Farmer Reacts to Twister | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

[@jayholland2632]

I live in Oklahoma where this was filmed and my father was a storm chaser for the Civil Defense in the '70's and 80's so it brings back a lot of memories . Fun fact, the TV meteorologists in the backgrounds are the actual ones for the local OKC stations.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

that's cool, I like that

[@bizzwag]

@@AwesomeUSMovies I got a movie for you "Grandma's Boy" its a movie made by Adam Sandler he is not in it though. It is really funny.

[@Megan-ir3ze]

I couldn’t imagine storm chasing during that time. Absolutely terrifying since radars weren’t reliable and navigating with a paper map sounds like a nightmare

[@kriscynical]

I live in Dallas/Ft. Worth and Rick Mitchell (the one on the TV at the motel) is the chief meteorologist for our local NBC station now. He's EXCELLENT when it comes to covering dangerous weather events.

[@jeffreymoore6742]

Yes but they dubbed his voice, because they didn’t think he sound like a mid-westerner

[@lynnamc524]

This movie sort of brought my husband and I together. We used it for a science presentation in college. We've now been together for over 20 years.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

LOVE IT!

[@laurenherda2415]

That's amazing!

[@hannahtierney600]

Watching "Twister" as a child is one of the reasons I'm so into twisters, tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, and anything natural disaster related. I love this movie!

[@haleyleahann8296]

Laughing hysterically at the, "ooo that was an expensive one. ooo that poor barn."

[@bethanyromano2740]

Loved your reaction to one of my favorite movies! When Bill Paxton passed away, all the tornado chasers in the Midwest spelled out his initials from Oklahoma to Kansas and a little more north and south.

[@Megan-ir3ze]

I remember that! 🥹 So sweet of them

[@couch.patati-patata]

Helen Hunt is wonderful in As Good As it Gets (1997). Has Jack Nicholson, Cuba Gooding Jr, Greg Kinnear. She and Jack Nicholson won Oscars for their performances.

[@torinojohnson4218]

I remember watching this in the theater. The sad thing about this is that Bill Paxson, & Phillip Seymour Hoffman both have passed away now, but you should watch "Tombstone" in which Bill was great in. You might want to add that movie to the Patreon poll. Awesome reaction my friend.

[@jeanine6328]

Tombstone for sure! Incredible movie everyone owes to themselves to see. A near perfect performance from the criminally underrated Val Kilmer.

[@exagerratedblindness]

You're one of my favorite reactors due to how genuine and honest you are. Being a movie lover myself, I can share that the 6 trucks were most likely used for different stages of damage for the movie. One is brand spanking new no scratches, 2nd one probably had the shell removed,, 3rd would have cracked windshield and some dents, etc. In some cases, they actually cut the car in half or just the front part and place it on a large dolly or trailer so they can hook up camera rigs for close ups and things and then pull it with another vehicle that the director is in as he films the scene.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

As a guy who just wants to keep his one old tractor running, I felt the pain when the tornado just tore through all that equipment.

[@shainewhite2781]

The film was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to Independence Day. It was a box office success, making $600 million dollars against a $90 million dollar budget. It recieved mixed reviews by Critics, but became a cult classic later on.

[@Matacron]

"That's a nice barn, too." LOL! *WAS*

[@SmashAdams216]

So excited to watch this one, Twister was such a great movie when it came out, I loved the special effects at the time. I'm 40 so I was 13 or 14 when this came out and thought storm chasers were so cool!

[@rjb3843]

Contact (1997) would be a great movie for you to watch. I thought Helen Hunt and Jodie Foster were the same person back then.

[@bradjensen4927]

My two favorite things about this movie: 1 - The secondary characters: Aunt Meg, and the ragtag group of friends. They all seem like real people, that you'd like to hang out with. 2 - The scenery! Beaches and Mountains usually get all the attention, but, the Midwest plains have their own kind of beauty, and this movie shows it off perfectly.

[@haecceityreads7023]

I was a film student (Emerson College in Boston) but living in Ames, Iowa when this film was in production and got a chance to work on this film for a couple of weeks as they wanted production assistants with both film AND tornado experience-which I had after several summers working as a corn detassler for a seed company. We’d had plenty of very close run-ins with big tornadoes so I was an experienced storm flee-er rather than chaser at that point. Fun film, good memories!

