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I too enjoyed the movie. Not everything was believable, but you kinda know that going into a disaster movie. I still thought it did a good job making things kinda believable.

And, no, I'm not so easily thrilled when it comes to that type of movie. I thought Armageddon was totally unbelievable and a mockery of my intelligence. But, I thought Deep Impact was well done and much more realistic. So, I guess it just depends on the individual moviegoer....

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05-31-2004 07:38 PM
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I want to see The Day After Tomorrow; I like movies about disasters, especially when they could happen (not to pull the flaming republican's view of an "Al Gore" and call it realistic, but the premise is a bit futuristic as opposed to a movie about WWII, etc.).

That said, I'm really looking forward to Harry Potter 3 this Friday and M. Night's The Village on July 30.
05-31-2004 10:34 PM
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JD Heel Wrote:I thought Armageddon was totally unbelievable and a mockery of my intelligence. But, I thought Deep Impact was well done and much more realistic. So, I guess it just depends on the individual moviegoer....

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Weren't they the exact same movie, but with different actors?

One realistic and one not? Didn't both movies have some idiots drilling on an asteroid to blow it in half?
06-02-2004 11:52 AM
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GrayBeard Wrote:Weren't they the exact same movie, but with different actors?

One realistic and one not?  Didn't both movies have some idiots drilling on an asteroid to blow it in half?
Nope. Entirely different plots.

Deep Impact brought science into the movie and -- I thought -- did a good job of making things belieavable. In the very least, that movie tried to be realistic and didn't treat me like merely an action-craving idiot. And, when it comes to a disaster movie, that's all I ask.

The astronauts in Deep Impact tried to drill on the comet, but they didn't make it far down enough by the time they had to get off the rock. And, they only ended up blowing off a chunk of it because of that. All of that seems somewhat realistic to me.

Now, in Armageddon, there was some kind of imaginary line drawn up in space that the asteroid couldn't pass before you blew it up into pieces that barely missed Earth. Throw in a countdown that ends with the asteroid blowing up with one second on the clock (or something ridiculous like that). How in the world anyone could know what an explosion would do to an asteroid, and what the exact point in space that it couldn't cross before being blown up is beyond me. That kind of outlandishness just insults my intelligence.

Once again, I realize it's a disaster movie -- and I know that going in. That's why I still appreciate movies like Deep Impact and The Day After Tomorrow. But, if you make it too Hollywood, I'll call you out on it....

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06-02-2004 12:07 PM
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GrayBeard Wrote:
JD Heel Wrote:I thought Armageddon was totally unbelievable and a mockery of my intelligence.  But, I thought Deep Impact was well done and much more realistic.  So, I guess it just depends on the individual moviegoer....

-JD
Weren't they the exact same movie, but with different actors?

One realistic and one not? Didn't both movies have some idiots drilling on an asteroid to blow it in half?
After seeing both, I think JD is right, Deep Impact was the thinking man's Armegedon
06-02-2004 01:48 PM
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