Just watched twister commentary. I then watched just the first 15 or so minutes with the sound
on afterwards, just to hear the score. I watched this movie in the theater, and a few times since then,
put I just noticed something with the story that I missed, and I think it is a huge plot point that makes a
big difference to the story!!!
OK, get this:
Bill goes to get the papers from his Ex. We figured, as the viewer that perhaps she didn't sign them
cause she wasn't ready to let him go. OK, so that is given. But.... BUT!!! GET THIS!! When Bill
shows up, Helen reluctantly gets the papers from the truck, and after that she still hadn't signed
them. OK, so we know now that she most likely is stalling. No prob, I noticed all this the first time
I watched this in the theater. BUT here us where it gets crazy. When Bill say that he is getting
married, she still isn't saddened yet, there is still hope, because of the big reveal yet to come.
But when Bill says that she is here with him, "shes with Dusty", Helen's heart sinks. Why?? Not
because of straight out jealousy, oh no, because all of this was planned, not the storms per say,
that was just the icing on the cake for her!! After learning of Bills girl being there, she tells him about
Dorthy, but she had Dorthy all covered. But here is the BIG DEAL, I will bet you anything that the script
writer had the back story in his/her head that Helen had built four "Dorthys" in the specific hope to
get back her man! She built those things to learn about the storm, of course, but my point is that
she had it in her mind that Bill was going to be shown those machines, and with the sole intent
to then take them out TOGETHER!, she even says that "it would be wrong for you not to be here
for this". She knew he was coming, she was acting coy, but on the inside she was hoping that maybe,
just maybe that if Bill saw his dream was made alive by her doing, and going out together to place
them into the storm together, that the spark would come back. That is so clear that Helen, with her
award winning acting, puts it into her characters voice and even in her eyes and face how her learning
that Bill brought the new girl along threw a wrench into her master plan.
Believe me, watch that 10 minutes or less scene over and you will get all of that untold back story,
all from Helen Hunts voice and interactions.
The most important point to all of this is that all of you guys that keep saying that Gertz didn't need
to be there, had missed how hurt Helen was, and that she absolutely did need to be there, it had
nothing to do with the twister plot and all to do with getting the two leads back together, and
giving a reason for these Dorthy's to be made, because one of the questions is that why did Bill
leave, why didn't he stay and make these things he was so passionate for. Well there was no
money to make them. But Helen wanted her man back so bad, it gave her motivation to get the
grant money, without fail, to make HIS dream come to life, in fact they all wanted their friend
back home. She makes it a point to say "we all had a hand building this', like HINT, HINT, PLEASE
COME HOME!! you could clearly see how excited these guys were to see him back.
Last edited by mkeithddc (2014-02-16 03:29:20)
