Definitely the best comet movie of 1998!

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2000)

I have read a few other reviews of this movie, and I have seen the votes casted, and quite frankly, I cannot figure out what is wrong with this movie! It is perfectly directed (Michael Bay), with a great cast including Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thorton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, and a host of others.
While Deep Impact worked too much to have a feasible story to it, Armageddon went strictly for the "AWW" reaction. This film is full of eye candy that will catch you from the opening sequence, and keep hold of you all the way to the final explosion. While it's special effects were definitely fun to watch, the story lacked only in the dialogue. Thinking that the audience didn't want to be overwhelmed with technical mumbo-jumbo, the writers chose to use "baby" terms easier for us to understand. While this did infact slightly deminish the dialogue, the actors cast to portray the heros did an excellent job relaying the script. Steve Buscemi was great in the comedic role and Michael Clark Duncan was hilariously funny at times as a big, strong, muscle bound man, with a childish weak side to him. The beginning of this movie will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, and by the end, you will definitely have a tear in your eye just creeping down your cheek. This is the type of sci-fi action movie that we deserve, and I could only hope that there are more to come.