Crosses the line that makes brainless summer blockbusters entertaining. The horrendous Aerosmith song the overflow of treacle in nearly every scene, Liv fucking Tyler's farewell to her father its cinematic dung at its worst.

D-

This film has some funny lines here and there, But other than that I thought it was kinda boring. The only bad acting came from Affleck, who over acted in about 50% of his scenes

B-

Did I metion that I love this film?

Oh, I did...okay, just wanted to reinforce that.

B

Fun entertainment, but stupid. Solid all the same.

Oh yes, I can stand in the middle.

wow, I never thought Bay would be able to top Pearl Harbor, but oh boy did he. Once you take away the dozens of suspense-less action sequences and the star power (which didn't translate to good acting in any way), you are literally left with nothing. And it's two and a half hours. Oh my god this is terrible.

F

I know that some people here don't like Spielberg movies, but when you look at the way he builds suspense before his action as opposed to the way that Bay just jumps right into it... I don't see how something like this could captivate anybody by comparison. Would the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark have been one-tenth as memorable if it started out with the cave collapsing (cutting out that intense build-up walking through the jungle and the gold/sand moment) and every single thing he encounters thereafter simply exploding as he ran by it?

Just when I thought you were cool...

but in another sense, i do very much respect Michael Bay... with The Island being an exception, the man really knows how to make movies that appeal to and entertain wide audiences, and a lot of talented directors are incapable of such (Marc Forster with Quantum of Solace, for example). The thing is that he just doesn't make his movies for me as much as for the people who don't watch the Oscars, the people who haven't heard of (let alone seen) 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days, etc. But yeah, when I watched him at work on the TF2 set, that man really knows how to get shit done. He knows exactly what he wants, what to ask for, etc... he has certainly earned his success. But this movie especially was nothing but explosions. I'd like a bit more than that, please.

Total shit. Good visuals and it's....fun....but that's it. I didn't give a rat's ass about any of the two-dimensional carboard cut-outs that are supposed to pass as characters. I can't believe some people actually cried.

D

The illogicies are so hilarious and blatent that it becomes endearing. I love Armageddon

Armageddon is one of the best pure entertainment popcorn films ever made! It's also one of the best tear jerkers ever. It's filled with great characters that you really feel like you know during the film.

Bruce Willis as Harry Stamper is the kind of guy that I'd follow anywhere. One of his best, if not his best screen performace. His ultimate sacrifice for humanity is both devastating and heartfelt, and his final scene with Liv Tyler via satelite transmission makes a blubbering mess out of me everytime as soon as he says "and I wish I could be there to walk you down the aisle".

Ben Affleck is funny and charming as the rebel of the team, A. J.

Steve Buscemi is at his hysterical best as the horny Rockhound, who is my personal favorite character in the film.

Billy Bob Thorton is a model of a solid guy in a political position determined to do what he has to do for humankind's survival, no matter what superior he has to defy.

Liv Tyler is hot as always, and brings a very touching and sympathetic performance to the roll of Harry's daughter Grace, who is also the lover of Ben Affleck's character.

Will Patton perfectly plays Chic, who you totally buy as the best friend of Harry, and his back story with his estranged ex-wife and the son that he's not allowed to see is very emotional, and his final redemption at the end is so satisfying that it helps take the pain away from all the losses that occured, including the loss of Harry.

Michael Clarke Duncan gives a teddy bear performance as the aptly named Bear.

Owen Wilson is great as the air headed and innocent Oscar, who dies early in the mission, giving a sense of doom and anything goes. If they could kill off harmless Oscar, nobody was safe.

Peter Stormare plays the Russian cosmonaut Lev, in a very funny performance, and it was totally believable that he bonded with AJ and Bear as they tried frantically to get back with the crew of the surviving shuttle. Seeing him at the wedding of Grace and AJ at the end just brings a smile to my face every time.

Ken Hudson Campbell plays Max, another one of the zany misfit crew who ultimately doesn't make it out alive.

Keith David plays that bastard of a general, who probably gives the best delivery of the word "retard" that has ever been said. Hysterical! "The fate of the world is in the hands of a bunch of retards that I wouldn't trust with a potato gun."

William Fichtner and Jessica Sheen play the no nonsense shuttle pilots Willie Sharp and Jennifer Watts, who get our heroes to and from the oncoming asteroid. (and I also found Watts to be really hot)

The cast of this movie is one of the best assembled ensemble casts I've ever seen, and they all deliver. It's just a great piece of entertainment that has one of the highest replay values of any movie I've ever seen. The far reaching plot is very engaging, and it's just a total thrill ride from start to finish, with great humor in place to relax the tension.

It's one of my all time favorites.

10/10

Agree. And you can add The Island in the enjoyable group.

Armageddon and Pearl Harbour were two of my all time most anticipated films before they were released and both were huge dissapointments.

However, of the two I prefer Armageddon.

One thing is for sure, you cant beat the trailer for this, pure 90s awesomeness...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tFOuCoT8c

hehe, I more or less agree. The excessive nature of the production is what most stands out IMO. It's true what is said: almost any 30 seconds feels like it could be turned into a commercial, and that's what I love about it. It's entertainment for the sake of entertainment more than anything else, and it's so slick. But then it's also so absurd that I have to hate it. haha

ha, kind of like the movie. But made me laugh a bit for being as obvious as it is.

B-

Better than that shit Deep Impact which I gave an F.

Too many unlikeable characters in a disaster flick for me. Willis, Affleck, space dementia fellow all fucking annoying.

I wanted them all to die, which is inconsistent with a movie about survival. TDAT is still the best disaster flick for me.

Did BK ever say Armegeddon was realistic? Or did BKB just epic fail himself?

I've seen the majority of this on tv in pieces. Oh dear lord is it bad. However it is one of those that's bad enough to almost enjoy for its' wretchedness.

4/10.

This is one of those few movies I love so much that I can't put it in proper words. I go through so many emotions while watching this. My blood is racing, my heart is pumping, I'm sweatin, I'm laughing, I'm crying... and so on and on. I've seen this three times in theaters back in 1998 and countless times at home. I owned Armageddon on VHS, it was my first DVD and now I'm watching the Blu-Ray. It's almost like I have a relationship with this film, hehe. I really don't get the hate for it. This is perfect entertainment, the cast is all-around great and Bay was at the top of his game. The entire finale is as perfect as it could be. From the moment Affleck comes back till the last seconds I'm always near a heart attack. And then William Fichtner comes and says: Miss Stamper? Colonel Willie Sharp, United States Airforce, ma'am. Requesting permission to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I've ever met. And that's the moment that turns me into a mess. God I love Armageddon.

It's exactly like Titanic. It goes all in with the soap opera melodrama and makes no excuses for itself.

Yes, it's a pretty amazing film. I don't watch it enough.

Did someone trick you or force you to watch this against your will? I refuse to believe that you made a conscious choice to watch this film.

music is really good btw