Comments on: Armageddon, Deep Impact: decadent

By: HHO

HHO — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:59:20 +0000

The world is changing…. But I love the both the movie. Great reviews though.

By: Bryce Zabel

Bryce Zabel — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:45:53 +0000

Interesting. MOVIE SMACKDOWN just did a ten year anniversary review between the two films. Plus there’s a poll to vote. Did you know that IMDB has both films with a 5.9 out of 10 approval rating. That’s with each one getting a lot of votes over the years.

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:23:12 +0000

Any day now you’re going to start losing the under-20 crowd in your talk, eh? Guess the film industry (I usually cringe on calling the “film industry” by the subdivision connotation with which it is summarily associated) needs to catch up and make something craptacular for you to new-school on!

By: zeb

zeb — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:18:57 +0000

I remember when my girlfriend said she liked Armageddon. I almost broke up with her right then and there.

By: «bønez_brigade»

«bønez_brigade» — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:50:09 +0000

I’d also add that ‘The Core’ rivals ‘Armageddon’ in FAILage, though the former definitely wins in the silliness category.

By: beagledad

beagledad — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:21:13 +0000

# Davidon 08 May 2008 at 8:30 am:

What does acting have to do with it? (Or science, for that matter?) Armageddon has Liv Tyler and lots of cool explosions. That’s the whole movie, right there. If you engage more neurons than are necessary to fixate on those two elements, you’re just going to hurt yourself by watching it.

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000

What would you rather see… a sloooow motion shot of a real shuttle OMS burn, or animal crackers marching up Liv Tyler’s tummy. I mean, come on…

The OMS burn. Totally. And not just because I’m a heterosexual female. March animal crackers up a gorgeous guy, and I’d still rather watch the OMS burn (assuming the remainder of the film containing the animal cracker scene is as bad as “Armageddon”.)

However, “Armageddon”, bad as it was (in so many ways), was certainly not the worst movie ever made. There are MUCH worse movies. I am put in mind of a quote by Mike Nelson (of MST3K fame) who for a while was writing movie reviews for an audiophile magazine:

“Batman and Robin is not the worst movie ever made. No indeed. It is the worst *thing* ever made.”

See? There are worse movies. If I had to choose between “Batman & Robin” and “Armageddon”, I’d . . . I’d . . . oh, heck, who’m I fooling. I’d go for a walk and look for sundogs.