[@kriscynical]

This is my sister's FAVORITE movie and ONE OF my favorites. We're both amateur weather nuts, but she takes it to the next level. She's actually a storm chaser photographer with National Weather Service certification via SkyWarn and Spotter Network, and she reads meteorology textbooks _for fun._ Honestly the only thing keeping her from going back to school to major in it is the advanced math required for forecasting (she's severely dyslexic with numbers). If you can't tell, I'm really fucking proud of her. lol I'm hoping to tag along with her on a couple chases during the next storm season so I can drive and let her safely take pictures out the window. We're such nerds that we both have advanced radar apps on our phones and we send each other screen caps of super cell storms happening in _other states_ just to say, "WOW LOOK AT _THIS_ SHIT!!" Fun fact: the meteorologist you hear speaking on the TV Melissa is watching in the motel room is Rick Mitchell. He's the chief meteorologist for our local NBC station here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and he's EXCELLENT in covering dangerous weather. We trust him implicitly.

[@sharpgirl72]

Now because of this channel you actually RECOGNIZE the movie playing at the Drive-in!!!! Awesome.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Right!!! I know. It is Awesome!

[@donaldgilbert6739]

R.,I.P. Bill Paxton and Seymor Hoffman! Helen Hunt is awesome! Check out As Good as it Gets, with Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson!

[@overthinker4094]

Oh As Good as it Gets is fantastic.

[@ridiculousedtollett6120]

I love how excited you get just recognizing actors. Such genuine love of movies really shines through with your reactions.

[@wh0aheavy]

It took him longer to get Dorothy ready because he had to unhook all the straps holding it to the truck. With the last one, they didn't have to unhook anything because they were sending the truck too.

[@jamiethevis7356]

I live in Southwest Louisiana. I've been through hurricanes, the last being Laura and Delta. We had an EF0 one night and it scared me more. The sound the wind made was terrifying.

[@courtneyarleo2239]

I never understood why the sensors wouldn't work if they were on the ground because the twister would easily pick them up...but I guess it helps the plot.

[@Angela-bm3lp]

Scammer comment pretending to be James. Please report.

[@karenlackner192]

This movie was so exciting and scary. The sounds 😳 It’s so fun seeing you recognizing names 😁 You’ve come a long way 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And your story about the 6 identical red trucks 😆 Priceless !!!!

[@viewsofthecamera]

The scene where Jo and Bill are driving up the hill at 20:37 I believe was filmed outside of Boone and is used sometimes during RAGBRAI, it's called "Tornado hill" . I do know that the house that gets destroyed at the end of the movie was filmed about 20 miles away from Parkersburg.

[@jamesstrickland517]

I grew up in northern Colorado and in 1965 we spent three whole days under tornado warnings, the afternoon of the third day at the age of 7 I went upstairs and to the sliding glass door at the back of the house, I spotted three tornadoes on the ground less than a mile from the house, my feet did not touch a single step on my way back to the basement. our basement was only partially finished so we gathered under the staircase as it was the strongest structure there. Several homes near my grade school suffered damage including two homes that lost their roofs.

[@akacowboyfan]

This was a great choice!! Helen Hunt was also on Cast Away with Tom Hanks. Superb movie.. 2 thumbs up!!

[@jamessinacore6991]

I moved to Texas from New York a few years back. This movie takes on a whole new meaning for me now! 😬. Love your name / face recognition since you first started the channel. You’re getting there! You’ll be swapping stories with the fam come thanksgiving! Lol

[@richmckinney7231]

hey bud (from baltimore) fun fact: everyone knew that van halen played a song for this soundtrack, but did you know in the closing credits, eddie played a song that is not van halen. it is called "respect the wind" . you can hear the full version on you tube!!!!!

[@jasongilbert2379]

Remember watching this in the theater!!! Still a Great movie to watch 30 years later!!!

