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This movie goes from bad to worse. It is not that funny. The cliched negative material against the russians is deplorable. Shots of people around the world trusting in America to save them from annihilation makes me want to vomit. There is a line in this trash that says all those wars we have engaged in were worthwhile because it enabled us to develop superior weaponry to blow a giant asteroid in two. A complete waste of time !!!!!!!
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The movie's great came in just in time no scratches of any kind nothing more or less.
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It's really sad to see so many brainiacs trying to decipher the movie. No wonder they can't enjoy the movie. They are too busy trying to find every single scientific mistake, instead of relaxing and enjoying the movie. It's a sci-fi Hollywood picture and not a physics test. Most Americans don't care if the gravity was accurate or not. They made us believe the rotation of the asteroid gave a certain amount of gravity. It's a movie and not a documentary. If I wanted to be bored about scientific facts, I would tune into the PBS channel. The people who gave bad reviews are the same people, like my wife, try to figure out the ending and looking for every flaw. Just relax and watch the movie. Stop being such a nerd! Stop comparing a movie to the book version. Stop writing reviews because you have nothing better to do with your time. I assume you are those boring people on dates or an unpleasant spouse. You might enjoy the twists at the end like 6th Sense and The Village if you weren't trying so hard to examine the movie.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. This was a very fun and entertaining movie. The cast did a great job! It was action packed and suspenseful. Special effects and sound effects were out of this world. I can't wait to get this in blu-ray.
Note: For all those smart as# reviewers out there. Please look up the definition of science fiction. There is no need to bash one of my favorite movies. Drink a beer and try watching the movie again. You will feel like 90% of the other American's out there that enjoyed the movie. :)
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Armageddon is the masculine counterpart of the feminine Deep Impact, which emphasizes human relationships and serial sacrifices. (For that reason, I suspect that males tend to rate Armageddon highly, but females don't.) The story is well conceived and written, and the ending pays off, if a bit perfunctorily once back on earth. Steve Buscemi and Will Patton stole the movie. Willis was a tad hysterical; Affleck, a bit of fluff added as chick-bait. All in all, a satisfying evening's entertainment.
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Earth is in trouble once again. An asteroid the size of Texas is headed straight for our planet. Life will be extinguished once it hits. Every plan that NASA or any government agency from any country seems futile. Except one. The plan is to drill 800 feet into the asteroid and drop a nuke down there to blow up the asteroid from the inside and hopefully ejecting the pieces far enough from each other to completely miss Earth. Though NASA is trained in many things and are geniuses at many things, drilling is just not their forte. So they look for the number one driller in the country... Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis). Harry runs an oil rig out in the ocean with his rag tag crew along with his daughter. Wherever he goes, they go. So when NASA proposes/begs for Harry to help them, he says he'll do it as long as the rest of the crew comes with. With only 17 days until the asteroid hits, they have 12 days to train and then launch into space along with actual astronauts to dig a hole into a rock and blow it up.
Michael Bay, whether you love him or hate, can put some crazy action scenes together. Sometimes they are really good, and sometimes they are edited just enough to where you can't really see what's going on. I am a sucker for a Michael Bay film though. I'll watch them all. I might not like them all, but I will watch them all. I liked Transformers, yet I hated it also. And I'll definitely see Transformers 2. I know the man isn't the best director in the world but I'll go into his movies every time shutting my brain completely off and enjoy the heck out of some crazy intense action scenes.
The first time I saw Armageddon was about 5 months after I had joined the military. Group of us went to see this in the theaters, and every one of us sat back and enjoyed the ride. All the action, the funny lines, the military/NASA scenes, space, explosions, and hot women were everything us boys were looking for in a movie. Even today, while I've grown up over those last 11 years, it's still a fun ride. Eye rolling yes, but fun ride none-the-less. To really enjoy a Michael Bay movie, you really do have to throw reality out the window. I'll give just ONE example of what I mean. While watching this the other night, me and my friend were commenting on the `things that just aren't right' in the movie and one was fire. There was fire in outer space. One of the space shuttles crash onto the rock and pieces of it were on fire. Really? There's no oxygen, but it was burning like a camp fire. I said it, my friend laughed, and then said "let it go." And that's what ya gotta do with these types of movies.
Though you can constantly pick out the bad from a Bay movie, there is just a lot that is usually good also, but people tend to try and ignore it, or just plain out don't care and just want to bash it anyways. Bruce Willis plays, once again, a great apple pie eating American hero. He's just made for it. And it works 100%. From his funny lines, to his `I won't take no for an answer' attitude, and to his sweet and protective fatherly moments... he's just the man. Liv Tyler is great as the `sort of angry at her father daughter, yet slightly shows it in her eyes that she loves him' daughter. She's great at the water works and definitely tries to pull the strings on mine when lets it go. Ben Affleck is definitely funny, but sometimes a little over the top. But it's ok with me because I'm a fan of Ben. Yeah I said it. I think he's funny. Watch some commentaries with him, especially with Kevin Smith (Silent Bob), on some movies he does, and you probably will bust out laughing. Because of his commentaries, and outtakes, and other little things he does, I've grown to like him more and more as an actor. Steve Buscemi is a god of course in just about everything he does and it's the same here. I didn't like the whole space madness thing at the end with him, but still, at least he's funny. It's not only the actors themselves that are funny, but the whole chemistry between them. Everyone just seemed like they were having a good time making this movie and it really shows when you see the groups of guys together doing whatever they are doing at that time.
I didn't watch most of the extras on this Criterion, but I did watch the outtakes (I always watch those). It was pretty funny, but wow there were a lot of F bombs. I don't mind at all, but I'm sure most do, so be prepared. Most from Billy Bob...hehe. And the trailers were pretty good to. I like how you think Armageddon is going to be some love story between Affleck and Liv Tyler, and then all of a sudden, BOOM, meteorites are flying through NY tearing it to shreds. Funny trailer.
In the end, if you like your popcorn summer action flicks where you don't really have to think that much, then step right up and watch Armageddon. I still love this movie to this day no matter how over the top and silly it can get.
P.S. When I watched this in the theater I was without about 10 military guys. One of the guys, who was sitting a row in front of me, started to sniffle and turn his head. I said "Hey "enter name here"... you crying man?!?!" pretty loud and he said "NO!" with sniffles and tear wipes. Hilarious considering he's was one of those `I'm hard' types of guys. Also hilarious since all the people around us started laughing with us. Ah...memories.
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