I gotta disagree with you on 'Twister'.
Maybe it was my love of storms and tornadoes that made me go - but I thought the acting was decent and the special effects and chase scenes to be second to none.
I thought the acting was mediocre (what is Helen Hunt's appeal anyway? Her best acting was when she threw herself out the window in a movie of the week). I also thought that it was merely a special effects sheep show. (Best "Men on Film" voice): HATED IT!
I just got it on DVD.
"Where'd you get all this beef, Meg?"
"Didja see my cows out front?"
"Uh, no?"
"Ah!"
Anything with Bill Paxton in it is pretty much destined to suck. That man is about as good an actor as an old urinal cake.