Everything Wrong With Twister In 15 Minutes Or Less 

Bill Paxton is the only actor in cinematic history to be killed by a Terminator, a Predator, and an Alien. But not a tornado. lol

14:35 "So we won't have to see Twister 2" Well, about that....

"Can't become a half-mile wide monster at the same time." The 2011 Joplin Tornado has entered the chat.

I can’t believe how many great movies came out of the 90s. Such a great decade for entertainment.

The fact they ran from an f5 tornado, with wooden fence panels flying everywhere and all kinds of different debris, and neither Jo or Bill managed to get so much as a scratch let alone a paper cut.....deserves all sorts of sins by itself.

CinemaSins : “This tornado hides better than 1998 godzilla” Me : OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

0:45 "Look at mid levels for rotation and increase the PRF" might sound like technobabble but it's factually correct. Mid-level updraft rotation in a supercell is one of the first signs of a potentially developing tornado, so it would make sense that Jo would want the radar scanning for rotation in that particular area of the storm. PRF (pulse repetition frequency) is a real Doppler radar term, it's the rate at which radar pulses are transmitted. When a supercell thunderstorm is close to the radar dish (as depicted in this scene), the radar would need to have its PRF increased in order to receive accurate wind velocity and rotation data.

It’s weird how both Paxton and Hoffman have passed. They looked so young here and it was only 1996

Add another sin. The opening scene was in 1969. Then how did the guy on TV know about an F5 tornado? The Fujita Scale wasn't invented util 1971.

R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman R.I.P. Bill Paxton This movie is a classic!

To be fair, at 6:03, when this movie was made, people *did* encourage you to go under overpasses. It's only recently that experts were like "lol, no, don't do that"

In 1996, hiding under an overpass wasn't generally known to be a bad idea. A news team famously rode out the F5 Andover KS tornado in 1991 under one (though the tornado largely missed them) and it went nationwide. It wasn't until the F5 Moore OK tornado when people were killed heeding that faulty knowledge that people became largely aware of an overpass being a horrible shelter.

The huge GPS tribute given to Paxton by storm chasers and meteorologists after his death was pretty awesome.

"Do you have a cure for getting exploded?" Spit out what i was drinking

In the end when the F5 didn't take the house was based on a true event where an F5 destroyed a hell of a lot of crap but the house still stood. Also the scene of the inside of the F5 was from a farmer who survived the inside of the tornado and told people what it looks like inside. Guessing Spielberg heard the story and added it to this movie. Also add a sin for tornadoes having a roaring noise like a dinosaur. And knock off several sins for how damn delicious aunt Meg's steak and eggs looked

Another thing that also bugged me was the time it took Bill to activate Dorothy at that jumping tornado vs the time it takes Jo at the end was soooo different

8:18 "Miracle dirt roads are everywhere in Oklahoma." You clearly never been to Oklahoma.

When they were strapped to the pipes, I think the debris would've killed them... all that crap hitting them at 300mph.

Also, when they drove through the house, the stairs were turned upright, as if the house was sitting normally. Allowing them to drive up or down them. Either this house was built by someone with a sense of humor, or the continuity department didnt receive their paychecks that week.

Minus a few joke-sins you nailed it this time I'd add that the strong ass winds of all the tornadoes in this movie seem to selectively lift and throw around only the vehicles that don't contain any main character

If you were alive when this movie came out, it was the biggest thing ever. Wow. Thank god for the progress of technology

I can't believe you didn't show the part where cows flew. It's like the main scene of the movie!

Not to mention the dad got sucked out of the cellar yet young Jo and Mama’s hair was flying the wrong way.

The "Suck Zone," comment at 1:27 had me busting up laughing. 🤣

"You can't explain it, you can't predict it!!" "YOU can!!"

Bill Paxton *obviously* changed his own tire and put the spare on, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to drive to the garage; what the mechanic did at that point was to put a new tire on the rim, something you can't really do on the side of the road.

My 6 year old brother loves this movie, he watches it every night. I’m currently laughing hysterically because he would absolutely hate your guts right now 😂

In 7 years of tornado chasing, I've yet to see one 1996 Helen Hunt...

"Hard to believe, but this guy is going to be a respected actor in a couple of years" :D

14:15 "It's not 'THAT' the wind in blowing, it's 'WHAT' the wind is blowing. If you get hit by a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many sit-ups you did that morning" ~ Ron White

That yellow Jeep truck is iconic!

