Asteroid

Rating:
Summary: Bad?
Review: After reading all the reviews I was really disapointed when I saw the rating some of these people gave this movie. This movie was great. There are lots of special effects and explosions. At the beginning of the movie a man is driving a truck in Billings, Montana when meteor hits the road and the truck explodes. The next day a chopper flies over Montana and see's that there is a house on fire with people on the roof. The people in the Chopper rescue them and then a Propane Tank explodes! My favourite part in this movie is when an Asteroid hits a dam in Kansas City and sends water tearing through the city. Then the grand final happens when two planes blow up the earth threatening asteroid. After everyone celebrates the lady who found the asteroid finds out that the lasers blew the asteroid into tiny pieces. Several small pieces and a large one are heading straight for earth. As the discoverer of the rock went to NASA in Houston she left her Dad and her Son back in Dallas. Soon a couple of asteroids hit Dallas and then the big one hits. It blows up Dallas and obliterates it. The rest of the movie is pretty much finding a lsot boy and his grandpa. So all in all I thought that this movie was C O O L !!

Rating:
Summary: KISS OF THE ASTEROID
Review: FACT: This is a science FICTION movie.
FACT: The thought of asteroids hitting the earth is frightening.
FACT: Considering this is a TV movie, it's a remarkable feat to make this overall so good.
FACT: Michael Biehn is like Kurt Russell and Kiefer Sutherland, a good actor who hasn't quite got the right role yet.
FACT; Annabella Sciorra is so lethargic, one can doubt she's feeling anything at all.
FACT: Anthony Zerbe is still a great character actor.
FACT; The demolition of Dallas is devastating.
FACT: For what it is, this is a very enjoyable and mind-boggling movie.

Rating:
Summary: KISS OF THE ASTEROID
Review: FACT: This is a science FICTION movie.
FACT: The thought of asteroids hitting the earth is frightening.
FACT: Considering this is a TV movie, it's a remarkable feat to make this overall so good.
FACT: Michael Biehn is like Kurt Russell and Kiefer Sutherland, a good actor who hasn't quite got the right role yet.
FACT; Annabella Sciorra is so lethargic, one can doubt she's feeling anything at all.
FACT: Anthony Zerbe is still a great character actor.
FACT; The demolition of Dallas is devastating.
FACT: For what it is, this is a very enjoyable and mind-boggling movie.

Rating:
Summary: THIS MOVIE SU**S!!!
Review: I didn't order this video from Amazon, I rented it because I like asteroid movies. I was really excited to see this movie. I popped it in the VCR and watched it. But it STUNK!!! I could see it was a low-budget, cheap movie and it was sooooooo boring. How boring was it? I didn't see the last half-hour of this movie. Nobody in my family did. We all fell asleep. Please! For your own sake, don't buy this movie and waste your money. Honestly, I would rate this movie 0 stars but 1 star was the worst I could rate it.

Rating:
Summary: A disaster in more than one sense...
Review: I have the pleasure of owning Asteroid and having a copy of both parts, as taped on my local NBC affiliate...I say pleasure in the broad sense, because it was nice to see some other major American cities get wiped out...The Kansas City flood scene and the Dallas impact show tremendous talent on special effects...

But the story here is woefully inaccurate from the technical standpoint...There's no such thing as ABL, and even if there were, it probably wouldn't work on something that far out in space...Note, too, that the commander of the Space Command, General Stewart, is wearing an Army uniform...That responsibility usually is handled by an Air Force general...

The technical flaws aside, Annabelle Sciorra's work here is just not up to snuff...I've seen her in other movies, and I'm now convinced she's not a good actress...Michael Biehn, on the other hand, did a fairly convincing job as the FEMA chief...Interesting to note that he played in another NBC cosmic-impact thriller, A Fire In The Sky, over 20 years ago...

If you're looking to kill some time, this movie is worth a look...

Rating:
Summary: It's not Armegeddon
Review: I really liked this movie. I thought that as far as Michael Biehn was concerned, he did a killer performance. Some of the his dialogue seemed forced though. The other characters were good. However, only being able to get a fire truck in where there is the most damage was a little far-fetched. Over all, I'd rate this as a good movie and there were some unexpected twists. Michael Biehn fans won't be disappointed.

Rating:
Summary: Asteroid
Review: I watched this movie on TV and it was seen in two parts. When I bought the movie, I noticed that there were some scenes cut out in the VHS. I think that they should have left them in. The scene was where the Dr and little boy come out of the house and are walking to the hospital and an old woman ask's for help; other wise the movie is great.

Rating:
Summary: Incomplete !
Review: I'm just going to review the DVD, as I'm sure others will rate the actual movie, and rate it poorly (I think the movie's bad too, but sometimes bad can be good!).

I was really dissapointed, though. Several minutes of the TV version were cut, for some reason. Many DVDs add scenes to the movie, so this is inexplicable. Those were hilariously bad scenes, too. I don't know what they were thinking.

The DVD also doesn't have any extras, hence the 2 stars.

Belz...

Rating:
Summary: Oh my god this rates with Plan 9 from outer space!! Ow..
Review: If you know any science at all - and I mean even a tiny bit then this film is for you. It's been years since a film has demonstrated a complete lack of credibility scientifically. You know, if it was the "Color Purple" or something, that would be fine - but this IS a science-oriented film and it's hilariously bad. I nearly cried laughing at it. Some of the highlights:

A 4 mile asteroid is "blowed-up" (I can't say blown up, that's what adults would say) by two or three navy fighter airyplanes that have little laser beams (yes, it's "laser beams" - not just lasers) stuck on the front of them.. The laser beams started out at about 1/2 inch wide, travelled through the rest of the atmosphere and landed on the asteroid, practically covering it. Then it blowed-up.

Oh.. and the planes were flying at about 200.. Now if i remember rightly, in airyplaney-talk, they always say how many thousands of feet their at, so 200 is 200,000 feet.. So the planes (including an old tomcat - came off a carrier, don't you know) flew higher than a spy plane. Without falling out of the sky because there was no air or nothing..

Not only that, but the pilots have little asteroid shapes moving around in their HUD displays (just like tie-fighters in star wars) They eventually get "lock" on the four mile object that's hundreds of thousands of miles from earth.. grin.. wow I was wretching with giggles at that point...

The bits keep hitting America mostly too, oh and Canada (for variety?)

One asteroidy bit hit a funfair park and exploded over it as a small firework display. Lot of confusion and screaming, probably by the actors to let them out of the plot..

This is terrible.. buy beer.. a lot of beer.. and start ticklin' them ribs.

Rating:
Summary: A decent way to spend a few hours. . .
Review: No, it's not Armegeddon, no, it's not Deep Impact, but if you want a pleasant way to spend some time, it's quite a good made-for-TV movie. The plot isn't exactly new (especially these days!), but this story definitely has its moments, especially if you're a Michael Biehn or an Annabella Sciorra fan! Overall, it's a good treatment of a truly recent and terrifying fear - definitely something to rent, if not own!