Armageddon (1998) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watching | Review

This is my first time watching Armageddon (1998)! Join me and watch this Michael Bay film with Bruce Willis (John McClane) and Ben Affleck (Bruce Wayne) saving the world. Also, did I mention there are a LOT of explosions?! 🤣
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Movie: Armageddon (1998)
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[@VerowakReacts]

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[@sinistermaul306]

This one is probably my absolute favorite end of the world movie. Saw this in the theaters as a teenager. Great to see your reaction to it. There's a couple of other movies similar to this that I liked that came out around the same time. Deep Impact is good. It has Morgan Freeman and Elijah Wood. Contact was a good one as well.

[@Trashcan-Man]

The Day After Tomorrow is one of my favorites.

[@Soundtracks92]

Armageddon is my favorite along with Don’t Look Up, and Deep Impact :)

[@Soundtracks92]

@@Trashcan-Man yesss The Day After Tomorrow is a good one too!

[@Soundtracks92]

I’d love to see you react to Don’t Look Up next!

[@ImDerpyDuck]

This is certainly one of M. Bay's best movies, it handles this weird dichotomy of slapstick absurdity and heartfelt poignant drama so well

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

MURRRRRRRRRICA RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@urborg74]

Movies like this came from a different period in movie making. We wanted this. The cheesy lines, simple plot, and just having fun. I love movies now, but every once in a while I pine for this style of movie, something you can just throw on and watch without having to think and just let it entertain you.

[@VerowakReacts]

A very different style of movie yeah. I like watching movies from different decades since they change so much

[@phoenixsui]

No way fuck the woke shit they produce now. Absolute garbage except for very few things like top gun maverick.

[@basecode8]

Nic Cage perfected mindless fun films in the 90s

[@VerowakReacts]

@@basecode8 I'll be watching a Nic Cage moviesoon!!

[@nathan8590]

@@basecode8Good times indeed.

[@j9lorna]

Sometimes, when all else fails and prayers to the machine spirit go unheard, hitting things with a hammer and screaming at it is perfectly logical and reasonable. Its called percussive maintenance and often solves the problem.

[@Stevarooni]

Mechanical agitation can be highly effective!

[@dbly50]

no matter how many times i see this movie, it just punches me right in the feels, its cheesy and and cliche but it handles merging cheesy and true heartfelt moments perfectly

[@VerowakReacts]

It's not every movie that can combine those elements and make it heartfelt!

[@ralphsexton8531]

One of my very favorite lines in a movie is in this... Lev's line, "Russian parts, American parts... all made in Tiwan!" I laugh every time!

[@Markxxxx1480]

This film on July 16, 1998 was the best film I have ever seen in the cinema. it ran for the very first time and the cinema was full to the brim. everyone loved the movie. in the end everyone cried. i think i most. I will never forget the day. For me it is a very special film. i love the story, the actors, the soundtrack, everything! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@VerowakReacts]

It's amazing having memories like this and being able to enjoy movies so much!

[@Markxxxx1480]

@@VerowakReacts yes, that day everything was just right. It was just an incredibly beautiful day. I was just 18 years old and in the middle of my apprenticeship. I still remember telling every one of my work colleagues about this film because I was so excited. this film just came across so well on the big screen that you can't imagine. was really a great experience back in 1998.

[@michaelmiller378]

It was so much better than Deep impact

[@correypeta]

I was looking for this. I was 18 and dumb for seeing this in theater. I think I saw Toy Story instead

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Yeah, the context for this and movies like it, is it's a fantastical story and needs to be watched through that lens. And also a bit of reality mixed in. The movie's just fun. Happy, sad, intense, hilarious, cheesy. Lots of great moments. You basically reacted exactly how the movie plays - you enjoyed it for what it is.

[@VerowakReacts]

I do try to enjoy movies for what they are and not expect accuracy or realism lol

[@dublindutch6346]

Classic old fashioned fun, super unrealistic, but so much fun :) have to watch it again now, awesome react 😊

[@VerowakReacts]

Super unrealistic yeah! But the movie is made for fun, and it delivers!

