big loud and fun

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2010)

hey i know when i go see a Jerry Bruckheimer film that i ain't gonna be seeing some incredible film that will survive the ages and change my life ... but I'm gonna get some big loud slam bang special effects and some good rock music and some funny lines ... and usually some oddballs put together to achieve a common goal ...
Armageddon does all that ... special effects are outstanding ... big loud asteroids ripping the sh*t out of new york, Paris, and southeast Asia ... yeah baby!!! good rock music ... ZZ Top, Aerosmith, etc ... loud guitar driven rockers to propel the movie along and let the character try and shout their lines over the top of the volume ... love it ...
oddballs for a common goal .. .well ... we have all kinds in this movie ... even the 'normal' guys are oddballs ... and we get a nice lil intro to each of the main oddballs and their own little music video like intro ... very nice OK this ain't 'gone with the wind' or anything that will likely ever be 'preserved' by the AFI ... however, turn off your brain, stop whining about how parts ignore real science (ummm it's JERRY BRUCKHEIMER not Carl Sagan for Pete's sake) and sit back for a nice roller coaster ride ...
great fx, great thrills, great laughs, and they throw in a love story for the heckuvait ... what'cha complaining about? anyone who saw this one a big screen with a great sound system didn't complain about getting their money's worth ... they lined up to see it again ...
go rent it on bluray and crank it ...