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Summary: Armageddon, the money machine
Review: This is a typical Hollywood bomb only out to make money, which it did. It appeals to those who can't distinguish stupidity from reality. Nothing seems rational to the least. Camera edits transpire within 5 seconds throughout the whole movie. False emotions draw me into talespin. This is one of the worst movies of the 90's.
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Summary: Despite the Pseudointellectuals...
Review: This is the thing: Armageddon was made as a Summer blockbuster, meaning: to have fun, to entertain and give a good time for your money. It is really annoying to listen to the usual pseudo intellectual, quasi-experts in movies, to complain about every thing (the acting, the dialogues, etc.) Didn't these guys know what they were going to watch? This is like watching Superman and nag because he can fly or because he wears red underwear over his thighs. That this is not entertaining? Come on, this is way much better than the pathetic Deep Impact, which tries to be profound (everybody crying, everybody saying goodbyes) and ends up being stupidly pretentious. This is a more honest film, which shows how good -even if incredibly commercial-Michael Bay is, how it is done when making a hit is meant. Watch it with an open mind, rent it, buy it, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Comic Book Mentality
Review: I cannot believe anyone can take this film seriously. It is strictly comic book. The characters are all stereotypes, the action is preposterous, and the science completely wrong. It is pure action and eye candy for the reality challenged. After you watch it you'll feel like you just pigged out on cotton candy at the fair. Yuck!
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Summary: Great, but not as good as its predecessor
Review: I liked "Armageddon" a lot, but it wasn't quite as good as "Deep Impact" in my opinion. Bruce Willis and some other astronauts take to the sky in order to try and stop a comet from hitting the earth and destroying the whole planet. In order to do so, the astronauts must drill a hole in the comet 800 feet deep and place a bomb inside it, and then detonate it. But it won't be as easy as it sounds.I didn't like "Armageddon" as much as I did "Deep Impact" because I didn't think that it had as good of a storyline as "Deep Impact" had and it wasn't as exciting. "Armageddon" did have some good acting and some great special effects, just the storyline wasn't what it could've been. The best part of the movie is when the astronauts finally land on the comet and start doing their work after they settle some major arguments, that's when the great special effects come into place and last throughout the rest of the movie. Like always Bruce Willis puts on a spectacular performance, and that's what really kept this movie from being a flop. If you like good disaster movies, I would recommend getting "Armageddon." I also recommend checking out the Armageddon soundtrack if you'd like to hear some good music.
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Summary: Good Special Effects
Review: Not the worst movie i have ever seen but certainly close to it. The movie has some nice special effects but the story to me is just stupid. Every chance they get, they cut to some scene of children running around or people all together laughing and that helps us to realize the significance of the events taking place in the movie but they orver do it WAY too much! Every 10 seconds they cut to an unrelated scene with some kids playing with animals or something to that effect. I got sick of them trying to make this movie much more emotional then it should be. Otherwise the basic plot is good and some nice outerspace special effects.
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Summary: The Best Action Film Ever
Review: Armageddon was an awesome movie. I have now seen it atleast 50 times and still to this day I cry during the part when Harry (Bruce Willis) is left on the asteroid and he is talking to Gracey (Liv Tyler). That part always brings tears to my eyes. It is my favorite movie.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: this was a very good purchase. i thought about buying the regular version 'cause it was cheeper, but i'm glad i went with this version. the second disk has some good stuff, but i thought it was a little short. the audio commentry is the best thing about the first disc. hearing ben affleck doing an impression of billy bob thorton from "sling blade" had me rolling!! the unrated footage was pretty cool, also. if you liked the movie and want to find more about it, this is the best way to go.
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Summary: Combines Machoism and MisInformation
Review: This is a much more patriotic version of DEEP IMPACT in which not onlydoes Bruce Willis emerge as an institution-hating, flag-waving, machohero, but his daughter does as well (how is this possible?) Can theevents in this movie actually happen? No! In ARMAGEDDON truck-sizedmeteors shower Manhatten with a force that overturns cars and createscraters several feet deep. People have to hide behind cars, lamppostsand buildings to avoid them. Actually each meteor of this size wouldcreate craters hundreds of feet deep, hundreds of yards wide, andwould vaporize all the cars, lampposts, buildings and people in thearea. In ARMAGEDDON Earth is threatened by an asteroid "as big asTexas". There is only one asteroid in the solar system thislarge -- Ceres with a diameter of 1025 kilometers -- and it is not anEarth-crosser. It isn't needed. The asteroid that collided with Earth65 million years ago and spelled the end for the dinosaurs (and mostof the rest of life) was probably 6 miles wide.
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Summary: Action and Patriotism
Review: While I fell asleep in Deep Impact who had the same topic about a meteor hitting the earth, Armageddon was an action-packed adventure. This movie is a Jerry Bruckheimer production which almost comes with a written guarantee that it's a well-funded motion picture. Aside from the topic that a meteor is on its way to collide with planet earth, the plot was well thought through as a gang of tough guys (oil drillers, etc.) are hired by the U.S. government to destroy the meteor before the predicted collision with earth. The cinematography and the effects are excellent and it's a blow-away movie supported by a powerful soundtrack. As Aerosmith sings that you don't want to miss a thing, you sure don't want to miss this picture.
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Summary: Armageddon - Criterion Collection
Review: Stop giving this DVD a bad grade because you dislike the movie. If you want to give it 1 star, give the VHS the grade. The "Criterion Collection" edition of "Armageddon" deserves 5 stars for the in-depth coverage of the movie and the added scenes (director's cut), plus a commentary by director Michael Bay.
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