Deep Impact (1998) | *First Time Watching* | Movie Reaction | Asia and BJ

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[@catserver8577]

Let's be serious here. If this really was happening they better get Morgan Freeman to break the news to us.

[@flugelcorn]

Amen!!!!

[@cshubs]

with James Earl Jones.

[@mitube4u]

LMAO!!! Your ass is damn fool. But you're right, that dude was calm as hell.

[@beesnort3163]

No other human is allowed to do it than the voice of Morgan Freeman! I will not listen to anyone but either him or James Earl Jones. ONLY those two! ❤

[@RebeccaODonnell-1941]

When documentarians put together a film about Emperor Penguins, the most badass birds on earth, they knew they needed something extraordinary for this important movie to reach a mass audience. Then someone suggested they ask Morgan Freeman to narrate it. The rest is history. March of the Penguins was a record shattering success.

[@majaaxholt1927]

Armageddon is about the action. Deep Impact is about the humans.

[@denroy3]

Armageddon was a cartoon...be honest. Ridiculous on so many levels.

[@Renegade2786]

Dark Specter's Revenge was about to cash in on both films.

[@majaaxholt1927]

@@denroy3 I still love Armageddon to this day, because of the ridiculousness. We don't have to love one and hate the other. We are allowed to love both :)

[@ruthsaunders9507]

@@denroy3 Its a hoot. Love them both for different reasons.

[@not-identified]

​@majaaxholt1927 especially because the only thing they have in common is being disaster/end of the world movies. One is focused more on action and humour, the other goes for a "realistic" take.

[@brettcloud8550]

The part where the girl's parents are telling her to take her baby sibling, knowing they won't make it... Ugh, always chokes me up.

[@terrylandess6072]

I was a young kid when I first saw the old B&W film 'When Worlds Collide' and the scene at the end where we see both sacrifice and desperation from the people stayed with me and this shows similar events which haven't changed in the eyes of filmmakers in almost 50 years.

[@timothymoyer2201]

Always...me too

[@technofilejr3401]

Exactly and trusting that their young teenage son-in-law can save them.

[@jumpingmanatee]

Me too! 😢

[@THXbox]

Every single time.

[@kirsten9277]

E.L.E. = Extinction Level Event .

[@williamwalsh1533]

Busta Rhymes named his album that.

[@geneticrex]

Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones are 2 winners of the voice lottery.

[@shilohauraable]

Gotta add Richard Burton & Seán Connery to the list, but then I'm old, so.... 🙄

[@user-fq1ig3uy3q]

​@@shilohauraableSean Connery sounds like this: "Thish ish the Shtartrek Enterpish."

[@user-fq1ig3uy3q]

​@@shilohauraableI agree with you on Richard Burton, though.

[@johncannon7109]

Proof that Morgan Freeman is the most powerful actor. He's played the president of 2 (two) countries, Director of the CIA and God.

[@Tweezymane]

And a principal too (Lean on Me) Another great movie

[@Trance18]

Don't forget he played a Pimp also in "Street smart"

[@razorfett147]

The man just exudes stoic integrity. Its why he's so believable in these supreme authority roles

[@maingate7672]

Yep. He's a real cinematic social climber. Lol!

[@DP-eo5xd]

His voice and on screen presence is one of subtle power and authority.

[@Serai3]

Hey, I'm in this one! It was an extra gig during my few years of trying to break into acting in Hollywood. Got a visible shot during the huge crowd scene at the caves. It was my 1 1/2 seconds of fame, LOL! (One of the most uncomfortable shoots I was involved in. The scene takes place in summer, so we had to dress light, but it was January so really cold. I got the flu the first day, but I came back the second day because THE SHOW MUST GO ON. And that's when I got my shot!)

[@leannmiller7153]

@@Serai3 that’s really cool! My sister-in-law was an extra in this too! She’s in the first press conference. You can only see the back of her head🤣 She was also trying to break into acting and screenwriting.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

@@leannmiller7153 Morgan Freeman was prime for me around then after just a few years coming off Shawshank, then Se7en and Kiss The Girls so I'd have been thrilled to see him do his thing as an extra.

[@Serai3]

@@leannmiller7153 LOL, I had so many extra gigs where the shots never made it in. I learned pretty quickly to just take it as a job and learning, and not expect to get any screentime at all, which is why this one stands out so much for me. :)

[@victorramsey5575]

I was also an extra in Hollywood during the 90s. I worked on a screen test of the wave coming up the road (greenscreen, Renmar Studios, Hollywood). It was fun but I never actually got paid for that day. LOL. Dammit Axiom!

[@AdamtheGrey02]

@@victorramsey5575 I was an extra in the 1995 movie 'Malicious' with Molly Ringwald. Terrible film but I got a nice close up for a few shots and got paid 100 bucks for 10 hours with maybe just 20 minutes of actual work in front of the camera and the rest just sitting around. My brother was an extra on 21 Jump Street from the 80s when he was 19. Perfect close up as well. Can't recall what he got paid but he did see a 16 year old Christina Applegate alone at a desk when he went to the wrong room. She said a friendly "Hi" to him and one of the workers came immediately and told him he can't be in there lol.