[@bitsnpieces123]

Twister is one of my favorite movies. I literally watched it every weekend as a kid. 🤣 RIP Bill Paxton

[@fleetadmiralj]

I was born in Iowa, and while my family moved away when I was about 5, we had a tornado hit near us once and I still remember the green skies right before. It was freaky. The story about the farmers being mad about the trucks was funny though XD

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

As much as I love this movie, nobody nowhere is "predicting an F5". It doesn't work that way. Twenty five years later and they still can't be sure if they're looking at a tornado on live radar or not, let alone try to predict its strength. But then, air tanks don't explode, but that doesn't stop "Jaws" from being the greatest movie of all time that I've seen over 500 times.

[@Dan_Geer_]

I hope you have Volcano, 1997, on your list, with the awesome Tommy Lee Jones. Next time you do a disaster movie week, that’s an absolute must. It’s so much fun and TLJ is always a pure joy.

[@jsapcakrrow]

Congrats on 10K subs!! I saw this movie in the theater with my mom, we both loved it!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

So cool!

[@bravo1495]

The legend Bill Paxton in his acting glory. When he passed away, the storm chaser community used gps location to spell out his initials across tornado alley.

[@07Kristin11]

Aunt Meg was my favourite too. She's the sweetest!

[@Destyn2b]

I love your enthusiasm about knowing four cast members. You've come a long way! Lol

[@shainewhite2781]

Love this movie! I'll never forget seeing the teaser trailer to this movie: "From the Producers of JURASSIC PARK, and the Director of Speed. TWISTER. The Dark Side Of Nature. Summer 1996." They did show clips of the opening in the first trailer and the drive thru getting destroyed in the second.

[@Anakinskywalkerfan1]

Speed was so bad

[@Erin-gp1ww]

LOL your reaction to knowing 4 people in this movie is priceless!

[@joepincombe66]

I use to think was a tornado really strong enough to toss a tractor up a tree when I was younger but as I get older I realized I overestimated myself too much on that subject here

[@mulchnuts8003]

I was part of the May, 1985 Tornado outbreak. I lived in NE Ohio and was only 7 at the time. Fortunately my mother was at work and I was a short distance away at my grandparents. My town was nearly wiped off the map. This movie hits different for me. Love your content! Keep it up!

[@jannorton5108]

It is also so fun to see you get so excited about the four actors that you know from other movies!

[@shallowgal462]

Bill Paxton was also in The Terminator--one of the three punks from whom he demanded clothes at the beginning. Helen Hunt is also good in As Good As It Gets (1997) with Jack Nicholson, Cast Away (2000) with Tom Hanks, and What Women Want (2000) with Mel Gibson. I loved her on NBC's Mad About You co-starring Paul Reiser from Aliens. Jami Gertz's first big break was Lost Boys (1987). Our drive-in has 5 screens. 😁

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Helen Hunt was also in Trancers

[@tomre2769]

This movie is a guilty pleasure for me. I know it can be picked apart with alot of cheese and plotholes, but I still love it. That scene with Bill and Phillip outside the diner looking at the sky even chokes me up, now they are both gone. I love the feel, the adventure, funny caracters, all of it. And it got me to your channel today, first ever reaction I have seen to this one :-)

[@margretrosenberg420]

"You people are all crazy! Do you know that?!" I suspect he considers it to be a badge of honor.

[@stefanstock953]

greetings and love from Germany again...awesome reaction as always....Did you know that Bill Paxton wasn´t the first choice for the role of ´Bill Harding´? The original choice was Tom Hanks, but he apparently didn’t feel quite right for the role. Instead, his ´Apollo 13´castmate Paxton ended up with the part. It´s so nice that they have named their technical Invention "Dorothy". A tribute to "The Wizzard of Oz" (1939). I guess you havent seen both movies,? Apollo 13 & The Wizzard...they are both worthwhile ....Peace and stay safe, buddy

[@Chick_N_A_Flick]

This was a great movie. I probably overplayed it when i got it on dvd, and I’m still not tired of watching it. Dusty is my fav character in this movie.

[@eibbor171]

same this was my everyday movie when i was kid, i actually still have the vhs copy some where

[@kathybrown6763]

This is one of my favorite movies. I also really love The Cowboy Way . You might like it too.

