Everybody has thier list of movies they will always watch when they come upon it while flipping through the channels. I have to imagine, I'm one of the few for which Twister fits the bill. Yes, I know this movie is nothing more than a glorified thrill-seeker movie, and not a very a good one at that. But, it hold meaning for me because of when I saw it.
My buddy and I took to seeing this in the theater when it came out in May of 1996. Normally, no big deal, aside from one small detail, it was the last movie I saw while still a college student.
We saw it the week before graduation, stoned to high hell as was often the case back then. See, having a few beers and getting stoned was an event in college. Part of the romanticism lied in the fact the dropping money on a movie was considered a big night out back then. But, it also represented the carefree nature that encapsulated the all the freedoms with none of the adult responsibilities that was college. And for me, this represented that last bastion of freedom.
So, when I came across it tonight, I watched it in its entirety because it allows me to live vicariously though myself 11 years ago. Good times indeed. And yes, Bill Paxtons dialogue sucks evens more with the time passed, but Phillip Seymor Hoffman still rules.
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