What a coincidence I get a tornado warning as I'm watching this

I LOVE Twister!!!! this is one of the few movies I can watch over and over and over. RIP Bill

*if you cannot Dodge it....* *Ram it*

As an elementary school student right after this movie came out, I can tell you that tornado drills were INTENSE! 🤣

For Sin 57 he says the storm chasers should know they aren't using a safe shelter (the bridge), but this movie came out in 1996, one year before the TV crew survived a tornado in Kansas by hiding under an overpass. So the characters in this movie wouldnt know that. The myth that bridges are safe during tornadoes led to overpass-related deaths during the 1999 Bridge Creek - Moore Tornado, which hit three freeway overpasses directly, killing one person at each. This is when hiding under an overpass was finally deemed not just unsafe, but the worst place to go.

Humans being by Van Halen was amazing. I got super excited when the song came on.

As someone who lives in Oklahoma and has witnessed countless tornadoes, I feel I need to add a couple things 1) It can be totally sunny on one side of a tornado. I've seen it happen. Sunny skies and then the tornado is on the front end of the supercell 2) A tornado is rated as an F0-F5 based on DAMAGE, not SIZE. They would have no idea what the rating of the tornado was until after the tornado was already over

You: Every single conversation I had with a woman involving the phrase “The Suck Zone” has ended up in a slap in the face, a restraining order, or me sleeping on the couch Me: *writes that in his Quote Book* LMAO *dies* 😆😆😆😆😆

He didn't notice a 8:45 that the tailgate repairs itself like some Herbie shit after that. Add a sin onto the channel for not noticing🤣

This is still one of my all time favorite movies.

RIP Bill Paxton. This movie created a whole new generation of storm chasers. I loved this movie so much that Twister was my first DVD! I still have it too.

"Everything Wrong With Twister In 15 Minutes Or Less" To quote a certain, green figure, "Maybe there is a reason donkeys shouldn't talk."

I love this movie so much i watch it once a year at the beginning of storm season. Storm chasing is the only thing i miss about living in tornado alley. Loved the review.

The Jeep sin cracked me up! Well played

12:40: You forgot a sin Giant Tanker truck full of explosive fuel is dropped down and picked back up while light as hell in comparison 1/2 ton pickup stays firmly grounded Because RAM!

As an Oklahoman, the phone service sin made me chuckle

The audio of Lt Dan screaming at the storm was impeccable. Lol.

Tornado does not contain sharks

Bill Paxton will always be my favorite tornado chaser.

5:53 Yes and also as the whole "the pack is too light, we got to anchor it to something" issue comes up later, this situation is even more perfect. The thing is already anchored here, srrapped to the truck. Literally all they had to do was turn it on and run away, movies over.

Twister was a guilty pleasure cause I usually tear plot holes apart. BUT the next time you watch it count how many time they say run and look out.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma where the wind sweepin down the plain"-Beltzer

Here's a random fact: This was the first ever movie released on DVD and the last movie to be released on the dead HD DVD format.

The scene where the hubcap comes out of nowhere and hits him in the head has ALWAYS been hilarious to me.

Big sin missed. In the opening, the date is 1969. The Fujita scale wasn't introduced until 1971. Jo's father says "it might be an F-5" as they seek shelter.

I agree with almost every point you made. Despite that, this movie was a hallmark of my childhood and got me into learning about weather and tornadoes, so despite its many many faults, I love it. It holds a special place in my heart.

R.I.P Bill Paxton

I'm shocked you didn't sin the barn full of knives

You got something wrong during the scene with Meg's wind contraptions going nuts. She mentioned the sirens going off right as she was going down her stairs. If you listen closely, you can actually hear a tornado siren just going off half a second before the movie cuts back to the drive-in theater.

i laughed when he said "this tornado has better aim than any bad guy in every cation movie"

“You call this a storm?!!” Perfect dub over at the end there😂😂

Don’t forget how at the movie theatre, all the cars are being thrown like paper airplanes through their shack, but somehow all their cars are untouched right outside. Or how one guy gets hit square in the face with a hubcap going 100+ mph and it just scratches him

A monster tornado roars into a drive in movie theater ...it might have just wanted to see psycho

"Go stop it? YOU go stop it!" I don't know why, but that line had me cracking up.

*_THE SUCC ZONE_*

To me, the biggest sin is the whole idea of Dorothy. To predict a tornado you need to measure the environment before the tornado to see how it begins - not after its formed to see how it ends.

"You have a cure for getting exploded?" Lol! My favorite line.

10:46 "No one has crossed off one of the 5's on this sign yet" Brilliant, just beautifully funny!

"Tornado does not contain sharks." I cracked up!