[@ScragsP22]

I love how the most intense and nerve racking part of the movie for you was when all of the extremely expensive farm equipment was destroyed. Lol!

[@MrTech226]

I lived in Florida since 1972. I have been in least 10 hurricanes in that time. Back in 2004, two storms strike near my house with "eye" of those storms came across over my house. "Eye" of each storm reveals calm and eerie feeling, knowing other side of the storm will come in soon causing more havoc. Unlike with tornados, hurricanes are extremely low-pressure systems. Lower the barometric pressure, danger that hurricanes can become with extremely high winds and storm surges. Like with Tornados (Fujita Scale), hurricane's strength is classified in Category Scale from 1 to 5. Majority of hurricanes are Cat 1. But there were major ones struck Florida and Gulf Coast of US (New Orleans) such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew. Ones that hit my area were Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne. Lost power total of 10 days. So, this year, 2022, it has been quiet in the Atlantic with two going away from US. But season ends in November.

[@chelsq1636]

I saw this in the theater when it first came out when I was a teenager and it became one of my favorite movies. Great Reaction! Loved your little movie trivia!

[@Jac2587]

One of my fonder memories after this movie came out was listening to my mom singing along and trying to figure out the piano chords to the Shania Twain song that is playing in the background of the diner scene. Just a little slice of childhood.

[@metalmonk3775]

I always enjoy your reactions to these movies you do, but its especially fun when it brings up something familiar to you and i see it in your face. Nice hearing from a brought up farmer type that sees his home in a movie

[@jjplayssimulatorgames960]

love how he gets talked into using his brand new truck for hauling that device

[@jeffshirton7234]

"I was at a drive-in with four different screens, one in each direction. It was crazy. I don't remember what state I was in." Um, euphoria?

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

I can't remember either

[@Cerridwen7777]

I was in college when Twister came out, and a friend from Scotland came to visit, so we went to see this in theater. On the drive home she asked very quietly "do you have those 'round here?" Hi fiona!

[@JoshMc420]

Watched this with my grandmother when she was alive and I was a kid. We went to multiple showings different days. Thanks for reacting to this.

[@riada4996]

Not as important as your truck story, but relatable: when they filmed some of the stafium scenes of Babe in my hometown of Danville, Illinois, a local tobacco shop sold out of a particular brand of cigars. Apparently, that was the same brand of cigars some of the extras can be seen smoking. Apparently, they actually casted people who were smokers and gave them real cigars.

[@UncensoredScion]

with windshields and the like they can be repaired during production, but the reason to buy 6 is largely for effect. They'd have one reinforced for stunt work like the crazed driving scenes, one for close ups where they'd have the cast in and either on a flatbed running alongside a camera rig or a camera rig driving alongside the cast as they are driving. one for demolition scenes where they have the trucks utterly trashed one for wide and long shots where again stuntmen would be driving one for backup for any of the others if irreplaceable and the final would be glamour shots.

[@moonfisher]

We still have a drive in in my area. My town’s one closer up in the nineties and now just hosts the swap meet every weekend. But the next town over still has a busy one! The diner feels like walking back in time. It hasn’t been renovated since the ‘80s. I love it.

[@that.ll_do_pig]

Thank you for a wonderfully organized playlist section! Makes it much easier to peruse options. ☺️

[@trainergames]

I know this is a year late, but i am just finding this video, and had done a little research on the trucks in the past, and didn't see any comments about them, so i thought i would comment. while the truck in the first scene was a 3500, the truck was suppose to be a 2500, and they used a mix of 2500 and 1500 trucks during filming i think they used as much as 10 trucks in total.

[@cobrag0318]

There was a "ride" down at Universal Studios about it. When it first opened, this thing was awesome. Had an actual vortex generator in the show scene that was strong enough to rip anything that wasn't tied down off your body. Several people lost glasses, and other misc things when I went the first time. Epic. Went back a few years later, and it was lame. I think they themed up the queue a bit better, a facelift or something, but they toned down the main attraction big time. Nobody lost their glasses or anything. Barely even got sprinkled with water. Either it didn't age well, or they toned it down. I guess it pulling objects off people became a problem with flying debris and possibly getting caught up in the works of the attraction. It eventually got replaced anyway.

