It's still the equivalent of exploding 10 million megatons of dynamite in the atmosphere. But most forgive these as necessary stretches for the sake of storytelling. If I were Roger Ebert, I would give it a mild thumbs-up. I think we should encourage Hollywood whenever they get the science right. I don't think that most scientists and engineers will have anything to groan about in this movie.
Scientists are already wary of that one.
It's not only too big, it's a million times too big. Morrison has written an article reviewing the scientific believability of Deep Impact , Armageddon and other meteor-disaster films. Scientifically, it's darned good. Other than that, it might be a great film. Still, even ridiculous attention might be good attention.