Twisters doesn’t mention climate change to avoid feeling preachy.

It would have made sense if Tornadoes – A film about storm hunters studying a series of unusually powerful and destructive hurricanes – has helped integrate climate change into its story. But in Recent interview with CNNDirector Lee Isaac Chung said that although he believes cinema “should be a reflection of the world,” he avoided mentioning climate change in Tornadoes Because he doesn’t “feel like movies are supposed to have a specific message.”

Chung pointed out the way some people follow Tornadoes“The characters talk about the weather as one way the film comments on ‘the reality of what’s happening on Earth,’ and he insists that his intention was not to ‘be shy about saying things are changing.’ But when you consider how scientists have found that the conditions that create hurricane-producing storms are more likely in a warming world, TornadoesAvoiding the phrase “climate change” seems like a kind of shyness.

But these are exactly the kinds of ideas that can make movies like Tornadoes Interesting and feels like a thoughtful evolution of a series that began as a story about storm chasers using technology to better understand hurricanes. And Tornadoes With the film releasing at such a volatile time, the film’s refusal to mention climate change will likely make it seem even more ridiculous than it already is when it premieres on July 19.