When your ears stop ringing, listen up.

Rating: 10/10 (23 October 1998)

It gets pretty sad when a movie is bad-mouthed because it has bad acting. Don't get me wrong, I hate bad actors, and if you've read my other reviews, you'll see that I talk a lot about crappy actors. But those are for movies where good acting is required for the situation to be believable. 'Armageddon' is a movie that does not require good acting. Michael Bay never said that the movie would have Academy Award winning acting in the movie. He said it would be an action packed thrill ride.
And it was. The movie was very good, because it kept the action going straight to the end. It didn't matter if the acting sucked. But I have to be accurate about this movie: The acting was half-decent. I mean, whenever I see bad acting, I almost always laugh. I never once laughed during this movie, except when the script required me to. The acting is pretty good. Bruce Willis is not my favourite actor, after all, some of his movies have shown his 'bad actor' side. But he does a decent job in this movie along with the rest of the cast.
And finally, I will say this. The last 10 minutes of the movie disturb me. They are horrifyingly sad!! The last 10 minutes of 'Titanic', were nothing compared to this. I swear, I almost cried!! It was so depressing, I was tight-lipped for the first few minutes after I left the theatre. That's amazing. A movie starring Bruce Willis is sadder than 'Titanic'.
Although I should tell you: I'm speaking hypothetically. I didn't find 'Titanic' sad. In fact I laughed! But I know many people cried their eyes out in that movie. So if I didn't find 'Titanic' sad, and millions of other people did, and then I found 'Armageddon' sad, what does that tell you? That 'Armageddon' is one hell of a sad movie.
So if you're one of those 'Go see an action flick, just 'cause it's an action flick' kind of guys, go see this movie. If you enjoy good acting, decent story and stuff like that, go see this movie. If you want to cry your eyes out at the end, go see this movie. I do, however recommend you bring ear plugs for some scenes. (It gets a little loud!)