(no stars out of *****)
I've seen a lot of bad movies before but never one this boring. Bill Paxton is pretty good as a tornado expert and some of the jokes are pretty funny but yet this movie still sucks. At the beginning of the movie, we are told that the characters have four chances to get dorothy into the tornado. How many times does it take them? Four chances. Also at the beginning, the good guys are supplied with a competitor. What happens to them? They get sucked up by a Tornado instantly. What was the point of the bad guys? To show us the dangers of a tornado? Most of us have already seen tornado footage and know the danger. Or perhaps it was simply a showcase for the special effects? We are shown the tornado plenty of times. Each time is dramactically less and less interesting.
I think that's the problem with disaster movies. The directors never seem to provide the volcano, tornado, asteroid, or whatever with any character. If the theme of disaster movies is man vs. nature why not give us more from the nature's side. The writer seems to be content with the characters studying it electronically which is quite boring for the audience. And what of the Helen Hunt/Bill Paxton love subplot? Dull and uninteresting. This is a pretty formulaic movie so we know they'll end up together. Another problem with disaster movies is that there's no suprise ending. At least with a boring drama movie there's hope for a suprise ending to make amends.
The movie also provides us with another supblot involving Helen Hunt facing the Tornado. Which she does about four times. Even though the last one is pretty strong. Who cares? They all look the same to me.
During this movie, I learned nothing about what a twister was. Only about how much a movie about a twister could suck.
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