Armageddon (1998)
Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins
Synopsis: Grossing more than 200 million dollars domestically during its initial box office run in 1998, Bay's loud, fast spectacle is a love-it or hate-it archetype of the big budget studio action film at the century's end. Made with lots of money ($140 million!), a strong cast and tons of special... Grossing more than 200 million dollars domestically during its initial box office run in 1998, Bay's loud, fast spectacle is a love-it or hate-it archetype of the big budget studio action film at the century's end. Made with lots of money ($140 million!), a strong cast and tons of special effects, ARMAGEDDON tells the tale of a team of oilmen called in by the president to land on a Texas-sized asteroid approaching Earth and blast it into pieces before it ends life as we know it. Huge plot holes, some of the quickest cutting seen in film, and occasionally unconvincing special effects will not deter those who approach it seeking two and a half hours of full-throttle, flag waving cinematic rush. [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton
Screenwriter: Jonathan Hensleigh, Jeffrey Abrams
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Bay
Composer: Trevor Rabin
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 10, 2005
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Reviews
A Godzilla-sized blockbuster -- it's an outrageous spectacle, without many brains to speak of, but its heart in the right place.
Where things fall apart are the scenes that try to put in characterisation, and, God help us, comic relief.
Armabludgeon is like a roller coast--occasionally exciting, but in the end you've been taken for a long, nauseating ride.
Tenso e com bons efeitos visuais, o filme funciona como diversão (apesar dos clichês).
Resolute on violating every law of dramatic unity and physics, Armageddon makes Deep Impact look like a documentary.
breathless and utterly brainless... makes the similarly themed and much more sentimental 'Deep Impact' look like 'Schindler's List' by comparison.
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