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Armageddon Movie Review

Starring: Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
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Harry who has been drilling for oil all his life was just asked by his government to drill a hole where no man has drilled before. A massive meteor is ripping through our solar system heading straight for us, big enough to wipe out all life on Earth, it must be stopped. Harry and his men must first get to the meteor in order to drill a hole deep enough to drop a bomb down in, hoping it will stop the threat.
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An asteroid the size of Texas is on a collison course with Earth. As smaller fragments impact around the world, NASA sends up a team of deep-core drillers with one mission: drill a hole 800 feet into the asteroid's crust and drop a H-bomb there.

Matthew Hagenah, Resident Scholar

Bruce Willis leads a team of drill experts, including rebellious Ben Affleck, on a NASA mission to destroy a massive asteroid headed for Earth. Comic-book adventure, but excellently crafted.
Artemis, Resident Scholar

An Asteroid is on a collision course for Earth, better call Bruce Willis!

Excellent sci-fi/action thriller/love story from Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. Recommended.

Ken Carper, Resident Scholar


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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact Yes
Explore plotlet: - "primitive"/present day space travel
Environmental disaster? - dealing with a crashing asteroid

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - small businessman - engineer
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive - caring - introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - Very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - muscular (man)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Spaceship setting: - primative (present, near future) human spaceship - a space station
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world - spacesuit needed on surface
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside our solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes
Not Earth, but in Solar System? Yes
In Space? - in spacesuit - asteroid

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Any profanity? - Some foul language
Kinds of F/X - exploding bombs - exploding spaceships - exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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