[@Erigion]

The commentary track featuring Affleck is amazing, maybe even better than the movie itself.

[@VerowakReacts]

Now I'm super curious. I'll have to give it a watch

[@PurushaDesa]

Yeah that commentary's fantastic. It's from the golden era of DVD extras where you really could say what you wanted.

[@chefskiss6179]

"I'd like to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest ma..." sniff sniff... too soon. 😢 That actor, William Fichtner, is also the same banker that asks the Joker "what do you believe in?" in The Dark Knight. That was a fun watchalong with ya, V. Thanks for this one.

[@seecha8970]

Another interesting fact that wasn't covered is that, at this point in time, Aerosmith had been making music for about 20 some years but it wasn't until releasing "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" that the band finally got a No. 1 hit. Their other single track, "Angel" got as high as No. 2 but never quite conquered the top spot.

[@VerowakReacts]

First Aerosmith song I heard was Jaded. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing was the second

[@ansal2525]

Yeah, Deep Impact is worth to be watched. It's more of a drama movie. It's pride, love, sacrifice, and the worth of human bonds and lives in a catastrophic context. And regarding Pearl Harbour and Titanic, the comparison is difficult. Titanic is one of the best movies of all times.

[@MrDevintcoleman]

Also much more scientifically accurate. Not that that always matters but with the two side by side, if you’re into astrophysics, one doesn’t take you out of the film because of massive scientific inaccuracies. Great score, though!

[@Soundtracks92]

I know that this movie has pretty much zero scientific accuracy, but hot damn it’s a lot of fun! And it can also be really comedic, sad, epic, and it has a great soundtrack/score and good performances!

[@VerowakReacts]

Definitely a movie made to entertain!

[@wobaguk]

There is a cut scene that explains that NASA was only able to fund the rover program by having additional money from the military requiring them to make the rovers useful to them, which is why they have minigun attachments.

[@VerowakReacts]

Ahhh, of course lol

[@dabe1971]

34:12 When the producers were trying to convince Aerosmith to record the theme 'I don't want to miss a thing' they showed this scene to Steve Tyler, the lead singer and Liv's father. He had the same reaction as you to seeing his daughter calling for her dad and finally agreed. 😭#Masterstroke

[@richiecabral3602]

I don't know how much you know about this type of stuff, or care, but Liv Tyler, Arwen, is the daughter of the legendary Steven Tyler, the lead singer of the rock band Aerosmith, who also did the song from this movie. Look up a picture of him, and you'll definitely see the family resemblance. If you don't know, Aerosmith is one of the best American hard rock bands ever, that were big in the 70s, literally lived every cliche of sex, drugs, and rock n roll that you can imagine, and were broken up by the 80s because of it. When nobody ever thought you'd see them again, they cleaned up and made a miraculous come back in the late 80s, had another resurgance in the 90s, and the song from this movie was another high point for them as well. They're still around, and somewhat recently were suppose to start a residency performing in Las Vegas, but that had been delayed when Steven Tyler now 75 years old relapsed again and had to go to rehab, again. You should see "Deep Impact". Yes, they have very similar concepts and came out about the same time, but were done differently. "Deep Impact" is basically the version of this concept if it hadn't been made by Michael Bay. So, it's interesting to see the difference, and it's actually very good.

