Best disaster movie ever? Armageddon | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching

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[@gpaje]

"They don't want to pay taxes, ever" That line drew a big cheer in my movie theater when he said that. I cried like a baby at the end of this movie.

[@lajuaniarice2105]

Me too 👍🏿

[@Ivy94F]

I had the ugly cry in the theatre. Lol!

[@gerhen4505]

Seriously though they should have had their whole family exempt from taxes for like five generations or something.😢

[@ktotheramer]

This came out in 1998. I graduated in 99, and the song from this film was played at EVERY school dance.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Way to go! Aerosmith

[@Senor-Misterioso]

One of my favorite favorite movies of all time!!! Sadly, very few people have reacted to it so THANK YOU!!!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Happy to do it, thanks for watching.

[@melissamendoza889]

When Harry and AJ say "I love you" to each other I always cry. This is such a good father's day movie.

[@jowbloe3673]

13:59 - "For those that don't know, Liv Tyler is . . ." So proud that James is now the go to resource for a who's who of famous people.

[@lajuaniarice2105]

Lol 👍🏿

[@immortalweapon]

First movie to get genuine tears from me as a kid. Goodbyes are hard.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Agreed, but good tears too. He saved all of them.

[@shotgunbettygaming]

I LOVE this film! The absolute PERFECT humor not only attaches you instantaneously to the characters and makes you want to hang out with them more (important early character building that many movies fail at with twice the time invested), but it balances the very very dark thought of the subject matter....what if. We've all wondered at some point and this film lets us explore it with tears in our eyes and a laugh in our throats. Great reaction and so glad you chose to just watch it regardless of being victorious in the polling!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Thank you so much for watching

[@pencilnecked1579]

This was a great popcorn disaster flick but I always preferred Deep Impact that came out around the same time dealing with the same story of an asteroid barreling towards Earth but dealt with it in a much more serious manner and tone.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

This was sure fun

[@ScarlettM]

5:38 - I always feel so sorry for the wife. She was genuinely surprised and happy that he thought of her. And then he goes to explain it. She still loves him.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

That line sure suprised the crap out of me.

[@CathleenMJennings80]

Saw this is theaters and had to chomp my lip to keep from sobbing at the end! Steven Tyler said he hated the end when Liv was telling her dad good-bye/it broke his heart.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Oh I bet it did. If I was her dad it would for me.

[@mettesrensen6116]

Fun fact Steven said in a interview that when the producers asked him if Aerosmith would do the soundtrack he said no but then they showed him that clip and he said YES with tears running

[@cometgirl217]

I *did* get to attend a shuttle launch at as a kid in the mid-90s! One of my dad’s old Navy friends was an astronaut and we went to see him take off from the Kennedy Space Center. One the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in real life! 🧑‍🚀🚀

[@nickcollins2413]

Ben Affleck asked Michael Bay "Wouldn't it make more sense to teach astronauts to drill then teach drillers to be astronauts?" Apparantly Bay said "Shut up!"

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

Might be a little late, but this is a great film to watch on Father's Day. The son that doesn't know his father gets me every time. One of the films that makes men cry. 😃

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Hope you enjoyed my reaction

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

@@AwesomeUSMovies Absolutely did! Love how you clap at the end of movies too. You're really enjoying this journey and we can tell.

[@dabe1971]

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

[@greenpeasuit]

Steve Boo-SHIM-ee. Much respect for him as an actor AND a human being. I rarely can say both.

[@jamesalexander5623]

Absolutely one of The Most Watchable Movies Ever! .... It has it All!

[@hannelinorrgard2403]

I was twelve when this movie came out, and my dad took me to see it five times in the theater. We saw it three times in the regular expensive theaters and twice at the dollar theater a few months later. It was such an experience in the theaters because of the sound, and it's such a fun movie. Love it.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

They have a theater that only costs $1?

[@hannelinorrgard2403]

@@AwesomeUSMovies They did in the 90s in Southern California. These theaters played movies after their runs in the regular theaters because it was a lot cheaper to get the rights. This meant a movie could be there a few months after release (for bombs) or have a much longer wait (for hits). Concessions were also one or two dollars.

[@RhiannonRowland]

Sending you and your mom lots of prayers and positivity. I am a 10 year breast cancer survivor, so I know some of what you're feeling. Hugs!

[@RhiannonRowland]

Oops, just realized my comment ended up here instead of on the intended post. Sorry.

