The most overwhelming movie ever made

Rating: 4/10 (25 July 2008)

Armageddon is pure entertainment, and it's meant to be fun. On the other hand it's a film that tries way too hard. It's an action, adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, Romance, and Disaster movie all mixed into one! Then throw in a gigantic budget, an all-star cast, dazzling special effects, explosions, a cheesy love story, over the top humor, and lots of music. Add that all together and we have the most overwhelming movie ever made. The viewer is just bombarded with this barrage of special effects, music, cheap jokes, and romance, I felt my brain was overloading. If your looking for pure Fun & entertainment then you'll probably love this film. Of course you have to be prepared to suspend disbelief in order to enjoy this movie and ignore the obvious flaws.
1.) First off there is an asteroid the size of Texas hurtling towards Earth. In reality the largest asteroid ever discovered was about the size of a small city, there isn't an asteroid of such freakish size anywhere near our solar system.
2.) NASA only becomes aware of the asteroid after a meteor shower and when they do discover it they only have 18 days before it hits Earth. In reality we would have a few years warning that an asteroid of such size was coming that close to us. NASA telescopes are very powerful and can see beyond our solar system, so they would have to be blind to miss it. We'd have plenty of warning.
3.) being that we'd have plenty of warning we'd also have plenty of time to prepare. So the whole story of Armageddon is now out of the question. NASA would train a rag tag group of undisciplined oil drillers to go into space in a few days on this mission to drill a hole into the asteroid and blow it up with a nuke cause the astronauts know nothing about drilling. In reality they would most likely have the drillers train their astronauts in drilling for months maybe even a year for this kinda mission. The oil drillers would never have been prepared for the rigors of space travel in such a short period of time.
4.) Asteroids are usually more rounded, not funky looking like the asteroid in this film. The Comet in Deep Impact was more accurate to the shape and look of asteroids & comets.
5.) NASA doesn't have cool advanced looking shuttles that fly like fighter aircraft like the ones in this movie. It would take months for them to make such a ship. And they wouldn't be that stupid in installing gatling guns on the armadillos in the event Steve Buschemi goes nuts.
6.) In the movie the team Drill a hole 800 feet deep to plant a nuclear warhead in the center which would split the asteroid in two and divert them in opposite directions, both of which would miss the planet. In reality if the asteroid was that big they would need to drill the hole about a hundred miles into the damn thing, and it would take more than one Nuke to do the job. The asteroid would also not split in half and miss the planet, It would most likely fragment into a few pieces and probably still hit. At 800 feet it would probably just make a big crater.... at best!
7.) The team swing shots around the moon at 11 G's in order to get behind the asteroid. In reality at 11 G's they would either pass out or die.
8.) Asteroids don't have gravitational fields.
9.) biblical inaccuracies: in the bible Armageddon is described as the epic battle on Earth between the forces of good & evil. So is the asteroid embodying evil or something, it's just a freaking rock.
Is it just me or is there is always something going wrong in this film. Atlantis destroyed, Meteor showers, cities destroyed, team members clash & bicker, The Russian space station explodes, they land on the hardest part of the rock, the military panics and tries to blow the nuke up from Earth, then the Nuke won't explode so someone has to stay behind to blow it up. Nobody likes constant drama in their lives why would we want it in this movie. It also tries too many times to be funny at the most unexpected and unnatural times.
How can Liv Tyler's character fall for Ben Affleck's character? Affleck plays someone who's so annoying, so whinny, and immature. No wonder Bruce Willis doesn't want them getting married. That scene where Affleck & Tyler are having a picnic and he plays animal cracker safari on her belly was the most retarded thing I ever saw, in fact it was kinda weird. In fact many of the characters were over the top & dramatic.
For all it's fun Armageddon simply lacks any intelligence. It's all brawn and no brain. Like I said if you looking for just entertainment you'll enjoy this film, if you like your films to be somewhat intelligent then you might want to save your money. Try not to take Armageddon seriously.