[@VerowakReacts]

I definitely knew all of that about Liv Tyler and Aerosmith. I do want to watch Deep Impact since they were released the same year and are both end of the world type movies

[@richiecabral3602]

@@VerowakReacts that actually didn't use to be that uncommon. Particularly in the 80s, but even into the 90s. If one company produced something that became successful, then another one would try to profit off of that by creating a copy cat. There were whole franchises created this way. Like for example, after Rambo 2, there was a whole series of "Missing In Action" movies starring Chuck Norris. There were wannabe Indiana Jones movies. Everything. Someone would make a ninja movie, and so would someone else. After "Jaws", there'd be another shark movie. Etc. If you're interested, there was a documentary called "Electric Boogaloo" about Cannon films, which produced a shit load of B movies, and sometimes better, in the 80s, and I could be remembering this wrong, or mixing it up with something else, but it was two cousins that owned that company, at one point had a falling out, and one of them went off and started a competing company, and they were copying each other back and forth and racing to see who hit the theaters first. And it wasn't just the fringe studios either. It would happen with the major studios too. Pretty regularly, and sometimes they'd be strikingly similar. Like two movies about the same historical event or figure coming out about the same time. "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" are probably an example of the later day of that being so regular, but it's why studios are, or at least used to be so guarded about what they have in preproduction, or even production, because other studios would want to know, and if they could find out, or even get a hold of a script, they would immediately rush into production on the same thing in an attempt to beat them to release. Even if it just ended up being a coincidence. That might be why Michael Bay only got 16 weeks to shoot this. The whole studio system doesn't exist in the same way anymore, and things are different, so you don't see it as much, or as obviously as you used to, but it was definitely a thing.

[@dabe1971]

I think you were right with your initial assessment. It’s cheesy, it’s unrealistic but boy is it fun. The fact that it clearly stirred emotion in you speaks volumes and it should be judged on that, not post viewing over analysis.

[@VerowakReacts]

It's not post viewing over analysis, it's watching the movie for a second time

[@Nimbus1701]

I love this movie. I know it's cheesy and totally unrealistic but when I saw this in the theater in 98 and Harry sacrificed himself, especially after not even wanting to go on the mission to start with, it just hit a little different for me. Definitely a guilty pleasure movie for me along with a handful of other ones like Stealth, The Rock, Eraser, and Deep Blue Sea, and The Core. Thank you for watching and reacting to it.

[@VerowakReacts]

Guilty pleasure movies are great! Everyone has them and the fact that they love watching the movie is all that matters!

[@aTofuJunkie]

Bruce Willis in the same year released a movie called "Mercury Rising", in which he plays a police officer served to protect an autistic kid who solved an unbreakable NSA code. Pretty good movie.

[@mattbiggs1992]

I feel like Harry's heartfelt words to AJ at the end would have meant more if he hadn't had literally fired a shotgun at him at the start of the movie. Another great video Vero!

[@VerowakReacts]

Hahaha I always thought of you as a son. Though he did try to shoot him with a shotgun but that's not important anymore 🤣

[@technofilejr3401]

People just aren’t very logical when in emotional moments. I think Harry probably felt hurt and betrayed that neither one of them talked to him first.

[@Blizzard0fHope]

as ,far as the 2 movies go. . id say armageddon is the bigger star power fed action flick. . but deep impact was the better character fed drama. . . so they were both really good just in different ways

[@VerowakReacts]

For sure going to watch Deep Impact to see the differences

[@Blizzard0fHope]

@@VerowakReacts glad to hear it def worth the watch

[@BitsOfBen]

I saw this film in the cinema when I was 14 and loved it. I know it’s not accurate and it’s a bit cheesy but I do love watching it from time to time. I think that it had “I don’t want to miss a thing” in the soundtrack made the film that much more special.

[@danielmorency2242]

Deep impact follows the same type of catastrophe, but is a few steps less action and more drama. If you like this kind of over-the-top end-of-the-world action movie, try "2012"... It is also a roller-coaster of a film. :)

[@VerowakReacts]

Deep Impact is another one I want to watch yeah!

[@michaelmiller378]

Not nearly as good as Armageddon

[@danielmorency2242]

@@michaelmiller378 Not better, just different.

[@jkhoover]

Along with Deep Impact, there was also a Roland Emmerich Godzilla movie that came out that year. That's why the little dog attacked the Godzilla toys.

[@roleplayer10]

"You should have took a right at Albuquerque " 😂 That was fantastic.

