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Summary: Needed Deep Editing.Big waste of Talent Gaping Plot holes
Review: my summary basically says it all This movie was a bore and they could have cut an hour off this movie. if you want to see a movie about the planet being in jeopardy get Armageddon. Its priced better, a lot of fun and won't put you to sleep like this movie does.
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Summary: David Chute aka David Shallow
Review: This is for David Chute and Amazon.com. If Mr. Chute is any indication of the type of reviewer you have, you credibility is certain to slide down a great abyss. His terse and thoughtless review of Deep Impact has left an indelible impression upon me. Poor effort. Goodbye David Chute.
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Summary: Great special efects but poor story
Review: Armagedon is bette
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Summary: I just have one thing to say
Review: If you are debating whether to watch Armageddon or Deep Impact, watch Deep Impact. If you are at all concerned with realism and believability this is the one to choose.
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Summary: You can't get any closer to real life then this.....can you?
Review: God,you jutst have to cry. You just can't get closer to real life and human nature then this movie. The choices you have to make in a moment, no telling what one would do. This movie showed you a few different ones. One more heart breaking then the next and each one harder then the next. It was so realistic it made you think about the end which most of the time we don't at least not most normal thinking people. This movie is a perfect example why we don't think about it. It's to much to handle on a daily bases. Plese don't mind the type o's it's very late....for me anyway.Just to sum it up I couldn't stop crying. It was to real to life and to close to my heart and to close to home. At least for me anyway. Maybe I'm a softy I don't know but, that's what I think.
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Summary: Deep Impact leaves a lasting effect.
Review: In March 12 1998, front pages across the nation and around the world contain a report from Brian Marsden of the International Astronomical Union in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who estimated a mile-wide asteroid was heading toward Earth and expected to come startingly close to our planet on October 26, 2028. The report was quickly revised after further calculation that asteroid XF11 will come within only 600,000 miles of Earth, beyond the distance of the moon. Hollywood, gearing up to release two Earth-smashing movies for the summer, couldn't hope for a better publicity stunt. But considering research shows that every 10 million years, an asteroid or comet has impacted Earth that drastically altered life on the planet, the question is not if but when the next one will head directly our way, and when it does, what can we do about it. A $75 million collaboration between DreamWorks and Paramount, that premise is explored in the cataclysmic movie Deep Impact. Directed by TV veteran, Mimi Leder, whose previous work was the directorial debut of The Peacemaker, the story is grounded more in the human relationships and reactions when faced with catastrophe and demise. Anyone who is looking for special effects extravaganza and testosterone actions will be better served with Bruckheimer's Armageddon, the other Earth-smashing movie of the same year. Not that the special effects in Deep Impact are any less spectacular, it is used with restrain and the result is much more devastating and profound. While there are numerous subplots, the script by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin focuses mainly on two families: ambitious reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) and high school astronomer Leo Beiderman (Elijah Wood). Both characters are well developed enough for us to share in their initial panic, grieve, courage, and hope for survival. For a summer movie, Deep Impact is surprisingly unflinching in its depiction of doomsday destruction. There are no bravado heroes riding in at the last minute to save the day, any attempts to successfully destroy the comet was met with failure. Rather, people are face with what matters to them most and sacrifices are made for the betterment of mankind. As the comet, or should I say part of the comet, impacted the ocean, huge tidal wave swept inland and taking with it lives and cities. It is difficult to keep a dry eye when Jenny stood at the beach, holding tight to her father and say "Daddy..." before they are swept away, but then we also rejoice with those that survived and hope we will never have to face such scenario. Distributed by Paramount, the dual-layer DVD boasts a superb transfer. Shot in Super 35, the film is presented in its theatrical ratio of 2.35:1, 16x9 enhancement is not offered and pan and scan would severely limit the effect of the destruction. Images are amazingly sharp and detailed, such as during the landing on the coma, I can clearly see the fine particles, debris and gases emitting away from the surface. Shadow details on space and interior are clearly defined and blacks are superbly deep. Colors are vivid and vibrant, and fleshtones are naturally rendered. Digital artifacts are limited to few jaggedness on edges. The bulk of the special effects were done by Industrial Light & Magic and for the most parts look very impressive. The comet impact calls for the CG artists to render some incredible imageries of biblical destruction. Some of the memorable sequences include the comet streaking over the ocean, the receding tide on the beach, and then of course, the enormous wave smashing through the east coast. The science of the movie is also believable, especially the microgravity effect experience by the astronauts and the geysers cause by the sun on the coma. Deep Impact might not be last year's loudest movie, Godzilla and Armageddon are battling that out for the title, however, the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack on the DVD creates for a very realistic environment. The discrete effects are expertly mixed for full envelopment of large crowd scenes and helicopters swirling overhead. Imaging and panning are superbly projected on the shuttle's approach to the comet with realistic debris flying from the front to rear channels. The vibration and shake are so violent that I have to brace for the shuttle not to fall apart. The bass is no pushover either, as during the shuttle's blast off, detonation, and tidal wave, I have to grip the sofa, sit back and feel the force. The score soundtrack by James Horner is rich in fidelity and well integrated. As the follow-up to the Oscar winning score in Titanic, I must admit that as a stand alone album, Deep Impact was a letdown. A reason is the lack of recurring theme and the score in general is quiet and somber. But after experiencing it with the film, Horner demonstrated to me once again why he might just be the best among today's composers. During the sad and emotional stages of the film, Horner's cues never overstate the obvious. His orchestration subtlely supports the actors and did not overpower their performances. The score is not one of his most original, but it is very effective in the movie. While Armageddon is louder and more extravagance, Deep Impact leaves a more lasting mark. The DVD includes two widescreen theatrical trailers.
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Summary: Garbage
Review: Nothing but 2 minutes worth of visually appealing special effects at the end. The rest, it's a mess. Starts like typical mommy's boy movie, then suddenly turns into sci drama, then into action, then into sci-fi, into gospel, tearjerking spree and ends basically with nothing. That tearjerking spree at the end seems to be the worst part of the show. The spouses don't look like relatives at all. He asks her "do you church thing for me, will ya?" -- What church thing, is she singing there or doing charity or what? Does not look like the authors of the movie care. I don't feel like I should either.
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Summary: Can you say PRODUCT PLACEMENT?!?!
Review: If they needed money for the movie, why didn't they just have an intermission with a bunch of commercials in it? I was so repulsed and insulted by the shameless placement of MSNBC that I deleted that channel from my television! Filmmaking is an artform and while Deep Impact was a work of art (unlike the mindlessly childish, intellectually insulting, scientifically rediculous, testosterone drenched piece of eye-candy garbage known as Armageddon) the film had a sickening commercialism that was impossible to overlook. The only movie I've seen recently with more product placement was BASEketball - a funny movie but you need a calculator to tabulate the vast array of products being promoted.
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Summary: Too Short
Review: It's not a bad movie, but it didn't even bring me close to tears...or even make me sniffle. At barely two hours, it tries to cover too much. Everyone raves about how much more character depth Deep Impact had than Armegeddon. At least Armageddon gave you a chance to get to know the characters before they got smashed to jelly or blown up. At the end of the movie I was more enthralled by the tidal wave than the people screaming. Instead of going, "Run!! Run!!" I was like, "Wow!! Look at the size of that sucker!! Maybe it'll wipe out the 106th Congress!" Physics and realism aside, Armageddon wins this contest easily.
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Summary: heart pounding
Review: easlily the best disaster film of all time. You really could believe the story. hats off to frreman and leoni
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