When Cassie went “Dig a hole,” when they were standing in the field, I died, that was a class comment 😂😂😂😂 Great reaction, I love this movie… Yes, watch Deep Impact please, that’s a great movie…
"100% Vegan, the Hobbits will appreciate that". OMG. One of their favorite meals that they often talk about is small game, "Coneys" rabbits, birds, etc.. Did you not pay attention when you watched the movies? I love you, think you are a sweet girl. This, however, is not acceptable. You are rewriting Tolkien, re-characterizing his characters to fit your Vegan worldview. It is no better than what the leftists are trying to do to all of our history and literature. DO NOT RE-CHARACTERIZE TOLKIEN CHARACTERS INTO YOUR PRESENT DAY LEFTIST VALUE SYSTEM. IT IS NOT APPRECIATED. YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN THE LUNATICS THROWING BLOOD AT PEOPLE FOR WEARING FUR WHEN YOU DO THAT, OR THE SCUMBAGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BUTCHERING THE "RE-IMAGINING" OF TOLKIEN'S WORKS TO PUSH THEIR SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR CAUSES. One last thing... I know you think that that comment was helping you sell shoes, pleasing your sponsors. I am here to tell you that you will lose many more sales than you gain using that "let's redefine history to make some money" strategy. I was in, until that comment. Now I am considering unsubscribing, as much as I like you personally. A little advice. Get the political/social commentary and revisionist history out of your videos. You will do much better in the long run that way. You may be a "climate disaster" cult member, and it may be truth to you, but MANY think that kind of comment is horrifying, on so many levels. YOU, who bases her business upon movies, cannot see that revising someone's work after they die is a crime against art, literature, truth, and intellectual honesty, especially for money, and I know you do not make this connection yet, but it is also a crime against FREEDOM (read "1984" or "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. It will become plain as the nose on your face). YOU should know better. Was it ignorance, and you just assumed they did not eat meat? Was it intentional? Either way, you have no right to do that. AT ALL. I do not think that you realize how many Tolkien fans threw up when you said that. I was here to watch your review. Gonna pass this time.
When Bill Paxton passed, a larger number of storm chasers either went to their designated site or just set their GPS markers all across Tornado Alley to spell out his initials as a tribute. The initials were large enough to cover parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
Just to elaborate for other people, the GPS markers for storm chasers are registered with an organization called Spotter Network. My sister is SkyWarn certified and registered with Spotter Network herself so she has access to Spotter Network chaser locations within the RadarScope app on her phone. Each chaser shows up as a dot on the map, so chasers will arrange themselves to form initials in honor of fallen brethren, so to speak. They did the same for Tim Samaras and his team when they were killed in the El Reno tornado, which is still the largest tornado ever recorded. Off the top of my head I believe it was 2.5 miles wide. It was a tragic loss.
Fun fact: The "Dorothy" and "D.O.T. 3" equipment in the movie is based on an actual project called "Toto" that works exactly the same way as described in the film. Thanks to "Toto", we now know a lot more about the wind dynamics of tornadoes, how they develop and move than was previously known.
My brain is not as sharp as it used to be but didn't Josh Wurman or the late great Tim Samaras come up with this idea, or engineer it at the very least?
Your information is incomplete to say the least. TOTO (or 'TOtable Tornado Observatory') was designed for that purpose, but it was never successfully deployed as a tornado measuring instrument pack. From the Wikipedia article: "TOTO was deployed several times during the 1980s. The closest deployment to a tornado was on April 29, 1985 near Ardmore, Oklahoma, by Steve Smith and Lou Wicker of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). It turned out that TOTO had a center of gravity too high for extreme wind, and it fell down as it was sideswiped by the edge of the weak tornado." "TOTO was also deployed as a portable weather station to measure thunderstorm gust fronts and non-tornadic mesocyclones-with more success than its tornado mission. TOTO was retired after 1987 because of safety issues and the logistical difficulty of getting such a cumbersome object in front of a tornado." "TOTO is currently on display at the National Weather Center (NWC) on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma." A later research project called VORTEX began only 2 years before the release of the film Twister in 1994-1995, and was likely the main catalyst for Twister's production. A later expanded VORTEX2 project made further studies with more advanced instrumentation from 2009-2010. The intended outcome of VORTEX is basically the same as the aim of Dorothy/DOT3 in Twister - only in the case of VORTEX instead of a single instrument pack sent into the tornado they used multiple separate measuring instrument laden vans in close proximity to tornado paths.
Highly respected and maybe maybe under-highlighted but never ever rated below his intrinsic quality as a human and as an actor. Ad there is no rating system for that whatsoever.
I hope she sees that to redeem Jack Nicholson for her. He's a complicated character in it so she may be as frustrated with him as Helen Hunt's character is, but it's a superbly written movie. One of those "they don't make them like this anymore" type of movies.
I've always enjoyed the fact that Melissa wasn't framed as a villain, which is nice to see in a screenplay. They could have easily made her manipulative but instead they found a way to create a situation where it feels more realistic.
I'm guessing that may have been in part Anne Marie Martin (Crichton's wife at the time who worked with him on the script.. She was an actress herself in the cult classic TV series "Sledge Hammer!").
I noticed that too. It's such a cliche to have rivalries, particularly romantic ones and particularly between women, be very "villain/hero", not to mention hugely toxic (and usually, if it's between women, very misogynistic). It was cool to see people handle an awkward but realistic situation in a mature, constructive sort of manner. Also made sense with Melissa's character, given that she's a therapist. They never entirely explain why Jo and Bill divorced, aside from his mention of her obsession, but I think Bill's storied past as a thrill-seeker may have played a part. I think he may have recognized his self-destructive pattern and wanted to establish healthier habits (Melissa's status as a therapist, though (hopefully) not his, might indicate an intimacy of understanding/processing that could have been mistaken for romantic infatuation, although you'd hope a therapist might clock that). How that will play-out with Jo's still-largely-unaddressed extreme behaviours is an open question, but giving us a "they're gonna try again" rather than a "happily ever after" felt more realistic and less fairy-tale-ish as an ending.
I've always appreciated that too. At first it doesn't bode well when they bring her in as a comic relief, fish-out-of-water character, but then she surprises you by being the most mature one. And I think Jamie Gertz' performance had a lot to do with giving that character her dignity.
I gotta say Hellen Hunt's acting is underrated. This movie is a perfect example of that. When she's desperately trying to gather up the balls, you feel like you're watching someone actually desperate and obsessed. It doesn't look like someone trying to act, even a little. Her sincerity is so real. The end of cast away is another film where she breaks my heart.
I don't think anyone underrates her acting ability. A year after this she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for As Good As It Gets. She also has won 4 Emmys and 4 Golden Globe Awards for her work on the TV series Mad About You.
The best part of this was when Carley hid behind her covers during the Shining scene but she wasn't sure why she was doing it. She was just trusting that if Cassie was hiding then she should hide too.
I love Bill Paxton in everything, even when he’s a ‘bad guy’. RIP Bill and Phillip Seymour-Hoffman. This is one of my four top favourite disaster moves. I also love the Day After Tomorrow, Volcano and Daylight. Guilty pleasure movies for sure, nothing oscar winning. I don’t know what it is about disaster movies I love, maybe because I’ve never lived through one myself. I’d love it if you some day got to some of these others.
first thing i saw Bill Paxton in was Terminator...one of the three punks arnold meets at the beginning...Helen Hunt is in a movie you two would love: Somethings Gotta Give
Throw in some of the older disaster films, too, like "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), "Earthquake", "The Day After" (1983), and "The Towering Inferno"! Classics!
I had completely forgotten that The Shining was playing at that drive-in theater and to see Cassie's reaction when that scene came on was probably my favorite part of the video. 😂 The way Carly covered her face not even knowing what was going on just because Cassie did was hilarious! 😂
28:35 "BILL IT'S COMING", "It's already here". What an awesome line from an epic 90s movie. And I love how the tornado exhibited expert stealth skills by sneaking up on the humans haha.
The sisters' reaction of The Shining scene playing at the drive-in theater was classic. Cassie has PTSD and Carly didn't know what she was hiding from, but she was hiding anyway.
I'm a storm chaser based out of Kansas, this movie inspired a lot of today's storm chasers and meteorologists, myself included :) love your channel! ❤️
Was just about to comment the same. So many enhancements on Tornado warnings came directly from the popularity of this movie and the donations into the scientific community because of how this movie made so many people aware of tornadic activity.
My daughter and I saw this when it came out, in a theater on a large screen and with a fantastic sound system, you could hear the wind whirling all around, it was very entertaining. I told my husband the most believable and best thing in the movie, besides the tornado was a guy in a small part. I didn't know who he was, but told my husband I was sure some day he would win an Oscar. Turns out it was Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Twister was one of my favorite movies growing up and I also thought that Philip Seymour Hoffman would end up doing great things as an actor just from his role as Dusty in Twister.
i always liked the little detail whereby the tornado arrives to Jack Nicholson's face in the door about to say or in the process of saying "HERE'S JOHNNY!"
This cast was such a who's who cluster f...in a good way. 90's movies were so much fun. The Shining scene was awesome...and flying cgi cows were indeed a big deal.
Following the success of Jaws, Spielberg went on to become one of the most influential, iconic directors in the film world. The film that followed was, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". I remember seeing this in the theater when it was first released and was dazzled by the special effects, the story and especially the ending.
Close Encounters was an amazing movie. I loved that Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws played the main character in Close Encounters. It definitely sparked my imagination about U.F.O.s
Lived in Oklahoma for most of my childhood, and I can confirm that tornadoes do sound like roaring animals as they approach, but go entirely silent after they've passed. It's scary but mesmerizing. People wanna make fun of this movie but the director and production crew actually went to great lengths to make it a lot more accurate than the studio intended. Like how they filmed (a large chunk) of the movie in Oklahoma, and included a very famous Okie meteorologist (in a cameo) during the drive-in scene.