[@danikajayde8577]

If I remember right, Helen Hunt was more known for the TV show Mad About You. Twister or What Women Want were the two movies I can think of that she did after/during the popularity she gained from Mad About You.

[@pixieangel4261]

So fun fact, they've got the timeline wrong for the F5 at the beginning. I live in lubbock and one of the big deals for Texas Tech is that they were instrumental in the creation of the Fujita scale that was based on the tornado that hit here in May of 1970. Also, if you look closely, you can see a texas highway sign

[@filipohman7277]

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[@DazzleThemForMe]

Gotta love those 90’s disaster movies! The CG for the tornadoes are what stood out to me as a kid and made me scared to death of being in one even though I lived in Southern California 😂

[@vcancer]

This movie was a great watch at the theater when it came out. The Dolby sound made it even more enjoyable to be able to hear things coming from different directions in the theater.

[@dianedeck]

We just had a tornado hit on of our small communities here in Kentucky the week before last Christmas. Many many many homes were blown away many people were also. They are just now getting some homes rebuilt. Some people were displaced and because it was a poor community many of them will never get back to where they were. I definately believe the cows and trucks and trees flying around in this movie. We even had a train pulled off the tracks. It looks much better now hard working people cleaning up all the time but now it just looks more bare not as many houses , trees, businesses,. etc. Loved your reaction.

[@LuisM1416]

I remember watching this in the theater. This is one of my favorite movie ever. When I was younger I wanted to be a storm chaser. Awesome reaction. My favorite line in the movie is "We Have Cow!"

[@BackstageAtTheSmith]

I used to live near the NSSL, and was within 12 blocks of several f5's a couple f3 and f4's, and I'm still amazed at the level of destruction that a tornado can bring

[@elainewilliams6537]

This is your 4th Bill Paxton movie. You’ve seen him in Aliens, Titanic, Twister, and The Terminator.

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

i love seeing his reaction to recognizing a growing list of actor names. he's come a long way since the beginning!

[@jasonblanchard9859]

You’re on a roll with the great uploads, James. Really enjoying this one.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Lots more to see

[@WanderingRoe]

I’m a huge tornado enthusiast and was happy to see you react to this. 😊 Funny story about the trucks, didn’t know that had been a thing! Never seen a tornado myself though we do get them in Florida (just not the monster ones…)

[@SweetLou0523]

We lived on a farm that got hit twice by twisters. I was probably 4 or 5 when the first one hit whil3 I was out driving the horses, and man was that an experience. I had tornado nightmares for many years, and this movie actually helped oddly enough. It's a family favorite for sure!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Glad everyone was safe

[@sianne79]

ME TOO. Kinda like cheap therapy. I think I shaved off 10 years of my tornado related PTSD....or it did until we had the SECOND one. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@jfn2462]

David Letterman started out as a weatherman on a local news station. When he ended up having his own late night comedy show, he interviewed Bill Paxton right before the release of this movie. He asked Bill something like "You're seriously in a movie about weather?". Look it up and check it out. Hilarious stuff....

[@jamedraa8472]

There's a movie I rarely see a reaction to. It's America's Sweethearts with Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta Jones, Billy Crystal, and more. Enjoying the channel.

[@terryv2006]

The VFX in this movie were ground breaking at the time. I saw a preview trailer at the drive in and I HAD to see this movie. The cows were flying!

[@PrimeCircuit]

The shot when it hits the drive in theater is insane.

[@nobmunchafourbears608]

Fun trivia: This movie is linked to The Terminator, Terminator 2 and The Abyss. All three are movies written and directed by James Cameron. How? At 28:40, there's the oil tanker coming towards our heroes. It bears the logo of Benthic Petroleum, the fictional oil company featured in the previously mentioned movies.

[@justinlee8784]

I love Michael Crichton stuff and with him involved in this made it a must watch for me back in the 90s.

