The same could be said about making a Hollywood blockbuster.
It’s not really a sequel; it’s not really a remake; it’s justThe Next Generation.
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Glenn Powell as Tyler in ‘Twisters’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
The movie opens during one such cyclone attack.
But there is a miscalculation and whhhooooOOOOOAAAAAAH!
There goes most of Kate’s classmates, sucked up and spat out into the next county.
Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate in ‘Twisters’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
(This isn’t much of a spoiler; it’s pretty obvious from the first images.)
This makes itself evident after a few tornado adventures, including one set during a flag-waving old-fashioned rodeo.
(He did, however, direct a season three episode ofThe Mandalorian.)
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in ‘Twisters’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
But sometimes talent is talent, no matter the genre.
ThoughTwisters’screenplayis silly, the characterization is played straight.
The Kate-Tyler-Javi relationship triangle actually works, and that’s due entirely to the performances.
In lesser hands, this all could have slammed straight into the ground.
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Chung also has a clear affection for the Midwest.
The movie is preposterous enough on its own, and the landscape does the work for him.
(He is witnessing theFujiwhara effect, if curious.)
That’s a grace note often missing from summer blockbusters but, thankfully, is found swirling all aroundTwisters.
It’s dumb!)
