# Twisters and other Disaster Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605 "2024-07-22T13:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/1 "2024-07-22T13:44:21Z")
I saw Twisters yesterday and loved it! I tend to love all disaster movies including the ones that are so bad they are funny but this was a good one. If you didn’t like the original, don’t bother, but if you did here is more tornado chasing excitement. (If you want a bad disaster movie that is still fun to watch try “Christmas Twister” it’s a disaster and a Hallmark After School Special combined) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/2 "2024-07-22T16:41:49Z")
I saw **The Cassandra Crossing** in theaters and was totally non-plussed, especially with the SFX. When it started being shown on TV, the FX looked great — TV gave it a grainy, distant look that made the model work effective. Still, a lousy movie. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/3 "2024-07-22T19:19:41Z")
I like the original Twister. I wouldn’t call it a great movie but has a good cast and it’s a lot of fun. The surround soundtrack on the Blu-ray is really excellent. Twister/Bill Paxton trivia: When Paxton passed away, the storm chaser community paid tribute to him via their locator app. Using their GPS locations they spelled out BP virtually across tornado alley: [Storm chasers find unique way to honor “Twister” star Bill Paxton](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-paxton-storm-chasers-find-unique-way-to-honor-twister-star/) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/4 "2024-07-22T19:32:47Z")
I just saw “Twisters” and it was good fun. It managed to keep me on the edge of my seat more than I would have expected - after all, it’s a disaster movie featuring tornadoes, so you know there’s going to be a lot of wind-related mayhem. But it was surprisingly fresh, maybe because the special effects were excellent. Like the OP, I am a sucker for disaster movies, good and bad. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/5 "2024-07-22T20:16:53Z")
I still like the original **Poseidon Adventure.** It was the first grownup movie I saw in a theater. I was only six at the time but I assume my parents knew I’d behave (you’d have to know my mother to get the full impact of that) and anyway, I was completely engaged. Leslie Nielsen as the captain, looking out at the oncoming giant wave and saying “oh my god” was the epitome of drama to my young self. I envied Carol Lindley’s hot pants and boots and thought young Eric Shea’s line “shove it shove shove it!” was the height of hilarity. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/6 "2024-07-22T20:19:17Z")
By far the least conventional disaster movie I’ve ever seen: > **[It's a Disaster (2012) ⭐ 6.4 | Comedy, Drama](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1995341/)** > > 1h 28m | R ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/7 "2024-07-22T21:29:12Z")
Do alien disasters count? I liked War of the Worlds, the remake with Tom Cruise. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/8 "2024-07-22T21:39:04Z")
In the “real disaster” category, [The Impossible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_(2012_film)) is a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/9 "2024-07-22T21:52:04Z")
I’m still trying to track down the 20-30 seconds of Reverend Scott’s climactic speech that were cut from every print after the initial release. Apparently, I could actually phone Gene Hackman and ask him — like I would ever have the cojones. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/10 "2024-07-22T22:29:17Z")
I even like _The Day After Tomorrow._ It’s ridiculous but I can’t stop watching. I will definitely give _Twisters_ a try but life will probably keep me from seeing it until streaming. _Twister_ was on TV a short time ago and I had to drop the remote like it was a fork and someone mentioned a F5. Finger of God ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/11 "2024-07-22T22:51:33Z")
No matter how ridiculous you might think it is, the MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinema Sins folks will show you humor/absurdity you never dreamed of. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/12 "2024-07-23T00:23:14Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I still like the original **Poseidon Adventure.** me, too. I also really liked The Towering Inferno. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisters-and-other-disaster-movies/1004605/13 "2024-07-23T01:38:09Z")
I didn’t know about the missing parts, but then I haven’t seen it that many times since '72. All that sticks out in my mind is" …how many more lives?!!" and " then take me!". So terrifically schmaltzy 🥹