Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Behind The Scenes
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.
Michael Bay, the master of the big-budget blockbuster, directs this action film that is packed with emotion. With a planet-killing asteroid on a collision course with Earth, it's up to a motley crew of scientists and oil drillers (yes, oil drillers) to save the earth. With 18 days to impact, a team from NASA (led by Billy Bob Thornton) frantically tries to find a solution but ends up turning to an outside contractor. Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) and his team of oilmen are called upon to save the planet as only they can. ARMAGEDDON may boast impressive special effects, but it's the cast--including Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Steve Buscemi, and Owen Wilson--that gives the film its humor and heart. Tyler's father Steven Tyler and his band Aerosmith contributed the Oscar-nominated hit "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" to the soundtrack.
Armageddon Reviews:
"...Enjoyable..."
-- Christine James, Box Office
"...Move over, DEEP IMPACT -- here comes something meteor..."
-- Christine Spines, Premiere
amazing!!! i love this movie its really really good 5 stars all the way. You should watch it! Submitted by someone (somewhere) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
best movie of 1998!!!! The actors,story,and movie were excellent!!!! Yet another sad,tragic,moving movie!!!! It was very enjoyable and really exciting!!! The ending left a huge impact on me and many other people who saw it!!!!! Submitted by crystallake_x (anderson, sc, usa) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Exciting but... Effects were spectacular, but the story needed a little work. Excellent job by Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis. The extras on this disc are worth an upgrade from the original bare-bones dvd. Submitted by a reviewer (New Orleans, LA USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
This is the most mindless special effects movie ever made. This is probably the most insipid and wasteful example of ostentatious studio overspending on a film's creation that has ever come out of the annals of all of Hollywood history. There is some talent in the expensive cast (Billy Bob Thornton for one) but this is a giant turkey of a film that doesn't deserve any attention given to its insulting idiocy on dumb and dreary display, as nothing more than an inane exercise in slick action/adventure, and the ultimate in celluloid statement in stupidity at its most epically moronic. Submitted by jstich (Houston, Texas) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 0 of 1 found this helpful.
Very good. I love this movie Armageddon. It inspired me this movie remind me as space shuttle of atromants people Hero, great honor and for america nation of all. Submitted by mybeautyboys (Nevada, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo This review is for a different format.
From the blockbuster-making team who produced and directed PEARL HARBOR and THE ROCK (Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay) comes the biggest movie of 1998 -- ARMAGEDDON! Starring the explosive talents of Bruce Willis (DIE HARD), Academy Award(R)-winners Ben Affleck (GOOD WILL HUNTING) and Billy Bob Thornton (SLING BLADE), Liv Tyler (INVENTING THE ABBOTTS), Steve Buscemi (CON AIR), and Will Patton (INVENTING THE ABBOTTS), ARMAGEDDON is a meteor storm of action-adventure moviemaking that has you on the edge of your seat forgetting to breathe! When NASA's executive director, Dan Truman (Thornton), realizes the Earth has 18 days before it's obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas, he has only one option -- land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers on the asteroid and drop a nuclear warhead into its core. Spectacular special effects, laugh-out-loud humor, great characters, riveting storytelling, and heartfelt emotion make ARMAGEDDON an exhilarating thrill ride you'll want to experience like there's no tomorrow.
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region 1 Keep Case Director's Cut Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby 5.1 Digital - English Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Music Video: Aerosmith - I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING Director's Cut Michael Bay's Gag Reel Trailers: Radio Spots Teaser Featurette:
1. Analyses Of The Special Effects By Visual Effects Supervisors 2. Production Designer Michael White On The Look Of ARMAGEDDON Audio Commentary:
1. Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Bruce Willis - Director, Producer, Star 2. John Schwartzman - NASA Spokesman Text/Photo Galleries: Production Design Drawings Storyboards
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amazing!!!
This is the most mindless special effects movie ever made.
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