Twisters’ ending confirms Kate’s formula for diffusing a tornado is a success. Nearly 30 years after the originalTwisterreleased in theaters, the new sequel, directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, brings audiences back to Oklahoma, this time during a twister outbreak that has gotten more deadly and devastating.Twisters’reviewshave been mostly positive, and theTwistersequel’s castis a star-studded one. The film’s ending sees an Oklahoma town nearly devastated by a powerful tornado.
While Javi, who quit his job with Storm Par, and Tyler are helping people to safety and shelter, Kate decides to take Tyler’s car in a bid to release the formula she perfected into the tornado to disrupt its path of destruction. Kate’s truck tips over and the button to release the formula jams, but she’s finally able to do it and it helps dissipate the tornado faster, preventing further damage and death. At the end ofTwisters, Kate is on her way back to New York when severe winds delay her flight, and she rejoins Tyler and Javi.
Kate Stays In Oklahoma To Partner Up With Tyler & Javi
Kate Changes Her Mind About Flying Out
Kate decides against returning to New York. She was going back, not to her office job, but to pitch her formula and its abilities to someone who’d be willing to invest in it for further research. Having been competitive before, Kate and Javi work together with Tyler and his team to better Kate’s scientific advancements to disrupt incoming tornadoes in the area. InTwisters’credits scenes, meteorology reports andpublications track Kate, Tyler and Javi’s progress as they become the face of meteorology and twister destruction prevention.
By the end, the now business partners have made a lot of headway in their field and continue to improve their research.
How Kate’s Formula Disrupts Tornadoes Explained
There’s A Lot Of Science Involved
Kate’s formula required the launch of silver iodine into the tornado to produce rain, after which sodium polyacrylate is released to absorb the water (it’s also cooler because of its evaporation), disrupting the twister’s system and essentially cutting off its fuel.This specific formula helps to choke out the tornado, upsetting it and causing it to ultimately disperse.
With Kate’s formula, the way scientists and meteorologists interact with tornadoes will be different.
A big part of the reason Kate’s formula didn’t work at the start ofTwisterswas because it was used on an unanticipated F5 category tornado. But with updated technology and models, Kate was able to better predict how it’d disrupt tornadoes.
Are Tyler & Kate In Love After Twisters?
The Expectation Of An Airport Kiss Was There
After bidding him goodbye, Tyler asks when he’s going to see Kate again. She doesn’t know, but tells him that if he feels it, he should chase it. That’s what he does, heading into the airport to find her before they leave together. While Kate and Tyler don’t kiss — thoughTwistershad me questioning if they will — the pair flirted with each other throughout the film. Kate and Tyler really seemed to like each other from the start and, with the pair now business partners with Javi, it’s likely they’re growing closer and falling in love.
Despite the lack of physical affection, Tyler and Kate had a connection and Tyler was especially mesmerized by Kate and her ability to track tornadoes. She was clearly intrigued by him as well, and came to rely on him to help. Tyler could have let Kate go to New York, but he didn’t want to; Kate, too, didn’t really want to go back. By the end ofTwisters, the two had grown close.If they weren’t falling for each other, Kate wouldn’t have asked Tyler to chase her if he felt something, and he wouldn’t have immediately obliged.
Why Javi Officially Leaves Storm Par At The End Of Twisters
Javi Genuinely Felt Guilty
Javi felt just as guilty about the deaths of his best friends five years prior, and he primarily joined Storm Par as a misguided way for him to help. It would’ve been hard for him to use updated technology to track twisters if not for Riggs providing Javi and the company a much-needed financial boost. At the end of the day, though,Javi realized he wasn’t really helping people; he was only helping Riggs capitalize on people’s pain. He wasn’t helping prevent or disrupt tornadoes, nor was he aiding the people hurt by the destruction of the natural disaster.
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Javi leaves Storm Par because he realizes he could be doing a lot more to aid others. Just like he encouraged Kate to storm chase again,Javi reconnected with his own past and desire to help people before making a firm decision to put Storm Par behind him. Javi saw a way out thanks to Kate’s research and use of the formula to dissipate twisters. It made him hopeful that something could still be done to genuinely help, and he could be a part of that. Money for research was different from working for someone who preyed on helpless people.
How Twisters’ Ending Sets Up A Sequel
There’s No Word On A Sequel But The Film Was A Huge Success
Twisters’ ending saw Kate, Tyler, and Javi becoming business partners. Together, they found their calling. And whileTwisters’ credits scenereveals their continued research towards advancing the disruption of a tornado’s destruction,a sequel could focus on the challenges the trio faces in the field. After all,Twistersestablished storm chaser influencers like Tyler, who went up against corporate storm chasers like Storm Par, while Kate represented the more traditional research side of things. The three may have merged in some way, butTwistersleaves the door open enough to see where the storm chasing takes the characters next.
What’s more, the sequel’s ending leaves Tyler and Kate’s romantic relationship unconfirmed. ATwisterssequel could follow the duo in the next stage of their relationship - perhaps exploring how they balance a romance with their scientific work. The last time Kate was in a relationship with a research partner, he died chasing tornadoes.
TheTwisterssequel could delve into that aspect of her past and what it means for her relationship with Tyler. Kate may have solved how to disrupt tornadoes, butthere’s potential for another chapter, especially as there will likely be more deadly tornadoes forming in the future.
The Real Meaning Of Twisters’ Ending
Science Saved Where Greed Harmed
Twisters’ ending highlights the importance of teamwork when doing scientific research, as well asthe importance of research that isn’t tied to corporate and real estate greed. Kate wanted to genuinely help people, and though Tyler was initially more invested in storm chasing for the thrill and attention, he and Javi realized the significance and responsibility of the work on a more grounded level.Twistersacknowledges increasing destructive weather and the urgency to do something about it, as well as how money that isn’t being used for research and aiding people without exploiting them isn’t worth having.
