ARMAGEDDON (1998) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@robjackson_CDXL]

Fun fact: when Bruce was filming the scene saying goodbye to Grace, he was talking to a photograph of his own daughter. So that emotion is very real ❤️

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Other fun fact: In the music video of I don’t wanna miss a thing it features a cameo by Liv Tyler in her role as Grace Stamper

[@Bringmethehorizondude]

Michael Clarke Duncan had to be that big to contain all that incredible awesomeness! RIP to the legend

[@LordVolkov]

He was so wonderful. Just a big joyful teddy bear. RIP

[@demonicrebellion6903]

BIG FACTS!!!!!!!

[@andreadeamon6419]

Loved him in see spot run. I was so not ready for that movie. Watch it all the time

[@ianchambers37]

Agreed. 100%

[@TheAlkochef]

John Coffey D: Like the drink, just not spelled the same D: RIP Michael Duncan.

[@shannonslutzky4754]

I love that your dog knows immediately that you’re getting emotional and starts getting closer. So sweet.

[@ScragsP22]

My husband just asked why he came in and saw me crying and then laughing hysterically a second later. So I tried to explain who you are and about your awesome puppers. I showed him the little cutie stand up behind you cause you were sad and then he was also laughing. The three of you together just make happy magic for the rest of us. Thank you for this one. Oh! And you recognized the ex wife/mom of the “salesman” kid because she played the tv news reporter April O’Neal on the Teenage Mutant Turtles movie you watched not long ago.

[@lukedodson3441]

The first half of this film gets you invested. The second half rips your heart out.

[@joellenglass2344]

This is a movie that I can watch over and over. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan and Blessings to Bruce Willis and his health 🙏🏽

[@nemesisnick66]

You know this movie is so bad that nasa uses it as a test in its hiring process right? 😂

[@richrelaxes1154]

@@nemesisnick66 Overrated comment

[@joellenglass2344]

@@richrelaxes1154My sentiments exactly

[@Ms314159265358979323]

what are you talking about?@@nemesisnick66

[@theragingviking9177]

@@nemesisnick66 And that is your opinion

[@lorig-ski]

Oh my God, J, "can you imagine they didn't tell you and you get up at 6 o'clock in the morning for no f*ing reason?!" I DIED! 😂

[@John-ru4iz]

The cold cut to you eating ice cream after finishing the movie was comedic gold

[@Shiby23]

green mile always brings a tear to my eye, this ones brings out the full water works every time even knowing whats coming. such an epic story

[@kristymcdowell6185]

This movie just hits so much harder in your feels to know what Bruce is going through now. He’s a damn legend. You’re the best reactor. Sending virtual hugs to you and your babies ❤❤❤

[@K.dot9]

Everytime I see Michael Clarke Duncan on screen it puts a smile on my face. I met him a long time ago in NYC and he was the nicest person ever. A big teddy bear. RIP a great man.

[@leeannmcdermott8313]

The dog sitting up on the bed in the background had me dying for like 10 minutes 😂

[@quinhavieri2178]

I think he's mixed with a meerkat 😅😂

[@JohnBrooks-zc2fs]

He's prairie dog

[@quinhavieri2178]

@@JohnBrooks-zc2fs 😄 Spot on!

[@BigGator5]

"AJ, I got just five words for you: Damn glad to see you boy!" "That's six words." Fun Fact: The film opened on Liv Tyler's twenty-first birthday. Casting Notes Fact: First major starring role for Michael Clarke Duncan, prior to this film he had done very small roles in TV and in film. Not Excessive Fact: After Rockhound (Steve Buscemi) gets space dementia, the shuttle crew wraps him in duct tape, which is, in fact, NASA protocol for immobilizing a crazed crew member. Free NASA Training Fact: NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least 168 have been found. He's Not Wrong Fact: Rockhound's (Steve Buscemi) line about sitting on a million pounds of fuel in a rocket built by the lowest bidder is a variation of an actual radio transmission by Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, just prior to lift-off.

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Rejected actor fact: Sean Connery was originally going to play the main character, but Michael Bay wanted an younger actor after seeing many oil drillers

[@Mazra42]

This movie gets me every time. The scene where Harry throws AJ into the airlock, the scene where he says goodbye to Grace, and the scene where he pushes the button and we get the images of her flashing by, it just hits me in the gut every time.

