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Summary: One of the Best All-time Movies
Review: This is simply one of the best movies ever made. The script, the scenes actually shot at NASA facilities, the all-star cast providing top-quality acting, the sound track, the combination of Michael Bay, director, and Jerry Bruckheimer, producer, are only a few distinctions. The action starts within minutes and never stops. The special effects are unmatched. The characters created by each actor make you believe what you see. Bruce Willis and a dozen other actors do an excellent job. I do not understand why Bruce does not get critical acclaim for his efforts. How could anyone not agree this is one of the very best movies ever made?
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Summary: I love this movie!
Review: Cheesy? Ok, yes. And I'm the biggest Armageddon fan out there, I'm sure. Is it still my favorite movie? Without a doubt! I'm pretty cynical when it comes to movies, too. I give this movie a 5 because it has all aspects that I love in a movie: action, stars, love and a teary patriotic ending. I agree that Pearl Harbor looks a little TOO similar to Armageddon, especially the end. The girls are practically wearing the same dresses! Yes, I'm sure there are a lot of bloopers, mistakes and aspects that are totally unbelievable, if not disbelievable, but I don't care. I didn't first watch the movie to look for mistakes, or look into my NASA handbook to make sure that everything was to code. I was entertained, and am still entertained even after having watched it dozens and dozens of times. I will admit to anyone who asks that this is my all-time favorite movie.
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Summary: Yeah Right !!
Review: Now 5 years old, and released around the time when Earth destruction seemed to be the winning formula at the box office. This Sfx out the wazoo epic has none of the flare, drama, or intellect that other offerings had around at that time (closest comparison being Deep Impact), and my only real complaint would be, that it thinks it did.
Here's the story - A huge Meteor is heading for Earth, and we're all about to die. Good news is that, after scouring the 5 Billion inhabitants on this planet, we managed to find a bunch of Oil Rig workers, who are the ONLY ones, able to save us.
Bruce Willis is at his best (and worst) as Iron Jawed team leader, who must land on the meteor, dig a hole, and plant some explosives. His fellow workers (all with colorful backgrounds) will be able to go from beer drinking party animal roughnecks, to fully trained and specialised astronauts in about 6 weeks, and then try and pull off this amazing feat before we all get roasted. Sounds great, and actually it is a lot of fun - just make sure you leave the grey matter behind on this one and accept it for what it is...
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Summary: One of the last great end of the world movies
Review: What is odd, and a little telling about the industry in general, is that this movie was made in 1998 and yet, they don't make movies like this anymore. Pearl Harbor although made by the same director was really a riff on this one.
This movie is cheesy and ridiculous in all kinds of ways but it is so good. It still tear jerking and Michael Bay syle all over it. Ben Affleck is in his last likeable role and Bruce Willis in his last big hit. It was back in the day, back in the good ol' 90s.
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Summary: More studing could have been put into this movie
Review: I know most disaster movies don't focus to much on science, but this movie had some flaws that were quite noticable. 1. The killer asteroid is said to be the size of Texas, but there are no asteroids that big that we know of
2. The asteroid that hit Paris would have been more than enough to wipe out man kind
3. The small meteors that hit New York would have burned up in the atmosphere before they even reached earth, and if some survived they would be to small to cause any damage
4. The asteroid doesn't even look like one. A large asteroid would just be a large rock. It wouldn't have all those spikey rocks and other chunks of rock
5. At the beginning of the movie, it says that the asteroid that killed the dinsoaurs struck with the force of 10,000 hiroshima bombs. That isn't even close. The asteroid that killed the dinsoaurs was close to about 1 billion hiroshima bombs
6. WAn asteroid of that size wouldn't just leave a crater,it would split the earth in two
7. If the scientists discovered an asteroid 700 miles across 18 days before it would hit earth, they must not have very good technology
8. The small meteors were even smaller in space than they were when they hit New York. Did they have a growth spirt in the atmosphere? This movie wasn't that bad but more science could have been put in to it.
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Summary: [Bad].
Review: [Bad] movie, dumb plot, lousy acting, boring, not entertaining at all. Just glad the americans could be there to save us all again. Pffft.
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Summary: Good movie... Could have done without the love story, though
Review: The plot was great. The movie was suspenseful, and I found the story between the father (Bruce Willis) and his daughter was nice and very sad (at the end). However, the love story between the daughter and the guy played by Ben Afleck was stupid. Sorry for being blunt, but that's what kind of mood I'm in. The effects were amazing and the characters were lovable. Good flick.
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Summary: Possibly the worst movie ever
Review: This movie is pandering, predictable, awful. What was the point? So many people list this movie on their favorites list, which means the filmmakers did the job they set out to do - make a mindless, inoffensive, lowest-common-denominator film that the teeming masses of American consumers could get behind in their quest to cease critical thought all together. I say, let the meteor hit.
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Summary: A genuine guilty pleasure
Review: With a great cast, spectacular special effects and many shattering scenes that depict hard core destruction on Earth bound cities, Armageddon is a movie you watch with your brain turned off. Not that it's completely dumb, but it's not something you nit pick for scientific accuracy. It's very entertaining, loud and sappy; and man is it a helluva ride. Bay is the best director for this. He has a gift for the action scenes as well as the emotion. They are all overdone and overlayered with a patriotic soundtrack and camera angles that come from all perspectives. The Criterion Collection is full, and I do mean full, of extras and documentaries. If you want a more realistic disaster movie I would recommend Deep Impact. It's slower but a more revealing drama. I still highly recommend Armageddon, just leave your scepticism at the door and ignore the critics.
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Summary: Great extras!
Review: While the movie has no more than 5 minutes tops of extra intakes that Michael Bay put in, they're more than most would need if you're a die hard fan of this movie. The little bit extra that he's put in really tops off this movie. If anything, this DVD entitles you to the bragging rights to owning one of those "special copies" of a truly great movie. This movie is a definate winner if the one DVD regular edition isn't enough to your satisfaction. This extra dvd does for armageddon ... I love this DVD!
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