I haven't thrown up in an hour.......

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2011)

A huge Comet is headed for earth. As it does not consist of one big piece, but of a cloud of rather small pieces plus a main rock the size of Texas, little impacts are recorded long before the big one is scheduled for collision with earth.
Harry S. Stamper and his drill team are selected to land on the main comet as they are the only ones who can work the special drill Harry developed.
Their mission is to drill 800 ft. into the comet to place a nuclear explosive device. The explosion of the bomb will break the comet in two, and the two pieces will pass earth on both sides.
This task has to be accomplished before a certain "dead" line, or the comet parts will not fly by, but hit earth....
It's a return to form for the disaster movie, as we get a kooky cast, Michael Bay, Bruckhiemer, Willis, and a big comet hurtling toward earth, what could possibly go wrong.
Well apart from the many plot holes as deep as the hole that gets drilled, there is nothing wrong at all. True, many people will scoff if you say you love this film, but thats because it got a little mauled by the critics.
Whats not to love? this is about Stamper trying to hold his 'family' together at an hour of need, and act as the solid oak everyone can rely on, it's not just about saving the world.
Willsi has to convince his 'family' that this is something they have to do, as well as swallowing his pride and asking his daughters boyfriend to help to (he see's Afflecks character as a younger self, therefore not really liking his daughter dating him).
It's witty and has some wonderful lines, and although it's crammed full of cheese, the soppy ending seems relevant for a film that does cheese, action and laughs by the numbers.
It's the cheese on toast of cinema, it's simple, good, but you know too much is bad for you.
A simple to follow guilty pleasure, and a feel-good one at that.
Ignore the snobs and watch this, you know you love it..