[@ianchambers37]

Same

[@el34glo59]

Yeah good scene

[@annikadeVilliers1]

That face when he said "Bye Max".... Amazing😂😂😂

[@davidmendez3899]

spoiling me with these times. this movie doesn’t get enough love for how great it is. the characters are just so lovable and hilarious. I don’t know how anyone can watch any of them kicking the bucket and not cry. when they succeed, it’s just the most triumphant thing ever. laughing, crying, and cheering. what more could you ask for? as a kid, the destruction scenes were horrifying. can’t forget the amazing music. I don’t know what else to say.

[@technofilejr3401]

It is that they are a bunch of flawed misfits that makes them lovable and relatable. If I was told I was needed to save the world like these characters I would step up too. But I would also be scared sh!tress just like they were.

[@magicgotaidz]

There’s some dude that dies early or first and he has maybe a couple lines if that. Shows up in training scenes but he’s there just to die i think.

[@DJ_Cub]

This movie was a dumpster fire

[@mamalannightshyaman]

This movie deserves 1000 razzies. By the numbers cliche characters and an abomination to everything science

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

@@mamalannightshyaman That is why it is called a MOVIE and not a DOCUMENTARY!

[@Cifer77]

Actual conversation.... Ben Affleck: So...why is it easier to teach Drillers how to be Astronauts, than it is to teach Astronauts to be Drillers? Michael Bay: Shut the f*** up

[@lobotalonco6196]

That's a true story lmao

[@szeddezs]

I hate to defend him but Michael Bay was absolutely right. Decades of drilling experience and instinct can't be taught in a few day crash course. Also they weren't taught how to be astronauts, they were taught the pure basics and had actual astronauts to back them up, that makes actual sense.

[@joellenglass2344]

LOL!

[@el34glo59]

You can't teach decades of drilling and instinct in a few days . It's impossible. Better off having drillers taking a chance in space. Especially with astronauts with them

[@lizerman74]

Yeah Ben also didn't buy that NASA engineers couldn't follow a blueprint to put together a drill without screwing it up.

[@angelwolfplays6456]

Bruce Willis and Michael Clark Duncan became friends through this movie and it was Bruce who talked MCD into auditioning for The Green Mile.

[@ianchambers37]

I always shed tears at the end part when harry says goodbye. Those couple scenes always get me in the feels. 😢

[@maximillianosaben]

May just be a silly darn Michael Bay action movie, but you best believe Bruce Willis' sacrifice sure made some grown men teary-eyed (see: cry).

[@PBH75]

Shhhhhh!

[@technofilejr3401]

Yep. His last scene with AJ makes me cry all the time.

[@juice32283]

Being a girl dad, this movie kills me. It was touching when I watched it when I was young but damn it hits different now. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan and prayers up for Bruce Willis, two legends.

[@Drake_Dimes]

This is the greatest cast ever assembled for a movie.

[@justintorres502]

She played a TV news reporter in a little known movie called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but she's most known for her role as Gwen Piper in the highly acclaimed 1998 Disney blockbuster hit Halloweentown.

[@JHB1984]

good one.

[@prestonian]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles>

[@colleenabood8775]

She was April O'Neill in the original TMNT

[@chibimarie5420]

The eating the ice cream right after the ending was such a mood LOL I was sobbing watching with you, my dog came over trying to comfort me too 😂🥲 I can never not cry watching Armageddon, it’s such an amazing movie and the cast was brilliant.

[@j..e..m]

As a daddy's girl, this movie left me a sobbing mess in the theater. Harry saying goodbye to Grace gets me every freaking time. Then at the end with the pictures at the wedding, ugh my heart. The I Don't Want To Miss A Thing music video is also iconic that song still slaps

[@danielallen3454]

You and Steven Tyler. He didn't want to do the song until they showed him the movie. Said in an interview that they reached the part where she reaches out to the tv and he, blubbering like a child, said, "All right, all right! I'll do the song! I'll do the soo-oo-oong . . . !"

[@TheOnlyZoeIsabella]

Glad it’s not just me that turns into a mess in that scene. Even just hearing the song breaks me

[@ChrisKP11]

This movie hits harder now with the retirement of Bruce Willis and the health issues he's going through.

[@dabe1971]

Don’t worry about the tears, it still gets me every time too. And when the producers were trying to convince Aerosmith to record the theme 'I don't want to miss a thing' they showed the final goodbye scene between Liv and Bruce to Steve Tyler. As soon as he saw his daughter calling for her daddy he was reduced to tears and agreed. 😭#Masterstroke

[@pamelaallen-sanders5464]

Love, love, love watching reactions with you!!

