Twisters

Je me souviens encore comment, il y a dix ans jour pour jour, j'avais passé un bon moment avec la projection de Black Storm au cinéma. Mais il s'agissait d'une série B qui usait d'appâts « twisteresques » très basiques et avait des personnages unidimensionnels terriblement écrits. Twisters est un peu le pendant série A de ce film –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ et bien qu'il présente à nouveau des scènes comme une tornade de feu et des youtubeurs sauvages chasseurs de tempêtes, il le fait sous un angle créatif amblinesque, ludique, aventureux et constamment maîtrisé. Daisy Edgar-Jones porte bien le film et le charismatique Glen Powell confirme son statut de plus grande star masculine montante du cinéma contemporain. Bien qu'il soit une suite du blockbuster Twister de 1996, il n'y a pas de clins d'œil nostalgiques, le seul personnage revenant étant l'appareil Dorothy – et c'est suffisant. Twisters est un divertissement estival rafraîchissant, souvent absent dans les cinémas, et même si le scénario pourrait être déconstruit pièce par pièce en tant qu'absurdité catastrophique, j'adore ça ! Disons que c'est un plaisir coupable. (24/07/2024)

This sequel to the 1990s classic doesn't bring back familiar characters, but it does bring back a familiar style. Lee Isaac Chung conceived Twisters as a 90s disaster actioner that isn't afraid to be a little silly and naive for the sake of fun, relies on likable heroes and big action scenes with good visual effects, and realistically doesn't surprise with anything at all. For the two hours, however, it entertains very pleasantly. (16/07/2024)

The first Twister is still a perfect summer blockbuster that hasn’t aged even in the action scenes, which are impressive thanks mainly to their sound design and the well-portrayed characters. At first glance, the new Twisters appears to be only a superficial update, with younger and better-looking actors who are able to convince you that climatology is hot. The setting is the same. We again watch two teams of storm chasers rushing after tornados. The dangerous situations (and science) again serve to bring the protagonists together. This time, however, they are not separated spouses (so this isn’t a tense variation on the marriage comedy), but representatives of two very different worlds: a cultivated urban lady and loud dude from the American South. The Southern setting is crucial for the story, as socio-cultural prejudices are overcome along with the traumas. The film implies that without cooperation and without stepping out of the position of mere viewers creating exclusive content for our YouTube channels, we cannot face disasters (the climax aptly takes place partly in a cinema, the last refuge before the apocalypse). I found the plot-driving transformation of the two main characters from witnesses to participants in the action who pursue the collective interest rather than their own personal interest to be sufficiently compelling and emotionally and intellectually stimulating that I could enjoy the film, even with all of its cliches, as a pleasantly straightforward disaster movie from the Spielberg school. 75% (16/07/2024)

I went to see the new release of the week in theaters yesterday which is kind of being seen as a sequel to the 90's film Twister and it's not bad, but it didn't completely blow me away unfortunately. It was nice to see Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar Jones, who plays the sort of intelligent woman who figures everything out. Visually it's decent, I liked that it keeps things down to earth and there are no overblown CGI attractions or destruction, it's quite realistic, but there's not a lot of action and it could have been presented more impressively (there aren’t many buildings flying off, the body-count isn't high, either, and I expected the atmosphere to be a bit more unpleasant and intense). For me there were a few deaf spots, it doesn't have a very adrenaline pace and I wouldn't watch the film again, or I wouldn't mind at all if I kept the film until I got home, it wouldn't change the experience. Passable average and a plus for the fact that disaster movies don't come around much anymore, but maybe it's not my cup of tea. 6/10. (19/07/2024)