Armageddon -- Criterion Collection

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Summary: A thrill ride!
Review: Armageddon and Deep Impact bear a striking resemblance to each other. They are both disaster movies. They are both big budget US "summer" movies. They both made lots of money at the box office. They both revolve around the premise of a cosmological object striking the Earth, annihilating all life. They both have pretty much predictable plots - filmmaking by numbers as it were.

There are differences between them, however. In Armageddon, the enemy is an asteroid. In Deep Impact, the enemy is a comet. In Armageddon, the US president is white and up-beat. In Deep Impact, the US president is black and sombre (Morgan Freeman). In Armageddon, the emphasis is more on the amazing special effects and the gung-ho attitude of the Earth's saviours. In Deep Impact, they concentrate a little more on the human response to impending annihilation.

Of the two movies, I preferred Deep Impact myself. However, Armageddon is no slouch of a movie, either, and is more of an arcade thrill ride than Deep Impact. Just don't expect anything other than a spectacular thrill ride, and you will not be disappointed.

Bruce Willis is Harry Stamper. Harry is an oil driller. When NASA discovers that the asteroid is on its way to destroy the Earth, they call upon Harry and his team of roughneck oil drillers to save the Earth. There are the obligatory complications along the way, all telegraphed well in advance by the script, such as that which occurs on the Russian space station, and those that occur on the asteroid, but in the end...

Well,you have to watch and see it for yourself. :)


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Summary: What you talkin' about, Willis?
Review: I'll tell you what he's talking about - great sci fi action, Baby!

There's been a lot of "uh oh, the world is about to end" movies in the past decade, but this is the best one. Bruce Willis is great in the lead role and the rest of the cast are all great, too.

The story and great action scenes had me on the edge of my seat. Also, even though I usually don't like love stories thrown into action movies, I enjoyed the one in this between Liv Tyler and Ben Stiller.

All in all, this is a totally great movie. You're really missing out if you haven't seen it.

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Summary: varied performances
Review: Armageddon, to me, lacks the serious note that it is meant to have. The world is about to be destroyed, and all the astronauts (or 'supposed' astronauts) can to is bicker, squabble, and add uselessly witty comments here and there. Don't get me wrong, i liked the film, and thought it was quite riveting, it just had a few holes in the script. The acting was highly varied, Bruce Willis was, as usual, kick ass - but in some scenes, his acting seemed unnecessary. For example, when the nuclear weapon is about to detonate, he calmly tells the pilot that he has never failed.. e.t.c. and that he won't accept failure.. e.t.c. - he doesn't once look at the timer, and draws out his sentiments as though he has all the time in the world. Wouldn't you be panicking? i know i would. Other performances were better, i am pleased to say - i especially liked the performances from 'bear' who bought a touch of realism to the whole thing, and 'col. willie Sharp' as the focussed, cold pilot of the mission. So its not all bad ;-)

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Summary: HOUSTON THIS IS A KICKASS RIDE
Review: Sure its lacks the emotional heart of deep impact but when you look at the special affects and one liners and this film kicks ass, and at the end of the day its not ment to be thought provoking its good old entertainment.However that said some parts are equal to deep impact e.g when the shuttle independence goes down, i hate the whole idea of being sucked into space and also when Bruce says good by to his daughter it chokes me. Loved it at the cinema cant wait to buy this dvd