Are you kidding me?

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 1999)

Friends have commented to me that Armageddon is a better film than Saving Private Ryan. Others have told me that the guys they were with were all in tears at times. Maybe I'm a movie snob but this is one of the stupidest films I've ever seen. With a "yeah, right" factor as high as Armageddon, I'm left wondering what sort of judge of movies my friends are, or much of the general public for that matter going by the number of people giving this movie a 10. I was not bowled over by Deep Impact, but at least it was more than mere eye candy. The most troubling part of Armageddon for me was the attitude of the drillers in preparing for the mission. This is an event that would result in the end of mankind yet I've seen preparation for a kid's birthday party taken more seriously!