My #1 Most Despised Film of All Time

Rating: 1/10 (26 January 2004)

I absolutely hate Armageddon with every fiber of my being. This is probably not the worst movie ever made, but when considering the budget, the number of big stars, and the shameless over-promotion it is dollar-for-dollar the most despicable.
The action is way over the top, it is wholly unrealistic, the characters are not at all interesting, even the special effects can only be marked as sub-par (especially when considering the budget of this film). It's just one lame gag after another. "Oh my God, I dropped a screw! The entire mission is doomed" over and over and over again until you find yourself wishing the mission would indeed end in a spectacular fireball just to put the film out of it's own misery!
Unlike it's counterpart Deep Impact, these filmmakers don't even bother to showcase the human element of this story, how the potential end of the world effects society or even the characters involved. It's all about the father who feels like a failure; the girl who pines for her loser boyfriend; and the various psychotic episodes of the rest of the characters. Never do we even get the sense that these people care that the world is about to end. It's this lack of caring about humanity that boils out of the screen: the filmmakers didn't even like their audience. This isn't even a case of a good screenplay idea poorly executed (like Deep Impact), but the writers and filmmakers simply didn't bother to make a good film.
This film will always sit at the top of my Most Hated List.