[@NEONBEAR007]

Just standing at the coast watching that wave come would have taken me out before it hit. Man. 😱

[@emilysmith259]

I love this movie. It's one of the few disaster movies where the disaster ACTUALLY happens and causes complete devastation. Most 'disaster' movies seem to have a disaster in the making only to have the protagonists save the day at the last minute. I also really like the realistic horror that goes with it. This movie is psychologically terrifying because this scenario could happen and how it plays out really does make you think.

[@hellohi821]

In July of 1994, scientists observed the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collide with Jupiter. It was the first time that anyone directly observed a planet-comet collision. In the few years that followed, there was much talk and discussion about what would happen if something similar were to happen to the earth--and what steps could possibly be taken in such an event. Both Deep Impact and Armageddon were created in the few years after Shoemaker-Levy 9.

[@that.ll_do_pig]

I love Deep Impact and Armageddon for different reasons. 😌

[@SelahEspiritual]

Daaamn this a baaaanger. I clicked just out of pure instinct. This was a criminally underrated movie back in the day. Sadly it got opaqued by Armageddon, but this film was way better. I mean Morgan Freeman, come ooooon.

[@cafeabasedecinema]

Deep Impact was't underrated at the time winning box office against Godzilla, which everyone though would be the biggest hit of the year.

[@samanthacampbell4152]

Two things thar get to me with this movie as the mum crying as her babies drive off knowing she will never see them again and Jenny and her dad on beach together one last time 😢

[@saltLTaylor]

Asia - drop me off at the space station 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Serai3]

Size doesn't determine whether something is a comet or an asteroid. It's what they're made of. Asteroids are mostly rock and minerals. Comets are enormous balls of ice. That's why the sunlight caused so much disturbance on its surface - its heat was melting bits of it and causing them to turn to steam, breaking the surface and creating explosions. Since you guys like Elijah, you really have to check out "The Faculty". A great late 90's sci-fi horror dramedy. Insane flick!

[@arifeannor9573]

And The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Good Son

[@jeannellebroussard3138]

Seconded!

[@melanie62954]

@@arifeannor9573 I fell in love with those big blue eyes as a kid when Huck Finn came out! I saw Deep Impact in theaters for Elijah Wood, and was so stoked when he was cast as Frodo. He never disappoints.

[@Serai3]

@@arifeannor9573 I think The Ice Storm is the best of his juvenile roles. An incredible film.

[@arifeannor9573]

@@Serai3 Ill check it out, never heard of it.

[@devilkyn1]

I originally watched this movie in my 20s when it came out. It was my friends birth and we had a plan to do dinner and the early show, and the to head to the bar for drinks afterward. This was the movie that we decided to see. Let me tell you. We did go to the bar afterward, but no one felt like celebrating. We all sat around the table and felt like going home to call our Moms for a good half hour. We did eventually celebrate. I have loved this movie since that first day.

[@Chad-n5x]

Saw it as a kid in the theater. Really underrated.

[@withcharmtospare]

This is one if the most underrated movies. With this cast?! It’s wild. So glad y’all got to enjoy it. The ending is so bittersweet but kinda cool that they wouldn’t do the magic science saves us thing and actually let it hit

[@suziec5269]

If you haven't seen them, maybe watch Volcano or Dante's peak. Also 2012 was good.

[@xzonia1]

All great disaster movies! :)

[@kaylakurosaki4873]

Those are good ones

[@fjvmunsterman]

Second those suggestions, especially 2012 and Volcano. I would like to add Knowing (2009), San Andreas (2015), And a couple of oldies, like Towering Inferno (1974), and the made for tv movie, The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990).

[@jeannellebroussard3138]

Morgan Freeman is legendary. His voice will always be in our memories, and there is no replacement for him in any manner. Highly intelligent and thoughtful human being.

[@brianvernon249]

And taught Gen X how to read via the Electric Company.

[@MichaelSmith-pj6de]

​@@brianvernon249 I remember... 👌🏾👍🏾💯

[@per-eriknielsen8204]

This wave after the astroid hits the ocean can have a speed up to 1180 mph (1900 km/h) That`s insane

[@Cyproduction]

Fast death

[@Shelbyj13]

The shockwave alone would be devastating.

[@postmastersgt1670]

The fact that an ELE have happened before and can very possibly happen again is so freightning that in itself makes this film that much more epic.

[@jeannellebroussard3138]

*Frightening

[@629Justme]

Humans are only here because mistress elle, got rid of all of the dinosaurs. Is she the real mother nature?

[@keithhealing1115]

We are currently going through another - the 6th this planet has endured. The rate of species loss is almost unprecedented - and it is largely driven by human actions.

[@joshuacoldwater]

19:10- Girl, we’d still be fighting over what company we were going to let build the ship. 😂

[@TLL1969]

Oh I'm sure it'd be like in the movie "2012" and damned China would be building the ships...and charging 1 BILLION per ticket like they did...maybe even more, lol!

