw there but his wife has told me he'd have nightmares about it a few months after it happened.
@@jek4837 my county doesn't have twisters or tornadoes and all houses are made of brick or concrete. Only our sheds and bungalows are made of wood
Every time I'm hungry, I quote this movie. "Food. Food! FOOD!"
SAAAAAAME
I’m gonna start doing that 😂
Officially, the widest tornado on record is the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013 with a width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km) at its peak. This is the width found by the National Weather Service based on preliminary data from University of Oklahoma RaXPol mobile radar that also sampled winds of 296 mph...
My x lives in Midwest city and was there for this tornado i was away for work it was scary as hell there were hours I didn’t know if she was ok
I lived in tulsa at this time.. even tho I was that far away.. u can see it turning up in the sky..
I have some friends in el reno. Destroyed everything they owned. I was in moore Oklahoma that day. It made its way through moore. Leveled quite a bit.
Drive through Moore a few years after a big one rolled through there and you could still see the damage path.
The El Reno tornado also killed Tim Samaras who created the device this movie was based on. He and 3 others were the first storm chasers to be killed by a tornado.
"Fun ridiculous" is a perfect way to describe this film. The director Jan DeBont seemed to have learned a lot about making outrageous but emotionally gripping action from having shot DIE HARD and directed SPEED.
Sorry but John MC tiernan directed DIe hard but He did do great job with Speed
@@michaelceraso1977 By "having shot Die Hard", he means that Jan de Bont was the cinematographer of Die Hard.
He was going to direct the American Godzilla movie, but I think making this soured him on blockbusters
Saw this in the theater when it came out. It was definitely a memorable experience. Usually whenever the tornado sirens turn on, a lot of us in the Southern U.S. go outside to look at the sky. There's a joke about a flying trampoline being one of our state's birds.
I saw this also when it came out but at a drive-in theater. Talk about an experience. That was amazing. ❤️
ugh this movie is a thrilling if corny classic! it holds a very special place in my heart as a tornado admirer and child of 1996. universal orlando used to have an attraction based on it that SCARED the life out of my little sister because they basically simulate a tornado in the building with you, crazy cool stuff. would love to see this movie remade with some modern vfx.
I would watch into the storm for that
From what I've heard, a sequel is kind of in the making.
@@yugiboy578 not that good of a movie though weak story
I'm surprised there aren't more Tornado movies. This is a classic but I'd love to see a modern scary one with today's graphics.
@@willvr4 Well, there are a few more out there, mostly from the late 90s to early-mid 2000s. But they are very varied effects-wise.
Two years ago a tornado took the second story off my Dad's house. He had to have his house rebuilt. Tornado damage is covered by homeowners insurance in Texas. A tornado and a hurricane are two entirely different types of storms.
This was released as a 'bring the whole family' summer blockbuster type deal. The marketing went really heavy on the visual effects, which while dated by today's standards were quite sophisticated and ground breaking for 1996. All told it did about $500 million gross on a $90 million budget, and it really did capture the public opinion for a short while, so it was a success by any metric.
And honestly using miniatures for a lot of the effects looked better than trying to do some bad 90s cg
I still think I holds up even 17 years later lol
George: “I hope it’s realistic.”
Me: just looks down and shakes head
One of my old college roommates is in this movie. It's so bizarre seeing him pop-up every now and then in TV and movies. He never made it big, but it's fun to see him come out of nowhere. Good movie too.
Everyone forgets how much a major star of the movie Bill's Dodge Ram was. This helped to spike the sales of Ram trucks after the movie came out. This has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid, and made me fall in love with the Ram as well.
As completely unrealistic as the end is, this movie is definitely one of my guilty pleasures. My hubby gives me so much shit for loving it so much... Especially since I have an insane fear of severe weather and tornados.
Tornadoes cannot touch you if your not in the way of them. You have no reason to fear them if you stay updated on forecasts. I check it 4 times a day. You do this & your fear will melt away. I chase myself for a living. Tornadoes are an amazing sight in fields away from people at a distance. Especially bright pearl white tornados.
Several people have mentioned hearing the sound of a train during a tornado and I was skeptical... until I actually experienced a tornado. It truly does sound like a train and it rattles the ground like one too.
Fun fact you can hear earthquakes too. I use to live in California, then I moved to Idaho. Will I didn’t know Idaho hoot earthquakes until I heard a rumbling I was like no way a earthquake was going to happen. It was a not that big and I didn’t have to run for cover. Too small and short. It did damage my 100 year old church but very little.
