Twister (1996)

A tornado obsessed meteorologist (Helen Hunt) leads a band of storm chasers. When her ex-husband (Bill Paxton), a former storm chaser, arrives with his new fiancee (Jami Gertz) to get the final divorce papers signed, he becomes seduced in the tornado chasing excitement again. Directed by Jan De Bont (SPEED). The tornado sequences are thrilling and awesome. That's the good news. Alas, in between those scenes we're stuck with a banal storyline with trite dialogue. It's not the kind of movie where the acting matters much but there are some good actors in it but you'd never know it from what's on display here. Showing smart, mature meteorologists would have been too boring so we're given imbeciles engaging in moronic behavior like a bunch of juvenile party animals! Only Cary Elwes as the film's villain and Lois Smith as Hunt's aunt resemble actual humans. With Philip Seymour Hoffman (you'd never guess he was one of the best actors of his generation by his work here), Alan Ruck and Todd Field.