The US govt. just asked us to save the world. Anybody wanna back out, now's the time. "You think we'll get hazard pay?"

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2001)

You either love this film, or you hate it. Some (like me) love this movie because it is an entertaining film that has a heart and doesn't let the effects put the drama and acting in the back-seat. Others hate this film because of all the scientific errors shown in it. As much as I can sympathize with those discontent viewers, I must humbly say "Shut-up and enjoy the movie"
This is the easiest plot to break down. Destroy a killer asteroid, before it kills all of us. The way to do this is to drop a nuke in the center of it. Nasa has no one experienced to pull this off. The man that Nasa was hired to do this is third generation oil driller Harry Stamper, played by Hollywoods' best blue-coller-everyman Bruce Willis. Harry calls to arms his personal team of drillers to make this happen, that include his most reluctent of choices, A.J. Frost, played by Ben Affleck.
Directer Micheal Bay and producer Jerry Brukheimer make all the right calls for this movie, reguarding the casting and astetic look and feel of this movie. There a golden rule to film making, and that is, if you can't make it look real then at least make it look good. I think that this film is the best example of that rule.
This was a big effects movie. With the growing amount of films that continute to stuff movies to the gills with visual effects, it's refreshing to see this film put it's main focus on it's unique band of characters. Armageddon seems like a story motivated by the events, but it is surly more of a character motivated story.
To sum up, try and forget all the compunctions that you have about the scientific inconsistencies about this film and enjoy.