Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell.
Glen Powell gained popularity from holiday hit Anyone But You.
Plot revolves around neutralizing a tornado using sodium polyacrylate.
Projected opening weekend revenue: $75M-$80M.
Twisters is a sequel to the 1996 disaster film Twister.
Twisters, the long-awaited sequel to the 1996 disaster film Twister, is set to be released on July 20, 2024. The movie, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell, aims to strike a balance between self-awareness and earnestness. The plot revolves around neutralizing a tornado using sodium polyacrylate, the same material found in diapers, to absorb moisture and neutralize the cyclone. However, this approach only addresses absorbing rain and not the humidity already present in the atmosphere.
Twisters is projected to have an opening weekend of $75M-$80M, with red state audiences showing strong support due to its non-political content. Glen Powell, who plays a key role in the film, has gained popularity after his successful holiday hit Anyone But You.
Despite calls from some critics for the movie to address climate change, director Lee Isaac Chung and actor Glen Powell have stated that they did not intend to preach a climate change message in Twisters. The film focuses on the story of storm chasers and the scientific principles behind tornadoes.
Twisters is expected to be a major hit during the summer movie season, providing an impressive spectacle and effects for its audiences.
Director Lee Isaac Chung's new movie ‘Twisters’ does not have an explicit message about climate change.
Chung stated that he didn’t want to preach a climate change message in his film.
Glen Powell, one of the stars of ‘Twisters’, also rejected the idea that the movie should send a political message.
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The author makes no direct assertions about climate change in the article, but she does quote critics who argue that the film should have addressed the issue. The author also mentions a scene where a farmer complains about storms and floods becoming more frequent, which could be interpreted as an indirect reference to climate change. However, the director explicitly states that he did not want to 'preach' a climate change message in the film. This is an example of selective reporting, as the author focuses on the criticism of not addressing climate change without providing context about the director's intentions or any scientific evidence presented in the film.
The Verge’s Charles Pulliam-Moore contested that ‘Twisters’ avoidance of the phrase ‘climate change’ feels like shying away and then some.
A writer for The Hollywood Reporter also argued that data showing that tornado patterns are changing could’ve been worked into the film.
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The author makes an appeal to authority fallacy by quoting critics who argue that the film should have addressed climate change. The director's decision not to include a climate change message is not a fallacy in itself, but the author's presentation of this as a negative aspect of the film implies that such a message would be necessary or desirable.
][The Verge]'s Charles Pulliam-Moore contested that ‘Twisters’ avoidance of the phrase ‘climate change’ feels like shying away and then some.
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The author does not explicitly state a bias towards or against climate change in the article. However, she quotes critics who express disappointment that the movie does not address climate change and argues that such a reference could have been included. The author also includes quotes from the director stating his intention to avoid preaching a message about climate change in the film.
A recent study suggested movies and television shows should incorporate at least one line about climate change into the dialogue to acknowledge ‘climate change is our reality.‘
But to hear director Lee Isaac Chung tell it, even such a throwaway reference would be like beating red state moviegoers over the head with a DVD copy of 'An Inconvenient Truth.'
It would have made sense if 'Twisters' — a film about storm chasers studying a spate of unusually powerful and destructive tornadoes — worked climate change into its story.
Twisters is projected to have an opening weekend of $75M-$80M.
Red state audiences have come out in large numbers to see Twisters, reportedly due to its non-political content.
Glen Powell, the new star of Twisters, is coming off the success of his previous holiday hit Anyone But You.
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Twisters has received mixed reviews from critics but has impressed audiences with an A- CinemaScore and 4 1/2 stars on PostTrak.
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The author makes several statements that could be considered deceptive or manipulative. First, he uses the phrase 'shock surprise of the summer movie season' and 'major hit' to create a sense of excitement and hype around the movie. He also mentions an initial projection of a low opening weekend, then later states that it might double those projections without providing any evidence or citing sources for these numbers. This is selective reporting and sensationalism. The author also makes assumptions about the reasons for the movie's success, such as 'despite passable reviews from critics', and implies that red state audiences are coming out in full force because it isn't political, which could be seen as emotional manipulation and bias. However, he does disclose sources for some of his information.
Deadline specifies how red state audiences have come out in full force for Twisters.
It's a major hit. It could go as high as $80M total for its three-day weekend. Just to play it safe, $75M is an absolute given.
These numbers are really unbelievable, and this is happening just a week before Deadpool & Wolverine will be unleashed into theaters.