Hey there to another Okie! Spent time as a kid with my grandparents in the Sinclair oil field between Covington and Garber in the 1950s. (Later, my family lived in Enid for a year. We had a shelter under the concrete patio. Must have been a ba-zillion jars of canned veggies and fruit! Can't imagine folks living out there without a home shelter.) There were six families that lived right at the plant in wood-frame "company houses." When the siren went off, all the families and the plant workers on that shift would assemble on the roof of the underground community activity center, which doubled as a tornado shelter. It was a really tight-knit group of folks, just like everyone was family. Shared experience and danger. We would sit on the earthen roof, look to the south-west, and watch the tornado dipping down in the distance. That prairie was so flat, we could see forever. If it started to get too close, we would mosey downstairs and secure the door. When all-clear, we wandered back to the house, grandma started the next meal, and grandpa and his shift walked across the dirt road to he plant and started up the machinery again. Just another day in Oklahoma, hardly worth discussing... As a kid, I thought it was all exciting and fascinating--didn't comprehend the tragedy tornadoes would cause. At night, though, hearing the wind in the cottonwood trees, the flashes of lighting, and the clouds, and the howling siren, it was indeed super-scary....just like in this movie when the lightning revealed the twister behind the drive-in movie screen. My parents and grandparents wrapped us in blankets and hustled us--quickly--through the wind and rain and pitch-darkness to the community cellar. Bad flashbacks!!! Go, 'Pokes!
Another Okie here and this movie actually made me facepalm. I guess it was hard for me to suspend my disbelief. The entire movie I kept thinking “yeah right they’d be dead or seriously injured” so many times that it ruined the goofy fun for me. Now that I’m older I can appreciate it more.
@@Swearengen1980 "Do people make fun of this?" I don't know. I cannot speak for others or even pretend to. We are all products of our own experiences. I do find the film entertaining in some way. But just for me, having survived a near-miss of a tornado, and over the years having seen on TV the terrible devastation, of people losing everything they ever owned, of adults and children being killed, of the terror and PTSD and sleepless nights, of flashbacks, of the heartbreak and sadness that tornadoes bring to one's front door....it's just difficult for me to laugh or smile at even the humorous moments. Again, just me.
Whenever I drink lemonade, eat eggs, mash potatoes or steaks, I remember this movie! Love the vibe of it. Just a bunch of friends doing what they absolutely love. Its a job and a hangout at the same time, with TORNADOS! RIP Bill and Phillip!
And that music piece around 23:56..... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟 The one that goes over to Van Halen? Man,.... BRILLIANT! I can't even say how much I love it. It may very well be my all time favorite film music piece of art. I've just discovered some new appreciation and love for it. I mean, last time I saw this film was ages ago. I knew, I always LOVED the music, it was one of the main parts of this movie, but I had no idea how they pretty much expanded on an already existing Van Halen song. It's just creativity and inspiration at their finest! And that in 1996!!!
It actually makes a lot of sense someone could do that type of work after a childhood experience like that. The better you understand something, the less scary it becomes.
Yup, both ends of the spectrum make absolute sense. She could need years and years of therapy to deal with phobia of tornados and possibly thunderstorms, thunder, and/or lightning, or she could become a storm chaser absolutely obsessed with tornados, making it her life's work to make sure that what happened to her never happens to anyone else.
"Twister" is not too deep but a whole lot of fun. Classic definition of a 90's summer blockbuster flick. GEt your popcorn, jelly bellies and try not to think too hard was the formula to follow.
i love this film! it's so nostalgic. i built my first surround sound system and this was the first film that played on it. this film will forever be special.
@@ragdaj It's basically a monster/slasher movie with the tornados as the killers. Neat idea! Interestingly, it was also the first film to be released on DVD in the US.
As someone who lives in "Tornadoe Alley" in Oklahoma where this movie was based I can attest to the fact that yep animals , people, trees, cars and buildings have been known to be picked up in tornadoes. Storm Chasers are a different breed scary and some just fascinating. :)
Twister is an underrated gem that I think initially suffered from poor marketing. They sold it as a scary suspenseful disaster movie like Jurassic Park with tornadoes, when it was actually a quirky romantic comedy / road trip adventure film that just happened to have scary tornado action as a backdrop. I remember first watching it and being pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it as I didn't think tornadoes would be an especially good "villain" for a disaster movie - there's just not much you can do with them to create a sustained sense of danger. But watching the characters drive around Oklahoma like lunatics as Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt are bickering while things are getting destroyed with an awesome sound track in the background was more fun than I expected.
"Suffered from poor marketing"???? What were you living under a rock in 1996? Or is today Opposite Day? It wasn't even a sleeper hit. It had the sixth biggest opening of alltime (at that point) and was the second biggest grossing film of '96 only after Independence Day, beating Mission Impossible. Within 3 months it overtook The Empire Strikes Back. It was the very definition of a summer blockbuster. If that's what suffering from poor marketing looks like, every movie studio in the world will be applying for BDSM classes screaming "Hurt me, baby! Hurt me!"
@@David-qi1ys @David I was referring to audience expectation and long term perception of the film rather than immediate box office success. How many movies does a typical reactor like Popcorn view before finally getting around to viewing Twister? She watched Empire Strikes Back and Independence Day based on viewer feedback long before watching Twister.
@@rttoonist4275 Be that as it may, the remark that it "initially suffered from poor marketing" remains nonsensical. Films aren't really marketed past the home release. But on the point I suppose now you were trying to make; yes. It didn't make a long term stamp on public perception because it really didn't earn it. It was a spectacle film, a popcorn flick. It was outdone by bigger disaster films in the years immediately following. Of which, Armageddon is typically seen as the biggest. Although many, myself included, have soft spots for disaster movies, they don't hold up the same way. Even as a casual critic, you can't help but notice what terribly stupid decisions characters in this movie are making. Walking out of shelter into a tornado because "I want to see it!", ignoring very obvious sound advice resulting in death because of a rivalry, Paxton and his fiance's entire relationship (not having the slightest clue what the Fujita scale is being engaged to a storm chaser is like being married to a welder having never heard the word "arc") and their super casual falling out. Why were they together in the first place let alone engaged?? So silly. Airport was a monster hit when it came out in '70, but PiB, like most reactors, will likely never see it despite having seen it's spoof Airplane!. Adjusting for inflation Airport outgrossed Airplane! by more than double. I'd say at least 20% of the comedy is lost without having seen the original (an insane guess to try to quantify, but 🤷♂). Rinse and repeat with countless others from The Towering Inferno to the multiple Poisedon Adventures. To anyone who gets great enjoyment, great, but the public moves on because the rewatchability of many of these is quite low for most. I enjoyed going back to this after over a quarter century to see a young Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Other than that... yeah, there wasn't much to revisit, though I did chuckle at the apparently mandatory "save the dog" moment.
@@rttoonist4275 TLDR it's the movie equivalent of Baha Men's Who Let the Dogs Out. Fun for a summer, not very deep, guilty pleasure. Heck, it is on my personal playlist, but not something I'd go out to recommend nor even my top 1000.
We actually did the test run for dvd's at work, the dvd's for this movie were way over ordered and nearly half were returned to the plant along with the VHS tapes. It was the first made for dvd but not the first released in the US.
Woah! You're right! You've made me remember the commercial! It's crazy because I know the DVD I rented and played and one of the first I owned was Spider-Man (2002).
Helen Hunt, who plays Jo, was also in a 90's TV Show called Mad About You opposite Paul Reiser; who himself was in Beverly Hills Cop , aliens and this latest season of The Boyz and Stranger Things.
As someone who’s lived in Tornado Alley his entire life, we don’t really think about it all that much. The people who get hurt are usually the morons who stand outside to watch the storms. And even if your shit gets wrecked, the community is usually pretty good about banding together to clean up and rebuild after the storm. It’s just part of life in Iowa.
It's pretty much the same here in Missouri, i've been in the area of quite a few tornadoes but i've only ever really seen one twice. I hope that number never goes up though lol.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 I live in Florida and the hurricanes/tropical storms are so normal for us. I didn't realize how scary it actually was until a visiting friend freaked out
I spent spring break in Greensburg, KS helping to rebuild the town after it was virtually wiped off of the map. The owners of one of the houses that I had the privilege to work on had everyone that helped rebuild the house sign their name on the wall of the storm shelter.
I live in Texas, where one of the most powerful tornadoes ever hit Jarrell, Texas. The details of destruction that tornado did is absolutely terrifying. It was a slow moving F-5 that absolutely rendered all known tornado safety precautions outside of evacuating or sheltering in a basement/storm cellar obsolete. It wiped clean houses down to where only the concrete foundation remained. Even vehicles were destroyed beyond recognition. And the people and animals killed by it... those horrifying details to what that tornado did to them are best not said.
There's a video on RUclips about it, The Deadman Walking or something like that. The video is heartbreaking, but the actual footage of the Deadman is chilling.
The Tuscaloosa F-5 some years back now took my Aunt's old house and the slab it sat on. My parents went down some time later and there was a mile wide path of destruction you could follow for miles. We have one here in Iowa in Dunkerton around that time. Wiped nearly the whole town off the map.
I was born in Joplin Mo, grew up in Neosho. I remember being in Joplin right after the tornado and feeling lost. I had been in downtown Joplin countless times in my life, but I had no idea where I was that day because there was nothing left. No landmarks or street signs, just debris everywhere. Off in the distance I could see what was left of the hospital. Before, you wouldn't have been able to see the hospital unless you were near it, but that day there was nothing left between it and where I was standing.
Hi fellow Texan - I remember being totally floored at the damage from the tornadoes at Jarrell TX, Joplin MO and Moore OK. Seeing nothing but a few trees trunks - stripped of bark and branches and only the cement foundations remaining from brick homes - only a few pipes sticking up here and there in the foundations. There were no bushes, fences - nothing. Even the ground was scoured clean of grass. Truly terrifying damage.
A movie that had to be watched in the theater. I remember that summer it came out, everyone was going. There hadn't been a CGI film at this level before this came out. It's difficult to watch these films decades later because you just don't get how monumental they were at the time.
I love this movie so much. It was my first disaster film that I ever watched. I loved how they made the tornadoes look as realistic as possible in an active tornado zone. I loved how Bill Paxton made his performance as iconic as his other roles. I loved Philip Seymour Hoffman as Dusty, playing such kick ass music while on the hunt for the "fatties" and I love how this film showed me what life is like for storm chasers and folks in Tornado Alley. I plan to go to the Twister Museum in Wakita, Oklahoma, where everything is dedicated to the film and to the storm chasers of Tornado Alley.
You two are great together! And I love that you're now becoming enough of a movie nerd that you're calling out films actors have been in. Welcome to the club!!
Great reaction! This movie punched all the right buttons. Another great 90's disaster movie is "Dante's Peak" with Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. Volcano, very loosely based on Mt. St. Helen.
