Será una americanada total, pero aún así es una gran película de desastres mezclada con ciencia ficción. Reparto de lujo, con ese Bruce Willis fantástico como siempre y mi Liv Tyler que... :D~~~~~ no hace falta decir nada más. Mucha acción, mucho humor, grandes efectos especiales y visuales y una historia curradísima (recordemos que el mismo año también se estrenó Deep Impact, que fue un desastre). Americanada, sí, pero muy digna.

One of the two asteroid movies of 1998; in this NASA discovers a comet the size of Texas is going to hit Earth in 18 days. Figuring their best way to destroy it is to put a nuclear weapon deep inside it and blow it up. So they reach out to deep core drilling expert Harry Stamper (Willis) to help, but he wants his team to go with him. There is also ample Bay type action, almost from the get go with a devastating meteor shower hitting New York with scenes normally found in Roland Emmerich films. From there it does not really let up, and his trademark use of camera work and colour contrast is front and centre here. At two and a half hours, it does feel draggy in places, despite that the majority of the action sequences on the asteroid itself occurs in the last hour of the film. The relationships between characters feel minimalistic, and generic. Some of the acting is a little wooden by some of the cast, but it also over the top characters played by an impressive list of character actors. The two sometimes are a intertwined in one scene and this is a little off putting. The screenplay isn’t terrible at times, and there is a fairly emotionally powerful monologue by a ‘powerful’ character, that feels like it could have been better if this role had been cast better, and been established to be stronger previously. This is no fault of the actor who played him (as he has sadly passed away since this film was made.) However, with five people at the helm of the screenplay, there seems to be too many ideas being thrown out. The big up for me is the score by Trevor Rabin, and it is a big strength of the film. There are obvious technical inconsistencies, and most of the plot is fairly ludicrous, but if you’re looking for something to entertain you for a couple of hours, this is a solid late 1990’s effort. 3/5

Today, Michael Bay is known as the director of blockbuster movies, and "Armageddon" is one of his first successes at the box office. Actors such as Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson and Steve Buscemi gave "Armageddon" credit, but its good script cannot be ignored. "Armageddon" is a big, loud, silly action movie, executed with incredible believability.

Pues si #Armageddon aunque no lo crean este clásico cumple 26 años este mes de julio. Y que podemos decir es esta apología de acción y ciencia ficción pues es todo lo que un fan de la adrenalina necesita, tenemos naves espaciales, romance, un asteroide, a Bruce Willis y el soundtrack de Aerosmith.
Pero ya en serio, es una película sencilla con héroes inesperados y con grandes sacrificios que nos dan toda la emoción que necesitamos en 150 minutos llenos de adrenalina con un soundtrack que nos dejó canciones muy Icónicas.

This holds up, despite being cheesy, noticeably rough FX, and the science and logic being thrown straight out the window. I openly cackled while starting to tear up when Bruce Willy set it off and I don't think a movie has ever made me feel that even when I knew what was coming. Mark Curry & Eddie Griffin deserve a shout out for their throwaway cameos and nearly unnecessary scenes. Bay & Bruckheimer signature styles are all over this from the cliche writing, the bad boy crew, odd catch phrases, and created drama. Suspending disbelief is 100% necessary to enjoy this and settling into its over-the-top-ness. This could possibly be Owen Wilson's worst performance as well. 280/365 movies & tv for 2023