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An entertaining Space/Adventure mixed Comedy and Thrills.
A small rounds from a Meteor crash landed in New York City, Killing Civilans from the City. When NASA discover that they have 18 Days to Save the Planet. NASA hired a team of Rag-Tag Drillers (Bruce Willis, Oscar-Winner:Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Micheal Clarke Duncan, Owen Wilson and Ken Hudson Campbell), are ask to go in Space with NASA Astrounauts to Stop the Meteor from Coming to Earth.

Directed by Micheal Bay (Bad Boys 1 & 2, The Rock, Pearl Harbor) made a very entertaining film, which it never does take, itself seriously, which is a good thing. This film has terrific cast including, Oscar-Winner:Billy Bob Thornton, William Fitchner, Peter Stormare, Liv Tyler, Keith David and Jason Isaacs. DVD`s has an sharp non-anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and An impressive Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. One of the Highest Grossing films of 1998. Great Visual Effects by Dream Quest Images and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). This film is Corny beyond Words but this is a exciting Sci-Fi adventure. Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh (Die Hard 3) and Jeffery Abrams (Joy Ride), Adapation by Tony Gilroy (Dolores Claiborne) and Shane Salerno (Shaft-Remake), from a Story by Robert Roy Pool (Outbreak) and Hensleigh. Panavision. Grade:B+.

Great entertainment value
Armageddon

Score: 74/100

If you are making an explanation of the ingredients that an 100/100 film would need, it is best not to use Armageddon's flavours. But, if you are making an explanation of pure entertainment at it's best, then Armageddon is a great example to use. This film opened up to the world as a major blockbuster with Razzie potential from some critics. However, some movie-goer's, like myself, happened to enjoy this film, and as a shooting star of a moneymaker, Armageddon soars high in the universe.

A giant, global-killing asteroid, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago is 18 days away from hitting the Earth. NASA's been caught with their pants down and needs a new plan to stop the rock. They enlist the help of Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), an expert deep core driller, to train their astronauts and help them drill into the asteroid and plant a nuclear bomb. But Harry figures the astronauts can't be trained in time and opts to go with his own oil drilling crew.

To get the flaws over and done with, Armageddon is sometimes too far-fetched that it becomes a little bit laughable, and Bruce Willis' character, Harry, is the hero. He isn't likeable one bit, unlike Willis' former heroic gun-aimer's and space travelling characters. But those things are quite minor, and great performances from Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck - especially Tyler, as the beautiful and Earthly young girl who sends her two most important men into sport - make up for Willis' half-effort. Also, a star-studded cast supports the three stars, including the never bad Steve Buscemi, giant Michael Clarke Duncan, the calm Owen Wilson and the weirdly watchable William Fichtner. All these actors play their roles well, and each have more faith in the story than some of the other main stars alone. Michael Bay controls his crew well, and he works excellently with the special effects team to create a stunning view of space, and some awesome blasting sounds that will unnerve you.

Armageddon is not as bad as you may of heard, and even though it isn't Best Picture material, it is still an excellent form of entertainment, a film that is able to mix romance, thrills and full-on adventure nicely and without struggle.

I love this movie!!!
Okay, there's a reason that we go to the movies...to escape everyday life and just enjoy some good old fun for a couple of hours and this movie does it. I don't know, maybe I'm just a Bruce Willis fan, but this movie did entertain me and it's on cable right now and I'm watching it, which is what compelled me to write and defend this fun movie because everyone else is trashing it!

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