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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Twisters OK/G
[POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW]
Twister is not
only one of the best, if not the
best, tornado movies, but also natural disaster flick (Into the Storm is another pretty good one, one I feel is slightly underrated). This sequel bears no relation to it aside
from some equipment named after The
Wizard of Oz characters. Would that
make it a remake then? A requel? Reimagining?
It’s marketed as a sequel, but it kind of is a remake; the sequence of
events are fairly similar---there’s a tragedy in the beginning, there are
tornado scenes scattered here and there, we end with a grand finale, and
previous failed attempts end up being successful. [In addition to tornado chasers, this time we
get tornado wranglers---those who actually go into the tornado; and instead of
sending warnings into the tornado, this time they aim to weaken them]. Some of the scientific jargon went right over
my head (I’d be curious to hear a meteorologist’s view on this film), some of
it is predictable, and it does suffer a bit from sequelitis (comparisons to the
predecessor are inevitable), but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun though. There isn’t much to expect from a tornado
movie, and I think it delivers enough for me to give it a passing grade. It definitely didn’t seem like it was two
hours. 7/30/2024
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Bag of Lies >>>B
Humane >>>OK
Sleeping Dogs (2024) >>>EH
Tarot (2024) >>>EH/OK
---Sean O.8/4/2024
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