I prefer this to Independance Day

Yes I think I have watched Twister more I think its also on ITV2 more as well.

Yep. Both films are hilariously dumb, but Twister knows it's dumb and fully embraces it. Independence Day doesn't know it's dumb and instead tries to be some three hours long sweeping character ensemble epic. The creators of Independence Day actually submitted the film to the Best Director, Best OG Screenplay, and Best Picture categories at that year's Academy Awards...you wouldn't do that unless you genuinely thought your film was that good. They were trying to make something serious without realizing just how stupid their product was. Twister, however, is quick, fun, and isn't trying to be some groundbreaking masterpiece.

Independence Day shit all over this movie. Who are the people in this thread kidding?

Goldblum's posturing in ID and the Jurassic Park series is pretty much intolerable.

I think I might prefer Twister. It depends on the day. These aren't really movies that I would compare though. I was working at a movie theatre when both of these movies were released. I think I was impressed with Independence Day as it was the first movie trailer to have SDDS sound. I liked to watch people jump as it wasn't expected in a trailer at the time. I'm not saying that I.D. was realistic in any way, but Twister irked me a little with the progression of the size of the tornadoes, and Bill Pullman has never been my favourite actor.

That being said, I think Twister is a little more fun, and it doesn't have Will Smith in it. Smith grated on me back then too. Also a plus with the sound... we were having a midnight screening of Twister at one of the theatres downtown that was on the top floor of a mall. We did have the sound turned up, but the bass was so good that during the tornadoes it was shaking the lights in the food court in the basement. The janitorial staff came up to see what was happening.