[@VerowakReacts]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@doougle]

You've really become a good editor. I like all the bumps and things you do to accent what you're saying. 👏👏

[@christopheryochum3602]

You cried when he left a little model of the shuttle on the step. I ALWAYS cry at that point. I loved that scene.

[@danpartridge8584]

Just stumbled across your channel. I love your style and your commentary! I was sold when I spotted "The Dark Half" in the background. Solid content; looking forward to watching more 😉

[@wyrmshadow4374]

This came out the summer before my senior year of High School. That first semester I had an astronomy class. We were an advanced school and everyone was taking college level math and science courses. Girl in astronomy class actually asked if "can Armageddon happen?" The teacher giggled politely and said "hit by an asteroid? Absolutely. This movie? Absolutely not"

[@VerowakReacts]

Glad that the teacher responded that way lol

[@radamlee]

Such a tear jerker… I tear up every time the gambler gets to see his son - happy sad. Thanks for the reaction.

[@kilroy987]

I liked the asteroid space effects - very imposing looking asteroid. Eventually I realized the science, of course, doesn't back up a few things. Ceres, the largest asteroid, is not quite the size of Texas, and it is collapsed into a round shape, which this asteroid did not do (it should have). There aren't any other bodies in the asteroid field large enough to break into a Texas-sized fragment. Ceres alone has 25% of the entire asteroid belt's mass in it. The entire asteroid belt only has 3% the mass of the Moon. Otherwise, I though the movie was just ok. As for end of the world movies, Independence Day, Godzilla, Armageddon and Deep Impact were all released between 96 and 98. In all 4 movies, New York gets the crap kicked out of it. That became a lot more real in 2001 when 9/11 happened. Seeing that first tower collapse, then the second tower, filled me with the truest horror I've ever felt.

[@randeecarreno4289]

Great reaction! 😊 This is my favorite "end of the world" movie. Such a great cast. And great storyline. Steve Buscemi's character Rockhound, Michael Clarke Duncan's Bear, Bruce Willis' Harry, and Ben Affleck's AJ are my favorites out that group of guys. No matter how many times I watch this movie, I always have to have tissues on hand from the moment Harry takes AJ down to the asteroid until after Harry talks to Grace that last time. Fun Fact: Liv Tyer is the daughter of rockband Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. The group has several songs, including their hit "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing", on the movie soundtrack. You did miss a few scenes that played during the ending credits. It showed AJ and Grace's wedding with the remaining astronauts attending. And pictures memorializing the fallen astronauts set up at the church. And the last scene showed that Grace was pregnant with hers and AJ's baby. I very highly recommend the 2015 movie "The Martian". Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

[@PrometheusOfSodom]

21:05 Fun fact : All the planets in the solar system if put side by side could fit between the Earth and the Moon. So in reality, the asteroid would still be quite far away from the Earth if like in the movie it just passed the Moon.

[@VerowakReacts]

That's the fun fact I always tell people!! It's so crazy how far the damn moon is lol

[@sumelar]

That depends entirely on how fast it's moving, which is not stated anywhere in the film.

[@i.shuuya3231]

LMAO I almost didn't notice that astronaut Vero in the thumbnail 😂

[@VerowakReacts]

THERE'S TWO ASTRONAUT VERO!! 😂

[@tomaskennedy]

16:41 "Mom! That salesman's on TV!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@javix2013]

Something similar to Armageddon and Deep Impact, happened in the 70s, Warner and Fox, coincidentally had 2 very similar projects, about 2 scripts for disaster movies, in this case about a 140-story tower, which caught fire on the day it was released. opening, with people inside, both studios seeing what could happen, where perhaps both could lose a lot of money by competing, because they are such similar films, they decided to pool resources. They took the best of both scripts, and produced a single big-budget film that ended up being called The Towering Inferno, as there was extra money, great stars of that time were hired such as Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire and many more. The movie was a great success. It was the first time that 2 large studios like Warner and Fox came together on a project, today that is common, but not decades ago. It was a case where in the end there was no competition, but cooperation to have a better result and that's how it was.

