I dont know if i liked the new twister. weird to see it rack up $82 million because i saw it on a saturday evening and the theater had 6 people in it. figured it had flopped.
the movie itself is good fun but i kept comparing it to the old 90s movie because that movie is just so much better. its more fun, less reliant on cg, and simply has better characters.
still, as far as new action movies go, this was fairly competent. had some good setpieces, and the leads were attractive which is a big win in the current woke hollywood climate where every female lead has to be a fugly fat girl. that said, Im not sure if making this chick a downer for 90% of the movie was a good idea. i think hollywood has turned too much into melodrama. the 90s were perfect. yes, you had drama and characters went through some shit, but the movie still made those characters have a little fun. or have characters around them have a little fun. bill paxton and helen hunt were literally arguing about their failed marriage and it was more fun than this.
p.s they had a rodeo show in the middle of the movie to try and capture the southern demographic like yellowstone has done, but man i still prefer the breakfast scene from the first movie. you dont need cowboys and bulls to sell the south. that southern breakfast mesmerized me as a child.
ManaByte
you have failed in your assignment, and you will be forever be known as the Disney shill. But in all seriousness, I think it’s time we bring back weekly updates on box office standings. This weekend a storm was brewing and the sequel to the 1996 disaster film Twister has beaten expectations.
