Into the Storm

So I saw Into the Storm and I really liked it! It's basically a monster movie with tornadoes and unlike SOME monster movies this summer, it doesn't skimp on what we're there to see: wanton destruction. The visual effects and sound are really great, and just seeing the tornadoes form and destroy stuff is pretty dang exhilarating. Of course, in a 90 minute movie that focuses on effects the human drama has to suffer, but the movie uses its fairly stock archetypes (The nerd trapped with the girl! The young scientist trying to prove herself! The asshole who redeems himself!) effectively to give us some people to feel worried about when the goddamn fire tornado shows up, or the giant city sized tornado picks a dozen 18-wheelers and scatters them to the sky. Good effects, good sound, a fun movie worth seeing in the theater for the full experience!