Armageddon This Stupid Film!

Rating: 1/10 (16 July 2015)

Armageddon (1998): Dir: Michael Bay / Cast: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton: Disaster film presents lots of explosions, tumbling skyscrapers, and hurling cars with a plot retread of Deep Impact. What it doesn't present is one good reason to sit through it. The all too familiar premise regards a meteor heading towards earth. That's right. Where else would he hurl too? Bruce Willis heads a team that would be no more suitable for a Kool Aid commercial let alone a trip to Mars. They launch into space and perform a drilling task. Director Michael Bay basically creates noise. His previous film The Rock is also a noise case but at least it is entertaining. This film is about as entertaining as setting oneself on fire and rolling around in gasoline. This is one of the worst performances out of Bruce Willis who goes from attempting to gun down her daughter's boyfriend to shedding tears with him when he decides to sacrifice himself. Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler do unquestionable things with animal crackers although it never occurs to them to eat them. Billy Bob Thorton should fire his agent for his flat role. It is as if he wandered onto the wrong set and was requested to help a film that is beyond help. Will Patton even got dragged in on this explosive diarrhea of a film. The effects are the ticket yet the film should be smashed with several rocks. Score: 1 / 10