Rip Bill Paxton still miss him and this movie did inspire a lot of people to become Storm Chasers and because they put their lives in the line to keep us safe thank you guys for what you do
Living in Iowa for five years, this is the go to movie to put on when the tornado sirens go off! Loved this movie since the first time I saw it in 1996 at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood
I love this movie. So many good lines in it; "Rabbit is good. Rabbit is wise." "We're on like Bob's road." "Another cow. Actually, I think that's the same one." Thanks for reacting to this film. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Watching this again with you two makes me remember how much I love this movie. Thank you for taking me back to when I saw this in theaters with my family and capturing that great feeling of watching a genuinely good movie. This channel is something special, please never change.
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 wish they made movies more like this one still. I love the roadtrip aspect, the self made techno weather hippie feelings of the group, the passion they have.
Twister is my 4 year old son's favourite movie. He's obsessed with weather and tornadoes. He memorized all the characters names and the EF rating of each tornado in the film. I'm glad it's such a great flick otherwise I would have got sick of him watching it 10x a week lol.
The reaction you two had when The Shining came on the screen was so hilarious! The two of you are so entertaining. And yes, the team is so much fun in this movie. I absolutely love this movie!!
The opening of this movie traumatized me as a child! Between the anxiety with the dog, that thankfully makes it inside the bunker, and then the Dad's death, ugh! Also, as always, RIP Bill Paxton!
I watched this when it was in theaters as a kid living in North Central Iowa tornado country and 80% corn fields. It actually helped me get over the fear of tornadoes.
I'm leaving a Like before this even starts! Twister is without question, my all time favorite guilty pleasure movie. Soooooo excited to watch you react! Hope you have fun with this one.🌪
The Musical Score for this is so Incredible and Engaging that it just draws you into the Movie and makes you feel the Excitement the characters are feeling doing what they love,chasing Tornados!!!It's so upliftng.
I remember seeing this as a kid as well. Good times with Bill Paxton, may he rest in peace. Also, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was also in Along Came Polly, which he was hilarious in.
I've always feared storms, especially tornadoes. As I got older, the way I dealt with my fears was to learn more about them. That's why I'm so fond of _Twister._ There's a storm chaser named Pecos Hank who has the best RUclips channel of all the chasers. He clearly not only loves all weather phenomena, but he's also a huge animal lover. Even when he doesn't see a tornado, he makes great videos. A lot of the "science" in this movie isn't real, but the twisters are well-rendered. One of the things that is real is there have been super outbreaks of tornadoes which have spawned dozens of funnel clouds and destructive twisters. The most infamous of them is the April 3-4, 1974 super-outbreak. Over those 2 days, 148 tornadoes formed in 13 states, stretching all the way into Canada. Thirty of them were considered violent, including six F5 tornadoes. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was great as Dusty. He's a goofball, but when things get serious, he steps up his game. My favorite scenes are the nighttime twister and going back to Wakita to rescue Meg. Of all the tornadoes in the movie, that's the one they weren't looking for, but found them. The danger to the whole storm chasing team seemed more personal. They lost a car, one of the guys almost had the top of his head taken off by a flying hubcap and Meg and Mose barely escaped their collapsing house. The love triangle felt forced, but I forgive it because of cool tornadoes. It's great to see Cassie and Carly side-by-side again. If you get scared by _Twister,_ remember that if you don't live in the heart of Tornado Alley, you're unlikely to ever see one in person. Also, meteorology has never been better at predicting, tracking and warning people of violent weather.
I also got to vouch for Pecos Hank. His videos are awesome. I also like the mentions of real Storm chasers in this. Bill has a line "Howie Bluestein tried for years" that was a real thing/guy. And another named Eric Rasmussen was doing very similar stuff to what is seen in this movie. (I think they consulted him.) Definitely huge fan service for major tornado nerds.
I've thankfully never seen a tornado, although I've apparently been near a few small ones without realizing it. Where I live, the natural disasters are ordinary thunderstorms and blizzards, and the occasional remnant of a hurricane after it's lost most of its strength. I remember being a child and being afraid of thunder and lightning, and I also remember having lost that fear. I've now been near a couple very close strikes, less than 25 or 30 yards. It's rather exhilarating to know how close it was, to hear the boom at the same exact time as the flash.
Fantastic reaction. The fun sisterly banter between Cassie and Carly never fails to make me laugh. Bill Paxton also played one of punk guys attacked by the Terminator at the beginning of the movie. I love Philip seymour hoffman in this movie. Hilarious comic relief
"God,Meg you got a lot of beef. Where'd you get all this beef?" "Did you see my cows out front?" "No." "Oh, ah." "Ohhh." "You slaughter your own cows. Meg, nice."
Cassie, when you caught the "That's no moon, it's a space station" reference, thousands of hearts jumped! So Bill Paxton- Titanic, Tombstone, bit part in Terminator and a hundred other movies. But those are my favorites. Also the actress who plays Aunt Meg has a memorable role in the Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg "Minority Report" (shameless plug).
Of course she can like almost every movie she watches... ... there's literally thousands of people recommending their very favorite movies for her to watch.
I've been in multiple tornados. Some VERY close, within yards. That calm before the storm is a real thing. The first one I was in destroyed our farm while I watched from a basement window at 5 years old. I still love watching storms.
"Goin green" yep, I've found myself in tornado weather just like that when I lived in Texas, it's both unnerving and routine. Yay one of my favorite guilty pleasures movies! This one and _Volcano_ with Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche (RIP). Helen Hunt was also in _As Good As It Gets_ with Jack Nicholson, and the show _Mad About You_ with Paul Reiser (also in Aliens). I love when they go to Aunt Meg's, that's totally my kind of environment. Fun script and such a great cast! And yes to _Deep Impact,_ although you also have to do _Armageddon_ with Bruce Willis. OH! And two more Philip Seymour Hoffman films worth checking out if you haven't, _Doubt_ and _Boogie Nights._
As good as it gets was filmed right in my neighborhood on prospect park west in Brooklyn. Jack Nicholson bought me and all the other kids pizza at my dads pizzeria. You can see it in the background when they’re walking down the sidewalk. It’s called Joes pizza and it’s attached to the building I lived in :)
The lead actress is Helen Hunt. At one point I would say she was one of the more well known actresses in hollywood? She's probably best known for this and Mad About You, her TV show with Paul Reiser that ran for 7 seasons and garnered numerous golden globes and Emmy wins. She also won a best actress Oscar for As Good As It Gets, a rom com with Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear, and a best supporting actress nomination for The Sessions. You're also correct about What Women want and Pay it Forward.
I'm surprised nobody's noticed that Jami Gertz, who plays Dr. Melissa Reeves in Twister also played Star, in The Lost Boys! Looking back, I'd have gladly become a vampire if it meant I could hold her hand! What a beautiful woman she is!
Jamie Gertz is thought to be the wealthiest actress in Hollywood (a literal BILLIONAIRE). She made a substantial amount of money herself while acting, and invested wisely. And then married a successful businessman and now are part owners of the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Brewers among other businesses. Her net worth is greater than Tom cruise, Angelina Jolie, and Dwayne Johnson...COMBINED.
Being from Oklahoma, I can confirm, Tornadoes are a regular occurrence. In fact the infamous bridge scene is a bridge that I drive over pretty often here around home. The actors in this movie even had to stay in my little home town haha
You guys hiding from the Shining clip was just so hilarious, gotta love you two! Another great film Twister and another great reaction you two, brilliant!
Before seeing Twister I didn't know anything about tornados. My first viewing of a tornado was in The Wizard of Oz. I was a little kid then. But watching Twister has stuck with me emotionally more than any movie I've ever seen. And it doesn't matter how many times I watch it, I cry my eyes out EVERY TIME from beginning to end. The trauma the Jo (Helen Hunt) carries with her through her life just kills me!!! The deep friendships between the whole team of Bill (Paxton) and Jo. The innocence of Bill's never to be wife. The aunt Meg and her dog. EVERYTHING about this movie just rocks me to my core. I actually "fell in love" with Helen Hunt through this movie. And I'm watching (just at the ending right now) it tonight (Jan.12, 2023).
When I was a young kid, I particularly remember one night tornado warnings being broadcasted on TV. Instead of being terrified I was actually super excited because I thought our house would be picked up like in the Wizard of Oz....ha,ha,ha. What can I say? I was four years old
In 1985 Hurricane Gloria had a chance of hitting Northern New Jersey. I was 13 and was excited to have a chance to see a hurricane. It's not like we ever got those up north. But it didn't hit us. We just got wind gusts.
Twister may have it's technical flaws from the crew's lack of attention to detail, but it is a very great film. The tornados looked great and the pacing was also great. Fun fact about the movie was that some of the storms shown were 100% real. Not the tornados, mind you as they were all CGI, but the season in which the film was mostly shot was right in the middle of the tornado season and basically the crew of the movie became their own storm chasers.
It was such a treat watching this with you, both the edit and full-length over on Patreon. I think we really needed an "Oh my gosh!" counter on this one! 🤣
This was the first 'blockbuster success' movie I remember seeing in theaters. A good, fun, entertaining film. No sequels, no extended universe. Just enjoy the moment.
There was talk of a sequel around the time they started bringing back old favorites 20 years later. I think with Bill Paxton and PSH gone though there's no chance of it ever happening (probably for the best). Wouldn't be surprised to see a half assed remake someday.
I believe the reason why the sensors would not work before is because the tornado would suck them around the funnel and not inside the funnel. The whole point was for Dorothy to be released into the core of a tornado where it measured data *inside* the tornado. They already have instruments that measure data outside the tornado. It is also why they developed the lil rotors for the sensors. That way the wind would naturally propel them toward the core.
One actress you probably didn't recognize - young Jo at the beginning of the movie is played by Alexa Vega, who went on to play Carmen in the Spy Kids movies. Also, funny story about my first time seeing this movie. My family rented it from a video store on a really rainy night, and when we got back home, we discovered our power was out. I woke up at 6 a.m. the following day, saw our power was back on, and watched it before school.
I was visiting the Universal Studios in Orlando that year or the next one and they had a Twister attraction. They managed to recreate a tornado in a room, wind, vapor, sounds and all. It was thrillingly awesome.
13:03 Mark! I saw "Twisters" last Saturday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I look forward to your reaction to it. 😎 Helen Hunt? Her family has a very big ranch in Oklahoma, and she stayed there during free time. She was the alien princess "Aurora" in "The Bionic Woman" and she's in a movie with Mel Gibson that I have yet to see. She's "Jamie Buchman" in "Mad About You" with Paul Reiser as "Paul Buchman" and he too is in "Aliens"! Jame Gertze? She was the "cool mean girl" in "Square Pegs" and she roller skates in "Solar Babies"! She plays an Earthling woman in an alien cul-de-sac in "The Neighbors"! Pauls Valley, in particular, and Garvin County in general, were used for some locations! 🎉
"He's gonna rue the day man, he's gonna rue the day he went against the extreme!" This was my favorite role of Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The character of Dusty is super cool to me.
