Cinematically speaking, The Perfect Storm is an arranged marriage. It's a romance-cum-disaster movie in the vein of Titanic, coupled with the bad-weather spectacle of Twister.
Twister was a huge surprise hit (a surprise because it essentially sucked), and Titanic was the ultimate number one blockbuster of all time. It stands to reason that The Perfect Storm will thus be a designated guaranteed monster smash hit.
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