Armageddon (1998)

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• Phil H

  
  Great popcorn flick that's very tense in places and quite moving at the end, its also a possible reality check. Second best Bay film after 'The Rock' for me and his biggest hit I think, certainly blasted him into the stratosphere no pun intended hehe. the visuals here… More
  Great popcorn flick that's very tense in places and quite moving at the end, its also a possible reality check. Second best Bay film after 'The Rock' for me and his biggest hit I think, certainly blasted him into the stratosphere no pun intended hehe. the visuals here are brilliant, really cool looking and believeable in places from the machines to the suits. Its not totally genuine looking of course, it has that kind of 'Batman Forever' quality to it, big, shiny, in your face but somehow cool looking even though it shouldn't be. The cast is another great line up, Bay seems to be able to get these teams together and they all gel well which equal some unique characters...Wilson, Duncan, Buscemi and Patton being the best. Brilliant scenes in space, very tense and some admittedly lump in the throat inducing as the film goes on, you really do feel for them as they struggle against the odds. The best scene for me is the recruiting sequence at the start where all the misfits are gathered together for the job haha then you got the fast track training, so so good. Dead pan Thornton plays the game well in those scenes :) The beginning may be better than the space action actually, the motley crew really shine in those early scenes and you have fun with these relaxed sequences...before the impending doom. Very good all the way, your typical blockbuster with every cliche and stereotype you can muster plus some good old 'God Bless America' slapped on top just incase you forget America always saves the world...always. Really challenges 'Independence Day' for that all American Stars n Stripes baloney but there isn't any Presidential action in this film sooooo. The fact its based on true possibilities makes it even better, gives you something to think about on the way home.

• Scott G

  
  HOW this got a bad rating from Rotten Tomatoes i will never know, as you would never expect Bruce Willis to sacrifice himself. This is as pure as an action drama film gets.

• Film C

  
  I love this movie! Its a brilliant movie, with a fantastic cast, you have Willis bringing his macho manlyness, Afflect bringing his nice guy act and then Stormare and Buscemi bringing the comedy! Its got everything that makes this movie fantastic, that added with the possible… More
  I love this movie! Its a brilliant movie, with a fantastic cast, you have Willis bringing his macho manlyness, Afflect bringing his nice guy act and then Stormare and Buscemi bringing the comedy! Its got everything that makes this movie fantastic, that added with the possible distruction of earth and the non stop action makes for a really good suspenful end of the world movie, that plus Aerosmiths amazing tune to go with it!! Awesome!

• Albert K

  
  The only good scene in this movie is when Michael Bay destroys NYC but afterwards comes horrible dialogue, horrible acting, awful cinematography, and simply a boring story. It's funny cause this isn't even Michael Bay's worst movie

• Brad W

  
  Armageddon is a 150 minute movie trailer, it brings only annoying explosions and I wish I hadn't seen it. No acting was good, special effects were lousy, the plot sucked, and Micheal Bay made it, enough said.

• Manu G

  
  No more taxes...ever. Saw it again! One of my favorite movies of all-time! Love the soundtrack, great acting and great story! It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a… More
  No more taxes...ever. Saw it again! One of my favorite movies of all-time! Love the soundtrack, great acting and great story! It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a series of asteroids came crashing into the shuttle, destroying it. These asteroids also decimated New York soon thereafter. Then, NASA discovered that there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the Earth, the planet itself and all of its inhabitants will be obliterated, worse, the asteroid will hit the Earth in 18 days. Unfortunately, NASA's plans to destroy the asteroid are irrelevant. That is when the U.S. military decides to use a nuclear warhead to blow the asteroid to pieces. Then, scientists decide to blow the asteroid with the warhead inside the asteroid itself. The only man to do it, is an oil driller named Harry Stamper and his group of misfit drillers and geologists. As he and his drill team prepare for space excavation, the asteroid is still heading towards the Earth. When the crew are launched into outer space, they are determined to destroy this asteroid.

• Graham J

  
  Michael Bay's mindless, brain numbing action extravaganza does it's job by entertaining but is a guilty pleasure at best.