[@heatison11]

One of my favorite movies of all time

[@tarbano5681]

Exploding with happiness watching this reaction. Great job!

[@VerowakReacts]

I see what you did there! Exploding 😂

[@kappa_06]

"Red or blue ?" (wire for the nuclear bomb), asking the one that have been presented like a nuclear weapon specialist, to the "NASA pilot"... :D

[@VerowakReacts]

😂Needed to build more tension

[@MoMoMyPup10]

About Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, it's very similar to Titanic vs. Pearl Harbor, at least in the fact that they both came out at the same time and had a similar 'love interest' infused into a very historic tragedy. One was lauded and the other was laughed at. BOTH of them I'd love to see you react to. Ben Affleck also in Pearl Harbor.

[@VerowakReacts]

I didn't know Pearl Harbour came out at the same time as Titanic! Those are two movies I want to watch eventually

[@hereforyourp]

Also Wyatt Earp vs Tombstone

[@zom8979]

I agree with the pearl harbor reaction idea, its a food movie and a lot of the scenes of the actual event the movie is named after were based on real life accounts from survivors

[@sumelar]

They didn't train drillers to be astronauts, they trained drillers to put on a space suit and sit in the shuttle. Learning how to run deep core mining equipment is infinitely more difficult than that.

[@Minion_of_Cthulhu]

The two studios insulting one another's projects was almost certainly just for free publicity. Both studios get mentioned, all the stars get mentioned, journalists get to run off and interview the insulted studio/cast/crew, and the public eats it up because it's Hollywood gossip. Sniping at one another in the press probably saved both studios millions of dollars in advertising.

[@martp]

I love this film and come back to it every few years, nice to see first reactions.

[@VerowakReacts]

It's really an entertaining movie!

[@MrRyguy2112]

Nice Heroes 3 reference! Getting that blade in the game is a good time when you go into battle!😂

[@stevie6868]

Will always watch a new reaction to this movie, it’s one of my favourites and always brings tears to my eyes

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

30:15 The film "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" kinda explores that.

[@jonasbjornhager1046]

You are one of the ones I like best, in all these reaction videos. I feel exactly what you feel in all the scenes, and I felt connected. You have a new subscriber.

[@VerowakReacts]

Welcome to the channel!! It's great finding people that view movies the same way ☺️

[@joshuacoldwater]

35:00 😂😂”okay” Right? Everything else was SEMI-realistic, then that craziness- 😂.

[@timothybuchanan662]

The spikes are like those foam egg crate things. ( some ppl used to use them for sleeping) they make the room echo proof. I drive a truck and hauled some stuff out of a Lockheed Martin aerospace plant that made satellites. There was a room in there like that probably 100 feet long by 70 wide by maybe 70 feet tall. Completely empty scream as loud as you can no reverberation or echo whatsoever.

[@nataliefaust7959]

God. This movie was such a big deal to us teenagers when it came out. It's so... Michael Bay. Must've seen it dozens of times. Didn't care how inaccurate it was. It was just fun. ♥

[@VerowakReacts]

Michael Bay movies, from what I've seen/heard, are usually just fun (and explosions)!

[@nataliefaust7959]

@@VerowakReacts Yeah. I liked them a lot when I was younger. I've grown out of them though. Which I just mean as the development of my own tastes and preferences as I age. Not slighting anyone who likes his films. We all need escapism these days.

[@VerowakReacts]

@@nataliefaust7959 Escapism and guilty pleasure movies are very nice to have! It's interesting to see how our tastes and preferences change over the years!

[@nataliefaust7959]

@@VerowakReacts I keep thinking... "You know as much as we enjoy our conversations (little Last Samurai nod there) I should really give more consideration to joining her Discord..." XD ♥

[@VerowakReacts]

@@nataliefaust7959 I know Discord isn't for everyone, and it can be pretty strange joining a new one. I just love chatting with people, so I love getting YT comments or Discord 😀😍

[@Mote_Plox]

Man they sure don't make movies like this anymore. Keep up the awesome channel. 🙂

[@MylezNevison]

Nasa says asteroid Bennu could hit earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs in 2182... This movie might actually become real in the future.

