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Summary: Deep Enough.
Review: As far as disaster films go, this is one of the best. The characters have a little more depth than your usual catastrophe cardboard cutouts and are played with conviction by a fine cast. What good's a disaster if you don't really feel for the folks the disaster is happening to. Unlike most other big budget disaster blockbusters, DEEP IMPACT has a decent script that takes itself seriously. Add the cast, assured direction by MIMI LEDER, and some great fx visuals, and the end result is an extreemly enjoyable thrill ride that keeps head and heart intact. It's amazing how this movie gets so much slack when most others in the genere are far inferior (i.e. ARMAGEDDON, DAY AFTER TOMORROW, etc.).
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Summary: Good Suspense
Review: Morgan Freeman is excellent. I would see almost anything that this actor is involved with. The best Afro American actor next to Denzel Washington. Robert Duvall is also very good. :)Some of the acting is weak, but it gets you to ask the question..."What if?"
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Summary: yawn
Review: I walked by when they were filming a scene of this in DC in 1997, so I figured I'd see it when it came out. Boring! The only good scenes -- which they showed in the ads on TV -- come at the last 10 minutes at the end. It is just a lot of talk about the undemocratic way they decide whom to save when a giant meteor is destined to hit earth and kill lots of people. It is a lot like that other movie about the same exact thing that also came out that year (Armageddon).
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Summary: Best Disaster Film Ever!
Review: What can I say? Great acting. Great directing. Great script. Great special effects. A gripping story with very human elements. The best part, in my mind, is that the science is better than the average Hollywood sci-fi movie. Certainly better than that wannabee movie "Armageddon." PLEASE! Deep Impact blows the walls off of Armageddon! Bottom line: Drop everything and order this movie today!
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Summary: Not deep enough
Review: This movie came out the same year as Armageddon, but it was not as good. IMHO. I actually enjoyed Armageddone more, but this movie showed a different emotional side to dealing courage and sacrifice. It was okay.
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Summary: A Story About Courage and Sacrifice
Review: Interesting that so many would call this a shallow movie. Based on a concept of Near Earth Objects, Deep Impact has a potential deep impact on the viewer. There are a few interesting vignettes when it comes to relationships being effected by this rather large comet headed toward impact with earth. From the start with Beiderman, played by one of our heroes, Elijah Wood, responsible for discovering the Comet and Martin Smith (American Grafitti and the Untouchables) playing Wolf. The Comet is named Wolf-Beiderman after these two, Wolf dies and you wonder how long it would be before the comet is really discovered. However, Tea Leoni, playing newscaster want-to-be/reporter, discovers a cover-up that leads to an interesting intrigue with President Tom Beck, played by Morgan Freeman. The movie develops quickly after that and the plot is very interesting. You need to look at the relationships of Robert Duvall and his crew, Leoni, her family and friends, Wood and his loved ones. This is a key to the success of the movie. The concept of the Comet is really the come-on to get people to really get into the characters. There are some interesting scenes with Earth being impacted and the final scene is very convincing. However, the most important part of the movie was the relationships, as life seemed to come to an ebb for most of the population of earth, what will people be like? Would there be sacrifice or selfishness. Duvall plays a very interesting part. As an older pilot/astronaut, he leads a group of young brash space crew who grow up quickly on their mission. The movie is exciting and engaging. The DVD extras add to the movie experience as well. This DVD is worth having in your DVD library and worth a watch every now and then.
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Summary: Flawed, shallow, and belongs on sci-fi network.
Review: I actually laughed at how bad this movie was. It was terrible casting and so many cliches put in here and there including an unbeliveable father/daughter story, two young teens marrying and racing on motorbike before the tital wave hits the mainland (I actually wanted the tital wave to wash them all away so that there is noi change of a sequal). Poor Robert Duvall and Morgan Freeman, they deserve better film scripts then this drek.
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Summary: Deep Impact Hits Deeply In The Heart
Review: I have both Deep Impact and Armageddon. Deep Impact is far better of the two. Both are about doomsday-rocks heading for the planet Earth. Deep Impact gives us the human-side of the equation in very believeable subplots of families, friends, colleagues, even the US President. It has a top-notch cast of highly famous actors, as well as little- to well-known players. I found it very touching, exciting, scarey, everything. I saw a documentary about "Doomsday Rocks" (true title uncertain). It made many-a-mention of Deep Impact. How it finally gave the politicans a heads-up to finance various programmes to try to prevent rogue asteroids and/or comets from hitting Earth. Armageddon was tokenly acknowledged. This is how powerful such a movie as Deep Impact can make an impression (pun may be included). I found myself laughing, crying, bitting my nails - as it were. Deep Impact hits the heart, mind, and soul. I highly recommend it. The cast consists of Robert Duvall, Morgan Freedman, Tea Leone, Maximillian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Elijah Wood, LeeLee Sobieski, Denise Crosby, etc.
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Summary: Very Good Movie!
Review: I think Comet will happen sometimes this century.
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Summary: A Weapon of Mass Destruction
Review: The film opens with an astronomer receiving a message about a new star. The astronomer discovers this is a comet heading for earth! A reporter picks up a rumor about a Cabinet Official has resigned because of his involvement with "Ellie". She interviews this official, who is getting ready to depart on a long journey with his family. On her way back she is arrested by the black-suited Secret Police. The President asks he to hold off on her news. After this she discovers that E.L.E. stands for Extinction Level Event. Later the President holds a news conference to announce this threat, and the building of the "Messiah" that will save earth from this oncoming menace. When the comet hits the water, it will create a tidal wave over one thousand feet high moving faster than the speed of sound. The special effects shows this hitting Manhattan, and elsewhere. The heroic crew of the Messiah survived to make a final attack on the comet. Was their sacrifice altruistic? If they didn't do it, there would be no home to return to. If they did it, they would not return home. Their sacrifice was the lesser evil. The film asks the lifeboat question: who will be saved, and how to decide? The clogged roads suggest the futility of Civil Defense evacuations. Can this be practical in today's world? At least they didn't suggest digging back yard graves as "fallout shelters". The 1883 book "Ragnarok" by Ignatius Donnelly first suggested that a cataclysm from a passing comet was the source of the common legends of mankind. He explained the meanings behind the words. The heat from a comet vaporized the oceans, the clouds hid the sun, the coldness created glaciers from the condensing vapors. Fallout created The Drift of sand, clay, and gravel. This book will provide a new viewpoint to the old legends. Could a near miss have also affected the orbit of the earth, and caused the end of the Eocene era? Any comet hitting the world would spread a layer of debris into the air (Krakatoa, "nuclear winter") that would exterminate most of the world's population. Mankind lived hand-to-mouth just until the 19th century; most food had to be grown and consumed locally. Will we ever see such a time again?
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