{"id":2316021,"date":"2024-07-30T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisters-is-a-success-because-it-omits-f-words-sex-and-politics\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:15:08","slug":"twisters-is-a-success-because-it-omits-f-words-sex-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twisters-is-a-success-because-it-omits-f-words-sex-and-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Twisters&#8217; Is A Success Because It Omits F-Words, Sex, and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwisters-is-a-success-because-it-omits-f-words-sex-and-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8220;Twisters,&#8221; released on \u2064July 19, \u20642024, serves as \u2064a standalone sequel to the 1996 film of a similar name. It has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicians-and-streamers-socialists-get-richer-heading-into-2022\/\" title=\"Politicians and Streamers: Socialists Get Richer Heading Into 2022\">box office sensation<\/a>,\u2064 grossing $220 million and achieving the most successful opening weekend for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viewer-beware-new-twisters-movie-is-a-trojan-horse-for-climate-change-alarmists\/\" title=\"Viewer Beware: New \u2018Twisters\u2019 Movie Is a Trojan Horse for Climate Change Alarmists\">natural disaster movie<\/a> in history. The movie follows a storm-chasing scientist\u2063 and her YouTuber partner as they work to create \u200ba formula that could stop tornadoes in Oklahoma. \u200cInitially hesitant to \u200dwatch,\u200b the reviewer&#8217;s interest was piqued by the film&#8217;s leading man, Glen Powell.<\/p>\n<p>The film is praised not only for its action and suspense\u200b but also for its significant absence of explicit content, including sex scenes, which the reviewer appreciated. Instead of\u200b focusing on sexual tension, &#8220;Twisters&#8221; opts for a sweeter romance marked by \u200cgenuine \u200cmoments between the main characters. The absence of overt sexualization allows for a narrative \u2062that emphasizes \u2064kindness, bravery, and ambition over clich\u00e9s often\u200b found in modern films.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Twisters&#8221; features strong character development, \u200bparticularly in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/airplane-director-says-the-only-way-to-make-that-movie-now-would-be-without-the-jokes\/\" title=\"\u2018Airplane!\u2019 Director Says The Only Way to Make That Movie Now Would Be \u2018Without The Jokes\u2019\">lead female character<\/a>, Kate, who is depicted as a smart and determined meteorologist. The film avoids typical\u200d gender ideological messages, instead presenting Kate as a relatable individual with\u200d her skills and attributes taking center stage. &#8220;Twisters&#8221; is celebrated\u2064 as a refreshing and wholesome film experience, marking a departure from the\u200c excessive use of crude language and explicit scenes prevalent in contemporary cinema.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisters,&rdquo;<em> <\/em>released July 19 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twisters-movie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standalone sequel<\/a> to the 1996 action film by (nearly) the same name, is a box office hit by any measure. The movie has grossed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/entertainment\/2024\/07\/29\/twisters-2024-box-office-deadpool-and-wolverine-opening-weekend\/74390828007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$220 million<\/a>, received rave reviews from critics, and set the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/twisters-whips-up-record-box-office-opening-1235953762\/\">record<\/a> for the most successful opening weekend for a natural disaster movie ever. Before last week, I didn&rsquo;t even know that category existed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now it&rsquo;s the best movie I&rsquo;ve seen in years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisters&rdquo;<em> <\/em>follows a storm-chasing scientist and her YouTuber sidekick on a mission to develop a formula to stop Oklahoma tornados in their track. I was reluctant to see it at first. Sorry, but I&rsquo;ve always been more of the &ldquo;Sound of Music&rdquo; type.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For my friends, the chance to see the admittedly handsome Glen Powell (of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/01\/top-gun-maverick-isnt-just-nostalgia-for-the-80s-its-nostalgia-for-american-greatness\/\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/a>&rdquo; fame) contributed more to the initial appeal than the tornados. Common Sense Media&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/movie-reviews\/twisters\">parent&rsquo;s guide<\/a> approved the movie for ages 12+, the new bar for those of us who are 21+ but prefer not to watch profanity-laden pornography on the big screen. So I joined my college roommates at the theater.