[@paolagonzalezjareda4547]

Look at you now giving people the context of who Liv Tyler is! And recognizing 6 actors in a movie! It's always fun to re-watch classics with you!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

So glad you enjoy

[@mickicampbell2847]

I recently found your channel & i love your reactions your enthusiasm & authenticness is awesome, & i love your laugh Keep it up & thank you!

[@christined6321]

Love this film! I laughed I cried. Mostly laughed at your reaction 😂😂😂 Glad you enjoyed it. You’ve come a long way with your cast knowledge and movie references. It’s been so much fun watching you experience the movies I love!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Thank you so much for your support

[@bobapjok4241]

This was a great movie. Deep impact is pretty good too. same premise really, but more serious. Both are good and worth watching

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

[@dggydddy59]

Deep Impact is really the superior movie. Armageddon is a standard formula typical Michael Bay action everything goes wrong, everything blows up and everybody yells a whole lot type of movie. Although it does have humor, which Deep Impact does not. But they are radically different approaches to the same subject matter.

[@Mortismors]

I always liked Deep Impact more than Armageddon.

[@marybethgoeggel4658]

Also a Deep Impact fan. I took an Earth & Space Science class in high school the year after the movies came out. I remember is spending at least a class day discussing the plausibilities of both movies; Deep Impact was seen to be more scientifically accurate. Also during this class, the comet Halle-Bopp was passing by. Teacher set an extra credit assignment to locate the comet when it was visible at 3am, and have parents with you to sign off on it. I got my mom out of bed one morning, we found it, mom signed my slip, and we went back to bed. A couple of months later, I’m with my aunt and uncle eating dinner outdoors, and they commented they never saw it. By now, the comet was visible at night, so I pointed to the comet and say ‘Aunt/Uncle, meet Halle-Bopp. Halle-Bopp, meet Aunt/Uncle.’ We chuckle, then mom looks at me ‘was that the thing we got up at 3am to see???’ Me ‘yeah’. Mom gives me stink eye.

[@dggydddy59]

@@marybethgoeggel4658 HaHa! That's a good story. Yeah, as I recall the Hale-Bopp comet was visible for several months. We used to walk our dog in the evenings and there it was, every night, for quite a long time it seems. Remember that house full of cultists who all killed themselves because they believed comet Hale-Bopp was bringing aliens in a UFO and they were coming to take them to a more advanced planet? Whoa!

[@Do0msday]

Such a fun movie. I remember seeing this in the movie theater and it was the perfect popcorn movie. Great blend of comedy and action. It was a lot funnier than I expected, but could also be serious when it needed to be. Really glad you watched this and congrats on recognizing so many actors.

[@ScarlettM]

"Deep Impact" is a "sister" movie, came out the same year, similar story, but very different style. Consider reacting for comparison!

[@RickHale]

I was just getting on to suggest Deep Impact, too.

[@hugdaddy3038]

Deep Impact is surprisingly good, so did Armageddon, both good movie in different direction

[@derpdailygaming1414]

Owen Wilson is the voice actor of lightning McQueen in Cars :)

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

OH.. I know who that is

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@AwesomeUSMovies And "The Cowboy" in the "Night at the Museum" Movies!

[@fayej6591]

This is actually a great Father’s Day type movie. Good timing! 😂

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

NICE!

[@rickardroach9075]

27:14 [1 min later] "Sir, the overriden overridden overridden overide has been overridden!"

[@christopherlane5238]

Fun Fact: all the white billowing "smoke" from rocket take offs is mostly water vapor. They pump several tons of water into the rocket flames to combat noise and vibration. The sound would blow people over at the observation area.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

Interesting trivia: 1. Aerosmith performs three songs in this movie - "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing," "Sweet Emotion," and a cover of the Beatles' "Come Together" during the crew round up scene. 2. Michael Clarke Duncan got the role of John Coffey in "The Green Mile" largely based on a recommendation from Bruce Willis. 3. Director Michael Bay appears in a cameo as the long-haired NASA tech in the first twenty or so minutes. 4. Armageddon opened on July 1, 1998, which was Liv Tyler's 21st birthday. 5. Clark Brolly (Noonan, the one who has the lady friends citizenship request, and the other driller casualty of the first shuttle) was apparently supposed to have a larger role, but he got into several creative arguments with Michael Bay, and his screen time and role were significantly reduced as a result. In fact, I think he stopped acting after this and switched to music. The character name Freddy Noonan is a reference to aviator Fred Noonan; he was the navigator for Amelia Earhart, and went missing with her in 1937 en route to Howland Island. 6. Armageddon was nominated for 4 Oscars in 1998 - Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects, and Original Song for "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing." However, it didn't win in any category. 7. Armageddon was released in the same year as another asteroid impact film, Deep Impact, which is credited with being more scientifically accurate but a little slower on the story. 8. Ben Affleck asked Michael Bay why the original idea of training astronauts to drill would be harder to do; Bay told him to "shut up." 9. It's never been officially confirmed, but one source claims that Rockhound's real name is Ben Davis. 10. The film crew was allowed to shoot at an actual launch pad with a real space shuttle in docking, on the condition that they not step into the shuttle itself. Ben Affleck admitted that he briefly did step inside before NASA administrators ordered him out.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Love all these tidbits. Thanks

