Wandering through the Shelves hosts a weekly movie challenge in which you choose 3-5 movies based on that Thursday’s theme and explain why you chose those movies.
Today’s theme is Natural Disasters, and I felt like sticking to ONE type of natural disaster… the scariest, IMO… tornadoes.
Twister (1996)
I went to see Twister in high school for a first (and only) date. The movie was so much fun! The cast was terrific – Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Philip Seymour Hoffman (both RIP) – the soundtrack was fantastic, and the twister sequences were tense. If this movie is on television, I’ll likely stop to watch it. It’s by far one of the best “natural disaster” movies out there just because it’s so damn entertaining.
Into the Store (2014)
I feel like Into the Storm wanted to be the next Twister. But then again, it feels like every tornado movie that came out after Twister wanted to be Twister. I watched this movie with my sister and grandma ages ago, and yes, there are some really harrowing tornado sequences, but overall, this movie was just kind of “meh”.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Maybe The Wizard of Oz isn’t what you would call a natural disaster movie, but it DOES have a tornado. In fact, it’s the tornado that triggers Dorothy’s adventure in Oz! I remember loving the tornado sequence as a kid and being frightened of Margaret Hamilton as Miss Gulch, bicycling by the window and transforming into the Wicked Witch. Yikes! This movie is still a classic.
