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Summary: more action needed
Review: for a blockbuster its marginal at best. more focus should have been paid to the comet.and its devastation after impact, duvall and freeman soild efforts. rest of cast forgetable!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: this movie was soooo cool
Review: this movie was excellent!!! It deserves all 5 stars. It may not be as great as Armageddon, but the graphics and such were compelling. I didn't even get up to go to the bathroom!
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Summary: Tons better than Armageddon
Review: When I went to see Deep Impact, I expected a lot of screaming and shouting and stuff blowing up, the way there was later in Armageddon. Instead, there was an intellectual, emotional plot that made you think. This movie also provided a much more realistic view of how people would react. The movie itself was more plausible (Since when are there asteroids the size of Texas?) Deep Impact was much better than Armageddon!
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Summary: The Untypical Disaster Film
Review: If you are looking for your typical disaster film, you may as well pass on Deep Impact. I am not trying to imply it is a bad film, because it is not. The character development is good considering the overall plot line of the story. You will not walk away from this film raving about the fantastic special effects; they were good, and what I perceived as quite realistic, but not spectacular. The acting was quite good overall. Duvall, Freeman and the rest of the cast provide believable rolls, and decent performances. It does not provide tons of action and outrageous or bizarre heroic personalities to keep fans of this genre totally satisfied. If you are looking for a little more dramatic and interpersonal perspective, you will not be disappointed. Deep Impact provides a more thoughtful view of how people cope with disaster, not the disaster itself. It portrays people dealing with their own impending demise as well as the rest of mankind. Who and what means the most to them when the end is coming. That how you die sometimes is equally as important as how you lived. This makes you think, and that's more than most of the "brain candy" out there does.
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Summary: WOW!!!!!
Review: As far as the movie goes, the summary says it all. I loved this movie. I just wanted to say a word about the programming. First of all, the movie takes a while to boot up on my machine. Secondly, why is this a dual layer disk? It is an average length movie with only 1 screen format on it. It has no frills, only 2 trailers. Why the dual layers? If anyone has the answer please email me. Thanks
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Summary: Very poor quality.
Review: This movie deffinately could have faced more reality.Armageddon was funnier,longer,realer,smarter, and has A LOT more action!!Want a Asteroid movie!!Go the Armageddon way!!
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Summary: Good but not the best
Review: I thought that movie was well written and it had decent special effects, but it's lacking if you're are looking for a typical blockbuster-special effects movie. The story may seem similiar to Armageddon, but the focus is more on what would happen if people became a victim of this disaster. The movie has some the best actors (Freeman, Duvall), but just because you have liked these actors' past films does not guarantee you will like this one. I thought the acting was great. The only thing this movie suffers from is jumping from one scenerio to the next in extremely fast manner. This can be frustrating because you want to know more about each scene but you're left blank, and some things are never answered. Armageddon may have been less mature, but, hey, that what makes money. If you liked Armageddon, give "Deep Impact" a try. You might like it.
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Summary: A "grand" disaster epic!
Review: How wonderful to see a disaster movie with heart. Deep Imact took a real look at how such a catastrophe would affect peoples lives and relationships. How enjoyable to see a movie create an emotional response other than "Wow! cool explosion". I find it incredulous that viewers critisize the movie for it being 'sappy'. If this film didn't stir you I question your humanity. It is hard to believe that, with the same basic story "Armageddon" was the worst movie I have seen in a long time, so bad that I walked out after the first silly, shallow, unimaginative, bland, 2 hours, and regret that I did not leave sooner. If you saw it (Armageddon), don't let that keep you from seeing "Deep Impact". The characters are real, the emotion is intense, the effects are thrilling. It is perhaps best disaster movie in decades.
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Summary: A disaster movie about HUMANS, not cartoon characters
Review: I only purchase a movie on DVD when I plan on watching it over and over again. Deep Impact fits that description. This is a very moving film about how different people deal with their own demise, or with surviving, knowing that their loved ones will not. Summarizing it as "A great big rock hits the earth, and lots of people die" is simply a cop-out by a reviewer who doesn't like the type of movie Deep Impact represents and doesn't possess the maturity to review it fairly.
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Summary: Sappy
Review: Of the two asteroid films of the past summer, I feel that Armaggedon was more entertaining. Sure it is filled with cliched characters, outrageously unbelievable action, too many slow motion shots of old people and kids running around Smalltown, USA, and that irritating and uninspired Aerosmith song, but it was still a fun popcorn movie. I don't think the creators intended to make a very serious film. With Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay at the helm, you know the film is going to be a pretty, action packed feature with little story but lots of explosions. This film is Space Mountain meets a Nike commerical. However the creators of Deep Impact have attempted to make a more mature and serious film, looking at the affect of such a global catastrophe not only on the small band of heroes trying to save the Earth, but the common citizen as well (not just with beforementioned slow mo shots reminiscent of long distance service TV ads - see Armaggeddon). It is a different and refreshing approach. The film starts off well, showing the government's response to such an event. And when the news goes public, the film effectively touches on the panic and chaos that would result. But as the day of reckoning approaches, the film starts the downward spiral. You would expect more chaos in light of such an event, where every person is fighting to live. In real life tragedies, sadly, more often than not a person will step over another to save him or herself, rather than stop to lend a hand. In Deep Impact it felt like no one wanted to live. Everyone was so noble and self sacrificing. Not very realistic. Perhaps I am taking an overly pessimistic view of people, but I imagine many people would claw another's eyes out if it meant a chance at getting to see another sunrise. Like many films of today, the director can't just present the story as it is, without forcefeeding spoonfuls of sappiness down the viewer's throats. If the events surrounding such a catastrophe as a collision with a comet were presented as it is, that alone would be enough to touch the viewer's emotions. You really don't need extended shots of middle aged couples embracing in the face of certain death (how many of these were in this film?). A good idea, that could have been executed much better. As for the story, well, what is there to say really? A comet on a direct collision with Earth. The acting? Morgan Freeman was is usual boring self, playing wise, calm men in the face of adversity. He needs to take on some different and more challenging roles. The rest of the cast is equally forgettable.
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