"Tornado" is not like a global disaster like "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Independence Day", nor is it like "2012" which has weapons of mass destruction such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, which can carry out all-round and three-dimensional strikes. This disaster film only has the weapon of tornadoes, and the scope of its strikes is limited to small towns in the wild west of the United States. Although the visual effects of the film cannot be compared with today’s disaster films, the Hollywood screenwriters carefully " "Packaging" has left a deep impression on me. It can be said that this kind of packaging is not overriding even if it is placed now. From the common sense of nature, tornadoes are an uncommon meteorological disaster. They generally appear in sparsely populated wilderness and usually cause little harm. If the film is made purely from the perspective of disaster, it will inevitably make the film look boring. So when the screenwriters package this disaster story, the first step is to let "people chase the wind". The general disaster movies are disasters to find people. In this movie, people take the initiative to find disasters. Scientists want to study themselves in order to study tornadoes. The test device "released" around the tornado, and the film also unfolded a thrilling story of "chasing the wind". But this is only the beginning. The most obvious aspect of the film lies in the design of different types and levels of tornadoes in the film. This design can be said to be the most important weight for the success of the film, and it is also the most exciting "package" in the play. The four tornadoes that appeared in succession were different. The first one was the most common tornado, which just allowed the audience to warm up. The next tornadoes No. 2 and No. 3 were definitely eye-opening to the audience. The No. 2 twin tornado (actually The above is triplets, that is, a tornado suddenly turns into three during its operation), and the number three jumping tornado (the trajectory is jumping and appears sometimes). After the audience’s appetite is suffocated, the film At the end, a giant tornado was presented to the audience, that is, the F5 grade tornado mentioned in the movie. In fact, it was called from the perspective of disaster. The first three tornadoes did not cause any disaster. Only the last F5 that appeared on the scene destroyed a small town. The third step is to add a touch of emotion to the story. This is a trick used in all disaster genres, such as the beautiful love in "Titanic", and the heavy father-son relationship in "The Day After Tomorrow"... also in "Tornado". Without exception, the love triangle love story in this film now seems somewhat naive. After triple packaging, the original "Tornado" has become an F5 super-powerful that swept the world's theaters.
I always thought that the expressiveness and shocking effects of tornadoes in disaster films could not be compared with large-scale natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, but the power of tornadoes after packaging is no less than that of other types. Disaster, especially worth mentioning is the sound effects in the movie. Although this is a movie 14 years ago, the sound effects of this movie are still praised by film technologists, and many people regard this movie as a test family. Tools for sound effects. Here I have to admire the excellent technology of Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company. At the story level, "Tornado" is still the usual plot of old-fashioned Hollywood disaster movies. The boring love triangle mode has completely become a foil in front of the violent tornado, but this does not affect the film's status in the history of Hollywood movies. Now think about this movie. It is reasonable to be classified as a classic disaster film.
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