The most underrated movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2020)

This glorious movie has everything you can expect to enjoy: action, drama, comedy, romance, epic outbursts, emotional moments, great special effects that have aged almost nothing and a good soundtrack. I like movies that even with a serious premisse, don't take itselves too seriously, having scenes that allow us to smile and laugh a little. This is Armageddon. No, this isn't philosophical or the most deeper and realist plot, cause this is not the prupose.
Bruce Willis is Harry Stamper, the father that every daughter in the earth wants and would be proud to have: a flawed but deeply heroic guy, tough on the outside with a soft heart on the inside, willing to die to save not only his daughter but all humanity. Liv Tyler lives Grace, at the height of her beauty, that even not participating in the action still brings us emotional moments with the interaction between her dad and her boyfriend. Ben Affleck is decent in the role of A.J., incarnating the typical reckless hero guy who is in love with the beautiful girl and that ries to win the trust of his jealous father-in-law, who at heart loves him and is like a father to him too.
Is it cliché? Yeah. But it's a cliché that manages to entertain me for almost 3 hours and still manages to pull tears at the end. The scene of Harry switching places with AJ and giving his final speech to Grace always makes me cry and if that part doesn't bring you any emotional reaction, you not have a soul or a heart... And I can't finish without to say the supporting cast is great too, especially Steve Buscemi, who is perfect on paper comic relief role.