Everything wrong with the original film Twister

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Last night, I streamed Twister and I used to be so naive watching this back when I was a teen. As an adult, I now recognize everything that is wrong with that movie.

1. No one in their right mind would attempt to hold a cellar door closed if it's an EF-5 tornado
2. Jo and her storm-chasing team seem to be very experienced
3. Jo and her storm-chasing team seem to act more like friends going out on a weekend rather than a team conducting research from a university
4. During the first attempt to chase the first Tornado, Jo and Bill seek shelter under a poor bridge
A. In real life they would lie flat in that ditch
B. They would have been picked up and thrown along with her truck
5. When her truck lands in front of Jami Gertz's character, Phillip Seymour-Hoffman's character seems to lack empathy
A. The writers made it seem like something was wrong with Jami Gertz's character when the truck lands in front of her. In reality, anyone would have been scared.
6. Jo's truck is lying on the ground
A. She didn't radio the proper university department for roadside assistance
B. She didn't wait for a tow truck
C. She kept chasing Tornados
7. Jo and Bill acted very unprofessionally
8. The movie makes it sound like tornadoes can be seen at a certain time and place ahead of time
9. They always get too close to the funnels
10. They always have lots of debris flying around but no one gets hurt

There are more examples about how unrealistic Twister is

I remember watching the movie on video and after about five minutes I was thoroughly disgusted and bored and didn't bother with the rest of it. My cousin, who was still a little girl, however, was pretty scared of tornadoes after seeing it.

People really should not believe anything they see in the movies, and not just the stuff that's obviously not real, like hobbits or superheroes. But sadly, most people do. In some cultures, Hollywood movies and TV are about the only source of "information" people have about other countries. Then they come to North America and wonder why they don't see a ten-minute long car chase that involves smashing through a sheet of glass two people were carrying or plowing though a produce stand. And then there's the less funny stuff.

Here are some more examples

1. Before that tornado devastates that drive-in and the body shop, the lightning is intense
A. No one would be sitting in their cars
B. The staff would have shut down the movie due to the risk of bad weather
2. Jami Gertz's character is a therapist and talks to her clients about their issues
A. No real therapist would talk on the phone with clients in front of other people
3. The storm-chasing team nearly gets into an accident with the other competing team
A. While Carry Elwes was a jerk, he made a good point that the behavior of the team was wreckless

Here's one: The film supposedly killed the Van Hagar era of Van Halen.

What is the film about?

I am pretty sure that hurricane would end up being downgraded to tropical storm depression. It would be weak by the time it got to the Chi-town.