Was the first thing I ever saw him in and the way his career went after that was incredible. The kinda crazy guy from Twister ended up being a world-class actor. Sucks that he had his personal issues.
Bill's fiance in the beginning of the movie is also a famous actress, Jami Gertz. Big movies for her were The Lost Boys, Quicksilver, Crossroads and Less Than Zero. Kind of a teenage crush type of girl in the 80's.
16:01 Mark! Oh, that big guy is in the "NBC" medical drama series "ER" and not in the "CBS" medical comedy series "E/R" as is actress Maura Tierney who is the mother of the blonde in "Twisters"! 😊
I LOVE this movie, it was one of my all-time fav cinema/theater experiences, I was gripping my sides during the tornado scenes. The whole cast is just great and I fell completely in love with Helen Hunt. It's only just starting to age but most of the effects still hold up, the music is just right, the tone is a perfect balance of fun and action and drama and disaster, it's a prime example of 90s cinema at its very very best. Have watched countless times, would watch again a million more.
I saw this when it came out in theaters. Since then, I've become an actor. I've worked with Abraham Benrubi, who was in this. I also know Sean Whalen, who was part of their team. Anyway, this is a fun movie, and it was good to watch it with you two.
Bill is one of those actors that frequently star in certain director’s movies. James Cameron appreciates Bill in his movies so you’ll see him in The Terminator, Titanic, and True Lies... Helen Hunt is probably most well known for her role in ‘As Good As It Gets’ which gets a recommendation for a reaction video from you in the near future. She was also in ‘What Women Want’ with Mel Gibson and ‘Castaway’ with Tom Hanks.
And Cassie might have forgotten she saw Bill in Apollo 13, and I was going to mention Castaway for Helen Hunt because I think she has mentioned having watched it.
Hello Cassie and Carly Yes Helen Hunt was the mother in "Pay It Forward". She has notable parts in "as Good As It Gets" (1997), "Cast Away" (2000), "What Women Want" (2000), Bobby" (2006), "Soul Surfer" (2011), "The Miracle Season" (2018), but maybe best know as Jamie Buchanan in the 90s tv sitcom "Mad About You" with Paul Reiser. She started acting as a chold actress since the 70s, More recently she has been on a few episides of Sessions and as a director in a few other cable and streaming services programs. Jamie Gertz besides being very beautiful is also a great actress who also started as a child actress. She has notable parts in "The Lost Boys", "Listen tio Me", "Less Than Zero" "Crossrooads", and "Quicksilver". She also was a notable character in the 80's teen sitcom "Square Pegs" along side 'Carrie Bradshaw' from "Sex in the City", Sarah Jessica Parker. More recently, she has been in the tv sitcoms "Still Standing" and "The Neighbors". "Twister" is classified as and epic disaster film. It does have its sequences of horror/suspence-tinged. action, comedy, adventure, and some romance. While not completely accurate, it does follow most of the procedures developed by the good and brave people of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Real Strorm Chasers respect amd admire what Bill Paxton did for the value, appreciation, and honor he brought to theiir work with this film. This film even helped bring more funding to their work. Being a cinephile, you are allowed to like / love various films for various reasons. Yet, you can still have your own Top 10 best films you enjoy ANYTIME.))) Amother good review. It is always interesting to see your and your sister's reactions to films we grew up with and enjoyed. To see your 'in-the-moment" reactions, it is a real treat To hear your perspectives, it is a delight to listen to how you like v/disliked or whatever every part of the film and constrast to how we perceived it when we first watced it ourselves.))
9:21 Helen Hunt. Best known for: TV show: “Mad About You” (7 Emmy nominations for Best Actress, 4 wins) Movies: “As Good as It Gets” (Oscar win for Best Actress) “The Sessions” (Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress) and “What Women Want”. But she’s been acting since she was 10 (in 1973). So she’s got a pretty long IMDB list. 21:27 I could believe it’s possible. I’ve heard it said that a 150 mph wind would pretty much pick up any living thing in its path and blow it around like a piece of paper.
28:49 The scariest part of a tornado, as I’ve observed, is that there can be a tornado 12 blocks from your house, and you can be outside, looking towards that direction, and hear and see nothing. No rain, no wind, no roar, no hail. The cone of silence. This is from personal observations when a tornado ripped AC units off of the mall 12 blocks from my house. Just checked the distance according to my phone’s map, and it’s .9 miles by car from my house to the mall. I’ve been inside two tornados, 12 blocks from one, and had a tornado blow out my van’s rear windshield (ironic that the shield broke from the wind) while it was in the shop, and I’ve still never actually seen a tornado in person. Once, all I saw was rain and pitch darkness at night, to the point I couldn’t see my headlights anymore, and the other time I was in one, I avoided the windows once the house started shaking.
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you should watch Deep Impact, Dante's Peak, and Volcano. Along with Twister these are some fo the best disaster movies of the 90s
When Cassie went “Dig a hole,” when they were standing in the field, I died, that was a class comment 😂😂😂😂
Great reaction, I love this movie… Yes, watch Deep Impact please, that’s a great movie…
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"100% Vegan, the Hobbits will appreciate that". OMG. One of their favorite meals that they often talk about is small game, "Coneys" rabbits, birds, etc.. Did you not pay attention when you watched the movies? I love you, think you are a sweet girl. This, however, is not acceptable. You are rewriting Tolkien, re-characterizing his characters to fit your Vegan worldview. It is no better than what the leftists are trying to do to all of our history and literature. DO NOT RE-CHARACTERIZE TOLKIEN CHARACTERS INTO YOUR PRESENT DAY LEFTIST VALUE SYSTEM. IT IS NOT APPRECIATED. YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN THE LUNATICS THROWING BLOOD AT PEOPLE FOR WEARING FUR WHEN YOU DO THAT, OR THE SCUMBAGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BUTCHERING THE "RE-IMAGINING" OF TOLKIEN'S WORKS TO PUSH THEIR SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR CAUSES. One last thing... I know you think that that comment was helping you sell shoes, pleasing your sponsors. I am here to tell you that you will lose many more sales than you gain using that "let's redefine history to make some money" strategy. I was in, until that comment. Now I am considering unsubscribing, as much as I like you personally. A little advice. Get the political/social commentary and revisionist history out of your videos. You will do much better in the long run that way. You may be a "climate disaster" cult member, and it may be truth to you, but MANY think that kind of comment is horrifying, on so many levels. YOU, who bases her business upon movies, cannot see that revising someone's work after they die is a crime against art, literature, truth, and intellectual honesty, especially for money, and I know you do not make this connection yet, but it is also a crime against FREEDOM (read "1984" or "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. It will become plain as the nose on your face). YOU should know better. Was it ignorance, and you just assumed they did not eat meat? Was it intentional? Either way, you have no right to do that. AT ALL. I do not think that you realize how many Tolkien fans threw up when you said that. I was here to watch your review. Gonna pass this time.
When Bill Paxton passed, a larger number of storm chasers either went to their designated site or just set their GPS markers all across Tornado Alley to spell out his initials as a tribute. The initials were large enough to cover parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
Just to elaborate for other people, the GPS markers for storm chasers are registered with an organization called Spotter Network. My sister is SkyWarn certified and registered with Spotter Network herself so she has access to Spotter Network chaser locations within the RadarScope app on her phone. Each chaser shows up as a dot on the map, so chasers will arrange themselves to form initials in honor of fallen brethren, so to speak.
They did the same for Tim Samaras and his team when they were killed in the El Reno tornado, which is still the largest tornado ever recorded. Off the top of my head I believe it was 2.5 miles wide. It was a tragic loss.
I believe they did it for Tim Samaras as well.
Wow, I didn't even know that....
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Is that true? That is totally awesome!
Fun fact: The "Dorothy" and "D.O.T. 3" equipment in the movie is based on an actual project called "Toto" that works exactly the same way as described in the film. Thanks to "Toto", we now know a lot more about the wind dynamics of tornadoes, how they develop and move than was previously known.
And Toto is beautiful as well
My brain is not as sharp as it used to be but didn't Josh Wurman or the late great Tim Samaras come up with this idea, or engineer it at the very least?
Your information is incomplete to say the least.
TOTO (or 'TOtable Tornado Observatory') was designed for that purpose, but it was never successfully deployed as a tornado measuring instrument pack.
From the Wikipedia article:
"TOTO was deployed several times during the 1980s. The closest deployment to a tornado was on April 29, 1985 near Ardmore, Oklahoma, by Steve Smith and Lou Wicker of the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). It turned out that TOTO had a center of gravity too high for extreme wind, and it fell down as it was sideswiped by the edge of the weak tornado."
"TOTO was also deployed as a portable weather station to measure thunderstorm gust fronts and non-tornadic mesocyclones-with more success than its tornado mission. TOTO was retired after 1987 because of safety issues and the logistical difficulty of getting such a cumbersome object in front of a tornado."
"TOTO is currently on display at the National Weather Center (NWC) on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma."
A later research project called VORTEX began only 2 years before the release of the film Twister in 1994-1995, and was likely the main catalyst for Twister's production.
A later expanded VORTEX2 project made further studies with more advanced instrumentation from 2009-2010.
The intended outcome of VORTEX is basically the same as the aim of Dorothy/DOT3 in Twister - only in the case of VORTEX instead of a single instrument pack sent into the tornado they used multiple separate measuring instrument laden vans in close proximity to tornado paths.
Did not know that; very interesting!
@@mnomadvfx Actually, I'm pretty sure either Josh Wurman or Tim Samaras (RIP) were successful in deployment, and also designed it.
Bill Paxton was highly underrated as a actor RIP and so is Helen Hunt.
Helen Hunt was my childhood crush
Helen Hunt in AS GOOD AS IT GETS, phenomenal!! 👍
Highly respected and maybe maybe under-highlighted but never ever rated below his intrinsic quality as a human and as an actor. Ad there is no rating system for that whatsoever.
She did win an Oscar.
@@ChadSimpson-ft7yzand owns a confederate jacket
If you haven't seen Helen Hunt in "As Good As It Gets," for which she won an Oscar, you have a treat in store.
'Pay it Forward' is an outstanding flick too.