I've been through two tornadoes. One knocked our trailer off the blocks, the next one was an F-4 and wiped out the whole house. It was pretty damn scary and loud. I was more upset about losing all of my toys than anything else, since I was only 4.
Wauketa the city Aunt May lived in was actually flattened during filming. The residents agreed to show the scenes to bring awareness to the damages caused. The Twister experience at Universal Florida, began with Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton explaining the reasons for using the town in the movie.
I live in Oklahoma and had a near miss with the May 5th tornado. It went right over our house. The damage path was a mile wide , with nothing left in its wake, not even grass. There was another time we had a lot of small tornadoes all over the place and they kept shutting down all the roads. My husband was almost sucked off the road trying to get home.
That one missed my house in Moore by 1/2 mile to the north.
So, keep your head out of your husbands lap while he is driving and that won't happen! ;P
I was at the Warren that day. So grateful for their precautionary measures.
@@OUsniper1 Thank you for saying it 'cuz I didn't necessarily want to, but would have had to. 😉🤣
wait who almost sucked him off?
One of the more underrated Van Halen songs with Humans Being. Hagar was in hysterics after seeing Eddie write the lyrics, he re-wrote the whole song so it didn't feel too spoon fed for the soundtrack.
And the closing credits music is really good, too.
Definitely agree. I blast Humans Being when I drive or exercise at the gym. And I'd argue one of Edward Van Halen's greatest guitar solos.
Eddie's "Respect the Wind" at the end of the credits is an eerie unusual instrumental that definitely fits this movie. I could also see it used in the backdrop of an alien film or X-Files.
@@stephensmith8316 Respect the Wind is perfect because we just got through watching a massive event but then we get to see the beauty of the sky and the clouds while listening to some great music. Song ends with the dramatic piano as the Amblin logo shows up.
This is a childhood favourite of mine, despite the fact that it made me irrationally scared of tornados lmao. Love y’all
It made me irrationally scared of tomatoes. But then I found out I was just dyslexic.
@@zammmerjammer Attaaaaack of the killer tomatoes! Attaaaaack of the killer tomaytoes! They'll beat you, bash you, squash you, smash you...
Having a fear of tornadoes isn't irrational, that's just plain ol' survival instinct! 😬
Same! I live somewhere that doesn't get tornadoes but after seeing this as a kid was terrified for months that a tornado would come get us lol
I guess you guys missed it. But when Jo showed Dorothy to Bill for the first time she said "we built 4 of them".
“That’s what makes us Human BEINGS!” Love that song from Van Halen, even if the band didn’t like it.
I live in South Carolina so unfortunately we can be hit with both tornadoes or hurricanes. Tornadoes normally don’t last very long but bring so much devastation, while hurricanes can bring days upon days of bad weather. Flooding, high winds, thunderstorms, all the things with hurricanes. Our school districts will cancel school if the weather is supposed to be bad with high winds.
Bro why are you acting like South Carolina gets tornados lmao I live in nc, and your just lying lol. They happen like once every few years with very very little destruction at all if any.
This movie still looks really good today for how they animated the tornadoes. They actually filmed stuff 7 mins from my house, but nothing was used in the movie. I remember watching all the vehicles going by the house when I was 8/9 years old. We drove by what should have been used in the movie a few days later. It was like a Big Boy restaurant statue thing halfway in the water with a lot of debris around it. Pauls Valley, OK - Very unlikely to survive that end scene based on the random debris in the tornado itself. Small things turn into bullets that could rip through flesh. They might even be ripped apart at the end.. That's a lot of force.
I used to live in Lindsay. I remember going to watch the filming, Luckily I got to meet Helen, and shake hands with Bill.
@@tkurz3071Lindsay, Oklahoma?
@@sonofmoss yup...broomcorn capital of the world.
@@tkurz3071 my grandmother lived there until she passed. Heard so much about broomcorn! Did you ever go the school park or playground with that crazy roller slide that tried to punch your skin or fingers between the rollers?
@@sonofmoss yeah I remember the roller slide, until we removed all the old equipment and built a brand new playground in 99-2000.
I grew up on a farm in Iowa and have been though several tornados. I remember seeing a photo my grandpa showed me of a circular saw blade stuck halfway through a tree. The craziest part? Even knowing the danger, people (myself included at one time or another) can always be seen standing on our porches watching the damn thing.
yes that always made me sad. But his instinct was to protect. it’s admirable.
