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Summary: The Worst Movie Ever
Review: This is absolutely the worst movie ever. The plot is not only ridiculous and far-fetched, but it tries to be serious in some parts. If a movie is going to be ridiculous it should at least be funny. Anyone associated with this movie should want to hide from the world forever, and be disgraced that they sunk to new lows in movie making.
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Summary: One of the best!
Review: Very good cast, very good plot!! This is definitely one of the best films of the 90's! The fact that there is so much at stake, such as the sake of mankind, the love of Liv's with her boyfriend and the life of the GREAT as always Bruce Willis makes it really interesting and worth to watch! I recommend it to any film collector!!!!
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Summary: Criterion? Your kidding right?
Review: Oh that Affleck. The summer of 98 featured two wanna-be blockbusters that featured "big asteroid hitting the planet and everybody dies" scenarios; Deep Impact and Armageddon. Armageddon was the worst of the two, and is clearly just another mainstream, crowd pleasing piece of film from wanna-be hotshot director Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock, Pearl Harbor). Bruce Willis stars as the leader of a group of oil drillers who are recruited to drill a hole in the big rock, drop a nuke, and go back home. Naturally all doesn't go well, and we get an overly healthy dose of explosions, thrills, chills, and things we've all seen before. Plus, there is also a love story in all of this (naturally) between driller Ben Affleck and Willis' daughter played by Liv Tyler. Predictability is abound here, you'll know what will happen before it happens, and while Armageddon may be entertaining for some, it is mindnumbingly dull, and sometimes downright stupid. The large cast also features Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Steve Buscemi, and Keith David among others. My only question here is why is this part of the Criterion Collection? Who is Michael Bay paying to have this released on Criterion? Oh well, at least Armageddon is better than Pearl Harbor.
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Summary: It gets the adrenaline going.
Review: I really liked this movie. It has great special effects a lot of momentum, action and emotions on a worldwide scale as well as personal. If in real life we would come across a situation like the one epicted in this movie, we would have no chance. Overall the movie is not as scientifically correct as it might seem at first but it is not that bad either. I really liked this movie.
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Summary: Pretty good fun
Review: This is quite a clever movie - it's is ostensiblyabout diverting the course of an asteroid about to hit Earth, but in fact it is about a father and daughter's relationship and the bond between a group of friends who work together on an oil rig. The leads are played well by Willis & Liv Tyler, and the ever reliable Steve Buscemi and Ben Affleck provide great support as a technician and Tyler's love interest respectively. Billy Bob Thornton is also worth mentioning as he adds a touch of class to the star-studded cast.The large scale effects on the oil rigs are handled exceptionally well, possibly better than the space scenes, although these too are better than average. The story is OK, but a bit sinilar to Deep Impact and the real point of the story is the interpersonal relationships. Great fun to watch.
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Summary: Action Packed with a few laughs
Review: Thier are to virually identical movies, Armegeddon and Deep Impact.If you're trying to decide between the two here is the main difference, Armageddon is action mixed with comedy while Deep Impact is strait action. The plot is pretty standard "It's the end of the world" and thiers only one chance. An Asteroid is headed toward Earth and the only chance is a bunch of oil drillers lead by Bruce willis's character.This understandably causes Nasa and the military to have some major concerns.
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Summary: Loaded With Action
Review: "Armageddon", featuring Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Bob Thornton, deals with a runaway asteroid that is on a collision course with earth. The only way to destroy the asteroid is to drill down into it and plant a nuclear warhead inside to blow it up. Enter Willis, the owner of an offshore drilling rig, Tyler, his daughter, and Affleck, an employee of Willis' who is in love with Tyler, much to the disgust of Willis. Willis is regarded as the best offshore driller in the world. Thus, he is summoned by Thornton to help destroy the rogue asteroid. Willis and his band of misfits are sent to NASA to undergo space training in preparation for liftoff into space aboard 2 space shuttles. The object is to land on the asteroid itself, drill the hole, plant the bomb, and escape before it detonates. One shuttle is lost, but Willis and his crew manage to land on the asteroid and drill the hole. However, there is a malfunction with the bomb, and the only way to detonate it is manually, so someone must stay behind and sacrifice themselves for the good of the earth. There are some neat moments in the film, such as the group singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and the actual space scenes are good as well. Steve Buscemi's character was my favorite. I enjoyed his wise-cracking remarks and cynical views throughout the film. This is a good action packed, fun film to watch more than once.
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Summary: Good action, but....
Review: Movies are a chance to lose yourself and escape reality for a while, so I'm usually willing to let a few implausible ideas slip by. But in Armageddon, there are so many major flaws that it becomes unforgivable. The premise of the movie involves a huge asteriod--the size of Texas, implying a few hundred miles in diameter--which is heading towards earth. To stop it, NASA has decided to detonate a nuclear weapon after landing on it and drilling down to...800 feet? Futhermore, this powerful blast is going to blow the asteroid into exactly two pieces, both of which will just miss earth provided the weapon is detonated In Time. Since a highly trained team of astronauts apparently can't learn to drill a hole, NASA instead is convinced to let a drilling crew learn a crash course in being astronauts. Bruce Willis leads the crew, challenged for authority constantly by Ben Affleck, who is dating Bruce's daughter played by Liv Tyler. The crew land on the astronaut, where they encounter hazards galore. Here is where the reality suspension really occurs. After an explosion, one astronaut is sent spaceward by the lack of gravity; yet, another astronaut is able to grab them and pull them back to the surface. The asteroid's surface is "iron ferrite", which if it existed would be a compound between iron and...iron. Things continue at this pace for the duration of the movie, leaving me wondering if Jerry Bruckheimer was absent the day they taught science in science class. This movie was featured on the web site, "Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics", if that gives you an idea of the degree of bloopers. The movie is of course full of edge-of-your-seat action, with the race to get the hole drilled In Time. The action is intense, and there are some scenes that stir the emotions. But the emotion is cheap, as is the story itself. In the end, it is a totally mindless action movie that requires complete suspension of logic and realism.
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Summary: Great action-adventure movie
Review: This is one of my favorite action-adventure movies of all time. For one thing, you have Bruce Willis in a role that could have been created with him in mind: arrogant, cocky, inflexible, and the best driller in the world. Throw in a group of equally skilled misfits and a love story subplot between Ben Affleck and Bruce's daughter, and non-stop action with killer special effects and a soundtrack to match, and you've got a great evening's entertainment. The plot is simple: a killer meteor is heading toward Earth, and Bruce and his crew of drillers are sent to drill a hole in it, drop in a nuclear device, and detonate it as they speed back home. The visual effects are quite good, and the audio is outstanding, with excellent use of the subwoofer and the surrounds to create an entire sound environment. For action/adventure fans, this movie is essential.
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Summary: ...
Review: My first thoughts when preparing to watch this movie were Bruce Willis, a meteor, earth's final day, and Liv Tyler nude. However, instead I got Affleck, cheesy animal cracker scenes, and Liv Tyler clothed. So, needless to say, this movie did not live up to my expectations. My advice to those who have not seen this abomination of a film, go see Carrot Top's Chairman of the Board or Pauly Shores trilogy In the Army Now, Biodome, and SOn in Law. From what I understand, these movies all fall in the same category. I don't think I have to spell it out for you. Although I...still like...Liv Tyler, I still can't recommend this movie. I think Owen Wilson said it best in the movie. "So the worst movie imaginable. That's all you had to say. The worst movie imaginable."
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