Twister (1996)

 Extremely poor audio
This is the WORST sounding blu ray audio i ever heard. is this a defective transfer or did i get a bad disk ? have HIGH end 805/Polk setup and Audio especially uncompressed sounds mind blowing but the audio here was worse than any standard dvd. very poor quality, could hardly feel anything not loud, no dynamic range,lfe or anything in either dolby truehd or regular 5.1. when things were flying and crashing in the tornado i barely heard anything... surely a problematic transfer or Quality control issue

Above average video May 14, 2008

 So-so transfer to Blu-Ray
Having waited eagerly for this to be released on Blu-ray, I was somewhat disappointed in the quality of the transfer. Not only is the Blu-ray not particularly crisp compared to the better transfers such as, say, Road Warrior, I established by A/B-ing the Blu-ray and previous non-HD version in my Sony PS3 that the Blu-ray is actually softer looking in some respects than the previous version. So you might save your money and just stick with the version you probably already have. May 10, 2008

 Campy? Yes. Far fetched? Not hardly!
What about the outbreak of tornados in the same area depicted in the film a week ago? 40 tornados over the same area in the span of 10 hours: that makes this movie look like a picnic. Still say it's not possible? There are people in tornado alley that will beg to differ. May 7, 2008

 Twisted
I don't know if I would've forgiven this movie more if I hadn't had an amateur meteorologist with me when I saw it or not. But I did. And his constant interjections of "that would NEVER happen" got so annoying that I finally had to say:

"Hey, I never went to Weather School but I KNOW that couldn't happen!"

My hopes were also high since Michael Crichton's name was on the screenplay. But then again, so was his wife-at-the-time listed as a screenwriter.

But what really got me was that this Hollywood monstrosity had an opportunity to use the best sound and state-of-the-art visual effects to show the raw power and terrifying danger of a real tornado...and they instead chose to pay endless homages to THE WIZARD OF OZ. Have you ever been in a tornado? I have. Nobody's pausing to calmly and safely watch barnyard animals float by. This movie totally trivialized that stark terror.

Whatever tires were on that pick-up truck that Bill Paxton drove around with Helen Hunt and Jamie Gertz had to be magic: somehow houses and tanker trucks could be tossed around like crazy--but not that pick-up truck!

Storywise, you can also see everything coming from a mile off. I'll bet everyone can guess how the relationships will end within the first 20 minutes. Characters are so broad that I wondered if the two groups of scientists were in this movie or if they were the two competing summer camps in MEATBALLS. Of course the bad scientists--and they're bad because they drive new black vehicles--are going to suffer the most at the hands of nature. Of course the leads will have their happy ending. Of course the tornado will strike the drive-in movie theatre when Jack Nicholson sticks his face through the door in the clip from THE SHINING (I knew that was going to happen as soon as they showed the movie marquee).

If this movie had Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay's name in the credits, I wouldn't be able to be so critical. I just expected more from Michael Crichton. May 7, 2008

 Great movie and great transfer
One of my family's favorite movies and a great transfer in Blu Ray...great picture, great sound. Well worth the wait... May 7, 2008

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