[@jowbloe3673]

So her character was old enough to drink and she wasn't.

[@Gurra88]

Correction: Aerosmith had four songs here not three. The last one was called "What kind of love are you on". If I remember right it's heard during the strip club scene.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

​@@Gurra88 Thanks for that. I don't think I've heard it before.

[@CinWin516]

I got a chuckle with the editing. "Is that the guy from The Green Mile?" ✅

[@sirjohnmara]

Hahaha! Great reaction, thanks from Sweden. Liv insisted and nagged on her dad to sing the Main Theme Song, it's written by Diane Warren. Usually Areosmith only play their own songs.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Thanks for the info!

[@JacobDennisHarris8586]

COOL REACTIONS! THANK YOU FOR SHARING FOR FREE! ROCK AND ROLL!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

My pleasure!!

[@victorramsey5575]

The Aerosmith official video for Dont Wanna Close My Eyes features military musicians in the wings playing the brass and violin parts. Aerosmith is the first rock band to perform with the military. Fun Fact #2: When filming the scene of Grace saying goodbye to her dad they actually had Steven Tyler on screen, so Liv was really talking to her real dad. They were both crying.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

That's great love little facts like this

[@davecondreay]

This is in my top 10 all time. Another underrated disaster movie that I love is "Volcano" with Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. Another movie just like this that came out at the same time is "Deep Impact" with Robert Duvall. Same premise, but a really good movie.

[@lajuaniarice2105]

Yessss 👍🏿

[@Br0nc0B1lly405]

Fun Fact: The narrator at the beginning of the movie was the late great Charlton Heston.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

I'm sorry I don't know who that is. I really don't know many celebrities.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Charlton Died??!

[@innercircle341]

@@AwesomeUSMovies you dont know Charlton heston????? ffssssss

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@AwesomeUSMovies From one James to Another .... There's a Place in Hell!

[@NetanelWorthy]

The voting age in the United States is 18. So she’s at least 18. Not 21. Although to be fair, I personally think her characters over 21. Lol

[@surlycanadian]

Immediately after Rockhound says “she’s old enough to vote” he then says “she’s old enough to drink or get married if she wants to”. James was reacting to Her being old enough to drink. So as James says, she’s at least 21.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

They said drink as well in the movie

[@Yugioh420]

​@@crowcrow2499lol I listen to Aerosmith since I was 4

[@tarzapopohead]

The President speech is one of the best speeches in my opinion.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Na, the Independence Day speech is my Fav so far.

[@maximillianosaben]

An action movie for tough guys all around, but Bruce Willis made ‘em all cry.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Yeah love it

[@TheGeezerGeek]

As for paying for the wedding, I am sure that there is nowhere on the planet now that those astrodrillers' money will be good at. Everything is free for saving the world. And most don't know this but Steve Buscemi is a real life hero. He was a New York Fire Fighter for 6 years, and when 9/11 happened he returned to his old firehouse and volunteered. He worked 12 hour shifts for a week, digging through the debris for surviviors. Also here is another actor for you, the scientist with glasses who talked about the explosion in his hands is Jason Issacsm who played Deatheater Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father in the Harry Potter films.

[@thegladve]

" have you ever been to a launch?, how amazing was it?" me: well I've gone to lunch quite a few times and it's more than amazing.

[@shainewhite2781]

This was released the same year as Deep Impact with Morgan Freeman. Neil Degrasse Tyson, famed physicist and scientist has said that "Deep Impact is the most accurate disaster movie ever made, while ARMAGEDDON is considered to be popcorn nonsense." Either way, I enjoy both films.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

I thought it was fun

[@ZeroOskul]

There is another movie based on "When Worlds Collide" that came out at the same time as "Armageddon" but that actually delivers on the disaster and stays closer to that source material: "Deep Impact" in which Morgan Freeman plays the President.