• Christopher H

  
  Starts out as a pretty interesting spin on a disaster movie. The training scenes are fun because of the colorful cast of characters. Steve Buscemi is my favorite member of the crew. When the film was an action comedy, it was fun. However, the moment the crew goes to space, the… More
  Starts out as a pretty interesting spin on a disaster movie. The training scenes are fun because of the colorful cast of characters. Steve Buscemi is my favorite member of the crew. When the film was an action comedy, it was fun. However, the moment the crew goes to space, the film falls apart. The film becomes slow and lagging. One big problem is the film starts becoming way too dramatic for its own good. If there is anything Michael Bay was never good at, it is drama. The scenes of drama are acted with a soap opera quality that makes the scenes cringe worthy. If the movie had retained its action comedy tone throughout, it at least would have been passable.

• Alexander D

  
  It's the end of the world! And led it? None other than Michael Bay, who we know later from PEARL HARBOR and the TRANSFORMERS saga. Okay, now if I wanted to watch an apocalypse flick, and the only two left on Earth (for whatever reason) were 2012 and ARMAGEDDON, I would… More
  It's the end of the world! And led it? None other than Michael Bay, who we know later from PEARL HARBOR and the TRANSFORMERS saga. Okay, now if I wanted to watch an apocalypse flick, and the only two left on Earth (for whatever reason) were 2012 and ARMAGEDDON, I would automatically choose this one. But still, getting through the whole two and a half hours would require a huge bucket of popcorn; an open mind; and lots of determination. Basically what you need for the end of the world, expect a) lots of popcorn would instead be lots of NASA spacecraft; and b) Michael Bay had no clue about any of that when he made this. The whole plot is not complex in any way. It just does not make one bit of sense! Come on, even I know you don't have to <i>try</i> to write the screenplay for a disaster film. Unless you're adding all the love-lorn stuff like James Cameron did with TITANIC, but that part was probably written by someone with experience writing soap operas. You don't need to add all those characters and leave them without personality. But on the other hand, the actors <i>are</i> what save ARMAGEDDON: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Owen Wilson, to name the best.

• Jeff "

  
  Michael Bay's third feature is a loud mess of a film. What do you expect from a Michael Bay film, right? The surrounds a group of roughneck oil driller who are sent into space to destroy an asteroid the size of Texas. Like with every Michael Bay flick, aside from The Rock and… More
  Michael Bay's third feature is a loud mess of a film. What do you expect from a Michael Bay film, right? The surrounds a group of roughneck oil driller who are sent into space to destroy an asteroid the size of Texas. Like with every Michael Bay flick, aside from The Rock and Transformers, this film relies heavily on the special effects to tell its story. I guess all of Bay's films are like that, at least The Rock and Transformers had a few good elements for a story, and it worked. But with the case with Armageddon, the film doesn't work. I felt the acting was corny, the dialogue was poorly written and that some of the actors' performances were a bit over the top. The film was a disappointment and really hasn't stood the test of time for me. This is really a shame, because the idea of the film was good, and if it would've been helmed by some other director, it might have been a wonderful film. But it was helmed by Michael Bay, and he's really good for one thing, blowing shit up as my aunt says. You get just that with Armageddon, plenty of noisy explosions with little character development and below decent acting. Some actors here are plainly wasted, other not so much, as they suck. If you're looking for a similar film with an almost similar plot, give Deep Impact a shot, not this one. At least Deep Impact had genuine human emotion and very good performances, while this film suffered from over acting, a bad script and way, way too many special effects. When your film relies only on CGI, then you have a problem and it moist cases it works well, but in the case of Armageddon, it doesn't. Due to the fact that the acting and story aren't that excellent to begin with.

