Huge announcement Letterboxd. Even though I am a grown man, I still have not decided what I want to be when I grow up. Well, I hadn't decided until this rewatch of one of the greatest films ever made, Twister. Your probably thinking to yourself, oh, FilmApe wants to be a storm chaser. If you are thinking that, you are wrong. Nope, I have decided that I want to be Phillip Seymour Hoffman. And no, I don't want pursue a career in acting, I just want to be PSH.

There's every movie ever, and then there's TWISTER. Well, not really, but to a select few growing up in the 90s, Twister was kind of a big deal. The conceit is applaud worthy. The novelty of storm chasing. The adrenaline rush. The teamwork. The rock n' roll spirit. A full day's tornado count from F1 up to F5. A drive-in twister attack that tears apart the frames of The Shining. Whose idea was that? Again, applause. The carnivorous sound design. Seriously, the twisters sound like dinosaurs. The Dorthy conceit. Corporate sponsors. Vendettas with nature. The suck zone. PS Hoffman whispering "suck zone". It's one of those films where almost every line can be spoken by me back to the screen. Nostalgia is rampant with this, but the cheese is just so delicious and you couldn't dream up a crazier cast for a tornado actionfest. "It's the wonder of nature, baby!"

The second greatest bad movie of all time. (after Road House)

Reviewers on IMDb headed their reviews

high speed revolving garbage

Twister, how I hate thee, let me count the ways!

How could so much destruction be so very, very boring?

Those sum up my feelings about the film quite well, it was very predictable (and that's odd for a film about extreme weather, which is by its nature, unpredictable) filled with characters with no depth and no sense, accompanied by some good special effects.

is on everyday in UK

There's every movie ever, and then there's TWISTER. Well, not really, but to a select few growing up in the 90s, Twister was kind of a big deal. The conceit is applaud worthy. The novelty of storm chasing. The adrenaline rush. The teamwork. The rock n' roll spirit. A full day's tornado count from F1 up to F5. A drive-in twister attack that tears apart the frames of The Shining. Whose idea was that? Again, applause. The carnivorous sound design. Seriously, the twisters sound like dinosaurs. The Dorthy conceit. Corporate sponsors. Vendettas with nature. The suck zone. PS Hoffman whispering "suck zone". It's one of those films where almost every line can be spoken by me back to the screen. Nostalgia is rampant with this, but the cheese is just so delicious and you couldn't dream up a crazier cast for a tornado actionfest. "It's the wonder of nature, baby!"

Working from an admittedly weak script saddled with an episodic structure and way too much romantic bickering, Jan de Bont nevertheless delivers a relentless summer thrill ride with some truly spectacular storm sequences. It can be a bit goofy, but it also displays an appropriate awe at the deadly power and strange beauty of tornadoes. The conflict with the rival storm chaser team seems a bit contrived, but when De Bont kicks the thrill drive into high gear it's hard to resist.

Of the '90s wave of disaster films, nothing compares to Twister. It's slick, exhilarating entertainment from the heart-stopping prologue onward. With tensions always running high and Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt proving perfectly matched, there's a sense of fun and wonder here with enough quirkiness and personal touches to keep it grounded in reality. Certainly, this is cheesy and implausible, but it's also too irresistible to be questioned.

The Oscar nominations for Visual Effects and Sound are top-notch. It's funny how the technology for tornado hunting has evolved exponentially, but the CGI here has a timeless feel. The tornadoes have personalities and the sound design goes far beyond the roar of the wind to create a sense of terror.

I don't know if Twister is a guilty pleasure, or if it's a really good movie, all I know is that I fucking LOVE it!

I hardly remember what happened this movie. There was a twister, you say?

Automatically gets stars for playing The Shining.

Huge announcement Letterboxd. Even though I am a grown man, I still have not decided what I want to be when I grow up. Well, I hadn't decided until this rewatch of one of the greatest films ever made, Twister. Your probably thinking to yourself, oh, FilmApe wants to be a storm chaser. If you are thinking that, you are wrong. Nope, I have decided that I want to be Phillip Seymour Hoffman. And no, I don't want pursue a career in acting, I just want to be PSH.

Bill Paxton is Bill Paxton. Helen Hunt is cute and spunky. The effects are still mostly impressive. The movie is mostly bollocks.