Twister (1996) is an adventure, action, romance and thriller movie about tornadoes and their effects. Directed by Jan De Bont and written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. Starring Helen Hunt (as Dr. Jo Harding) and Bill Paxton (Bill Harding) who are scientists that were married and they’re now trying to get divorced. But things didn’t turn out the way Bill Harding wanted them to do so. When they are trying to sign the papers of the divorce, the weather changed and finally the largest storm they had been preparing for was about to occur. This storm is very important because it had hit a city before and it has come back to hit Oklahoma. This storm is a very important event for both Jo and Bill because meteorologist Harding had been preparing a machine that would be able to help advance the warning system from 3 seconds to at least 15 minutes. In order for people to be able to evacuate and be more cautioned. Thus both Dr. Jo and Bill had to “plant” this machine inside the tornado. But both Jo and Bill face many problems and competition between another group of scientists that had basically copied Bill’s idea.
The movie would have been interesting to me if I hadn’t been living in the “technology” world, since the movie was based on improving the tornado warning system. Now we live in a world that is more developed and new ideas, experiments and scientific related stuff is like an aspect of daily life. As a scientist I should be very proud of this and in fact I am because this shows how much science has developed over the past years and the improvements we made affected the world today. Also I didn’t quiet like the movie much because as usual movies have very unrealistic parts and effects to make people believe in them and have an influence on them in a way. An example is when the tornado hit the area they were taking a break in, and they went “underground” no one was hurt or injured by the falling pieces of metal or poles collapsing. Another scene was when they stood under the wooden bridge and the top wood part totally came off when the tornado hit. This is totally unrealistic because tornadoes are the “nature’s most violent storms”. Sometimes tornadoes hit very fast without giving any warnings as we all may know, especially people who live in areas with a lot of tornadoes occurring at once, therefore it could be impossible to know when a tornado could really take place and warn people 15 minutes earlier because they develop super fast. They could also be transparent until they pick up any dust or debris. Tornadoes form when the warm air rises from the ground and meets the cooler yet drier air and then the moisture in the warm air condenses and forms a huge thundercloud. Therefore this causes the tornado to form in a funnel shape. The F5 tornado they referred to in the movie basically causes massive damages. The winds blow at 261 mph and are able to life houses from their solid foundation and throw them miles away. Although the F5 is a very dangerous storm, it’s rare in a way. There are only 1 percent of these types of tornadoes that cause this damage, which can be classified as the F5. Others could be F1 also known as the “moderate damage category” they may cause less damage but are still dangerous.
On the other hand the movie has managed to keep the suspense and the great influence on the viewers until the end. This shows that it’s partially scientifically true and has some supporting ideas and facts about tornadoes. It also had this great effect that made things seem real in a certain way, for example when they were under the tornado the effect of them being sucked into the tornado seemed really although as well all saw, the tornado didn’t manage to suck them in. In the picture to the write is a photo of the area's in the U.S that are mostly affected by Tornadoes.
Thanks for checking out my theory about tornadoes and my critique about the movie (twister). I shall be updating my site with any new information and experiments about tornadoes that I will receive as soon as possible. So please don’t forget to stop by and check if I have anything new to inform you.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Mariam Awadalla, meteorologist specialized in tornadoes and any other types of winds and is a professor at University of California.
The movie would have been interesting to me if I hadn’t been living in the “technology” world, since the movie was based on improving the tornado warning system. Now we live in a world that is more developed and new ideas, experiments and scientific related stuff is like an aspect of daily life. As a scientist I should be very proud of this and in fact I am because this shows how much science has developed over the past years and the improvements we made affected the world today. Also I didn’t quiet like the movie much because as usual movies have very unrealistic parts and effects to make people believe in them and have an influence on them in a way. An example is when the tornado hit the area they were taking a break in, and they went “underground” no one was hurt or injured by the falling pieces of metal or poles collapsing. Another scene was when they stood under the wooden bridge and the top wood part totally came off when the tornado hit. This is totally unrealistic because tornadoes are the “nature’s most violent storms”. Sometimes tornadoes hit very fast without giving any warnings as we all may know, especially people who live in areas with a lot of tornadoes occurring at once, therefore it could be impossible to know when a tornado could really take place and warn people 15 minutes earlier because they develop super fast. They could also be transparent until they pick up any dust or debris. Tornadoes form when the warm air rises from the ground and meets the cooler yet drier air and then the moisture in the warm air condenses and forms a huge thundercloud. Therefore this causes the tornado to form in a funnel shape. The F5 tornado they referred to in the movie basically causes massive damages. The winds blow at 261 mph and are able to life houses from their solid foundation and throw them miles away. Although the F5 is a very dangerous storm, it’s rare in a way. There are only 1 percent of these types of tornadoes that cause this damage, which can be classified as the F5. Others could be F1 also known as the “moderate damage category” they may cause less damage but are still dangerous.
On the other hand the movie has managed to keep the suspense and the great influence on the viewers until the end. This shows that it’s partially scientifically true and has some supporting ideas and facts about tornadoes. It also had this great effect that made things seem real in a certain way, for example when they were under the tornado the effect of them being sucked into the tornado seemed really although as well all saw, the tornado didn’t manage to suck them in. In the picture to the write is a photo of the area's in the U.S that are mostly affected by Tornadoes.
Thanks for checking out my theory about tornadoes and my critique about the movie (twister). I shall be updating my site with any new information and experiments about tornadoes that I will receive as soon as possible. So please don’t forget to stop by and check if I have anything new to inform you.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Mariam Awadalla, meteorologist specialized in tornadoes and any other types of winds and is a professor at University of California.
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