I hope she sees that to redeem Jack Nicholson for her. He's a complicated character in it so she may be as frustrated with him as Helen Hunt's character is, but it's a superbly written movie. One of those "they don't make them like this anymore" type of movies.
@@lakeracer8453 She mentions having seen that around the 13:00 mark.
Cast Away always come to mind for me.
That movie is amazing. Jack Nicklaus and Helen Hunt.
I've always enjoyed the fact that Melissa wasn't framed as a villain, which is nice to see in a screenplay. They could have easily made her manipulative but instead they found a way to create a situation where it feels more realistic.
I'm guessing that may have been in part Anne Marie Martin (Crichton's wife at the time who worked with him on the script.. She was an actress herself in the cult classic TV series "Sledge Hammer!").
I noticed that too. It's such a cliche to have rivalries, particularly romantic ones and particularly between women, be very "villain/hero", not to mention hugely toxic (and usually, if it's between women, very misogynistic). It was cool to see people handle an awkward but realistic situation in a mature, constructive sort of manner. Also made sense with Melissa's character, given that she's a therapist.
They never entirely explain why Jo and Bill divorced, aside from his mention of her obsession, but I think Bill's storied past as a thrill-seeker may have played a part. I think he may have recognized his self-destructive pattern and wanted to establish healthier habits (Melissa's status as a therapist, though (hopefully) not his, might indicate an intimacy of understanding/processing that could have been mistaken for romantic infatuation, although you'd hope a therapist might clock that). How that will play-out with Jo's still-largely-unaddressed extreme behaviours is an open question, but giving us a "they're gonna try again" rather than a "happily ever after" felt more realistic and less fairy-tale-ish as an ending.
I've always appreciated that too. At first it doesn't bode well when they bring her in as a comic relief, fish-out-of-water character, but then she surprises you by being the most mature one. And I think Jamie Gertz' performance had a lot to do with giving that character her dignity.
I also loved this so much.
Well his ex was clearly the villain
I gotta say Hellen Hunt's acting is underrated. This movie is a perfect example of that.
When she's desperately trying to gather up the balls, you feel like you're watching someone actually desperate and obsessed. It doesn't look like someone trying to act, even a little. Her sincerity is so real. The end of cast away is another film where she breaks my heart.
I don't think anyone underrates her acting ability. A year after this she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for As Good As It Gets. She also has won 4 Emmys and 4 Golden Globe Awards for her work on the TV series Mad About You.
@@PlumbPitiful A superlative natural actress. She really makes it look effortless.
Jennifer Jason Leigh has the same acting chops. Also hugely under rated.
She was also very impressive opposite Jack Nicholson in "As Good As It Gets"
The end of Cast Away feels so realistic and sad when she's running out in the rain.
Man, that summer of ‘96 was huge! The Rock, Twister, Mission Impossible and then Independence Day!!
That was a great summer
I missed it all. Was at TWA crash site working 20 hours a day. But yeah.
Amazing summer and I was heading into my senior year of high school. Time has flew by.
We all feel pride every time Cassie recognises and remembers where she's seen certain actors before 😅 You're one of us now Cassie lol
The best part of this was when Carley hid behind her covers during the Shining scene but she wasn't sure why she was doing it. She was just trusting that if Cassie was hiding then she should hide too.
Sibling instinct.
Like the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but with snacks and fluffy pillows.
She's adorable🫣 The Cutest!!
Lol, agreed - that was a cute moment
I love Bill Paxton in everything, even when he’s a ‘bad guy’. RIP Bill and Phillip Seymour-Hoffman. This is one of my four top favourite disaster moves. I also love the Day After Tomorrow, Volcano and Daylight. Guilty pleasure movies for sure, nothing oscar winning. I don’t know what it is about disaster movies I love, maybe because I’ve never lived through one myself. I’d love it if you some day got to some of these others.
I agree with everything you just said.
Well Twister nearly got an Oscar though being nominated for special effects, and sound.
Daylight is a good watch.
first thing i saw Bill Paxton in was Terminator...one of the three punks arnold meets at the beginning...Helen Hunt is in a movie you two would love: Somethings Gotta Give
Throw in some of the older disaster films, too, like "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), "Earthquake", "The Day After" (1983), and "The Towering Inferno"! Classics!
I had completely forgotten that The Shining was playing at that drive-in theater and to see Cassie's reaction when that scene came on was probably my favorite part of the video. 😂 The way Carly covered her face not even knowing what was going on just because Cassie did was hilarious! 😂
Cassie said " it's from The Shining!!!😳" and Carly was like " whaaat!!? Why!!!! " broke me!! 😭😭😭😭😭 5 Stars 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
28:35 "BILL IT'S COMING", "It's already here". What an awesome line from an epic 90s movie. And I love how the tornado exhibited expert stealth skills by sneaking up on the humans haha.
“Everybody underground, now!”
The sisters' reaction of The Shining scene playing at the drive-in theater was classic.
Cassie has PTSD and Carly didn't know what she was hiding from, but she was hiding anyway.
Come play with us.
@@dracul115 No beer and no TV make Homer something something.
@@BammerD go crazy?
I skipped to this part knowing Cassie’s reaction would be classic 😂
@@dracul115 Don't mind if I do!!!!
I was laughing at the ‘Shinning’ moment… you two are hilarious!
"Dont look at it" lol
I blew vodka out my nose when they both pulled the blanket up.
For a second I thought I accidentally clicked onto another reaction video. LOL
IKR! that was my fave, i laughed SO hard
Cassie rescued her sister from catching a second of The Shining... DON'T LOOK AT IIIIIIT!!!!
I'm a storm chaser based out of Kansas, this movie inspired a lot of today's storm chasers and meteorologists, myself included :) love your channel! ❤️
Sold a lot of Dodge Rams, too!
Was just about to comment the same. So many enhancements on Tornado warnings came directly from the popularity of this movie and the donations into the scientific community because of how this movie made so many people aware of tornadic activity.
Favorite popcorn quotes from this one: "Oh my sweet mercy...!" and "Always in a friggin' cornfield...!"
My daughter and I saw this when it came out, in a theater on a large screen and with a fantastic sound system, you could hear the wind whirling all around, it was very entertaining. I told my husband the most believable and best thing in the movie, besides the tornado was a guy in a small part. I didn't know who he was, but told my husband I was sure some day he would win an Oscar. Turns out it was Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Twister was one of my favorite movies growing up and I also thought that Philip Seymour Hoffman would end up doing great things as an actor just from his role as Dusty in Twister.
Great eye on you both! Philip was a cinematic treasure
i always liked the little detail whereby the tornado arrives to Jack Nicholson's face in the door about to say or in the process of saying "HERE'S JOHNNY!"
Helen Hunt won an Oscar for "As Good as It Gets." She won my heart with "Mad About You."
Helen Hunt won my heart with the after school special, The Quarterback Princess. Fun fact: little sister was Daphne Zuniga.
Also great in Castaway for the... 15 minutes(?) she was in.
@@sergiogonzalez1295 yes!!!
@@donjackson5522 yes!!!!
Mad about u rocked.
This cast was such a who's who cluster f...in a good way. 90's movies were so much fun. The Shining scene was awesome...and flying cgi cows were indeed a big deal.
Cow!
Following the success of Jaws, Spielberg went on to become one of the most influential, iconic directors in the film world. The film that followed was, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
I remember seeing this in the theater when it was first released and was dazzled by the special effects, the story and especially the ending.
Close Encounters was an amazing movie.
I loved that Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws played the main character in Close Encounters.
It definitely sparked my imagination about U.F.O.s
Lived in Oklahoma for most of my childhood, and I can confirm that tornadoes do sound like roaring animals as they approach, but go entirely silent after they've passed. It's scary but mesmerizing. People wanna make fun of this movie but the director and production crew actually went to great lengths to make it a lot more accurate than the studio intended. Like how they filmed (a large chunk) of the movie in Oklahoma, and included a very famous Okie meteorologist (in a cameo) during the drive-in scene.
Hey there to another Okie! Spent time as a kid with my grandparents in the Sinclair oil field between Covington and Garber in the 1950s. (Later, my family lived in Enid for a year. We had a shelter under the concrete patio. Must have been a ba-zillion jars of canned veggies and fruit! Can't imagine folks living out there without a home shelter.) There were six families that lived right at the plant in wood-frame "company houses."
When the siren went off, all the families and the plant workers on that shift would assemble on the roof of the underground community activity center, which doubled as a tornado shelter. It was a really tight-knit group of folks, just like everyone was family. Shared experience and danger. We would sit on the earthen roof, look to the south-west, and watch the tornado dipping down in the distance. That prairie was so flat, we could see forever. If it started to get too close, we would mosey downstairs and secure the door. When all-clear, we wandered back to the house, grandma started the next meal, and grandpa and his shift walked across the dirt road to he plant and started up the machinery again. Just another day in Oklahoma, hardly worth discussing...
As a kid, I thought it was all exciting and fascinating--didn't comprehend the tragedy tornadoes would cause.
At night, though, hearing the wind in the cottonwood trees, the flashes of lighting, and the clouds, and the howling siren, it was indeed super-scary....just like in this movie when the lightning revealed the twister behind the drive-in movie screen. My parents and grandparents wrapped us in blankets and hustled us--quickly--through the wind and rain and pitch-darkness to the community cellar. Bad flashbacks!!! Go, 'Pokes!
Another Okie here and this movie actually made me facepalm. I guess it was hard for me to suspend my disbelief. The entire movie I kept thinking “yeah right they’d be dead or seriously injured” so many times that it ruined the goofy fun for me. Now that I’m older I can appreciate it more.
The meteorologist, Gary England, was also in the opening scene giving the tornado warning.
Do people make fun of this? I've always loved it. It's one of those I'll watch any time I come across it.
@@Swearengen1980 "Do people make fun of this?" I don't know. I cannot speak for others or even pretend to. We are all products of our own experiences. I do find the film entertaining in some way. But just for me, having survived a near-miss of a tornado, and over the years having seen on TV the terrible devastation, of people losing everything they ever owned, of adults and children being killed, of the terror and PTSD and sleepless nights, of flashbacks, of the heartbreak and sadness that tornadoes bring to one's front door....it's just difficult for me to laugh or smile at even the humorous moments. Again, just me.
Whenever I drink lemonade, eat eggs, mash potatoes or steaks, I remember this movie!
Love the vibe of it. Just a bunch of friends doing what they absolutely love. Its a job and a hangout at the same time, with TORNADOS!
