Armageddon
1. name of film – Armageddon
2. date film released - 1998
3. running time – 150 min
4. director – Michael Bay
5. screenwriter – Jonathan Hensleigh
6. writer – Rober Roy Pool
7. cinematographer – John Schwartzman
8. editing – Mark Goldblatt
9. make up – Fred C. Blau Jr.
10. producer – Jonathan Hensleigh, Chad Oman, Jim Van Wyck
11. Actors
1. Bruce Willis – Harry Stamper
2. Billy Bob Thornton – Dan Truman
3. Ben Affleck – A.J. Frost
4. Steve Buscemi - Rockhound
5. Michael Clarke Duncan - Bear
6. Ken Hudson Campbell - Max
12. Rating by the MPA (PG-13)

The movie Armageddon is a disaster movie that is about a group of men trying to save the world form a huge asteroid headed straight at the earth. After several smaller meteorite showers Nasa discovers the enormous asteroid and realize they don’t have much time to figure out how to somehow stop the asteroid or else the human race will become extinct. Their plan is to land on the asteroid and drill into the middle of it and drop a nuclear bomb. This would cause the asteroid to break in two halves and hopefully miss the earth. But in order for the plan to work Nasa needs the best oil driller there is. Harry Stamper is a very experienced driller who has his own oil rig in the ocean and he is the one they want. Meanwhile, Harry is having his own set of problems; one of his workers, AJ is taking many risks with the drilling which endangers his whole crew. On top of that His daughter is also in a relationship with AJ and does not want to end things with AJ even though her father, Harry does not approve. When Harry is approached by Nasa he is informed of the situation and eventually agrees to be the one going on the mission. But his only request is that he gets to pick his own crew which consists of ex-cons, red necks, and all kinds of other not very professional men. With such a group there is much debate if they will actually be able to complete the task and save the world. With less than two weeks till takeoff the crew trains practically every day. On the day of departure, the shuttles take off smoothly and everything is going the way it was planned. When the two shuttles finally try to land on the asteroid, one of the shuttles experiences difficulties and when they finally do land they are faced with far more problems than they had expected. One thing I had enjoyed about this film was the acting. I like the main characters like Bruce Willis and Ben Afleck. Harry played by, Bruce, was a “bad boy” type of character in the movie. He had a short temper and a stubborn personality. I thought he was a great pick for his part since he did really well acting and portraying what a man who spent a majority of his life on an oil rig would look like. He always had a type of tuff guy look to him. Ben Afleck was another great actor that was in this movie. He played the role of a young, hard headed know-it-all quite well. I also thought that his muscular build and good looks added more personality to his character. I would replace his role with anyone else. One of the characters that I thought should have been played by someone else was the Nasa director, Dan Truman, who was played by Billy Bob Thornton. To me he looks like a protagonist. In this role he played as the “good guy.” I would have liked if he had played a role of one the crazy crew members. But his acting overall was done well. One of the biggest parts of the movie was the special effects while the men were in outer space and were landing on the asteroid. When we would watch the space shuttles dodging all the debris coming from the asteroid it looked extremely realistic. Also the terrain of the asteroid had looked exactly like what an outer space planet or asteroid would look like. But during one of the scenes where there had been explosions on the asteroid the viewer could tell that the rocks that had flying in the air were not real, they looked like plastic. The sound and lighting were another great part of the movie. I had enjoyed how in the scene towards the end where all the men were walking and there was loud triumphant music in the background. This was a perfect pick for the scene. In the scenes on the asteroid the lighting was pretty good. I could see everything that was going on without any confusion. This movie had many elements in it such as love, humor, action, and romance. This had made the movie very entertaining, one moment the audience would laugh and the next there was a gloomy scene and everyone would seem sad. Also the whole plot seemed interesting because something like that may happen someday. I would recommend this movie for everyone. In my opinion, this film deserves 3.5 stars out of 5. It was a well-made film with awesome special effects. I also had liked the fact that this movie many of the most popular actors today had starred in it such as Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. The storyline was also enjoyable and action packed that kept my attention throughout the movie.