so much fun, it's freaky!!!

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 1999)

I keep shaking my head while going over the comments on this movie. What is wrong with you people. WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING?? This is the definite blockbuster. Yes it's a total no-brainer, but so what? It's supposed to be. The director is not trying to do anything more than entertain and he does that in spades. Armageddon has lots of cool lines, lots of action and even a story that works. There's also lots of great special effects, production design and music. Also, Bay has a great sense of pacing and rhythm and is well aware of the movie's inherent cheesiness at all times. Comparing Armageddon to Godzilla, one of most awful pieces of crap ever made, is simply obscene. For what it's trying to be - pure entertainment - this is one of the best ever.