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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on May 16, 2006 15:37:28 GMT -6
Anyone ever seen this movie? It stars Bill Paxton & Helen Hunt! This is one of my favorite movies! I've been wanting to own it for a long time, but I've just never taken the time to buy the crazy thing! ;D So I borrowed it on VHS from a friend of mine and I'm planning to sit down and watch it again in the next night or two! It has a special meaning to me though. I used to live in Oklahoma City years ago -- at the time that movie was actually filmed on location there. Our very own meteorologist, Gary England, has a cameo appearance right at the very beginning of the movie! I'm prejudiced because, to me, he's the best meteorologist that's ever lived! (Gary, are you out there reading this? ) I remembered reading in The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City's daily newspaper) about the filming. Numerous people had a chance at being cast as extras in some of the scenes!! But don't ya' know, I had to work that day!!!! Darn it! Confounded jobs are always interfering with social activities!! So I didn't get to go! Parts of the movie were filmed in Guthrie, Oklahoma -- a little Victorian-type town about 35 miles (56.3 km) due north of Oklahoma City. Other parts of the movie were filmed -- I think -- in Ada, Oklahoma. I believe Ada is about 90 miles (144.8 km) south of Oklahoma City. Plus, having lived in "Tornado Junction" for all those years, it's totally familiar "ground" to me!!!! Larry
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Post by maliejandra on May 16, 2006 16:30:31 GMT -6
Wow, I was really young when I saw this movie. It seems like I saw a lot of tornado oriented films then. This was very popular and I liked Night of the Twisters too (because I had a crush on Devon Sawa). Twister was really cool because the characters were fun, the special effects were awesome, and there were a lot of memorable scenes. The part where Helen Hunt is a little girl and her dad is torn away from her family in a tornado is very powerful.
And also, I think it is cool how they called their new technology "Dorothy" like Wizard of Oz.
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Post by tclion on May 19, 2006 19:04:41 GMT -6
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Apr 25, 2007 8:01:37 GMT -6
Was bored, so I sat and watched this again last night! Still a good movie, no matter how many times you see it! :thumbsup:
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Post by Beanka on Apr 25, 2007 13:44:24 GMT -6
that is one movie i can watch over and over.I think it's cool how there right in the middle of the twister and she wants to look at it. NOt something that i would want to do.
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Post by precoder on Apr 25, 2007 17:21:30 GMT -6
I've seen this one ... No offense but I thought it was cornbally and fakey. The CGI just didn't work for me and I remember thinking the 'windsock' used in "The Wizard Of Oz" looked more realistic somehow. And the lead characters should have been killed or hurt on so many different occasions taking such outlandish risks ...
I think I saw meteorologist Gary England's television reports the day that big tornado destroyed Moore, Oklahoma ... I think that was him. It's on a video I have somewhere. It was a terrible storm that just wiped the place off the map ...
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Post by Midge on Apr 25, 2007 17:29:41 GMT -6
I'm with you, Benji. I haven't seen Twister, but generally speaking those CGI effects leave me cold. The technology has been overused so much, it no longer seem that impressive. No matter how much they perfect it, no matter how much detail they put in it and how smoothly it runs, CGI just doesn't look real to me. I don't know why, maybe it's done by a computer it looks TOO perfect.
A friend of mine was begging me to see the new King Kong. She said, "You have to see how they recreated New York City in the 1930's." Well, I'd rather look at the real New York City in the 1933 version than go on a high-tech virtual thrill ride.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Apr 25, 2007 17:54:24 GMT -6
I think I saw meteorologist Gary England's television reports the day that big tornado destroyed Moore, Oklahoma ... I think that was him. It's on a video I have somewhere. It was a terrible storm that just wiped the place off the map ... That happened in May, 1999, just 9 months after we left Oklahoma City to move back here to Missouri. On a later visit, I recall seeing all the remnants! It was extremely devastating!!!! (Oh, and as a side note: Gary England is awesome! He was the newscaster we always paid reverance to when we lived there!!!!) I'd rather look at the real New York City in the 1933 version than go on a high-tech virtual thrill ride. That's the way I feel too, in most cases, Midge! I would prefer to see an authentic movie, actually made during that time. There are no replicas or anything made to look like something different. There are exceptions, though. For example, the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was very light on special effects; however, it got its point across to convey the 1940s as authentically as possible! :thumbsup:
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Post by precoder on Apr 25, 2007 17:58:09 GMT -6
The clothes, the hairstyles and the speaking mannerisms in the new "Kong" miss the 1930s badly. There are a couple of well done scenes in the film, but it's generally too long and too overdone. There are also too many added characters that don't contribute anything new ...
Midge, you'd probably like "Son Of Kong" 1933 better if you've missed that one ...
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Post by Midge on Apr 25, 2007 18:03:38 GMT -6
Thanks for the suggestion, Benji. I think I've seen Son of Kong, but it was so long ago I can't remember a single thing about it. Whenever I'm watching a movie from that classic era, even if it's a bad movie I still enjoy seeing the clothing, hairstyles, homes and cars, street scenes, music, slang and manners of the era.
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Post by precoder on Apr 25, 2007 18:09:26 GMT -6
YuP ... The geniune article simply cannot be recreated try as they may ...
"Son Of Kong" actually isn't too bad. But really my favorite part is watching and hearing Helen Mack impersonate Annette Hanshaw while singing "I've Got The Runaway Blues" on a hawaiian guitar ...
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Post by Midge on Apr 25, 2007 18:24:17 GMT -6
YuP ... The geniune article simply cannot be recreated try as they may ... "Son Of Kong" actually isn't too bad. But really my favorite part is watching and hearing Helen Mack impersonate Annette Hanshaw while singing "I've Got The Runaway Blues" on a hawaiian guitar ... Oooh, I love Hawaiian guitar! I also love that instrument they use in country music, (what the heck is it called?) where the musician sits in front of it but instead of plucking it or strumming it, slides this thing from side to side to create a similar effect as the Hawaiian guitar.
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Post by precoder on Apr 25, 2007 18:30:40 GMT -6
I also love that instrument they use in country music, (what the heck is it called?) where the musician sits in front of it but instead of plucking it or strumming it, slides this thing from side to side to create a similar effect as the Hawaiian guitar. A steel pedal guitar (?) ...
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Post by Midge on Apr 25, 2007 18:36:49 GMT -6
A steel pedal guitar (?) ... That's it, that's it! Thanks, Benji. : :
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