[@spirittammyk]

Also other mentions of cast, Peter Stormare played the Russian, and he and Steve Buscemi are often in movies together. We also had William Fichtner (Prison Break, A Perfect Storm, Longest Yard) Jason Isaacs (The Patriot, Harry Potter) Keith David (Pitch Black,) and Owen Wilson (Meet the Parents).

[@mblackwl]

The Commentary tracks on the Criterion release of Armageddon are amazing. The technical track consists of the science advisors talking a lot about space interspersed with a lot of "Well, that could never actually happen." And the actors' commentary is a lot of fun and contains this: Ben Affleck - "So, I asked, 'Mike (Bay)? Wouldn't it be easier to teach astronauts how to drill than teaching oil drillers how to be astronauts?' He said, 'Shut up, Ben.'" And the moonbug has a gun because it would sell more toys if it had a gun on it.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

That's some cool info thanks

[@bettyhuback2518]

1998 originally Aerosmith (Steve) didn't want to do the song until they showed him the scene Grace (Liv) and her Dad (Bruce). At the end.

[@leeannmcdermott8313]

Oh the Y2K panic was in full swing with all the end of the world movies around this time. But still a great watch! Love me some Bruce too ☺️

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

You and me both!

[@kaypirinha1982]

I love the russian guy. He's the most professional austronaut/kosmonaut in that movie.

[@oldgeezer3324]

Bunker busters and other massive explosive devices are bombs, not missiles. The song Don't want to miss a thing was Steven Tylers last recording released. Billy Bob Thornton was wearing the leg brace just for this movie. At the end you missed the wedding for Steve Buscemi

[@76tennboy]

That Aerosmith trivia was really really interesting. I’m actually rather surprised :-) that’s really cool.

[@justindar8827]

You cannot stop a giant meteorite with a nuke. The equivalent is stopping a train with a fly.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

I'd agree with that... but if you drill a hole ;-)

[@exile220ify]

To answer your question: I live in Calgary. When we learned that the Shuttle program was ending and there was only going to be one more launch, my friend and I booked flights to Florida, rented a hotel and a car, and spent a weekend there - culminating with seeing the very, very last launch of the Space Shuttle. It was a "bucket list" moment. Expensive as hell but worth it. :)

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

So glad you have the memory now. That's worth a lot

[@RLKmedic0315]

I used to live in Edgewater FL, right near the beach. When the shuttle launched you could see it from my front porch and the rockets would rattle the whole house. It was pretty damn amazing to see it take off.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

What a

[@shadowfrost__]

You actually knew 7 actors in this. The guy who does the fire cracker explanation is Jason Isaacs and while you don"t recognize his name you would know him better as Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father in Harry Potter. Hard to recognize him with out the long white hair i know, but it is him.

[@peterhecker1343]

Hija James :) If you want to recognize more than 6, maybe you should start with the Expendable Movies ;) (and I bet You'll have a blast watching them ) and remember ; You're awesome ;)

[@gbear285]

The guy from green mile is Michael Clark Duncan.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Yeah, got it

[@grahamsangster1042]

I'm only trying to have fun before i die haha that look when he's getting that tape ripped off 😂

[@SonOfMuta]

"Space dementia" is a fictional mental disorder, mentioned in several works: - "Space Madness", a season 1 episode of the animated series The Ren and Stimpy Show - Fragile Allegiance, a 1996 PC game - "Joyride", a 1999 episode of the TV series The Outer Limits - "The Train Job", an episode of the TV series Firefly - The feature film Armageddon

[@donaldseale2700]

From what I've been able to find, a form of Space dementia is a real thing. It just isn't as severe as in the movies and usually takes at least 6 months of zero gravity before there is any risk. The symptoms are decreased cognitive ability and mild dementia. I'm sure they have a different name for it, but it probably doesn't sound as wild as "Space Dementia".