[@lizmorganjake]

I have yet to see a first time viewer of this movie not shed tears when Harry says goodbye to Grace. I still cry knowing it's coming.

[@jacotromp59581]

It's always so sweet how your copilots check up on you when you are sad. This was the first movie I saw in the cinema where I cried out loud.

[@phatpolofish]

This is what summer blockbuster popcorn movies were like in the past, now we get 50 executive producers screwing up everything. Thanks for the awesome work you do for us.

[@DeeSee25]

Facts. Summer blockbusters we’re so much fun. Now it’s too many hands in the kitchen

[@pribilovian4709]

Yeeeeep, back when theaters were worth going to

[@jacoblantom]

"they ask what MC Duncan wants to be when he grows up? 'The Hulk!"' I'm dead with laughter

[@garretthorsch8143]

I have watched this movie a million times and its still entertaining. Definitely worlds ahead of deep impact for me. It was an A team cast at that point.

[@aliciawashington1072]

Didnt realize i could STILL CRY watching someone else react to this but of course Armageddon is a true classic tear jerker!

[@BullseyeForever24]

This movie I seen in the theaters when my daughter was 4 years old and me and her mom divorced in 2006 and i haven’t seen my daughter in over 12 years and I seen her for the first time this week and I was watching your reaction this EOM and when you started crying I lost it myself 😢my daughter is now 32 and has 3 kids of her own and the song just killed me tonight im just sick 😢brother thsnk you do making this my “homecoming “. Mi I’d form my daughter me it means the world to me

[@nostoneunturned7641]

You might honestly be the most genuine reactor on KZbin. I'm subbing

[@EOMReacts]

Greatly appreciate that and welcome to the family - J

[@TheMilesswint]

Absolutely love your reactions man! This movie still to this day is one of very few films that will make a grown man cry. The ending with Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck gets me every single time. The fact he was always hard on him because he’s thought of him as a Son is so sad saying goodbye. Then of course the goodbye to Grace at the end is heart wrenching…. Absolute great underrated movie!

[@canadianscratcher7834]

That mom @25:28 is played by Jan Hoag who was April O'Neil in the 1990 movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

[@merryjane7558]

OMG!!! That's who that is??? Mind. Blown. Thank you!

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

*"this is how we fix things on Russian space station" (proceeds to beat the crap out of space ship)* is my #1 favorite line of the movie

[@FireTiger941]

Man, I cried along with you :'( I know this is supposed to be a cheesy fun, popcorn movie, but it really hits me in the feels every time, because I would do the same thing Harry did to save him family and save the world, in a heartbeat..

[@tapoemt3995]

I've watched this at least twice a year since it came out and cry every damn time at the Harry and Grace scene. So glad that was the same reaction I have to it.

[@remingtonament1863]

You get up at six in the morning to go to a job that you hate, and before lunch a giant asteroid hits the earth. I would be mad as a mother 🤬. Great comment J 😂😂.

[@Azriel1932]

That was so cute how your dogs were trying to make you happy

[@PaulSnook-PewPew]

if you don't feel somthing watching this movie, especially the end scene between Bruce WIllis, and Liv Tyler ... that is LOVE

[@alancfar]

Being born and raised in Houston around oil & gas and NASA, this movie hits allllll the feels on top of just being an amazing movie. Loved this reaction 🫡

[@ryanmckenna3503]

I was 14 years old in the theater and at my most fake tough phase in life and I still remember the pain in my throat from trying not to cry when Ben Affleck screams ''Harry I love you!''. Feels so much better to blubber for 10 straight minutes.

[@cedricmoss1668]

That scene with Bruce Willis & his daughter get me each time

[@adamgilbreath6565]

I feel like Michael Clarke Duncan was one of those kids that was really into trucks and his parent just never told him you can’t actually grow up and be a truck. Explains why he’s so damn huge he was training his whole life to be optimus prime.

[@gersonribeiro374]

Fun fact: the song at the end is "I don't want to miss a thing", sang by Liv Tyler's real life father Steven Tyler, the vocalist of Aerosmith!!!!!!!!!!

[@InimicalWit]

I think whether someone prefers Deep Impact over Armageddon depends on genre preference. Deep Impact is a drama, Armageddon an action. I like them both for different reasons. They take good chances to examine humanity

[@susanfox6666]

Even better than your review, was your doggie's reactions to your upset. So precious to see them love on you so much. You must be a very good man.