@@kerodelkigh I’m not sure you meant to respond to me mate.
@@brycealthoff8092 Yes I didn’t thank you
I miss the Twister attraction at Universal Studios in Orlando. The closest I've been to a tornado was about 300 yards, as the Nazghul flies. I think it was an EF-2. It tore down some light and power poles and ripped the roof a QuickTrip. Also tornadoes are much more localized with more intense winds, while hurricanes/typhoons are much, much bigger and start over water.
Same!
"as the Nazghul flies"
That LOTR reference. Outstanding.
I remember that ride! I loved it! I still have a postcard 😊
Random Hurricane/Typhoon fact : They can't form within 15* of the equator.
I remember this ride. Back when they had actual rides at theme parks like earthquake, jaws, kong etc
When Bill Paxton died, storm chasers paid tribute to him by using their shared network to spell out 'BP' with GPS markers in their vehicles. The initials ran across Oklahoma and Kansas and they were centered around the town of Wakita, Oklahoma. Where Aunt Meg lived in the movie.
Thought it was a pretty cool tribute.
When I was a young 'un I lived through the 'Storm of the Century' in April of '74 when it came through north Alabama (148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 U.S. states AND the Canadian province of Ontario!). I think we had around 10 tornadoes come through in one night. Luckily they didn't hit our house but others weren't so lucky. I went out with friends and helped clean up a few days later and it was a mess. Speaking of cows, another tornado that came through maybe 10 years later hit an elementary school that was across the street from a dairy farm and they found cows that had been killed by debris - including pens and pencils - that the tornado turned into projectiles. The mom of one of my co-workers got picked up in her car and the tornado dropped the car on a bunch of power lines but, luckily, the power had already been knocked out so she was okay, other than being very shooken up (and she was in her 60's at the time). And another friend of mine went down in their basement with their family and when they came out about 15 minutes later, their house was gone. With climate change, we're seeing them come through at weird times and not just in Spring/Summer. Hell, even in Manzanita, Oregon, just south of Cannon Beach, one came through in December a few years ago and went right up the main drag (and there's only one main street with almost all the shops and restaurants). This movie was fun to see in theaters, and there was some news recently that there's a sequel in the works, I think. Also RIP Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Too sad that they're both gone.
April 3rd. My cousins and I spent the evening in my aunt and uncle's hallway under a mattress with the adults on top of us.
There's no evidence that so-called global warming is causing an uptick in the number of tornadoes. However, the technology to detect them has improved greatly, so weather organizations are better able to both predict them and give warning, as well as identify them even when they fail to touch down. Back in the 1970's when Doppler rader was in its infancy (speaking from experience living not more than 15 miles from the F5 Xenia tornado, the largest ever recorded at the time), at that time there was only one date on the weather calendar of recorded American history that had never experienced a tornado somewhere in the lower 48 states: January 17th.
It's not like they're all that rare here--all you need is the right combination of warm and cold air. North America is more suseptible than most areas of the world because of our generally temperate climate, proximity to weather systems born in both the northern latitudes and warm tropical water, and the size of our land mass that enables large thunderstorms to develop powerful storms.
The movie actually does tell us that there are 4 Dorthy's to start with. When Jo first reveals it to Bill, she states that they did build 4 of them, and all 4 ended up being used and/or destroyed. The other three were presumably kept in Dusty's bus or any of the other larger vehicles.
I watched this movie very young, not sure how old I was but it was younger than 10, and every tornado scene terrified me. Was baffled to find out its not a horror movie as I got older.
That was an amazing reaction! Thank you so much for watching this icon! Believe it or not, they actually interviewed 2 people who actually were in the middle of the tornado and survived. So everything Bill and Jo saw were exactly as the survivors described it. Helen Hunt has also been in these films: Quarterback Princess, based on true story about a girl being a kicker on all boys football team, and Soul Surfer, which based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton’s shark attack and overcoming her obstacles to get back in the water. 🌪
I live in Dallas Texas and we are at the bottom of tornado alley. Several of my friends have survived tornadoes damaging their homes over the years thankfully. I've had one destroy a Home Depot three miles south of my house a few years back. That's the closest I have been. The movie does a good job depicting how terrifying it is when you don't know which way they can go.