[@robfrawley]

"Why would they have a gun on the spaceship?" Because Michael Bay. No other reason. ;-)

[@VerowakReacts]

🤣

[@greencello599]

My sister was in the children's choir that sang "America the Beautiful" for the teaser trailer aired during the Superbowl.

[@user-hx7wd7wt5v]

So did you watch all the way through the credits the wedding pictures and videos and songs?

[@ruthdeckman9781]

I watched this movie so many times, i actually got to the point that i could quote all the dialogue.

[@randyval2]

I used to go out of my mind counting errors in this movie. I never could keep count.. That NASA thing was hilarious..

[@beanybun6110]

The opening speech was narrated by Charlton Heston…

[@davehazel5632]

Hey Verowak, I really enjoyed your reaction. I don't know if you have seen Jojo Rabbit, Only The Brave or 12 Strong. If you haven't seen them, you should because they are all GREAT movies. Now if you haven't seen the 'Biggies' of movies like, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, or Forrest Gump (all Tom Hanks movies), you gotta see them. I want to see more of your reactions. Keep it up.

[@paulchaisson8301]

NASA used to send non-astronauts into space all the time, they are called Payload Specialists. They did usually have more than 12 days of training, though. You generally want everyone to know how to pilot the ship in case the primary pilot is injured, you want everyone to know 0-G first aid because you can't exactly call an EMT, you want everyone to know how to troubleshoot problems... And you especially want to make sure none of them are susceptible to SPACE MADNESS, which is a real thing that can happen, and was basically why Rockhound was acting out.

[@seaneendelong8065]

The part near the end where pounding on the display frame with the wrench? Pretty accurate actually. Russia makes things tough as hell and able to take abuse- but a little loose wire or corrosion inside can happen... and be smacked back into working by his method. Think old American autos, or industrial machines- same method works very often.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

6:39 -- Awww, was AJ passionately hugging Harry's not-so-little-girl-anymore? :D

[@davidmckie7128]

Another film that you may like is - "Space Cowboys" a 2000 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older "ex-test pilots" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.

[@javix2013]

Armageddon and Deep Impact competed in 1998 with a similar story, as well as the movies: Dante's Peak and Volcano in 1997, 1 year earlier, about volcanoes, in the case of the movie Volcano, the volcano devastated the city of Los Angeles and in Dante's Peak, a town. The 90s were a decade where the disaster genre in the cinema resurfaced strong, other classics of that genre: Twister, Apollo 13, Daylight, and Independence Day, many say that the latter movie is science fiction and it is true, but the disaster component is also included and very strong, so I include it within the genre...

[@nathanlindahl8336]

“Why would they have a gun on there” It’s a Michael Bay movie. There’s a gun everywhere.

[@pinkshadows7379]

Love the thumb nail 🤣

[@Demigord]

this is around the time NASA had a probe fail because people had pprogrammed it in mixed metric and imperial units (I believe that was a couple of years later)

[@rickardroach9075]

5:20 "That's gonna take a shitload of Preparation H." "Um... I said asteroids, not ass rhoids, Mr President."

[@michaelmiller378]

YOu missed one of the best lines at the end. When they had landed on earth and Col Sharp says to Grace, "My name is Colonel Willie Sharp and I am requesting the honor of shaking the hand of the daughter of the brave's man I have ever met."

