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Summary: Good Movie, Great DVD
Review: First the Movie, if you go into this movie looking for something deep and meaningful or looking for reality based drama will be dissapointed. Period. If your looking a fun fast-paced ride, you will love it. Second the DVD, As a fan of DVD extras I luved the DVD, tons of fun. I like the extended version, which fleshed out the characters more. It looks and sounds good.
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Summary: It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine.
Review: When I rate a film, I look for a few specific things. First, I look at range of emotion. The more emotions I experience, as long as these are the emotions I am SUPPOSED to feel, the better. Armageddon covered a wide range of emotions in me. I laughed, I cried... Anyhow, this movie had it all. The next criteria is that the movie has to make me care. I cared about the stories, the characters, etc. Third for me is the fun factor. I enjoyed myself thoroughly throughout the film. Finally, I look for replayability. Let's just say it's a good thing DVD's don't wear out! I especially endorse the Criterion version, because this 2-disc set has it all. There are two commentaries; one by the filmmakers and stars, and the other by the science guys. The science fact-based one is excellent, and although you could tell the four members of the entertainment based crew weren't in the same room, it still managed to be easy to get sucked into. The Criterion edition is also the Director's Cut of the film, with the most notable addition of the touching scene between Harry and his father. The deleted scenes and gag reels are a blast on the second disc. Between the extras and the improved Director's Cut, plunk down the extra few bucks! A word about Steve Buscemi - his pure entertainment value makes any movie just a little better. The whole cast is great, but Buscemi and Owen Wilson were the scene-stealers here! It may seem this review discusses a 5-star film. It doesn't for one reason. Call me crazy, but I will not rate a space flick with 5 stars until SOMEONE gets the nads to NOT use fire and sound in space, two things that can't exist in a vacuum. Oh well, I guess that brands me a geek! BUY THIS DVD!
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Summary: formulaic, uninteresting
Review: when you know every step of the way what is going to happen, it takes the enjoyment out of it. the movie looks good and the special effects are impressive, yet the movie is boring. the plot is formulaic, the characters are uninteresting and steven tylers' daughter is just annoying. i like willis, but he just collected a check with this one.
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Summary: needs a little bit more clarity in the lines
Review: i seen this movie when it first came out on the big screen. the only problem i have with this movie is that the actor that played dr. quincy should have spoken louder. that is my only complaint. otherwise, its an awesome movie. i hope a sequel comes out.
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Summary: a cool action Movie.
Review: what's the matter with everybody calling this a Bad Movie? all it is, is just to park your Brain at the Door and enjoy it. well shame to them and if you like ID4, Men in Black and Spaceballs then this is what you should buy.
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Summary: As vapid as they come
Review: What a terrible movie. Sorry, folks, but you can defend thisfilm as a "mindless, popcorn flick" all you want ... It's not just the stupid, improbable plot that ruins this movie. The editing is the worst in recent memory. The longest a single shot ever seems to last is about three seconds. If this is the filmmakers' way of preserving some sort of fluidity, they have failed. It just gives the viewer a terrible headache. Asteroids hurtle towards Earth, a corny Aerosmith song starts blasting out of nowhere (the sky, I presume), our heroes play childishly with animal crackers, and by the time it's all over, we have established no emotional connection, just a vengeful hate for these characters and a strong desire to see them die in horrible ways. How about that ending? It made me cry, but tears of laughter I feel were not the intended affect. The last time such an irritating cast was assembled for such an idiotic rampage of a movie would probably have to be the last Bruckheimer production. The fact that [the movie] received the Criterion treatment is truly sad. My hate for this "popcorn flick" runs deep, obviously. I pray to God that another movie as bad as this one isn't made any time soon. If that happens, I wouldn't be surprised to see armageddon on this planet as a form of punishment.
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Summary: Good action and cheesy plot!
Review: The classic disaster, good guy saves the day flick. It tries to synthesize action, comedy, and drama and winds up- a bit lame. I didn't exactly find this movie a disappointment at the theatre, but then again I never cared to watch again afterwards when it came out on satellite. With Hollywood having long sense pushed the limit on special effects wizardry, these over-hyped "Independence Day" type movies will eventually find no sympathetic critics except maybe among 12 year-olds. Hollywood writers need to stop snorting cocaine or something... this is getting irritating.
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Summary: fun......plain and simple......fun
Review: Intelligent? Believable? Well no, not really. Sure a giant asteroid could slam into the Earth and kill us all, but do I think it is possible that NASA would take a group of civilians up in space land and drill into it? Of course not. But you know what, this movie is fun. Isn't that what movies are for? Aren't they supposed to be fun? This is a summer time popcorn flick. You want a serious film wait for Christmas time. The cast is great. Bruce plays Harry Stamper, the head of a drilling crew that gets sent into space to save the word. Every performace was wonderful and of course any movie with Steve Buscemi riding a nuclear warhead can't be all bad. Bottom line in this movie is fun. Its a Jerry Burkheimer film so you know it is going to be predictable, but you also know you are in for over the top action. So grab a bag of popcorn, take off your shoes, sit back and enjoy.
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Summary: The "also ran film" of the meteor craze of 1998
Review: A couple of years ago the movie groove-thing was Robin Hood, in 1998 it was meteor and comet impact disaster-rama with shows like this one and "Deep Impact." While this will doubtless raise the rancor of lots of so-called sci-fi fans, this movie really stunk! Am I ever glad that I saved my theater ticket $ and waited for this show to come out in the video stores. The story line was completely unbelievable...give me a break, NASA, which has a huge cadre of excellent engineers can't come up with a better plan than a hard-living, hard-hat oil man who has no problem with running around his own off-shore rig shooting a shotgun at his best worker! Then, NASA gives up control of its resources to him, not to mention one of its flights, to allow completely untrained oil workers to go into space! I won't even mention the extremely dark side of the whole film. This whole movie was about two things and two things only: special effects and making money. Oh, there's nothing wrong with making money, but if you're going to spend some to make some, why not spend it to get top notch special effects that show things that have a chance of being scientifically and technologically possible, and that don't slam the intelligence of the audience. The acting was barely passable (and I kind of like some of Willis' other shows) and the premis was awful, but the worst thing about the film was that it required absolutely nothing of the audience than that they hand over their cash and let their minds go blank. By contrast "Deep Impact" which also came out in 1998 was, in my opinion, a far superior piece of sci-fi than Armageddon. It had character development, more believable on-earth developments, and while the off-earth action was still a major stretch, the FX wasn't the tail that wagged the dog...there was better acting, better story line, and more real emotion involved. So, why did I give Armageddon 2 stars? The reason I gave "Armageddon" two stars was that some of the special effects were pretty cool to watch, but that's it. Sorry. I'm sorry that not every film, CD, or book is worth 5 stars. You may not agree with my view on this film, but that's one of the beauties of the Amazon.com customer review forum -- to share ideas and thoughts. Be careful out there! Alan Holyoak
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Summary: One of my favourite films!
Review: This is one of my favourite films! I can't believe some of the reviews other people have posted. Armageddon is everything an action film should be. It contains suspense, fast paced action, great special effects, a good soundtrack along with other elements. There is nothing wrong with the plot, just because its improbable that an asteriod could destroy the earth, doesn't mean it won't happen! I like the characters, they all have their unique characteristics. And who said the film has no emotion? You must have a brick for a heart! When my sister watches this film, she always cries at the end when Bruce Willis gives his "goodbye" speech to his daughter. You need to stop looking at this film and picking out all the "holes", just clear your mind and sit and watch this highly entertaining visually impressive film! Enjoy! :)
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