Remember the F3 that ripped through downtown Fort Worth in 2000? A couple of large buildings had to be demolished, including a skyscraper, because it was beyond repair. Luckily I lived on the outskirts of the city.
I remember when this came out in theaters. My uncle and aunt came out next county over and brought me to see it in our "cheap theater" (where movies went after a few months after box office). It happened to heavy storm at the time of viewing. Projector cut out at the scene where no one could see the tornado at the top of the hill. Audio still going. Theater cut audio and refunded everyone's money and gave us free vouchers for future visits. I was 11. Scared and loved every second of it.
The meteorologist that was on the TV in the background was the "Weather guy" I listened to all my life. The Great Gary England.
I've survived a couple of tornados in my childhood and I can tell you that while they might have added animal sound effects for the movie, tornados do make you hear some of the wildest shit. I've heard everything from lion's roars to steam whistles, and they're every bit as terrifying as the movie makes them look.
A great Helen Hunt movie is As Good As It Gets with Jack Nicholson, one of the best feel good movies I've seen.
I'm not a fan of rom coms, but I love that movie. One of my favorites.
My younger sister and I have been weather nerds all of our lives, and this is one of our favorite movies. My sister literally has it memorized and it's the reason why she's a legit storm chasing photographer now in her 20s with NWS certifications through SkyWarn and Spotter Network. If you've ever heard a NOAA weather radio broadcast say "Spotter activation may be necessary", that's what/who it's talking about.
She actually reads meteorology textbooks _for fun,_ so she's taken it WAY further than I ever have which I think is awesome (can you tell I'm proud of her?). The only thing that kept her from becoming a meteorologist was the advanced math required for forecasting since she has dyscalculia (dyslexia with numbers). Whenever she brings up terminology I don't know I'll tell her "That term. Educate me." and she'll info-dump about it. lol
We both have advanced radar apps on our phones (albeit she has more features unlocked in hers because of being part of Spotter Network) and during the season we'll text each other screenshots of supercells _in other states_ just to say oooooh look at this!!
Because we are nerds.
I'm really hoping to join her on a chase this spring, too, so I can drive and she can safely take pictures out the window.
...because we are nerds. lol
I'm a professional chaser for a living. I'm not doing it for a hobby. I do it to save lives. 😊
@@StormChaserMaci. That's cool. That's why my sister always chases with a trunk full of first aid supplies and is planning on getting EMT training, in case she ever comes across a community right after it's been hit. She wants to help.
Personally I would say "professional" rather than "real". Storm chasers who chase as a hobby for the love of the science are still storm chasers. It's not that different than me saying I'm a professional artist because I'm an illustrator for a living. I wouldn't tell a hobbyist I'm a "real" artist because they're still artists. I just pay my bills with my work while theirs is created for the love of it and nothing else. Passion drives a person into the profession, absolutely, but it doesn't discount those who do it on the side when they can.
Love to see people discover this movie. I was obsessed with it as a tween. Had a crush on both leads, and Dusty. :)
I’m born and raised in Northeast Texas, and I’ve lived between Northeast Texas and Southeastern Oklahoma, my whole life. I’ve been through several tornadoes. When you live in a place where tornadoes are regular, other than having a weather radio and maybe an app on your phone or the weather channel so you can see the radar. You really don’t worry about it too much. I’ve slept through plenty of storms that produce tornadoes near me. It’s kind of like how people that live in Southern California get used to minor earthquakes. It would take a really big destructive end of the world type one to get them really amped up about it. Thanks for reacting to this movie because being that I’m an Okie it’s like our claim to fame other than the musical Oklahoma. Lol.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was great in this movie. This gritty, adventurer was a bit of a departure for him, and he slayed it!
This movie is great! My favorite part is actually the guitar music in the credits. The guitar is played by Eddie Vanhalen!
*Yeah, the track "Respect The Wind" : E-Guitar by Eddie Van Halen and Piano played by VH-drummer Alex Van Halen.* 🔥🔥🎵🎵🎸🎸🎹🎹🎵🎵🔥🔥🌪🌀🌬
Twister was such a fun watch when I was a kid! Got me into Deep Purple from that scene alone. Bill is a legend! RIP! I love the family aspect of this movie.
21:55 tornadoes are land born, hurricanes are ocean born. one does not become the other.