RIP Bill and Phillip!
There's apparently a diner in Oklahoma that will serve you the whole meal from the movie, they call it the "Twister breakfast".
Never has a steak and gravy looked SO FUCKING DELICIOUS as on Meg's table.
And that music piece around 23:56..... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟
The one that goes over to Van Halen? Man,.... BRILLIANT! I can't even say how much I love it. It may very well be my all time favorite film music piece of art. I've just discovered some new appreciation and love for it. I mean, last time I saw this film was ages ago. I knew, I always LOVED the music, it was one of the main parts of this movie, but I had no idea how they pretty much expanded on an already existing Van Halen song. It's just creativity and inspiration at their finest! And that in 1996!!!
It actually makes a lot of sense someone could do that type of work after a childhood experience like that. The better you understand something, the less scary it becomes.
100%. I was terrified of tornadoes as a kid. Ended up chasing the largest tornado in history.
@@williamlong144El Reno?
@@csbartonorgan83 Yup
Yup, both ends of the spectrum make absolute sense. She could need years and years of therapy to deal with phobia of tornados and possibly thunderstorms, thunder, and/or lightning, or she could become a storm chaser absolutely obsessed with tornados, making it her life's work to make sure that what happened to her never happens to anyone else.
"Twister" is not too deep but a whole lot of fun. Classic definition of a 90's summer blockbuster flick. GEt your popcorn, jelly bellies and try not to think too hard was the formula to follow.
well, still it has quite solid story. simple, but solid.
i love this film! it's so nostalgic. i built my first surround sound system and this was the first film that played on it. this film will forever be special.
@@ragdaj It's basically a monster/slasher movie with the tornados as the killers. Neat idea!
Interestingly, it was also the first film to be released on DVD in the US.
As someone who lives in "Tornadoe Alley" in Oklahoma where this movie was based I can attest to the fact that yep animals , people, trees, cars and buildings have been known to be picked up in tornadoes. Storm Chasers are a different breed scary and some just fascinating. :)
Respect to all the storm chasers who died to give us a better understanding of them and to let people know what they're doing and where they're going
dont forget that being from oklahoma means watching this movie more times then most movies!
I can only imagine the adrenaline rush when chasing those things.
I also love that at one point somebody was like "Hey! You know where we should build a house?! In TORNADO ALLEY!" 😂
Hey Okie! I'm in Sapulpa now but I lived in Catoosa in 1993. Lost my double-wide mobile home to that big one on April 24, 1993.
I've seen this movie more times than I can count, and I have NEVER noticed Dusty holding Melissa's hand at 11:38. I can't stop laughing.
Sorry about that crease through Wichita!
I never noticed that but that's adorable my head Cannon is he's actually just being a gentleman because she's in heels and that is a rough field
Same here. Also seen this movie a ton of times and never noticed that until today. And not even because they pointed it out. Go figure.
That's so funny , yeah he was holding her hands? I never noticed that!😂
If you notice he's actually kinda protective over her . I love the way he serves her food after the sisters twisters
Twister is an underrated gem that I think initially suffered from poor marketing. They sold it as a scary suspenseful disaster movie like Jurassic Park with tornadoes, when it was actually a quirky romantic comedy / road trip adventure film that just happened to have scary tornado action as a backdrop. I remember first watching it and being pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it as I didn't think tornadoes would be an especially good "villain" for a disaster movie - there's just not much you can do with them to create a sustained sense of danger. But watching the characters drive around Oklahoma like lunatics as Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt are bickering while things are getting destroyed with an awesome sound track in the background was more fun than I expected.
"Suffered from poor marketing"???? What were you living under a rock in 1996? Or is today Opposite Day? It wasn't even a sleeper hit. It had the sixth biggest opening of alltime (at that point) and was the second biggest grossing film of '96 only after Independence Day, beating Mission Impossible. Within 3 months it overtook The Empire Strikes Back. It was the very definition of a summer blockbuster.
If that's what suffering from poor marketing looks like, every movie studio in the world will be applying for BDSM classes screaming "Hurt me, baby! Hurt me!"
Twister undeŕrated? C'mon, you're a child.
@@David-qi1ys @David I was referring to audience expectation and long term perception of the film rather than immediate box office success. How many movies does a typical reactor like Popcorn view before finally getting around to viewing Twister? She watched Empire Strikes Back and Independence Day based on viewer feedback long before watching Twister.
@@rttoonist4275 Be that as it may, the remark that it "initially suffered from poor marketing" remains nonsensical. Films aren't really marketed past the home release.
But on the point I suppose now you were trying to make; yes. It didn't make a long term stamp on public perception because it really didn't earn it. It was a spectacle film, a popcorn flick. It was outdone by bigger disaster films in the years immediately following. Of which, Armageddon is typically seen as the biggest. Although many, myself included, have soft spots for disaster movies, they don't hold up the same way.
Even as a casual critic, you can't help but notice what terribly stupid decisions characters in this movie are making. Walking out of shelter into a tornado because "I want to see it!", ignoring very obvious sound advice resulting in death because of a rivalry, Paxton and his fiance's entire relationship (not having the slightest clue what the Fujita scale is being engaged to a storm chaser is like being married to a welder having never heard the word "arc") and their super casual falling out. Why were they together in the first place let alone engaged?? So silly.
Airport was a monster hit when it came out in '70, but PiB, like most reactors, will likely never see it despite having seen it's spoof Airplane!. Adjusting for inflation Airport outgrossed Airplane! by more than double. I'd say at least 20% of the comedy is lost without having seen the original (an insane guess to try to quantify, but 🤷♂).
Rinse and repeat with countless others from The Towering Inferno to the multiple Poisedon Adventures.
To anyone who gets great enjoyment, great, but the public moves on because the rewatchability of many of these is quite low for most.
I enjoyed going back to this after over a quarter century to see a young Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Other than that... yeah, there wasn't much to revisit, though I did chuckle at the apparently mandatory "save the dog" moment.
@@rttoonist4275 TLDR it's the movie equivalent of Baha Men's Who Let the Dogs Out. Fun for a summer, not very deep, guilty pleasure. Heck, it is on my personal playlist, but not something I'd go out to recommend nor even my top 1000.
Interesting fact. Twister was the first movie to be released on DVD.
Along with Mars Attacks
We actually did the test run for dvd's at work, the dvd's for this movie were way over ordered and nearly half were returned to the plant along with the VHS tapes. It was the first made for dvd but not the first released in the US.
Woah! You're right! You've made me remember the commercial! It's crazy because I know the DVD I rented and played and one of the first I owned was Spider-Man (2002).
@@YodatheHobbit First one I owned was Austin Powers. It came with my DVD player.
DVD? I still have it on Laser Disk!
RIP Bill Paxton.What a great actor we lost way to early in his life
from what I've read, he was a great person too
Helen Hunt, who plays Jo, was also in a 90's TV Show called Mad About You opposite Paul Reiser; who himself was in Beverly Hills Cop , aliens and this latest season of The Boyz and Stranger Things.
As someone who’s lived in Tornado Alley his entire life, we don’t really think about it all that much. The people who get hurt are usually the morons who stand outside to watch the storms. And even if your shit gets wrecked, the community is usually pretty good about banding together to clean up and rebuild after the storm. It’s just part of life in Iowa.
This is also why I could never live in tornado alley...or places like Florida with big hurricanes.
Hobbit holes. Build above ground and bury.
It's pretty much the same here in Missouri, i've been in the area of quite a few tornadoes but i've only ever really seen one twice. I hope that number never goes up though lol.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 I live in Florida and the hurricanes/tropical storms are so normal for us. I didn't realize how scary it actually was until a visiting friend freaked out
I spent spring break in Greensburg, KS helping to rebuild the town after it was virtually wiped off of the map. The owners of one of the houses that I had the privilege to work on had everyone that helped rebuild the house sign their name on the wall of the storm shelter.
There was a twister attraction in universal and it was an exact replica of the drive in scene. It was scary as hell! So creepy
I live in Texas, where one of the most powerful tornadoes ever hit Jarrell, Texas. The details of destruction that tornado did is absolutely terrifying. It was a slow moving F-5 that absolutely rendered all known tornado safety precautions outside of evacuating or sheltering in a basement/storm cellar obsolete. It wiped clean houses down to where only the concrete foundation remained. Even vehicles were destroyed beyond recognition. And the people and animals killed by it... those horrifying details to what that tornado did to them are best not said.
There's a video on RUclips about it, The Deadman Walking or something like that. The video is heartbreaking, but the actual footage of the Deadman is chilling.
The Tuscaloosa F-5 some years back now took my Aunt's old house and the slab it sat on. My parents went down some time later and there was a mile wide path of destruction you could follow for miles.
We have one here in Iowa in Dunkerton around that time. Wiped nearly the whole town off the map.
I was born in Joplin Mo, grew up in Neosho. I remember being in Joplin right after the tornado and feeling lost. I had been in downtown Joplin countless times in my life, but I had no idea where I was that day because there was nothing left. No landmarks or street signs, just debris everywhere. Off in the distance I could see what was left of the hospital. Before, you wouldn't have been able to see the hospital unless you were near it, but that day there was nothing left between it and where I was standing.
Hi fellow Texan - I remember being totally floored at the damage from the tornadoes at Jarrell TX, Joplin MO and Moore OK. Seeing nothing but a few trees trunks - stripped of bark and branches and only the cement foundations remaining from brick homes - only a few pipes sticking up here and there in the foundations. There were no bushes, fences - nothing. Even the ground was scoured clean of grass. Truly terrifying damage.
"The finger of God."
A movie that had to be watched in the theater. I remember that summer it came out, everyone was going. There hadn't been a CGI film at this level before this came out. It's difficult to watch these films decades later because you just don't get how monumental they were at the time.
This.
I was working at a movie theater...got to see it like 20 times! lol
I wish i could have but i was 2 mths old ,saw it on dvd in like 02-03
I love this movie so much. It was my first disaster film that I ever watched. I loved how they made the tornadoes look as realistic as possible in an active tornado zone. I loved how Bill Paxton made his performance as iconic as his other roles. I loved Philip Seymour Hoffman as Dusty, playing such kick ass music while on the hunt for the "fatties" and I love how this film showed me what life is like for storm chasers and folks in Tornado Alley. I plan to go to the Twister Museum in Wakita, Oklahoma, where everything is dedicated to the film and to the storm chasers of Tornado Alley.
You two are great together! And I love that you're now becoming enough of a movie nerd that you're calling out films actors have been in. Welcome to the club!!