[@chrisconnell1075]

The red head mother was the April O'Neil from the first live action 80s/90s Ninja turtles movie

[@VerowakReacts]

That's awesome! I've never seen the movie but I've seen the animated series

[@Terab75]

Très belle réaction, je doutais que ce soit ta première fois que tu vois ce film. Tes réactions montre qui oui Très émouvant. Je ne sais pas si tu parles français ^^ Mais j'aime beaucoup ce que tu fais :)

[@VerowakReacts]

Si je marque "first time watching", c'est la première fois que je vois le film haha

[@Terab75]

@@VerowakReacts J'espère, hélas bcp ajoute çà et simulant, mais là je suis convaincu ;) Et j'apprécie d'autant plus. Je me rappelle de ce film quand je l'ai vu à sa sortie au cinéma, bcp d'incohérence technique, mais tellement beau et émotionnel. L'acting de Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck... Du bonbon pour les yeux :)

[@dispicableG23]

If i remember right, i think heard somewhere ben aflecks commentary of the movie he said michael bay just told him dont F****** think about it.

[@ryans413]

Fun fact Bruce Willis said he hated the film upon watching it. He said it was a well done film but didn’t like how Billy Bob was barely used and he didn’t get along with Micheal Bay the director. Stating to never work with him again. He praised the director for his movies but won’t work with him again. Ben Affleck worked with Bay twice with this film and Pearl Harbor but he also had some critiques about the film questioning the plot. Bens DVD commentary of this film is hilarious.

[@trueblue724]

“We win Gracie” 😭😭😭

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

(Nov 23, 2023) 5:55 6:07 “Huh, what is this?”6:35 7:00 8:07 “Come and get papabear” 10:31 10:50 11:12 11:47 12:26 12:45 13:17

[@alexspindler1]

With the exception of Rockhound's space dementia, I think this nailed everything it aimed for. Outlandish action, massive scale, funny moments with broad characters. That kind of Summer crowd pleaser is Michael Bay's forte. You can practically hear Michael Bay's voice in the early NASA scenes telling the smart people to shut up. Deep Impact is definitely the better movie but this is one of Bay's best.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Verowak! ☄ This was a great popcorn movie. I'm glad you mentioned DEEP IMPACT (1998); I hope you'll react to it, as well. DEEP IMPACT gave me an even more intense emotional reaction than ARMAGEDDON. #VerowakReacts #MichaelBay #Armageddon

[@VerowakReacts]

I want to watch Deep Impact! Very curious to see how it differs from this one

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Different tone, apples and oranges really. I think (and hope) you'll love it, as I did. 🙂

[@callmeshaggy5166]

29:33 another happy landing

[@bigj2046]

I love this movie. Me and my whole family enjoyed watching it in the theaters

[@VerowakReacts]

That seems like a fun family outing and memory to have!

[@scipioafricanus5871]

03:07 Verowak: "Oh that is not Bruce Willis" Me: No, because that would be Die Easy... in Space!

[@wray2real]

I don't feel like movies have to be science nerd accurate to be good. Theatrical releases are never to be taken as learning material for anything other than how to entertain. Which I think Armageddon is over successful in that, and that's all I need from a movie.

[@VerowakReacts]

It's definitely a movie for entertainment, and that's great. Definitely need some of those

[@toodlescae]

I like all kinds of disaster movies. Got started with my first one in 1970 with Airport. Loved Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. Also love newer..ish ones like Volcano and Dante's Peak or Armageddon and Deep Impact.

[@VerowakReacts]

I misread Airport and read "Airplane" and was very confused for a second there 😂

[@toodlescae]

@@VerowakReacts 🤣🤣

[@couch.patati-patata]

The 90s Aerosmith love anthem.

[@Mr-gg8ek]

Favorite end of the world movie is an easy pick: Star Wars Episode IV (via Alderaan).

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

I've always felt that Rockhound and Chick could have been astronauts with enough training.

[@VerowakReacts]

Chick, I agree. Rockhound? I think he could be smart enough to work at NASA

[@burkeiowa]

So the lead character's name is Harry, and he refers to some other guy as Mister Wizard, who we know as a wizard in another movie where the lead character's name is Harry?

[@VerowakReacts]

Crazy coincidence huh?