[@nathieboy1987]

I think it's important to remember that CGI in the 90's was, in most instances, the result of groundbreaking development; the technology simply didn't exist prior. These were pioneers for the stunning CGI visual effects we have today. Especially more so with James Cameron films, which pushed the envelope a lot further than most with The Abyss, Terminator 2 and Titanic, and a lot of technology was invented specifically for the purpose of creating the visuals in his films - all of which has been utilised by films today. Twister is fantastic for its era and remains impressive (even with continuity errors such as the broken windscreen). It's incredible what technological advances can do. Comparing this with the twister in The Wizard of Oz, and then San Andreas, it's wonderful to see how film making has evolved, however - especially the case with Twister and San Andreas - it is unfair to compare the two. San Andreas wouldn't have been the visual spectacle it was without films like Twister paving the way.

[@dwcinnc]

My local Best Buy had a huge display featuring this film. They were using it to demonstrate the latest technology known as DVD.

[@3DJapan]

Universal Studios has or had an attraction for this movie. It's not a ride but you walk through and it feels like you're in the movie with the rain and ground shaking and the cow flying past you. It's short but fun.

[@chrispruett81]

Wow James... 4 ppl... your getting there!! One of these days you will watch a movie where you know everyone in it! lol 😄

[@Paperboy-1937]

This is still one of my favorite Disaster Movies. Forget the modern effects… the 90s had some of the best disaster movies to date

[@ravynwytch1987]

The house you see at the end, that's left standing, is 12 miles from my house in Iowa. :) Some of the ice in the hail scene was trucked in from Burlington, IA, and many of the shots were filmed near Boone & Eldora, both in Iowa.

[@ShinDays]

The twister attraction at Universal Studios closed some years ago, but it was really cool. They even had a cow fly by lol

[@Bartlebycs]

I remember when Best Buy used this movie to show off their sound systems that were on sale. You pressed a button, and the speakers would blast you with tornado sound effects.

[@danielshaver4517]

I have always liked this movie, even though I have always had problems with the fact that the tornadoes always seemed to go after them and then vanish. It is like each tornado was specifically trying to get them.

[@andie361]

It’s the other way around, they were the ones chasing the tornadoes.

[@MrStyn-ud3bj]

I grew up in OKC, OK & one of the weathermen in this movie was Gary England who I watched every day growing up. He was my favorite weatherman & this is one of my favorite movies due to growing up in tornado alley.😁 Love watching you experience it.

[@andyr5967]

The fact that Iowa farmers were complaining about the team taking 6 of your trucks.. and then imagining them finding out what they did with them is an image I can fully appreciate 😂

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

It was the talk of the town for awhile.

[@mbaker825]

This was when Dodge first came out with this body style. They used it in the movie before they were released and it was such a good advertisement for them

[@geraldvance7925]

Out of all the movie tornadoes Twister and The wizard of Oz tornado still holds up.

[@A_Blip_In_The_Universe]

Supposedly not all the tornados in this film are special effects, they managed to capture a few real ones on film. My guess would be the ones we see off in the far distance.

[@jimparker1962]

"Twister" is a fine movie. And Helen Hunt is a fine actress. She began on TV When she was a very young teenager. Later, she starred with Paul Reiser ("Aliens") in the great, long-running show, "Mad About You". But Hunt's must-see movie is "As Good As It Gets", where she starred opposite Jack Nicholson. They both got Oscars, and that's just about as good as it gets. I recommend it. I recommend it. I recommend it. There, that's three recommendations already. And I don't know of any other reactor who has done that movie. You could be the first.

[@sianne79]

When the F5 that hit us years and years ago the sirens never went off....they had rusted out. the city police risked their lives driving through the neighborhoods blaring their own sirens, and yelling into a bullhorn. 17 people were killed, including a couple of my friends. So every Monday for the past 30 years (except holidays) they always ring them exactly at noon. And so when we were hit with another one a little over 5 months ago,, the sirens went off when they were supposed to. No one died.

[@yinzer]

Living in western PA doesn't have a ton of perks, but not having to worry about getting wiped out by a tornado is one of them.

[@scotty7boy]

Watched this in the theaters at a birthday party in 6th grade. I remember thinking the special effects looked really good. It got praises for the effects back in the day.