Difference between revisions of "Twister"
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| − | '''Twister''' (1996) is an immensely popular movie about a couple tracking [[tornado]]es while also dealing with a husband's desire to divorce. | + | '''Twister''' (1996) is an immensely popular movie about a couple tracking [[tornado]]es while also dealing with a husband's desire to divorce. The movie is surprisingly even-handed in its portrayal of the husband and wife. |
| − | It is favorable to small, enterprising inventors. | + | It is favorable to small, enterprising inventors, and contains priceless mockery of media wannabes and sellouts to corporate funding. |
Perhaps because the movie has an underlying [[conservative]] theme to it -- it's pro-[[marriage]] -- it has declined in recent years in its rating on the [[internet]]. But it was a head of its time in anticipating the success of the Weather Channel in reporting on storms. | Perhaps because the movie has an underlying [[conservative]] theme to it -- it's pro-[[marriage]] -- it has declined in recent years in its rating on the [[internet]]. But it was a head of its time in anticipating the success of the Weather Channel in reporting on storms. | ||
Revision as of 05:09, September 14, 2020
Twister (1996) is an immensely popular movie about a couple tracking tornadoes while also dealing with a husband's desire to divorce. The movie is surprisingly even-handed in its portrayal of the husband and wife.
It is favorable to small, enterprising inventors, and contains priceless mockery of media wannabes and sellouts to corporate funding.
Perhaps because the movie has an underlying conservative theme to it -- it's pro-marriage -- it has declined in recent years in its rating on the internet. But it was a head of its time in anticipating the success of the Weather Channel in reporting on storms.