One asteroid in our patience

Rating: 2/10 (28 August 1999)

I decided to watch Armaggedon after seeing the music in the TV and after my friends told me this movie was good (remark: my friends are teenagers with anything in their heads). So, I went with my sister to watch it. I was expecting one beautiful movie where the people, knowing that the world would end, tried to use their last minutes as good as they could. You know, one movie that could make we cry. But no! All the movie is centralized in the "astronauts", all silly and rude man. It's interesting that knowing that the world would end in some days, all were very happy, and funny, and doing jokes one with the other. Even one scene that looks romantic (in the tv clip, without sound), when Ben Affleck is in one farm with Liv Tyler, is ridiculous. They are in the lawn and Ben start to talk, with a biscuit in his hands: "I really don't think that the animal cracker qualifies as a cracker." Liv asks why and he answers: "Well cause it's sweet, which to me suggests cookie, I mean well putting cheese on something is sort of a defining characteristic of what makes a cracker a cracker. I don't know why I thought of that, i just-". Isn't that ridiculous? Yes, but that was the most intelligent scene in all the movie. If you like special effects, don't watch this movie, they appear only in 5 minutes. Sci-fi? No, Armaggedon is really, believe me, a comedy. But if you like comedy... Don't go to. Why? During one hour they stay in the asteroid trying to destroy it. And I almost slept! In fact, don't waste your money in this film. It's really horrible. I'm sure there's something better to do! (Maybe sleep). 2 ---------------- 10