Awful yarn about the end of the world

Rating: 1/10 (1 May 2002)

Pros: Special effects, sound, cinematography.
Cons: Unbelievable situations, laughable dialogue, hammy acting, slovenly direction.
Armageddon is referred in the bible as the end of the world. This new film calls itself that because an asteroid the size of texas is about to hit the Earth and end life. The movie is so far fetched it just comes of as cheesy. first of all, the fate of the Earth will not fall to a bunch of miners. The asteroid is not even in proportion to the ship. It certainly doesn't take one nuke to split an asteroid the size of Texas. Bay directs this horrible movie full of bad writing ("He's pretty much the smartest man in the planet") and he doesn't know when to stop. Bad acting exudes from Liv Tyler and Buscemi is slumming for the paycheck. Ben Affleck is still convinced that Jerry Bruckheimer is going to make him a star but this film isn't the star-making vehicle he expects to get. Bay shows he really doesn't know how to direct a big budject flick and he should go back to small independent films.
Premise: An asteriod the size of texas has a collision course to Earth.
Armageddon was nominated for four Academy awards all on the technical side. Nominated and won numerous Razzies.
GradeL: 1.5/10 (Surprisingly not Bay's worst)