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisters&rdquo;<em> <\/em>was a breath of fresh air, great not just for what it includes, but also for what it doesn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>For example: sex scenes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are various reasons I prefer not to watch simulated sex. Some call it prudish; I call it a healthy fear of God combined with a distaste for sitting next to a perfect stranger while we both witness sexual intercourse on an IMAX screen. It&rsquo;s weird, despite Hollywood&rsquo;s depraved effort to make it normal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not so in &ldquo;Twisters.&rdquo; Despite a slow-burn romance between the two storm-chasing leads, Kate and Tyler, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/movie-reviews\/twisters\">are spared<\/a> sex scenes. There&rsquo;s not even a kiss. A final smooch was filmed and later cut on Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/twisters-kiss-scene-cut-steven-spielberg-note-1236079631\/\">recommendation<\/a>. When my friends and I complained about this distinct lack of romantic resolution, I realized it was the first time in years a movie had left me wanting more<em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisters&rdquo; opts for &ldquo;something softer, sweeter, and full of enough concentrated yearning to implode a fire-tornado,&rdquo; as Collider critic Kelcie Mattson <a href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/twisters-kiss-steven-spielberg\/\">aptly put it<\/a>. But when Mattson laments the lack of physical intimacy, she fails to realize that the &ldquo;roundabout delicacy&rdquo; and &ldquo;heart-skipping tropes&rdquo; she enjoyed would have been undermined by the addition of soft-porn.<\/p>\n<p>The movie left its audience with the breathing room to swoon at Tyler (Glen Powell) in a cowboy hat, fully clothed. When he hurts Kate&rsquo;s (Daisy Edgar-Jones) feelings, he brings her an apology pizza. He takes her on a real-life date like a man. He risks his life to protect her from a tornado and helps her achieve her scientific dreams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In one particular scene, a journalist photographed Kate looking out over the Oklahoma horizon. Tyler asked for a copy, and every woman in the audience squealed like a teenage girl.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The directors cut the final make-out scene to avoid clich&eacute;. While Mattson argues this &ldquo;veer[s] a little too close to trivializing romance,&rdquo; the old-fashioned approach in &ldquo;Twisters&rdquo; demonstrates it&rsquo;s actually excessive on-screen sexualization that has been trivializing romance all along.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you thought it couldn&rsquo;t get better, &ldquo;Twisters&rdquo;<em> <\/em>uses zero f-words. Other crude language was kept to a minimum, a welcome relief from the typical stream of distractingly coarse language in modern films.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gender ideology was nowhere to be found. Kate leads the film, and her gender is the least interesting thing about her. She&rsquo;s a highly educated meteorologist &mdash; smart, determined, and brave enough to return to her hometown to chase storms and end the threat of tornadoes. The movie succeeded because it avoided dying on the hyper-feminist girl-boss hill, and instead allowed Kate to be kind, talented, and normal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The weather theme of &ldquo;Twisters&rdquo; could have easily <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/entertainment\/twisters-film-interviews-climate-change\/index.html\">lent itself<\/a> to a climate change angle, but there&rsquo;s no hint of an agenda. That&rsquo;s on purpose, according to Director Lee Isaac Chung.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just wanted to make sure that with the movie, we don&rsquo;t ever feel like (it) is putting forward any message,&rdquo; Chung explained in an interview with CNN. &ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t feel like films are meant to be message-oriented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s something I never thought I&rsquo;d hear from Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p>For all its apparent lack of message, my roommates and I agreed the tornado-chasing left us feeling strangely patriotic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that&rsquo;s because the movie centers on the characters&rsquo; dedication to serving their community. An entire sequence is devoted to them distributing boxed meals after a tornado devastates a small town. Kate drives into the heart of a twister to deploy her scientific innovation, nearly sacrificing herself to save the town. The film&rsquo;s simple spirit of selflessness was a breath of fresh air.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hypersexualization, hyperpoliticization, and f-words don&rsquo;t sell like they used to. Believe me, I know &mdash; my college&rsquo;s local movie theater <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.onlineathens.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2024\/07\/25\/beechwood-cinemas-athens-georgia-closing-doors-for-final-time-on-thursday\/74547313007\/\">closed last week<\/a>. Cowboy hats, community service, and storm-chasing might be the way forward.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve lived through enough historic events this summer to last a lifetime. Spare me the politics. Give me &ldquo;Twisters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Monroe Harless is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in journalism and political science.