Opening door on a moving vehicle while driving in corn field (movie logic) 😂😂

The "I REGRET NOTHING" gag at theend was hilarious.

this movie gave me a tornado trauma as child with 12, now iam a weather enthusiast and love storm chasing

3:56 I always thought Bill was giving the mechanic the flat tire and asking him to patch it.

you have no idea how much i love your commentary on these classic movies.... please dont ever stop!

That sharknado line hilarious 🤣.

I must strongly protest one of the "sins" you mentioned. The one about why there was a CB in the nice new red Dodge if he hadn't been tornado chasing. I lived in Oklahoma when this movie came out, and everyone I knew with a truck had a CB in their truck. You know, because of the sh*tty cell phone service you also brought up.

Tornado revived a marriage, that is probably the most convenient tornado in history! *ding*

"That's Frank" literally killed me. Made me laugh out loud. Thanks for waking up my family.

“No one has crossed off one of the 5s on the sign yet“ …You’re sick dude😂😂

"Tornado does not contain sharks". Lost it, right there.

This movie is now 23 yrs old and I still love it and have it. I consider it a classic, made by the same producers of "Jurassic Park" and "Speed" two more classics. Spielberg at his best. Too bad we have lost both Pax and the Dusty character from the movie. RIP.

"the red dodge is very thankful that it's a prop house" correction "the red dodge is very thankful that there was nothing there and the house was entirely cg"

4:15 In the words of Ron White, “It’s not how the wind is blowing, it’s WHAT the wind is blowing.”

you joke about the dirt roads being everywhere, but it's fucking true

"Now you're just beating a dead dad." I laughed harder than I should.

I remember having this movie on VHS. Now it's available simply from RU-vid, back when RU-vid wasn't a thing.

Still my favorite movie ever made. It's just that good especially the characters and soundtrack. That's what makes this best! 100+ times watched and I'll reach 1,000 watches one day.

I actually took notes of this video to see if you actually did your research before making your claims. I can accurately back this up because I happen to be a Meteorologist and went storm chasing last summer. Sin 1 - That is impressive that you found that out. Sin 11 - Well they have the right to do that considering that the National Severe Storm Laboratory doesn't exist, so no one will take them seriously. Sin 20 - Why wasn't this piece of 25th century technology used when I went storm chasing last summer if it exists in 1996?! Because if there is, I want it! Sin 23 - Plus the warning time is actually 13 minutes, so you want to do all of this just to add 2 more minutes to that? That seems like a waste of time because 2 minutes isn't going to save any additional lives. Sin 24 - again, I want this technology! Sin 30 - Well the Weather Channel are more in for the profit instead of the science, yet they give the most scientific research since they have vehicles that can actually survive a tornado hitting said vehicles. Sin 36 - Storm chasers have additional persons on hand, just in case shit like this happens, because it does happen. Like for example, the vans that we used got decimated in a softball sized hail storm, and we were on the road the next morning. Sin 37 - Agreed. That storm damage was a overnight rush job and we paid a shit ton of money to get it fixed. Sin 42 - You do realize all of that technology was outdated 20 years before this movie was even released right? Sin 43 - Or radar?! Sin 45 - You are right about that one, sadly. Sin 46 - The name that we gave them were "booby clouds". That is not a joke, that is 100% legit. Sin 51 - or a bunch of chasers begging for the damn thing to touch the fucking ground. (Yes that annoyed me big-time) Sin 57 - Yeah, the Venturi effect would force anyone out of that bridge and die a worse death than normal. Sin 63 - There is a course for that. It's a Radar and Remote Sensing Lab that the NWS is requiring all Meteorology majors take. Sin 69 - "Too early for protagonists to die" cliche Sin 71 - Because that's how I reacted when I got back from the trip. You try living on Fast food and gas station snacks for three weeks straight. I couldn't eat at a McDonalds for several months without puking. Sin 74 - I know where this would be heading if we were in charge. "Get the fuck out of here, you dumbasses!" Sin 81 - For once, there's some realism in this movie. Sin 86 - You'd be surprised how quickly tornadoes last. Sin 95 - Plus, they should already be aware of it even if it formed quickly, because the NWS usually gives warning about 13 minutes before it can form. That gives them enough time to high tail themselves out of that place. Sin 102 - Unless you believe in that dumbass conspiracy theories that Kevin Martin gives out, you should never do that, ever. Yeah, there was no way that I was ever going to leave out the biggest troll ever. Sin 112 - Agreed Sin 114 - I wish... Sin 117 - Unless the amount of tornadoes that Twister had was 355, then no records have been broken here. Sin 118 - Actually you can stop tornadoes by blowing a fan at it. I know that this is overdramatic, but in a study that I did to see how tornadoes can fail, it seems like that could happen. Sin 121 - Actually tornadoes can form from a single cloud when the sky is clear all around. Sin 122 - It didn't work because it's a case of "plan to end movie early doesn't work" cliche. In reality, tornadoes do suck debris upwards. So let's say that this technology does exist (which I still want), then assuming that you know the exact path that the tornado is going to take, it should work. Sin 125 - I came to that very same conclusion. Sin 128 - That scene helped ruin the movie when I saw it with my family cause I just saying "bullshit" at it. There's no way that that could be that accurate in any situation involving a tornado. Sin 141 - They should already be dead, so it doesn't matter if they run or not. Sin 144 - THANK YOU!! Sins 9, 20, 22, 32, 58, 68, 84, 87, 96, 106, and 140 - The director thinks that the audience is stupid. Overall, you guys did pretty well. Just make sure when you do your sins video for "Into The Storm" that you do a little more research on these phenomena.