[@danilynn4007]

I'm here for this. Fun movie. 😀

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

I hope you get it

[@ravenlord7144]

I've watched Armageddon several times and never tire of it. For its time period, especially, the effects were very good. You should check out some other disaster flicks. Deep Impact was released about the same time as Armageddon and has strong effects. Volcano is a high-intensity film with very good effects. The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic from the 1950s. The Day After Tomorrow and The Core don't have quite the same intense impact as Armageddon, but they are worth watching. San Andreas is a modern disaster movie that has awesome effects. Of course, I can't end this without mentioning the classic The Poseidon Adventure and then, once that is watched, the reboot simply titled Poseidon. They are both strong on their own merits; the reboot did the classic justice, but the original is worth watching even after all these years. If you want just sheer, low-budget disaster fun, I would recommend the creature feature Lavalantula!

[@lajuaniarice2105]

The original Poseidon Adventure was AWESOME!!! 👍🏿

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Awesome US Movies be like: Billy Bob Thornton: Oh I know who BIlly Bob Thornton is! Liv Tyler: Liv Tyler! I know who that is! Ben Affleck: Ben Affleck! I know who that is! I'm doing pretty good on this one! ... So I know like three people in this one. Bruce Willis:

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

It got edited out.. I for sure know Bruce

[@devindubay7911]

HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY TO ARMAGEDDON!!!!!!!!!! Came out my year in 1998!!!!!!!!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Yeah

[@CinWin516]

I'm impressed that you made the Liv Tyler/Aerosmith connection.👍

[@tracyoliver6648]

4:40. That looked and sounded like Mr. Cooper

[@colosine]

This movie made me paranoid of meteors when I was younger, great film with the right mix of comedy and drama

[@FalconSpirit]

36:03 It's called percussive maintenance!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

love that

[@digidv85]

5:20 “Empire State” Not to be rude or anything, I just want to point out in that shot, the building breaking off is not The Empire State Building. It’s the Chrysler Building. I live on Long Island and have been to Manhattan many times in my life. I’m not sure where you reside, nor is it any of my business. Only wanted to clarify is all.

[@JoeCool7835]

"WE'RE BLOWING EVERYTHING UP!" Of course, we are! It's a Michael Bay movie!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

News to me

[@JoeCool7835]

​@@AwesomeUSMoviesI'm guessing you haven't seen the Transformers movies yet? Michael Bay just LOOOOOOVES to blow crap up in his movies!

[@gerhen4505]

Yeah said "not sparing the pyrotechnics budget" Me thinking about Michael Bay " No I think he did."

[@santaonthecross]

I live and have lived about 40 minutes away from the space shuttle launch site, we could feel them taking off at the night launches. I remember being like 6 years old going outside to watch the rockets take off in preschool. Florida has some interesting stuff

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Sounds awesome

[@spaghetti9845]

This is one of those movies where someone heard the word "Iron ferrite" and wanted to use it at any opportunity. Seems to be the only type of rock / metal "nasa" is familiar with.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Most likely more of a ... um... what type of rock to normal people understand.

[@davidclough3951]

1998 First saw this movie on a borrowed VHS tape. Store bought movie VHS.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Um, technically one is not 'sucked out' into space, but blown out. The atmospheric pressure of your environment is what is hurrying to fill the emptiness, and takes you with it.

[@MinecraftAedda]

They could have avoided this whole thing by firing that Nokia into space right at that rock.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

LOL, love it

[@charlesmaurer6214]

In high school I didn't get to watch a launch in person but I did get to tour the cape. Even the crawler is amazing to look at up close. It moves 2inches per hour and those tracks are huge. One shuttle was up and another on a standy pad when I was there. I watched the first shuttle launch in kindergarden on TV. NASA did great until Congress kept tweeking budgets every year. It takes years to plan a mission and change just a few things and you have to start over as every change impacts everything else.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

They're coming back into the light again with Mars

[@rickardroach9075]

26:35 The ticking crock!

[@michaelrosenblum4170]

Talk about the difference in rockets over the last 25 years and i think it hasn't been that long, this came out when i was starting high school. Then my age kicks in.😢

[@terribanks8633]

I LOVE your enjoyment and excitement!

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Yay! Thank you!

[@Drawkcabi]

Living in Maryland I got to see the shuttle Atlantis streak by at at around 4 - 4:30 am Shuttle was scheduled for early morning launch from Florida, the weatherman on the news said what part of the sky to look at after the shuttle launched. I was up so I went out in the backyard and looked where I was supposed to. It was a beautiful night, sky was very clear. Sure enough I saw it streak by. I've seen shooting stars lots of times and that's what this looked like only except if they took footage of a shooting star, reversed it and slowed it to maybe half speed. Very cool! Where I live now on the Eastern shore, there's an island about 40 miles away from where, once in a while, they send unmanned rockets up with supplies and things for the space station. Whenever one of those rockets goes up I can see it very well from my house once it clears all the trees.