Who says moviegoing is dying?
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The author makes several assertions without providing evidence or proper reasoning. He states that 'These numbers are really unbelievable' and 'It could go as high as $80M total for its three-day weekend' without citing any sources or data to back up these claims. He also mentions that 'Audiences, a massive amount of them from middle America, have come out in droves for Twisters' and 'Deadline specifies how red state audiences have come out in full force for Twisters', but he does not provide any evidence or data to support these assertions either. He also makes an appeal to authority by mentioning Deadline and THR multiple times, implying that their reports are accurate without providing any context or verification.
][author] These numbers are really unbelievable, and this is happening just a week before 'Deadpool & Wolverine' will be unleashed into theaters. Just a few days ago, Deadline, THR and myself were reporting on an opening as low as $40M and now 'Twisters' might actually double those projections. It's a major hit. It could go as high as $80M total for its three-day weekend. Just to play it safe, $75M is an absolute given.[/]
[author] Deadline specifies how red state audiences have come out in full force for Twisters.[
In the movie 'Twisters', the goal is to neutralize a tornado by absorbing its moisture using 1500 kilos of sodium polyacrylate, which is the same material in diapers.
The plan in 'Twisters' involves mixing this material with unspecified reagents to absorb rain and neutralize the cyclone. However, they later realize they need to seed clouds to create rain as well.
Rick Smith, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma, was consulted on the science in 'Twisters'.
The movie's premise of stopping a tornado using sodium polyacrylate is not scientifically plausible as it only addresses absorbing rain and not the humidity already present in the atmosphere.
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The author makes an appeal to an expert (Rick Smith) to lend credibility to the discussion of the scientific accuracy of the movie 'Twisters'. However, they also present their own analysis and interpretation of the science in the movie. This is a fallacy known as 'Appeal to Authority' used incorrectly. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing some scientific principles in Twisters as 'pretty outrageous'.
Slate spoke with Rick Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma, who was an informal consultant on Twisters, to ascertain the plausibility of the science in Hollywood’s latest environmental blockbuster.
They also rattle off something about mixing ‘different reagents’, but they don’t expand on that much. Later on, they realize that they only accounted for absorbing the rain of the storm but not the humidity that’s already present in the atmosphere. So they try to seed the clouds to create rain.
This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Slate: I’m going to see how well I can restate the science that is present in the movie to you and then we can break it down.
They want to stop a tornado using superabsorbent polymers such as sodium polyacrylate, which, they explain, is the same stuff that’s in diapers. The idea is they want to get the sodium polyacrylate—the amount that they specify at one point is 1,500 kilos—into the center of a tornado to absorb the moisture of the storm and neutralize the cyclone.
They also rattle off something about mixing ‘different reagents’, but they don’t expand on that much.
Later on, they realize that they only accounted for absorbing the rain of the storm but not the humidity that’s already present in the atmosphere. So they try to seed the clouds to create rain.
Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures It’s not easy to strike the exact balance of self-awareness and earnestness present in 1996’s hit disaster film Twister, but this year’s highly anticipated follow-up, Twisters, certainly tries.
Directed by Minari filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell, Twisters not only ups the stakes but changes the heroes’ goals. In the original, the objective was simply to get data on the storms, but in Twisters, it’s to neutralize the whirling beast entirely.
To do this, the movie takes what seem to be basic scientific principles and employs them in a pretty outrageous way.
A new disaster movie, titled 'Twisters', is being released in cinemas this weekend.
Disaster movies have fallen out of favor in cinemas over the last several years.
The genre is known for its impressive spectacle and effects, but has a lopsided ratio of classics to bad movies compared to other genres.
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The movie is a sequel to the 1996 film 'Twister' and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell.
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The author makes several statements without providing any logical fallacies. However, there are a few instances of informal fallacies and an appeal to authority. The author states that 'it's hard to remember a time where a film didn’t need to be connected to an IP (or be directed by Christopher Nolan) to be a major hit.' This is an example of an appeal to ignorance fallacy, as the author is making the assumption that in order for a film to be successful, it must belong to an intellectual property or have a well-known director. Another instance of informal fallacy can be found when the author states that 'disaster films often managed to be quiet triumphs at the box office.' This is an example of hasty generalization, as the author is making a sweeping statement about all disaster films based on limited evidence.
]Hard to remember a time where a film didn’t need to be connected to an IP (or be directed by Christopher Nolan) to be a major hit.[
Disaster films often managed to be quiet triumphs at the box office.