Yes! Omg, it never occurred to me before but YES this is like Contact in some ways (Joe the character and backstory. Helen Hunt even looks like Jodie Foster.) And yes! Yes it is also like Speed in structure and tone. And yes! Yes that IS the dread pirate Roberts. (Okay, I already knew that one, but I was wondering if anyone would notice.) 😂👍 Every time Simone speaks today I’m like 😯
I always loved Jami Gertz, and grew up watching her in t.v. and movies. I love that she was understanding when she left, but I felt sorry for her too.
Absolutely! You must be crazy to choose Helen Hunt over Jami Gertz. She was one of the hottest girls from the 80s!
Lol at them laughing at the black van blowing up and everyone dying inside 😂😂
This was a movie made for me when it came out. I was a big weather nerd in junior high. I knew of the scientific inaccuracies (That's not what the inside of a tornado is really like), but its still a fun movie. Bonus points for Bill Paxton and a great soundtrack.
Twister is the best Dodge Ram commercial ever made.
I seen this movie in an IMAX movie theater in Las Vegas. Also there was a reality show following Storm chasers who built their vehicles into tank like structures to survive
Your thinking of Reed Timmer. He still does it:)
@@StormChaserMaci. don't know there was a reality type show Storm chasers or something
@@StormChaserMaci. yeah I looked it up on CZcams not Reed timmer the other guy/group I didn't realize that Discovery show started over a decade ago. Also one of the clip says one of the guys have died Joel Taylor? But I watched some of it before Reed timmer built the dominator the other guy built the tank like vehicle first
This movie is a whole other experience in the theater. I want to say I was 10 or 11 when this came out and my whole family wen to see this opening weekend. Our local theater had THX audio and it was so intense watching this, simply amazing.
This movie is on my top 10 list with Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton was a genius even if some other movies were not good. His books are amazing...His writting overall is one of the best of it's kind.
Hi! 30 year storm chaser here - Twister was the movie that introduced a little known pastime to masses and make core punching a truly stupid thing. (And yes, it's real.)
Tornadoes can be stationary or can move across the ground clocked over 90 mph. Wind speeds can go from 60 mph to 318 (measured by mobile Doppler radar in Moore, OK in 1999.). Most tornadoes are 50 ft wide, but can be 2.6 miles wide. They can occur any time conditions are favorable to severe thunderstorms, day or night, any season. They can be solitary, come in families, or drop hundreds in an outbreak.
Twister 2 in in development.
I think this was a lot of people's introduction to Philip Seymour Hoffman. RIP to him and Bill Paxton.
Watching this movie in my town had an extra effect. The cinema was built at the old drive-in, and the old screen was still standing.
We come out of the cinema and a storm has started, we walk to the car and lightning strike lights up the big screen just like in the movie!
I had brief moment of "Oh shit!"
I’ve seen this movie so many times throughout my life and this is the first time that I remembered at the end that she signed the papers only to end up back together 😂😂
So many good supporting actors in this one. Their team is so authentic.
Twister and Volcano are my 2 favorite disaster movies that aren't from the 70's. I got hooked on disaster movies in the 70's thanks to Airport(and it's sequels), The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and The Poseidon Adventure.
I was a teen through the disaster movie era of the 70s and have all of them in my video library except Poseidon Adventure which I can not find anywhere. Most people today do not know the extent of the casting for those movies. Icons from the 30s through the 70s this is what made these movies so great, the acting, scenes, dialog, and emotions were magnificent.
17:03 "It must have hit a car from the 80's".
Very rarely do I genuinely Laugh Out Loud when watching CZcams, but you got me there George, Big Time!
So much so, I had to stop everything and type out this silly comment before proceeding.
That was extremely quick wit. And your deadpan expression whilst delivering it was perfect. Thank you for that. 😂
I'm glad you guys liked this movie so much! When I was a kid this was one of my favorite movies, I have no idea what it was that I loved so much but I watched it so much at probably way too young an age haha!
I saw this movie when it came out originally in theaters. It was intense with the surround and big screen. Always a great re-watch
Paxon may have been offed by a predator, alien, and terminator but he survived a roaring tornado
I remember seeing a trailer for this at the drive in. When I saw the scene with the flying cows looking so real, I HAD to see this movie.
The drive in movie scene, even in clips here, is way too real for me. Have been in middle of very small tornado and have had bigger pass very close through the decades. The noise that surrounds a storm and tornados is otherworldly at times. They did a good job of dramatizing those sounds to convey it to general public.