• Conner R

  
  I happen to be a huge fan of Armageddon. In terms of disaster movies, it is probably the finest in terms of delivering a real threat, mayhem in the streets and an emotional core that will leave you in tears. Michael Bay's ability to juggle so many characters, subplots, and… More
  I happen to be a huge fan of Armageddon. In terms of disaster movies, it is probably the finest in terms of delivering a real threat, mayhem in the streets and an emotional core that will leave you in tears. Michael Bay's ability to juggle so many characters, subplots, and effects is crazy. Not only does this make time for each and every character, it does so with ease. Bruce Willis is at his finest here, with classic one-liners, having a personal vendetta against the asteroid, and his need to be the greatest American of all time. Ben Affleck is also at the top of his game here; this is when he did a great job of playing cocky-yet-lovable characters. Billy Bob Thorton delivers as Houston's greatest asset and just completely dominates the part of the movie centered in the control center. The rest of the cast is also incredibly talented with people like Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Michael Clarke Duncan and Owen Wilson (but I could go on and on). What seems to be Armageddon's finest achievement is it's ability to contain such a rich storyline. Through all of it's characters and miniature plotlines, you get so much emotional connection to these characters and you're at the edge of your seats awaiting the outcome. While some people claim that Armageddon is an empty shell and flat out stupid, I can't help but severely disagree. To make that claim, you either haven't seen the movie, just hate all things Michael Bay or some other weird pre-existing distaste. This movie is presented on such a large scale and deals with some extremely important theories, but never manages to lose its emotional core and make you stop feeling for its characters at any moment. While this isn't as much about special effects as people claim, it certainly delivers on total destruction. The extremely realistic images of a decimated France and meteor showered New York are just a few examples. This fact helps you believe and accept the idea that a good portion of the movie takes place on the asteroid itself; with people oil drilling it. Now I would never claim that this doesn't have some goofy elements, but they are addressed within the movie and done in a way that just lets you accept them for the sake of enjoyment and a good piece of science fiction. At the end of the day, Armageddon is a ridiculously cool movie and easily the grandest and smartest of big-budget disaster movies. With a soundtrack almost exclusively from Aerosmith, you can't help but get amped up over this sci-fi action masterwork.

• Bethany M

  
  One of my favourite films of all time! A must see! A heartbreaking tearjerker! You will cry everytime you watch this.

• Sajin P

  
  Despite being a cheesy crowd-pleaser and the sheer stupidity of the plot, the film is rather enjoyable for its stylistic (and expensive) visualization.

• Kase V

  
  The characters are fun, the story is fun, a lot of it is fun. But it is not perfect. It doesn't excuse the fact that it is entertaining.

• KJ P

  
  Armageddon makes me want to call it one of my favourite films. The gripping emotion and the lovable characters give you a feeling of hope and strength of how thankful we should all be to be alive. This is without a doubt, Michael Bays best movie. Extremely underrated is not even… More
  Armageddon makes me want to call it one of my favourite films. The gripping emotion and the lovable characters give you a feeling of hope and strength of how thankful we should all be to be alive. This is without a doubt, Michael Bays best movie. Extremely underrated is not even saying enough. There was not one character who I disliked, and the fact that I actually cried in the end, just goes to show how powerful this movie truly is. I haven't been able to say this about any Michael Bay films, therefore, I congratulate him in making what I believe to be a masterpiece beyond belief. I may be speaking far to highly about this film in some peoples eyes, but I really could care less what other people think of my thoughts. This movie is jaw-droppingly brilliant! Michael Bay finally hit his mark!

• Brian D

  
  You know the name and the story its either you like it or not is the question? Its the end of the world Michael bay style and given that this was he's third feature movie its one of he's best(including The Rock). But like so many Michael Bay movies this is all dumb, but is a… More
  You know the name and the story its either you like it or not is the question? Its the end of the world Michael bay style and given that this was he's third feature movie its one of he's best(including The Rock). But like so many Michael Bay movies this is all dumb, but is a fun ride.The special effect are the stars of the show with how many city's can be destroy in one movie.And with some of the crappiest dialogue i have ever witness is just plain funny and that just makes this a easy watch even at 151mins .

• Richard C

  
  C+

• ♥Robyn

  
  a fantastic movie has tear jerker moments but i loved it!! <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/armageddon" target="_blank"><img src="http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy298/ZOGLERAKI/ARMAGEDDON.jpg" border="0" alt="ARMAGEDDON… More
  a fantastic movie has tear jerker moments but i loved it!! <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/armageddon" target="_blank"><img src="http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy298/ZOGLERAKI/ARMAGEDDON.jpg" border="0" alt="ARMAGEDDON Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>

• Jennifer D

  
  Was.... was that fire in space? I think it was. Huh. Didn't think that was possible. It had some really great, pretty shots and edited like a music video. I really hate Liv Tyler and there were some moments that reminded me of Pearl Harbor... oh wait.... same director and a same… More
  Was.... was that fire in space? I think it was. Huh. Didn't think that was possible. It had some really great, pretty shots and edited like a music video. I really hate Liv Tyler and there were some moments that reminded me of Pearl Harbor... oh wait.... same director and a same actor. Huh. I did like Billy Bob Thorton. :)

• Anthony L

  
  Armageddon has some good moments but is severely let down by the unnecessary melodrama and unrealistic scenes (OK, it's all very unrealistic but the bit when the space-buggy jumped over the astro-vally was just too silly for me)

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