[@henkebenke573]

Thanks for choosing it 😁😁

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Thanks for watching it

[@chrisbriley]

If you only know Billy Bob Thornton, from the big bang theory, you have to watch “sling blade” he wrote it and starred in it

[@steamro11r]

this and 2012 are my fav disaster movies

[@spaghetti9845]

When I was a kid my uncle was in charge of search and rescue operations for nasa. We were allowed on base to see a launch from about as close as you can get.... It was a early morning launch and I don't remember much except the ground shaking, the sky lighting up a bright orange and just a rumble. From the standpoint of a kid, it was a very surreal experience.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Love you still have that memory. You can always look back

[@thefourshowflip]

If the rock were actually the size of Texas and we had about 3 weeks…honestly, we’re done for. There’s nothing to be done. Blowing it up just means we get hit by several county sized ones (assuming we could even blow it up) and diverting something that massive in 18 days is not even close to feasible. That’s a “spend time with your loved ones and make the most of the last two weeks of humanity” type of discovery.

[@timcook6566]

What does it say about the rest of the cast when Steve Buscemi has the best singing voice? Lol

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

IDK bear was pretty good

[@llorona7847]

18:45 that’s a very good guess lol

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Nice!

[@jlerrickson]

The natural disaster film is such an interesting genre, and so easy to go for spectacle and feels without needing to be realistic. While I appreciate this one, I absolutely adore "Dante's Peak" (volcano) and "The Impossible" (12/2004 tsunami in Thailand); they're both incredibly realistic with great effects and all the more terrifying for their realism. I hope you'll be able to check out one of them.

[@KrissyFace]

Deepwater Horizon is a good disaster one too!!

[@isyldy09]

I was fortunate enough to see one of the last space shuttle launches. I will never forget it.

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Great memory for you.

[@jackgrimaldi8685]

5:18 Chrysler Building not Empire State

[@AwesomeUSMovies]

Oh.. good catch thanks

[@shallowgal462]

OK, now you must watch the much more scientifically accurate Deep Impact starring Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni. Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and James Cromwell! That opening narration was provided by Charleton Heston (star of the sci-fi classics Soylent Green and Planet of the Apes, Cecil B. DeMille's biblical epic The Ten Commandments, and Ben-Hur, both Best Picture Oscar winners). I love the Aerosmith music video for this ("I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing")! One of the drillers you didn't recognize, Owen Wilson, starred with Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents, Zoolander, and Night at the Museum, and also starred in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wedding Crashers, and Marley & Me.. I cried at the end as usual. A movie I hope you'll react to soon: Tom Hanks won Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia (1993), starring Denzel Washington.

[@russellward4624]

Love this film. It's silly super over the top fun. Seen it at least 20xs.

[@jodipatton238]

This movie is so awesome!! It's my favorite astroid disaster movie. A close second is 'Deep Impact.' It is more serious and less Hollywood 😉

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Bruce's movie (and family) legacy is set 💖💖💖

[@aliciasavage6801]

Now you have to watch its "twin" movie - DEEP IMPACT (they both came out at the same time and both about an astroid destroying the earth)

[@galerios1]

First comment! One of my favorite movies of all time!

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Great to hear it

[@rickardroach9075]

23:55 Oscar's eyelid is still moving.

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Na... he's dead

[@lyssalovesit]

LMAO you had me crying tears of laughter, legit. Then i remembered this movie was just sorrow...now im just crying. 💜

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It's a fun ride

[@SighDontWantAHandle]

We did toss the rockets in the ocean, and we still drop stages off many of the working rockets. Those rockets float so we'd pick them up, fix them and reuse them. So no littering. The Space Shuttle boosters would hit the ocean so hard they'd bend to the shape of the ocean waves.

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I mean current rockets lower themselves to the ground. Less impact, much more usable.

[@SighDontWantAHandle]

@@AwesomeUSMovies Which is CRAZY. Like we're living in a 1960's Scifi movie.

[@tracyoliver6648]

28:26. Should have taken a left at Albuquerque

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Summer Blockbusters!!!.. remember those?..Sorry if you don't.

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I remember they existed

[@ravenlord7144]

I live in Alaska! I'm so happy for you that you got to visit our state. 😄 Space demential is a fictional mental disorder, from what I've been able to find.

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Wonderful experience would do it again