"This tornado has better aim than any bad guy in any movie ever" --> This. Needs to be a T-Shirt

The smile on Helen Hunts face after she survives the F5. Sat on the ground in that tiny white top whilst being sprayed with water. Cards on the table, I touched myself.

I've watched a lot of Cinema Sins videos. And as someone who went to see this movie went it came out, this by far is the funniest one I've watched lol. Man, talk about suspension of disbelief lol I cackled a few times at stuff I said no to and you saw the same thing. Reminds me of how Patrice O'Neal would dissect movies. Great work and salute.

I always thought it was weird that bill had “liability only” on a brand new truck.

Also paramedics do not have a say if a patient stays over night for observations, because, Doctors.

“tornado does not contain sharks.” THIS DUDE KILLS ME

Man I love your humor, these crack me up. And your voice is perfect 🤣 keep em coming man!!!

You could have taken sins off for 3 funny lines; 1) "Trust me. Rabbit is good. Rabbit is wise." and; 2) "Find this road. It's like 'Bob's road'." and; 3) "Cow. Another cow. Actually, I think that's the same one."

Most of the tornadoes in this were actually pretty damned good. The thing that broke the suspension of disbelief was the EF-5 at the end. The actual twister was incredible. The way the protagonists dance with it at knife-fight distance isn't. As you said, they should have been dead 5 separate times they were messing around with this EF-5. And then it just... dissolves. Big tornadoes don't just "go away." They rope out, and the rope stage can actually be more powerful than the wedge stage! Tightening circulation, increasing rotation velocity. And yeah. The scene with the pipes was probably the worst scene of the entire movie. EF-5 tornadoes are not gentle with their victims. "Violently dismembered" is the norm. "Granular human remains" is not uncommon either. And this thing was *filled with debris.* Not a fun thing to be pummeled by 2x4s going 160+ mph, not to mention all those nice sharp farm implements they showed one scene earlier!

When i was a tornado fan (2015) and later years saw this (2023) i got offended but still, its a great channel.

Twister is one of my all time favorite movies. It’s the reason I love tornados and of course Van Halen is my third favorite band. But yeah, there are some inaccuracies like how you mentioned there weren’t tornado alerts until 1974. But there are also many other mistakes. 1.) In the opening scene the TV reporter wouldn’t have known it was an F5 because Dr. Ted Fujita hadn’t created the Fujita Scale until 1971. 2.) The first tornado the team encounters started as an F1 and made it to F2 intensity and an F2 wouldn’t be able to destroy an entire barn like that. It’d only rip doors off, shatter windows and rip the roof off. 3.) Another mistake with that same tornado when they were about to go under the bridge, the tornado was like 10 feet away from them and how tf were they not getting hit with debris? They would’ve gotten hit at least a few times. 3.) The F3 on the hill scene was inaccurate because a tornado doesn’t form and dissipate that quickly. It takes a couple minutes for a tornado to do such. 4.) The F5 that picked up the cemi truck would’ve also picked up their truck as well if it was able to fly over them. 5.) The scene where they anchor themselves to the pipes are the most inaccurate because one, they’d be getting hit with debris and two, it does not matter that those pipes go 30 feet down, you’d be ripped from them either way, the leather straps going with you. 6.) When the F5 dissipated it was inaccurate because it would’ve weakened and then gone back up into the air. So those are what I noticed. The movie’s still an all time favorite though no matter what. Also, Van Halen broke up because Eddie Van Halen, the guitarist died on October 6th, 2020 due to cancer and so the band never came back after. Just pointing that out.