[@StarkRG]

Of all the things to roll your eyes at in this movie, it's the precussive maintenance (hitting the problem with something) that gets it? I'll have you know that precussive maintenance has been used in space by NASA on numerous occasions. In one case a bolt had been cold-welded and the astronaut had to stick a big bar on the end of a wrench and smack it with a hammer to get it loose. Mars rovers have been known to be ordered to smack themselves on purpose on occasion, usually to dislodge something from a scientific instrument. The cosmonaut hitting something with a hammer is probably the _most_ realistic thing in this movie.

[@VerowakReacts]

We all have our own reasons for disliking some things

[@StarkRG]

@@VerowakReacts Didn't mean to sound like I was criticising, sorry, I just found it amusing.

[@VerowakReacts]

@@StarkRG It's my bad, I'm used to having a lot of negative comments, so it's unfortunately how I read the tone. Good to know you found it amusing and that you're not irrationally upset that I rolled my eyes at that scene lol

[@cliveklg7739]

"Why would they have a gun on there?" Michael Bay. Pretty sure NASA doesn't just pick the lowest bid, and there are a bunch of factors to be met to get a bid. Even the military doesn't do that. They look at how a design fits the needs they want best.

[@VerowakReacts]

I just know about civil engineering and construction, which is the lowest bidder after X requirements are met

[@jamesfischer2427]

In the Ultima series, The Armageddon spell kills EVERY living thing in the universe, except the caster...

[@THEvagabond29]

Back when i worked my first job in the movie theatre... we would call these movies the fluff eye feast that is either for the adult or kid. Its a bit of both but its an action flik.

[@cklambo]

One of those guilty pleasure movies

[@ScarlettM]

4:55 - FYI, "Armageddon" is not a time or an event, it's a place. Armageddon is an ancient city in Israel. Supposed to be the place of final battle between God and Devil.

[@mestupkid211986]

A nuke going off in space, would be a problem. NASA has a whole document about it, because of this movie. It's a fun read for nerds like me. lol

[@VerowakReacts]

It definitely is NOT what happens in this movie 🤣

[@folcotook3049]

"Why would they have a gun?" Remember.... Michael Bay movie. 😅

[@VerowakReacts]

I clearly need to watch more Michael Bay movies

[@folcotook3049]

@@VerowakReacts oh, I didn't say that. 😝

[@ronfehr7899]

"Just ordinary people going into space." One movie that would be a fun watch, even if not a reaction video, would be Space Camp.

[@preble316]

It's interesting Michael Bay chose an Aerosmith song, Sweet Emotion, for this film what with Steven Tyler being Liv Tyler's father.

[@VerowakReacts]

I don't know if it was on purpose, but it's really neat. And the song is "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". Unless Sweet Emotion also played and I just don't remember

[@preble316]

@@VerowakReacts Yes, "Sweet Emotion" played during part of their NASA training montage. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was also a nice touch.

[@Galiant2010]

Deep Impact was a good movie. Not as good as this one, but still fun. The Core is a fun ride. Sort of an inverted armageddon story where the core of the earth stops spinning and would lead to an extinction.

[@VerowakReacts]

I think this movie was made to be entertaining and fun, whereas Deep Impact is more serious (from what I've gathered since I have no idea) lol

[@c.simmons2147]

9:15 Actually, at the time of the movie, NASA was using US customary units. Really, for a lot of things, they still do. So it really would not have been crazy to say a speed in MPH. As the joke goes, there are two types of countries: those that use metric and those that have put a man on the moon (and an earth destroying asteroid).

[@Scott_Burton]

Yes, Deep Impact came put about the same time. Hollywood has a habit of that. I suspect someone is shopping. Script around, someone connected to accepting ot declining the script takes the idea and shares it with someone who then quickly writes something similar to get a quick cash grab. But they don't always come out as major studio releases. You mentioned John McClain Then there's a Gruber. But you missed that Han was one of the Star Wars characters named. Thus putting Han, only a letter away from Hans, into the film

[@VerowakReacts]

It really seems like it, which is unfortunate since it makes the market a bit saturated sometimes