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John Cooley (jcooley@world.std.com) wrote:
: Warning: MOVIE SPOILERS FOLLOWING!
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: Last night I went to see the much touted Spielburg/Lucas/Crighton movie called
: "Twister" (which is taking 5 out of the 12 viewing rooms in my local theater
: with all its hype) and it was LAME, LAME, LAME!

: Basically the story   <see original post>
:                                                           Of course, the
: guy eventually tells his bride-to-be to take a hike because he wants to
: stay with his old wife now that they've chased tornados together again.

     No, actually, the new bride-to-be tells him to take a hike and
     leaves. Now what does this inversion in your retelling mean :-) ?

: ....

: As usual, the "good" guys win through their superior skills and hoaky gut
: instincts; while the "bad" guys can only follow the "good" guys and make
: their progress only through copying the "good" guys.

: Other than some good special effects, this was one truely LAME, predictable
: Hollywood-following-a-formula movie.

: That is, it was a twister movie without a twist!    :^)

     Leaving after the film, the California audience seemed to have
     liked it - or rather the tornados. I actually heard a couple of
     people say that their preferred disaster was earthquakes..

     Hugh ---