I saw this movie at a theatre just south of Houston. During the movie, the power went out for about 20 minutes. When we finally left the theatre after the movie ended, we found that a tornado had passed within a quarter mile of the theatre and had flipped a few cars on the nearby freeway. Surreal.
Sounds like the tornado wanted to see the movie 😂.
This is such an entertaining movie. It has a pretty decent Van Halen song in it too. 8.5/10
For the curious, a not as well known F5 was in Jarrell, Texas in 1997. Actually it was an outbreak of tornados (like in the movie) but the worse hit Jarrell because the tornado moved strangely slow- it lasted 13 minutes, got up to 3/4 mile wide and, at times, moved 5 - 10 mph which means the tornado kinda sat on some areas and just grinded them into dust.
Tore asphalt from the road, yanked the houses from foundations and then tore the foundations out too. Skinned cows. And while gale force winds are terrifying, the real danger in tornados is the debris they pick up and slam into other things. Things like wooden posts being driven thru metal, flying cars etc
It's kind of amazing how powerful storms can get
That request for subscribers was udderly ridiculous 🙄
looool ;)
The actress that played Melissa is the actress that played Star in the Lost Boys
Very hard to tell I remember finding that out many years after Twister came out.
this film actually gave me nightmares as a kid, i was so concerned that we didn't have a basement for if the twisters come... we live in Britain, its not really an issue here lol
Read a fun fact a few years ago that there are actually more tornadoes in the UK per year than in the USA, but the American ones are much, much, much bigger (even the little ones).
@@philmordecai oh we get crazy weather for sure, just last year a storm tor up half the trees where I live, but we don't get full on twisters like in the US because there isn't enough land for them to build up speed
For me it was Jaws, despite being in Britain and living 20 miles from the nearest coast, yet the local swimming baths were terrifying.
The tornado at the drive-in used to be an actual ride/experience at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida.
I'm so glad you can see it from the fiancee's point of view. I feel like so many reactors don't really care that Bill Paxton's character basically went back with his ex in front of his fiancee.
One of those movies that will always be in my heart. My dad's legacy (vhs/dvd/shared memories wise).
This film was inspired by storm chasers and this film inspired storm chasers. The ideology behind the technical instrument's is spot on and still used today.
Bill Paxton was taken from us way too early, he has never played a boring character, no matter how small. When he passed, storm chasers spelt out his name via geotags in tornado alley across America.
For sure, Tim Marshall helped Paxton with his character and the understanding of the science.
Watching the behind the scenes on how they made Twister, and it genuinely is incredible how they actually did the effects for this film considering they had to practically invent new CGI technology and techniques to create the twisters.
Plus the bit with the house. When it rolls onto the road it's CGI but for the truck smashing through it, they actually built enough of a house for the truck to drive through.
There's something about this film that makes it super rewatchable. I've seen it at least half a dozen times. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it.
I'll never forget, the tornados that hit in April of 2011. I live in Alabama and it was one of the hardest hit states during that outbreak. The string of tornados lasted over 3 days, I want to say there were like 350 tornados over the course of the outbreak and a few of them were EF5 tornados. It was absolutely terrifying. Over 300 fatalities, over 10 billion dollars in damage. I remember my brother rushed home to pick me up and bring me to a shelter and one of the tornados was literally going right over our heads. Somebody's barn roof landed in a field beside us as we were leaving our house. It was definitely an experience that will stick with me forever, and I now have a major fear of tornados
To answer another question, tornados and hurricanes are two different kinds of storms. Tornados form over land and are relatively small, even F5's in comparison to hurricanes because travelling over land actually wears them down and makes them smaller. But hurricanes form over oceans/seas, and are so massive that you never actually see the cyclone, you just feel the wind itself when one side of the hurricane hits land.
I like how you guys finally are at the point where you have seen enough movies to recognize all the actors from other movies :P
Not sure if you noticed CineBinge but Jonas is played by Carey Elwes who was Wesley in The Princess Bride.
Helen Hunt is super cool in this movie. Also the effects were amazing at the time, and even for an earthquake person like myself it was crazy to see.
Bill Paxton was such a talent. Brought life to every character he played and was such a down to earth and cool guy in real life. Such a loss. RIP.
I highly recommend the “let there be rock” podcast where he was a guest. The host of that podcast and him go way back and their relationship is awesome. Bill Paxton is such an unsung hero of so many films.
He's my new best friend.