Great reaction! This movie punched all the right buttons. Another great 90's disaster movie is "Dante's Peak" with Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. Volcano, very loosely based on Mt. St. Helen.
The grandma lake scene still gives me nightmares
@@theuncoveredlamp literally the only scene that comes to mind when I think of this movie.
Rip Bill Paxton still miss him and this movie did inspire a lot of people to become Storm Chasers and because they put their lives in the line to keep us safe thank you guys for what you do
Living in Iowa for five years, this is the go to movie to put on when the tornado sirens go off! Loved this movie since the first time I saw it in 1996 at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood
I love this movie. So many good lines in it;
"Rabbit is good. Rabbit is wise."
"We're on like Bob's road."
"Another cow. Actually, I think that's the same one."
Thanks for reacting to this film. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Don't forget about "The Suck Zone" 🤣
Watching this again with you two makes me remember how much I love this movie. Thank you for taking me back to when I saw this in theaters with my family and capturing that great feeling of watching a genuinely good movie. This channel is something special, please never change.
This is Helen Hunt. She and Jack Nicholson won Oscars together in As Good As It Gets. That’s a great movie
Cassie recognizing the Star Wars quote is a testament to how far she’s come 😂
I noticed that, too.
I’m so glad someone else noticed! 🌚
YES! My thoughts exactly.
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 wish they made movies more like this one still. I love the roadtrip aspect, the self made techno weather hippie feelings of the group, the passion they have.
Twister is my 4 year old son's favourite movie. He's obsessed with weather and tornadoes. He memorized all the characters names and the EF rating of each tornado in the film. I'm glad it's such a great flick otherwise I would have got sick of him watching it 10x a week lol.
I found it funny that your sister had to show you how to open the snack bag. It was pretty entertaining. 😂
The reaction you two had when The Shining came on the screen was so hilarious! The two of you are so entertaining. And yes, the team is so much fun in this movie. I absolutely love this movie!!
The opening of this movie traumatized me as a child! Between the anxiety with the dog, that thankfully makes it inside the bunker, and then the Dad's death, ugh! Also, as always, RIP Bill Paxton!
I remember i was at the cinema thinking "oh-oh am I watching a horror movie?"
When Cassie deliberately opened the bag the messy way and Carly reacted "You psychopath" I myself was exclaiming as well: "You savage!" :D
Funfact Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by the Alien, Predator, and Terminator.
And a "Cowboy" and very strangely "Sunshine"!!!!!!
Great movie - Paxton and Hoffman we miss you both!
I watched this when it was in theaters as a kid living in North Central Iowa tornado country and 80% corn fields. It actually helped me get over the fear of tornadoes.
I'm leaving a Like before this even starts! Twister is without question, my all time favorite guilty pleasure movie. Soooooo excited to watch you react! Hope you have fun with this one.🌪
It's one of those films where if its on then I am making some popcorn.
Same. Twister and The Day After Tomorrow.
Same! Twister, the Day After Tomorrow, Volcano and Daylight are my top four ‘disaster’ movies. I’m sure there are others that I’ve forgotten.
It's one of mine as well! Love it so much.
@@StardustandMadness Yeah. That's a fun list!
Cassie, Helen Hunt is also in "As Good as it Gets", with Jack Nicholson. You should see that movie if you haven't already! It's great!
Yes! In fact, both Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson won Academy Awards for their leading roles. And the movie was nominated for best picture. GREAT film!
The Musical Score for this is so Incredible and Engaging that it just draws you into the Movie and makes you feel the Excitement the characters are feeling doing what they love,chasing Tornados!!!It's so upliftng.
I remember seeing this as a kid as well. Good times with Bill Paxton, may he rest in peace. Also, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was also in Along Came Polly, which he was hilarious in.
I've always feared storms, especially tornadoes. As I got older, the way I dealt with my fears was to learn more about them. That's why I'm so fond of _Twister._
There's a storm chaser named Pecos Hank who has the best RUclips channel of all the chasers. He clearly not only loves all weather phenomena, but he's also a huge animal lover. Even when he doesn't see a tornado, he makes great videos.
A lot of the "science" in this movie isn't real, but the twisters are well-rendered. One of the things that is real is there have been super outbreaks of tornadoes which have spawned dozens of funnel clouds and destructive twisters. The most infamous of them is the April 3-4, 1974 super-outbreak. Over those 2 days, 148 tornadoes formed in 13 states, stretching all the way into Canada. Thirty of them were considered violent, including six F5 tornadoes.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was great as Dusty. He's a goofball, but when things get serious, he steps up his game.
My favorite scenes are the nighttime twister and going back to Wakita to rescue Meg. Of all the tornadoes in the movie, that's the one they weren't looking for, but found them. The danger to the whole storm chasing team seemed more personal. They lost a car, one of the guys almost had the top of his head taken off by a flying hubcap and Meg and Mose barely escaped their collapsing house.
The love triangle felt forced, but I forgive it because of cool tornadoes.
It's great to see Cassie and Carly side-by-side again.
If you get scared by _Twister,_ remember that if you don't live in the heart of Tornado Alley, you're unlikely to ever see one in person. Also, meteorology has never been better at predicting, tracking and warning people of violent weather.
I strongly concur with the recommendation of pecos hank. I'd be interested to see her do reaction videos to his videos.
I second this. Love Pecos Hank's videos.
I also got to vouch for Pecos Hank. His videos are awesome. I also like the mentions of real Storm chasers in this. Bill has a line "Howie Bluestein tried for years" that was a real thing/guy. And another named Eric Rasmussen was doing very similar stuff to what is seen in this movie. (I think they consulted him.) Definitely huge fan service for major tornado nerds.
I've thankfully never seen a tornado, although I've apparently been near a few small ones without realizing it. Where I live, the natural disasters are ordinary thunderstorms and blizzards, and the occasional remnant of a hurricane after it's lost most of its strength. I remember being a child and being afraid of thunder and lightning, and I also remember having lost that fear. I've now been near a couple very close strikes, less than 25 or 30 yards. It's rather exhilarating to know how close it was, to hear the boom at the same exact time as the flash.
I remember watching this movies in the theatre as a kid. The powerful theatre surround sound system made this movie WAY more intense!!!
I swear that most theaters deliberately turned up the volume. I wasn't complaining at the time. I was 13 and thought it was awesome 😁
Fantastic reaction. The fun sisterly banter between Cassie and Carly never fails to make me laugh.
Bill Paxton also played one of punk guys attacked by the Terminator at the beginning of the movie.
I love Philip seymour hoffman in this movie. Hilarious comic relief
24:05 "Tasty cow Aunt Meg" hands down best line in the movie 😂
"God,Meg you got a lot of beef. Where'd you get all this beef?"
"Did you see my cows out front?"
"No."
"Oh, ah."
"Ohhh."
"You slaughter your own cows. Meg, nice."
The Suck Zone is the best line 😂
This movie was so much fun in the theater. Sat back and enjoyed the ride. Great popcorn flick. RIP Bill Paxton
Cassie, when you caught the "That's no moon, it's a space station" reference, thousands of hearts jumped! So Bill Paxton- Titanic, Tombstone, bit part in Terminator and a hundred other movies. But those are my favorites. Also the actress who plays Aunt Meg has a memorable role in the Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg "Minority Report" (shameless plug).
Bill Paxton has been killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator. Same with Lance Henricksen
She was also in "Basic Instinct" and "Falling Down", both with Michael Douglas.
My favorite Bill Paxton performance will always be as Pvt. Hudson in *Aliens* .
Lois Arlene Smith (Aunt Meg) is now 91 and still going strong. She made 2 movie appearances in 2020, 1 in 2021, and another this year.
Lois Smith, who played Aunt Meg, was also in Lady Bird (she played the head nun at the private school Lady Bird went to).
Of course she can like almost every movie she watches...
... there's literally thousands of people recommending their very favorite movies for her to watch.
Good point. No one is like "you should watch this shitty movie that I hate!"
I mean... other reactors react to movies I don't like or even care to see, it's all subjective..
I've been in multiple tornados. Some VERY close, within yards. That calm before the storm is a real thing. The first one I was in destroyed our farm while I watched from a basement window at 5 years old. I still love watching storms.
"Goin green" yep, I've found myself in tornado weather just like that when I lived in Texas, it's both unnerving and routine.
Yay one of my favorite guilty pleasures movies! This one and _Volcano_ with Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche (RIP). Helen Hunt was also in _As Good As It Gets_ with Jack Nicholson, and the show _Mad About You_ with Paul Reiser (also in Aliens). I love when they go to Aunt Meg's, that's totally my kind of environment. Fun script and such a great cast! And yes to _Deep Impact,_ although you also have to do _Armageddon_ with Bruce Willis. OH! And two more Philip Seymour Hoffman films worth checking out if you haven't, _Doubt_ and _Boogie Nights._
As good as it gets was filmed right in my neighborhood on prospect park west in Brooklyn. Jack Nicholson bought me and all the other kids pizza at my dads pizzeria. You can see it in the background when they’re walking down the sidewalk. It’s called Joes pizza and it’s attached to the building I lived in :)
The greenage is real?
The lead actress is Helen Hunt. At one point I would say she was one of the more well known actresses in hollywood? She's probably best known for this and Mad About You, her TV show with Paul Reiser that ran for 7 seasons and garnered numerous golden globes and Emmy wins. She also won a best actress Oscar for As Good As It Gets, a rom com with Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear, and a best supporting actress nomination for The Sessions. You're also correct about What Women want and Pay it Forward.
I'm surprised nobody's noticed that Jami Gertz, who plays Dr. Melissa Reeves in Twister also played Star, in The Lost Boys! Looking back, I'd have gladly become a vampire if it meant I could hold her hand! What a beautiful woman she is!
Don't forget playing a phone sex character from Seinfeld named Erika lol.
Jamie Gertz is thought to be the wealthiest actress in Hollywood (a literal BILLIONAIRE). She made a substantial amount of money herself while acting, and invested wisely. And then married a successful businessman and now are part owners of the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Brewers among other businesses. Her net worth is greater than Tom cruise, Angelina Jolie, and Dwayne Johnson...COMBINED.
Being from Oklahoma, I can confirm, Tornadoes are a regular occurrence. In fact the infamous bridge scene is a bridge that I drive over pretty often here around home. The actors in this movie even had to stay in my little home town haha
You guys hiding from the Shining clip was just so hilarious, gotta love you two! Another great film Twister and another great reaction you two, brilliant!
