Twisters fans fume that director Lee Isaac Chung should be ‘called before Congress’ as they discover a HUGE scene was cut from the disaster film

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Twisters fans were furious that director Lee Isaac Chung had to “appear before Congress” after discovering a major scene had been cut from the disaster film.

The American film follows storm chasers Tyler Owens (Glen Powell) and Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones) as they face the largest tornado to date.

Tyler and Kate develop a close bond amidst the chaos, and their relationship culminates in a sweet kiss at the airport. However, moviegoers never got to see that kiss after the film finally hit theaters on Friday.

The sequel to 1996’s Twister has grossed an estimated $200 million at the box office and has received generally positive reviews.

However, fans of the Warner Bros. Pictures film expressed their disappointment over the missing kiss scene via X, formerly Twitter.

Twisters fans were furious that director Lee Isaac Chung had to ‘appear before Congress’ when they discovered a major scene had been cut from the disaster film

The American film, which was released in July, follows storm chasers Tyler Owens (Glen Powell) and Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones) as they face their biggest tornado yet.

Tyler and Kate develop a close bond amid the chaos, and their relationship culminates in a sweet airport kiss — which moviegoers never got to see

Disappointed viewers wrote: ‘WHY DID THEY CUT THE KISS’;

‘I was surprised that Glen and Daisy’s characters didn’t kiss at the end, but then I saw that they DID film a kiss, but it was cut… RELEASE THE FULL VERSION OF LEE ISAAC CHUNG!’;

‘DID THEY CUT THE KISS INTO TWISTERS?!!? This movie ain’t got no bullshit, guys’;

‘THIS FAWKING KISS WAS NOT GOOD IN THE MOVIE… LEE ISAAC CHUNG WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM WITH ME SPECIFICALLY’;

‘I want Lee Isaac Chung to appear before Congress and be questioned about this’;

‘I don’t know why they did that, it was the perfect ending. I saw a test screening in March and that scene was in there’;

‘My biggest complaint about the film is probably the lack of intimate catharsis with GlenDaisy’;

However, some had a different perspective, writing: ‘I think it actually works that they don’t kiss at the end of Twisters… chasing tornadoes is better than sex for these hooligans’;

‘That wasn’t part of the movie, Glen just has the effect on his fellow actors. He kisses his way through Hollywood babes’;

‘I saw Twisters. Better than I expected. Great effects and hilarious moments, a little overdramatized in the tornado part, BUT I’m glad there was no cheesy kiss between Tyler and Kate. I hate the expectation of the boy and girl falling in love at the end, lol.’

The standalone sequel to 1996’s Twister has grossed an estimated $200 million at the box office and has received generally positive reviews

Fans joked that the film’s director, Lee Isaac Chung, should be brought before the U.S. Congress as punishment for not kissing, but some fans preferred a film without kissing.

Twisters has been called the “blockbuster of the summer” by critics, as the tornado film hits theaters nearly 30 years after the original.

Normal People’s Daisy and Top Gun’s Glen’s film Maverick are being hailed as “the best moviegoing experience” since 2022’s Maverick, which grossed $1 billion at the box office.

The deadly tornadoes that rip through Oklahoma in the film are clearly the equivalent of Godzilla, alien invaders, or the Great White Cat in Jaws. Especially since no one, not even top meteorologist Kate, tries to explain them away as, perhaps, a result of climate change.

That said, Lee Isaac Chung’s film barrels along with impressive verve and energy, as Kate, seeking redemption after a tragedy five years earlier, attempts to show that tornadoes can actually be minimized through scientific intervention, teams up with a charismatic, self-styled “tornado wrangler” named Tyler.

Twisters: What Do the Critics Say?

Daily mail

Judgement:

Brian Viner: ‘This may all be nonsense, but it’s still a lot of fun to watch,’

‘Director Lee Isaac Chung’s film thunders forward with impressive verve and energy’.

The standard

Judgement:

Maddy Mussen: ‘Powell and Edgar-Jones are natural leads, with enough charisma to go it alone’

“It’s a thrilling, smarter-than-it-looks blockbuster, not necessarily in its science, but in its writing, action and austerity. So much so that people at my screening applauded at the end — something I haven’t seen in years.”

The independent

Judgement:

Clarisse Loughrey: ‘There is such a sense of solidarity and resilience in the air that it provides a surprising spark of hope in an otherwise chaotic spectacle of disaster.’

The recalls [to the original] Thankfully, they’re fairly minimal – but it’s still a reassuringly old-school affair, with the CGI feeling right at home alongside a host of traditional practical effects.

The Telegraph

Judgement:

Robbie Collin was full of praise, calling the film the best cinematic experience since Top Gun: Maverick.

The formula is so simple it’s surprising it ever went out of fashion: everyday heroes you can’t help but root for (Edgar-Jones and the never-again Tom Cruise-esque Powell are both magnetic).

‘Again and again, [the film] uses the classic Spielbergian trick of spending more time watching his actors’ reactions to danger – slack-jawed and lantern-eyed – than actually lurking for the danger itself.

The guard

Judgement:

Peter Bradshaw noted that the “nice film” was too shy to mention climate change and its effects on our weather.

He concluded that the tornado was in fact a metaphor for an orgasm in the budding romance between the two main characters.

BBC

Judgement:

Nicholas Barber: ‘Despite having charismatic actors and suspenseful scenes, Twisters doesn’t have much of a plot – instead, like its predecessor, ‘there are just dull characters who keep getting into bad weather’

“It’s a missed opportunity. Twisters isn’t bad, but a braver film might have acknowledged that addressing the causes of extreme weather would be more useful than throwing diapers at it.”

Variety

Owen Gleiberman: Twisters I felt like I had seen something exactly like it. And when it comes to real tornado footage, I had seen something even more incredible.

While Twisters is fun in some ways, it’s a film where reality ultimately takes a lot of the wind out of its sails.

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