[@leeneufeld4140]

Watching this movie now gives me a double dose of "life is unfair!". The universe seems out to get us, both in the movie and in real life. But I love Bruce, and this movie is really fun to watch. I'll think about the other stuff another time.

[@qa1327]

9:10 your reaction to all the unexpected actors in this movie is hilarious 51:46 lol Great as usual.

[@anthonyholmes1060]

the ending with you eating ice cream and your final thoughts had me dying. Probably one of the best outros I've seen, lol

[@amut6647]

Dude this movie already had me in tears, and then your dogs had to take it to another level.

[@Domazsakalauskas]

As I kid I’ve watched this movie over 3000 times lol. I don’t know why but in 98. It was basically Armageddon and rambo summer all day everyday. Great reaction broki 👌

[@kindracriado5984]

Your babies were comforting you when they showed Harry gave his Mission Patch to AJ to give to Truman (Billy Bob). This movie is one of my faves and has a top tier cast! Severely underrated. I remember Deep Impact and Armageddon came out at the same time and wondered if “they” were trying to tell us something 😂

[@oDTRAINo]

The transition to you eating ice cream silently 😂

[@timeisstandingstillforme]

The look on your face when Michael Clarke Duncan started dancing in his underwear made me spit water across the room, I was laughing so hard. Thank you for that! I also bawl my eyes out everytime I get to the scene where Harry sacrifices himself and says goodbye to AJ and Grace. 😭 Thank you for another stellar reaction! I can't wait to see what you do next!

[@ianchambers37]

Ditto

[@joellenglass2344]

Gruber was the guy that helped Stark turn off the bomb.

[@ElmStReactions]

I cry every time i see this. Cant believe you missed him handing over the patch. This is such a great film

[@TheAlkochef]

your dogs reaction to your state of mind killed me... they senced it instantainiously. it was one of the sweetest things i ever saw.

[@madelinealicea2044]

I've watched this movie so many times and still cry. Love the cast.

[@jennhurl]

"Sling Blade" (1996) Billy Bob Thornton won the Academy Award for 🏆Best Writing, 🏆Adapted Screenplay, and he was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His transformation into the character Karl Childers is perfection.

[@Chicken_Wing91]

Love that movie. Really been hoping to see more reactors check it out.

[@deeanna3335]

Please react to Sling Blade!

[@amut6647]

I actually find it very impressive how well you remember actors names. Whenever I see a familiar face I usually just remember them as the person from whatever movie I saw them in before, but not their actual name.

[@Wahots79]

I've seen this movie a dozen times, but that one scene still makes me cry like a baby.

[@janabraam7963]

Every time I watch this movie, I ugly-face cry. The "smartest man on the planet" was played by Jason Issacs, who was Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films & has a long list of other movie credits. Great reaction!!

[@Kronical69420]

It clicked for me soon as he asked. Its the eyebrows. Jay just watched Patriot as well in which Issacs does an awesome job. Honestly i should look up some more of his work because he is amazing in everything i see him in.

[@Kronical69420]

Frikin Event Horizon too. I feel like a moron now. Ive watched all these movies multiple times

[@bethking7348]

That was Steve Bucimi from Fargo and many other movies. He was never in a Harry Potter movie

[@kylethompson3008]

@@bethking7348 They are talking about the other smart guy at NASA who talked about having a firecracker in his hand

[@leeann3920]

The only thing this has in common with "Deep Impact" is that someone has to go to space to save the world. There was so much laughter in this movie and DI had none. Both great movies (and I did cry at the end of both movies). Great reaction and always so sweet to see that those babies love you so much!

[@ruthsaunders9507]

I always hated it when people compared them as if you could only choose one. I really enjoy them both for different reasons.

[@EVGriffinJr]

Yes, this movie was great but your review made me remember why I rarely watch it. The end of that film had me crying too! I feel your brother!

[@benyola11]

You noticing all the stars in the movie is the best part 🤣🤣🤣

[@sirgalahad3574]

The final 10 minutes of this movie is extremely well done. Great drama and cinematography.

[@Capt_Hangry]

I LOVE this movie, one of my favorite bits of movie trivia is the dog in the beginning was specifically trained to attack godzillas, they had to hide them from the dog until they were filming

[@raziel6896]

Best reaction I have ever seen to this movie!!!! You sir are a legend! And your dogs!!! So awesome they picked up on your emotions so fast and tried to help!! Absolutely awesome all around!