Before seeing Twister I didn't know anything about tornados. My first viewing of a tornado was in The Wizard of Oz. I was a little kid then. But watching Twister has stuck with me emotionally more than any movie I've ever seen. And it doesn't matter how many times I watch it, I cry my eyes out EVERY TIME from beginning to end. The trauma the Jo (Helen Hunt) carries with her through her life just kills me!!! The deep friendships between the whole team of Bill (Paxton) and Jo. The innocence of Bill's never to be wife. The aunt Meg and her dog. EVERYTHING about this movie just rocks me to my core. I actually "fell in love" with Helen Hunt through this movie. And I'm watching (just at the ending right now) it tonight (Jan.12, 2023).
When I was a young kid, I particularly remember one night tornado warnings being broadcasted on TV. Instead of being terrified I was actually super excited because I thought our house would be picked up like in the Wizard of Oz....ha,ha,ha.
What can I say? I was four years old
ha,ha,ha...that's cute
Aww how sweet!
In 1985 Hurricane Gloria had a chance of hitting Northern New Jersey. I was 13 and was excited to have a chance to see a hurricane. It's not like we ever got those up north. But it didn't hit us. We just got wind gusts.
Deep Impact was and still is my all time favourite movie. I would highly recommend watching it as the runner up.
Definitely. I prefer it over Armageddon.
@@jordywoody14 oh definitely. Strangely I like that not all the heroes survive in Deep Impact. I think that makes it more realistic in a way.
@@jordywoody14 I don't think so. Armageddon is the best!!!
@@heatherryan3969 What makes Armageddon better? It's basically a Michael Bay movie with action over substance.
They have.
Twister may have it's technical flaws from the crew's lack of attention to detail, but it is a very great film. The tornados looked great and the pacing was also great. Fun fact about the movie was that some of the storms shown were 100% real. Not the tornados, mind you as they were all CGI, but the season in which the film was mostly shot was right in the middle of the tornado season and basically the crew of the movie became their own storm chasers.
"Did they die?!" 36:23 That was almost as funny as them asking if Quint died as he was bitten in half at the end of Jaws. lol You ladies are adorable.
To be fair, she had her hands over her eyes when she asked that.
15:31 Mark! Ahh. Aww. I gave up gelatin products once I got confirmation of how it is made! 😮
It was such a treat watching this with you, both the edit and full-length over on Patreon. I think we really needed an "Oh my gosh!" counter on this one! 🤣
This was the first 'blockbuster success' movie I remember seeing in theaters. A good, fun, entertaining film. No sequels, no extended universe. Just enjoy the moment.
There was talk of a sequel around the time they started bringing back old favorites 20 years later. I think with Bill Paxton and PSH gone though there's no chance of it ever happening (probably for the best). Wouldn't be surprised to see a half assed remake someday.
@@Jack-Shat The 90s had great blockbusters. Original stuff too. Now everything is a remake or a sequel, and it's all just CGI and no real story.
I believe the reason why the sensors would not work before is because the tornado would suck them around the funnel and not inside the funnel. The whole point was for Dorothy to be released into the core of a tornado where it measured data *inside* the tornado. They already have instruments that measure data outside the tornado. It is also why they developed the lil rotors for the sensors. That way the wind would naturally propel them toward the core.
One actress you probably didn't recognize - young Jo at the beginning of the movie is played by Alexa Vega, who went on to play Carmen in the Spy Kids movies.
Also, funny story about my first time seeing this movie. My family rented it from a video store on a really rainy night, and when we got back home, we discovered our power was out. I woke up at 6 a.m. the following day, saw our power was back on, and watched it before school.
I was visiting the Universal Studios in Orlando that year or the next one and they had a Twister attraction. They managed to recreate a tornado in a room, wind, vapor, sounds and all. It was thrillingly awesome.
13:03 Mark! I saw "Twisters" last Saturday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I look forward to your reaction to it. 😎
Helen Hunt? Her family has a very big ranch in Oklahoma, and she stayed there during free time. She was the alien princess "Aurora" in "The Bionic Woman" and she's in a movie with Mel Gibson that I have yet to see. She's "Jamie Buchman" in "Mad About You" with Paul Reiser as "Paul Buchman" and he too is in "Aliens"!
Jame Gertze? She was the "cool mean girl" in "Square Pegs" and she roller skates in "Solar Babies"! She plays an Earthling woman in an alien cul-de-sac in "The Neighbors"!
Pauls Valley, in particular, and Garvin County in general, were used for some locations! 🎉
And the new lady in his life in this film is actress Jami Gertz who played star in the lost boys x 😊
She was also on a TV show in the early 2000's I've long since forgotten the name to it though
I saw Twister in the theatre when it first came out. It was very intense!
"He's gonna rue the day man, he's gonna rue the day he went against the extreme!" This was my favorite role of Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The character of Dusty is super cool to me.
"I'm talking emanate rueage. Emanate rueage."
@@OneVoiceMore
Thank you. Damn spell check won't work right
Was the first thing I ever saw him in and the way his career went after that was incredible. The kinda crazy guy from Twister ended up being a world-class actor. Sucks that he had his personal issues.
Bill's fiance in the beginning of the movie is also a famous actress, Jami Gertz. Big movies for her were The Lost Boys, Quicksilver, Crossroads and Less Than Zero. Kind of a teenage crush type of girl in the 80's.
Oh Yeah!!!
She kinda left movies when she married a billionaire. Her loss!
I always remember her as Muffy B. Tepperman from Square Pegs.
Helen Hunt, along with her movie career, is also known for the late-1990's-early 2000's sitcom Mad About You with Paul Reiser
16:01 Mark! Oh, that big guy is in the "NBC" medical drama series "ER" and not in the "CBS" medical comedy series "E/R" as is actress Maura Tierney who is the mother of the blonde in "Twisters"! 😊
I LOVE this movie, it was one of my all-time fav cinema/theater experiences, I was gripping my sides during the tornado scenes. The whole cast is just great and I fell completely in love with Helen Hunt. It's only just starting to age but most of the effects still hold up, the music is just right, the tone is a perfect balance of fun and action and drama and disaster, it's a prime example of 90s cinema at its very very best. Have watched countless times, would watch again a million more.
I saw this when it came out in theaters. Since then, I've become an actor. I've worked with Abraham Benrubi, who was in this. I also know Sean Whalen, who was part of their team. Anyway, this is a fun movie, and it was good to watch it with you two.
Very cool! Both of them are great character actors. I’ll keep an eye out for you now too!
So impressed with your ability to recognize movies and actors.
This has one of my most quoted lines of any movie I've ever seen: "Cow."
Bill is one of those actors that frequently star in certain director’s movies. James Cameron appreciates Bill in his movies so you’ll see him in The Terminator, Titanic, and True Lies... Helen Hunt is probably most well known for her role in ‘As Good As It Gets’ which gets a recommendation for a reaction video from you in the near future. She was also in ‘What Women Want’ with Mel Gibson and ‘Castaway’ with Tom Hanks.
And Cassie might have forgotten she saw Bill in Apollo 13, and I was going to mention Castaway for Helen Hunt because I think she has mentioned having watched it.
Bill Pax was a dope director too.
He would've done a sequel to Twister and put it in 3D.
Hello Cassie and Carly
Yes Helen Hunt was the mother in "Pay It Forward". She has notable parts in "as Good As It Gets" (1997), "Cast Away" (2000), "What Women Want" (2000), Bobby" (2006), "Soul Surfer" (2011), "The Miracle Season" (2018), but maybe best know as Jamie Buchanan in the 90s tv sitcom "Mad About You" with Paul Reiser. She started acting as a chold actress since the 70s, More recently she has been on a few episides of Sessions and as a director in a few other cable and streaming services programs.
Jamie Gertz besides being very beautiful is also a great actress who also started as a child actress. She has notable parts in "The Lost Boys", "Listen tio Me", "Less Than Zero" "Crossrooads", and "Quicksilver". She also was a notable character in the 80's teen sitcom "Square Pegs" along side 'Carrie Bradshaw' from "Sex in the City", Sarah Jessica Parker. More recently, she has been in the tv sitcoms "Still Standing" and "The Neighbors".
"Twister" is classified as and epic disaster film. It does have its sequences of horror/suspence-tinged. action, comedy, adventure, and some romance. While not completely accurate, it does follow most of the procedures developed by the good and brave people of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Real Strorm Chasers respect amd admire what Bill Paxton did for the value, appreciation, and honor he brought to theiir work with this film. This film even helped bring more funding to their work.
Being a cinephile, you are allowed to like / love various films for various reasons. Yet, you can still have your own Top 10 best films you enjoy ANYTIME.)))
Amother good review. It is always interesting to see your and your sister's reactions to films we grew up with and enjoyed. To see your 'in-the-moment" reactions, it is a real treat To hear your perspectives, it is a delight to listen to how you like v/disliked or whatever every part of the film and constrast to how we perceived it when we first watced it ourselves.))
9:21 Helen Hunt. Best known for: TV show: “Mad About You” (7 Emmy nominations for Best Actress, 4 wins) Movies: “As Good as It Gets” (Oscar win for Best Actress) “The Sessions” (Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress) and “What Women Want”. But she’s been acting since she was 10 (in 1973). So she’s got a pretty long IMDB list.
21:27 I could believe it’s possible. I’ve heard it said that a 150 mph wind would pretty much pick up any living thing in its path and blow it around like a piece of paper.
I've personally seen a 2x4 board stuck straight through the trunk of a tree. The real danger of tornadoes is all the debris they fling around.
Aaaah…yes, wholesome sisters being wholesome. Exactly what we needed
This, absolutely!
I’m glad yall enjoyed it! This is my favorite movie and it’s responsible for getting me into storm chasing. This movie is such a fun ride
28:49 The scariest part of a tornado, as I’ve observed, is that there can be a tornado 12 blocks from your house, and you can be outside, looking towards that direction, and hear and see nothing. No rain, no wind, no roar, no hail. The cone of silence. This is from personal observations when a tornado ripped AC units off of the mall 12 blocks from my house. Just checked the distance according to my phone’s map, and it’s .9 miles by car from my house to the mall. I’ve been inside two tornados, 12 blocks from one, and had a tornado blow out my van’s rear windshield (ironic that the shield broke from the wind) while it was in the shop, and I’ve still never actually seen a tornado in person. Once, all I saw was rain and pitch darkness at night, to the point I couldn’t see my headlights anymore, and the other time I was in one, I avoided the windows once the house started shaking.