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twisters,&#8221; which debuted on July 19 as a standalone sequel to the 1996 action film of a similar name, has proven to be a box office success by all standards. The film has earned $220 million, garnered enthusiastic praise from critics, and achieved the highest opening weekend ever for a natural disaster movie. Until last week, I wasn&#8217;t even aware that such a category existed. Now, it&#8217;s the best film I&#8217;ve seen in years.<\/p>\n<p>The plot of &#8220;Twisters&#8221; revolves around a storm-chasing scientist and her YouTuber partner who embark on a quest to create a formula that can halt tornadoes in Oklahoma. Initially hesitant to watch it\u2014I&#8217;ve always leaned more towards musicals like &#8220;The Sound of Music&#8221;\u2014I was persuaded by friends who were excited about seeing Glen Powell (known from &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221;). The movie received approval from Common Sense Media for ages 12+, which appealed to those of us over 21 who prefer not to view explicit content in theaters. So I decided to join my college roommates at the cinema.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Twisters&#8221; was refreshing not only for its content but also for what it omitted\u2014such as sex scenes. Personally, I avoid simulated sex because I find it uncomfortable sharing such moments with strangers on an IMAX screen; some may call this prudishness, but I see it as maintaining healthy boundaries. In contrast, &#8220;Twisters&#8221; features no explicit romantic encounters between its leads Kate and Tyler; there\u2019s not even a kiss included after filming one that was ultimately cut based on Steven Spielberg&#8217;s advice. When my friends and I expressed disappointment over this lack of romantic closure, I realized it had been years since any movie left me wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>As Collider critic Kelcie Mattson noted, &#8220;Twisters&#8221; opts for something softer and sweeter filled with yearning rather than physical intimacy\u2014which she seemed to miss without recognizing that adding explicit scenes would have detracted from the delicate romance portrayed throughout the film. The audience is given space to appreciate Tyler (Glen Powell) fully clothed in his cowboy hat while he shows kindness toward Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones), including bringing her an apology pizza after upsetting her or risking his life during tornadoes so she can fulfill her scientific ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>In one memorable scene where Kate gazes out at the Oklahoma landscape while being photographed by a journalist, every woman in attendance reacted with excitement when Tyler requested a copy of the photo\u2014a moment highlighting their chemistry without resorting to clich\u00e9s or trivializing romance through excessive sexualization.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, \u201cTwisters\u201d impressively avoids using any f-words or excessive crude language\u2014a refreshing change from many contemporary films filled with coarse dialogue\u2014and steers clear of gender ideology; Kate is portrayed simply as an intelligent meteorologist whose gender is secondary to her character traits like determination and bravery as she returns home to confront storms head-on.<\/p>\n<p>While one might expect themes related to climate change given its weather-centric narrative, Director Lee Isaac Chung intentionally avoided pushing any agenda: \u201cI just wanted&#8230;to make sure that we don\u2019t ever feel like [the movie] is putting forward any message,\u201d he stated during an interview with CNN\u2014a sentiment rarely heard coming out of Hollywood these days.<\/p>\n<p>Despite lacking overt messages or political undertones throughout our viewing experience my roommates and I felt unexpectedly patriotic due largely due their commitment towards community service depicted within various sequences\u2014including distributing meals post-tornado devastation where Kate risks everything deploying scientific innovations amidst chaos\u2014all contributing positively towards uplifting spirits through selflessness rather than hypersexualization or hyperpoliticization dominating modern cinema today!<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there&#8217;s hope yet! After witnessing enough historic events unfold this summer alone\u2014I\u2019d much prefer watching \u201cTwisters\u201d instead! <\/p>\n<p>Monroe Harless serves as an intern at The Federalist while recently graduating University Georgia majoring journalism &amp; political science respectively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3175,"featured_media":2316022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/twist2.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[36653,36651,27722,36652,34398],"class_list":["post-2316021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-avoiding-controversy","tag-clean-entertainment","tag-family-friendly","tag-movie-success","tag-twisters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/twist2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}