Disaster!

Our crazy Miss Mother Nature has finally started to change her mind about it being summer. It's starting to get colder each day and in turn my allergies are starting to get much, much worse. In turn, I got to thinking about weather movies -- more importantly, disaster movies.

Probably one of my all time favorite movies (bold statement!) would have to be Twister. Twister, for me, is one of those movies that I put on while I'm cleaning or doing laundry and I watch as I wash. I could watch this movie over and over again. This movie is about two soon-to-be-divorces, Dr. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and Bill Harding (Bill Paxton), teaming up for what would have been one last go at releasing their creation, "Dorthy," into a tornado to be the first scientific team to catch readings from inside the twister. Among other actors you can find Cary Elwas, Jami Gertz, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The Poseidon Adventure is a movie I grew up watching. Made in '72 and followed up with a remake in '06, Poseidon, it's a fantastic movies. Like most remakes, Poseidon doesn't catch up to what the original had to offer. Trying to replace Gene Hackman with Kurt Russell is like a movie sin. Although both good, respectable actors, the young Gene Hackman definitely out acts the weathered Kurt Russell.

This is going to be a shocker, but another Disaster! movie of mine is Dante's Peak. With Linda Hamilton and Pierce Brosnan you really can't go wrong with two hotter lead actors. I remember first seeing this movie in the theater with my parents and calling it Dante's People. A little insight into my past, but nonetheless this movie is a good 90's Disaster! flick.

What Disaster! movies are YOU renting?