What The Director Said About The Twisters Ending
Lee Isaac Chung Defended Tyler And Kate’s Ending
While Kate and Tyler manage to tame the tornadoes and prevent some of the destruction, the real ending ofTwistershas been talked about much more than the action-packed climax. The ending finds Tyler dropping Kate off at the airport to head back to New York City. After watching her head off to catch her plane, Tyler has a change of heart and goes after her. The two meet in the airport and are about to share a kiss before a weather warning interrupts and sends them on their next adventure.
This played into the romantic tension between Tyler and Kate that had been a big part of the movie. While they initially didn’t see eye-to-eye, Tyler and Kate began to share a strong connection.While most people were expecting this final scene to cement that fact with the two characters kissing,Twisterssubverted expectations by denying that. However,Twistersdirector Lee Isaac Chungdefended the choice:
I feel like audiences are in a different place now in terms of wanting a kiss or not wanting a kiss. I actually tried the kiss, and it was very polarizing — and it’s not because of their performance of the kiss.
This [no-kiss shot] was the other option that I had filmed on the day, and I got to say, I like it better. I think it’s a better ending. And I think that people who want a kiss within it, they can probably assume that these guys will kiss someday. And maybe we can give them privacy for that. In a way, this ending is a means to make sure that we really wrap things up with it in a celebratory, good way.
If it ends on the kiss, then it makes it seem as though that’s what Kate’s journey was all about, to end up with a kiss. But instead, it’s better that it ends with her being able to continue doing what she’s doing with a smile on her face.
Indeed, it is easy to see Chung’s point of view on the sequence. While audiences might think they want to see Tyler and Kate kiss to bring closure to that storyline, the movie wraps it up in a way that the kiss is not necessary and not having a kiss is more fitting for the characters. These are two people who, regardless of their mutual attraction, would put off their first kiss in order to chase a storm.
A Leak Caused Controversy With The Twisters Ending
Steven Spielberg Played A Role In Cutting Out A Memorable Moment
Director Lee Isaac Chung confirmed that theTwistersending did film a version of Tyler and Kate’s final moments that included the kiss, but that he felt he preferred it without the kiss. Not only did Chung like the scene without the kiss, but it was also suggested by none other than Steven Spielberg, producer ofTwisters, that the kiss be omitted.
Unfortunately, theoriginalTwisterscut scene with the kiss was leaked online and many fans expressed the opposite opinion. Seeing the moment when the engaging and entertaining romance between Tyler and Kate gets paid off with the kiss was viewed by many as a crowd-pleasing ending that the audience was denied in the theatrical cut. Not having the kiss works because it is ultimately unnecessary for the moment but the audience seeing the kiss that could have been suddenly makes its absence fromTwistersmore noticeable.
How The Twisters Ending Was Received
People Really Wanted To See That Kiss
Twisterswas met with a strong critical reception upon its release, praising it as a fun summer blockbuster that paid homage to the original movie while standing on its own. However, when it comes toTwisters' ending, many critics argue that it is missing something - mainly that final kiss. As much as the filmmakers have justified leaving the kiss out of the finished product, the response seems to be the overwhelming opinion that audiences wanted to see it.
CinemaBlendpraisedTwistersas some throwback fun but felt that the movie’s attempts to subvert expectations with the ending robbed it of the kind of fun finale of those films it was trying to emulate:
Maybe I’m old-fashioned for thinking the kiss should have been there. The scene is still impactful without a big close-up kiss, and you can tell Kate is going to take a chance on Tyler moving forward. I guess it wasn’t strictly necessary to keep the shot, but dangit, I wanted it! I wanted that cute-swing-at-the-fences-movie-magic moment and I didn’t get it.
Likewise,The Pop Breakfelt that the movie was a fun time but lacked a satisfying conclusion because of what was omitted. As a result, the ending was one of the few flaws inTwistersand left the audience feeling somewhat unsatisfied with how it all played out:
But if there’s one thingTwistersfalls short of, it is a satisfying ending. Throughout the film, Chung and the actors build this romance between Kate and Tyler, and when it comes time for them to act on the attraction that is clearly there, we get nothing. There’s an implication that they will continue to chase their passion (tornadoes or otherwise) together, but the way it plays out is a tad disappointing.
Some others expressed outright anger at the decision.Glamourargued that the ending not only squandered the romantic tension that had been gradually building over the course of the movie but also the romantic chemistry with the stars of the movie:
I found it strange and annoying. And it’s especially odd considering Powell’s well-earned reputation for being extremely good at creating romantic tension with his female costars. Take his chemistry with Sydney Sweeney inAnyone but You. Their flirtatious red-carpet appearances and giggly interviews not only made the entire internet go feral; it very likely contributed to the film’s success at the box office.
Indeed, I also found the lack of a kiss a surprising choice for this otherwise crowd-pleasing movie. While the subversion of expectations didn’t work, it is also something that a sequel to Twisters cannot make up for. Should Tyler and Kate return for a sequel, it can be assumed there will be a kiss. However, it won’t be the same as seeing their first kiss following the gradual build-up throughoutTwisters.
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A follow-up to the 1996 original film Twister, Twisters is a sequel set years after the original, said to be fast-tracked by Steven Spielberg and Mark L. Smith, with Frank Marshal as producer. Little details exist about the film, but Helen Hunt is expected to reprise her role as Jo, with the film likely to pay homage to the late Bill Paxton.
