{"id":29005,"date":"2024-07-18T02:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T09:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=29005"},"modified":"2024-07-18T02:02:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T09:02:19","slug":"twisters-is-too-silly-to-deliver-thrills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=29005","title":{"rendered":"TWISTERS is Too Silly to Deliver Thrills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time:  122 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature film from Warner Bros. opens exclusively at\ntheaters on July 19th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can sometimes take a while for a hit movie to result in a\nsequel, but few would have expected the 28-year span between the original\nsummer blockbuster Twister<\/em> and its unanticipated follow-up. Truth be\ntold, Twisters <\/em>isn\u2019t really a true continuation of the story. Yes, there\nare \u201cstorm chasers\u201d in it, various tornados causing massive destruction, as\nwell as a few subtle references to the original film. However, that\u2019s about\nwhere the similarities end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story introduces Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a\ncollege student who has the gift of being able to predict the path of\ntornadoes. Kate also believes she may be close to discovering a way to stop\ntwisters from ravaging her home state of Oklahoma. But after a horrific\ntragedy, the traumatized lead relocates to New York for five years. Out of the\nblue, old acquaintance Javi (Anthony Ramos) arrives and asks her to help with a\nnew research project he claims will help collect important data on twisters. The\nprotagonist agrees, but finds her new team competing with YouTube sensation\nTyler Owens (Glen Powell) and his group of storm enthusiasts. She and Tyler\ninitially butt heads, but as a series of violent storms rock the state, the\npair are put into close contact and must team up to accomplish their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Obviously, a summer tentpole release like this does feature\nplenty of elaborate tornados that are created using the latest special effects.\nThey are well-realized, with the camera often staying fairly low to the ground\nin order to emphasize the enormity of these natural phenomena. The film is at\nits most compelling when these storms are raging and large pieces of machinery\nand\/or major structures are thrust into the air and crash to the ground.\nThey\u2019re reasonably effective, but there is nothing on display here as memorable\nas its predecessor (which featured its two leads silently watching a cow fly\nthrough the air, as well as driving a truck through an entire multi-story house\nthat falls in front of them). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The arrogant but ultimately well-intentioned Tyler character\nis amusing to watch and there are a few seemingly off-handed comments between\nhe and Kate that do land when they are getting to know each other. But while\nsome onscreen chemistry is present, as written, there are several issues with\nthe protagonist. Kate should clearly be suffering from trauma and terror from\npast events, but it only surfaces briefly in a couple of short instances. In\nfact, the movie suggests that all she really needs is a good talking to from\nfamily and friends about facing her fears before the problem is evidently\nsolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the supporting characters, they fare even worse. Yes,\nthere are some amusing observations as the two team members hurtle and race\ntowards storms in their vehicles, but the majority of humor falls flat. The\ncompetition doesn\u2019t even make much sense as they appear to have different\nmotivations and purposes behind their work. And when they\u2019re interacting in\nperson, they come across as one-note and, at times, even preposterous. This\nespecially hurts the picture when it attempts to inject intrigue into events. The\nmaterial is delivered in such an obvious manner that every viewer will know the\ntrue motives of the characters long before they should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the finale is especially silly as it introduces a\nrelatively simple answer to solving a major meteorological issue. Perhaps if\nthe characters were all a little more well-drawn and believable it might have\nworked, but here it\u2019s all a bit much and comes across as campy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admittedly, the original 1996 feature was no classic, but it\ndid feature a few special moments. There are some good visual effects in Twisters<\/em>,\nbut the scenarios presented aren\u2019t as noteworthy, the character interactions\nare only occasionally engaging, and one never feels like they are truly caught\nin the middle of a terrifying ordeal. After nearly three decades, it might have\nbeen wise for the studio to wait even longer before bringing this follow-up to\ncinemas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time:  122 minutes This feature film from Warner Bros. opens exclusively at theaters on July 19th. It can sometimes take a while for a hit movie to result in a sequel, but few would have expected the 28-year span between the original summer blockbuster Twister and its unanticipated follow-up. Truth be told, Twisters isn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[215,697,1594,5059,5903,8379,18035,23124,23410,23411,23412,23413,23414],"class_list":["post-29005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-215","tag-action","tag-anthony-ramos","tag-daisy-edgar-jones","tag-disaster","tag-glen-powell","tag-sequel","tag-tornado","tag-twister","tag-twisters","tag-twisters-film-review","tag-twisters-movie-review","tag-twisters-review"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}