One for Bruce, one for Liv, and one for the song

Rating: 3/10 (25 November 2018)

I just re-watched this over Thanksgiving weekend and I was blown away by the absurdity of it all. The premise itself is possible enough. A giant meteor could be on its way to crash into us, since it happened to the dinosaurs. I can also go with the idea that we want the best drillers to handle the drilling. Actually, sending the rag-tag group of skilled non-astronauts was the most plausible part, so I didn't have a problem with that idea. Perhaps a nuclear warhead could split a meteor. It's hard to say. Then I started thinking about the absurd things. There were so many absurd things in this movie, I have to list a few. 1) Having two new shuttles ready for launch 2) Launching and training in less than 20 days 2) Having some absolutely amazing monster trucks with multiple drills ready to go in 20 days. 3) Having nuclear weapons ready to go. 4) Actually thinking it would work to land on a rocky asteroid with a shuttle at all!!!!!!!!!! I guess they thought putting jet skis on instead of wheels would do the trick. 5) Landing a shuttle in zero atmosphere. The shuttle just falls like a rock and is barely a glider, but it does need air to keep level. 6) Since the space station blew up during fueling, how did the shuttle get fuel to finish the mission? I could go on and on and on. All of these thing being said, they still made this movie. I give one star for Bruce Willis. He does have star quality and he's enjoyable to watch. I'll give one star for Liv Tyler. Her role in this movie was to look amazing. She played that part well. I'll give one more star for the song. Liv's dad sung one of my favorite tracks.
It was surreal to see the twin towers in New York still standing, and then to see a meteor shower damage them. When buildings started coming down in New York, I couldn't help think about 911 and my mood changed from watching entertainment to remembering reality. That part was very real to me, but the rest of the movie was just totally BS. I do hope we have a better plan for such things if we do find a meteor out there one day.