[@jefftomlins6330]

Omg, the cut at the end and you're eating the ice cream got me lmao...then your whole ending monolog had me falling out of my chair with laughter. Ty man

[@RicketyKrickett]

Man…. When your hand started shaking when seeing Harry trick AJ and telling him to take care of his daughter. cried right along, this is just one of those movies. When it’s on TV the remote stays down

[@sandimcalisterblood2675]

"Thanks for playin' 😂😂😂 gets me every time! But I did ride with you at the end😊

[@Abbriscoe]

EOM Reacts , When you became emotional over Bruce Willis saying goodby to his daughter, your Co-Pilot became so seriously supportive of you in your time of grief. It was beautiful. You are so blessed to have such a caring Co-pilot.

[@chriscasey8224]

Seeing this upcoming just MADE MY DAY! So excited to watch the reaction!

[@LisaMerworth-wc7ee]

“The Edge” With Anthony Hopkins 👵🏻👍🏻 And “Bird Box” With Sandra Bullock, it truly was the best film of Sandra Bullocks in my opinion, it’s very intense Hope they get on your list someday , they are AWESOME 👵🏻👍🏻

[@SaltyJennC]

Armageddon is my all time favorite movie. Laugh every time. Cry every single time. Never gets old, ever! I know every line to the whole, long ass movie

[@Cifer77]

WHO'S READY FOR SOME SPACE DIMENTIA!

[@jacotromp59581]

The CGI in this still holds up to this day, hell, it's better than most modern cgi movies.

[@dbabakh8911]

As Affleck later recalled in a DVD commentary about the movie, "I asked Michael [Bay] why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and he told me to shut the f**k up."

[@seaneendelong8065]

What the hell, dude This movie has NEVER made me cry before, but here I am sobbing uncontrollably right along with you. 😔😿

[@LisaMerworth-wc7ee]

🥀 RIP Michael Clarke Duncan Great Actor 💔

[@Khay-77]

This is the movie you watch to make a grown man cry.

[@Beardo2517]

The unintentionally hilarious coincidence that the movie was playing with your emotions while you're wearing a Big Worm t shirt

[@judithturner1593]

Your best reaction ever. So glad this favorite movie moved you as much as it still does me. Thanks for keeping it Real!

[@stevensantiago8978]

I’m dying here!!! Great reaction….. That was fun to watch

[@jay83]

Liv Tyler and her dad (no not Bruce her real dad) really made this movie a classic for me 😊 thank you liv Tyler for your acting and praise your dad Steven for singing one the greatest ballads " Don't wanna miss a thing"

[@feintcircles]

Seen this movie a hundred times including when it first released. Your reaction is the first that actually got me crying. 😭 You're the best J

[@stargate533]

I’ve seen this movie TONS of times but I still cry my eyes out every time! But I absolutely love this movie

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@JL Your humanity and reactions are amazing and thank you for understanding it is not just ok but amazing to share your emotions. Second Deep Impact to me was the better film while Armageddon was far more popular but that is the minority thinking. Third Thanks as always to your AMAZING editor and the EOM staff :)

[@bfleewv9676]

I know I’m late on this, but I don’t know what was better, the reaction or your dogs. Amazing stuff all around 🔥🔥

[@steveo2737]

Oh man this movie hits me in the the feels so bad as a father of three beautiful girls. Glad to be a part of this with you. Good stuff!

[@ruatonim]

I've been watching this movie since it came out. So many times over the years. I work with a bunch of old retired military guys, the toughest salt of this Earth and we go hard. I say this to say the following...I have teared up every single time watching this movie. So many stars in this movie playing such a diverse set of roles, all the explosions, the common good that halts all our petty crap as a race to unite against a single foe...inanimate...cold...uncaring and the end of us all. Just a great movie all around. Cheers.

[@yobyhenthorn7813]

Love your dogs wanting to comfort you, because I wanted to give you a hug.

[@Codametal]

"You can't be John Coffey and act like this!" How can J be so hilarious? I'm so bummed I couldn't make the premiere.

[@Codametal]

"F--- this movie." And he was having SO MUCH fun! I've watched this movie dozens of times. Despite the time shrinkage and incorrect physics, still a fun americana movie. Many of the scenes at the end at the announcement of the end of the world that were recreations from famous vintage photos of middle america. That's why it pulls at the heartstrings. Great reaction as always!

[@WarrChan]

The smart NASA guy was the bad British colonel in The Patriot.

[@STILL-KICKIN]

Beard looking amazing Santa! 😆 Many people have dissed this movie for many years, including Billy Bob. I have always loved it. Just classic Hollywood hero film.