Would an Asteroid Actually Hitting the Earth Stop the Production of Films Like This?

Rating: 3/10 (22 June 2010)

1998 was a bad year for the Earth's relationship with asteroids. "Deep Impact" saw one create a tidal wave that wiped out New York City, while "Armageddon" had one the size of Texas hurtling toward our planet.
But never fear, because Bruce Willis is on the case. He and a bunch of jokey man's men head off to stop it, and of course they're successful, because if they weren't, we wouldn't be able to see Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck swap tongue at the movie's end to the strains of a maudlin Aerosmith song.
"Armageddon" is proof (if further proof was needed) that special effects alone are never enough to make a movie tolerable.
Grade: D+