[@atuuschaaw]

💯Morgan Freeman for President! ♥

[@J4ME5_]

Amen

[@Klittle010]

@ 30:00 , in real life there is also a vault with all biomaterials, eggs, seeds etc. etc.

[@xzonia1]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that. We really do have shelters like what's described in this movie in case going underground would save people's lives (wouldn't in all disaster events, but for some it's a good idea to have these things around). And, as you said, we have at least one "ark" with all biomaterials in it (I think there's two halfway around the world from each other, but not sure on that).

[@zombiesingularity]

They do have bunkers in mountains and underground all over the country but they were built during the Cold War to withstand nuclear war.

[@brendaleeirizarry1724]

This movie always gets compared to Armageddon because they came out in the same year or pretty close. It's ok to like both movies. What I do hate is when people talk about it being unrealistic that they drilled into the asteroid in Armageddon when they literally did the same thing in this movie 😒🤦🏻‍♀️ just enjoy them both for the great movies they are. I still personally love Armageddon more but that's my personal opinion and because I love Bruce Willis

[@obelisk21]

I think the criticism of the drilling in Armageddon is because it featured an asteroid which is metal and rock and would be extremely difficult to drill into. This movie features a comet which is basically an ice ball with dust and rock which is much easier to drill.

[@xzonia1]

@@obelisk21 Exactly. That is the crux of the criticism. You can drill through rock and metal, but it's so much harder to do successfully, and made people feel the movie was unrealistic for that reason (but it's not, technically). There are easier ways to get through rock and metal than drilling, but they needed a precise depth which meant they had to drill.

[@emilysmith259]

Oh and you did miss a few details - Chloe, Jenny Lerner's new stepmom is only a couple years older than her. When her and her mom were having drinks toward the beginning of the movie, they were discussing that fact (when the mom called her Chlorine) that Jenny has a stepmom who is now just a few years older than her. Jenny's mom took her own life. That was why she was dressing up and 'getting ready'. She knew she was excluded from the lottery and didn't want to wait for the comet (yes, it was a comet and not an asteroid - the difference is what they are made of. Asteroids are made of rock. Comets are made of rock, ice and gas which is seen by their tail in the sky).

[@Otokichi786]

"Deep Impact": This movie made "Extinction Level Event" a noteworthy phrase. Unlike "Armageddon," this movie is about ordinary people facing extraordinary events with extraordinary courage. Morgan Freeman as "President Tom Beck" doesn't have much screen time, but what he does with it is iconic, as usual.;)

[@kevinstanton5998]

Fun Fact: Asteroid Aphois is 2029 will be a near miss! It is expected to be 10 times closer to earth than the moon is.

[@Matt-de6dg]

2029 April. Friday the 13th. We’re all doomed. 😂

[@arphod]

I'm ready.

[@JuandeFucaU]

@@arphod I built us a really really big tennis racket.

[@goblin2bis707]

no problem guys ! the orbit is not expect to give an impact on Earth....celestial mechanics is quite precise. But it can be interesting to watch.

[@THXbox]

It is hitting. They’ve been lying all this time.

[@muzzap21]

"Greenland" a good underrated disaster movie it's newer

[@beetlebob4675]

Yes, I was surprised by that one and it reminded me of this one. Disaster movies need a deep heart to be great, imo. Greenland had so much more depth than I expected it to. My top three are now Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, and Greenland.❤

[@sugelite5068]

12:25 hey ER fans, recognize Dr. Kerry weaver on the left

[@DeAnne1233]

Minus the cane.

[@RebeccaODonnell-1941]

I love how she was chasing a story about a woman name Ellie, when it was actually E.L.E: Extinction Level Event. The book Lucifer’s Hammer, which came out in the 70’s, is about a comet hitting the earth, and one of the greatest science fiction books ever written. It won both the Hugo (best fantasy) and the Nebula (best science fiction) awards, and pretty much every comet/asteroid hitting the earth movie, including Deep Impact, has been inspired by it. Great, great book.

[@ScreamingScallop]

You took this a lot better than I did. I was blubbering so hard from the moment Tea Leoni handed the little girl back to her mom I thought I was going to drown.

[@johncannon7109]

I'm a fan of Armageddon. But this is more believable and heartbreaking.

[@roachmojo]

Morgan WAS the President in this film. "...but the waters...receded." 😊

[@jaymanuel3396]

Saw this one a few times in the theater. Everyone was silent when it ended and a few people in tears. Such an emotional movie and great acting. Much better than Armageddon. Y’all should check out the classic disaster movies too. Earthquake, The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno were the three big ones.

[@AstronomyGuru84]

Asteroid 8299 Téaleoni, discovered in 1993, was named after actress Tea Leoni.

[@beetlebob4675]

😭🥹 that's awesome

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

Some disaster movies are big-budget special effects extravaganzas that focus mostly on the event. The good ones like Deep Impact focus on the human condition and how they react to it.

[@chillysauceprophecii]

as a truck driver, I can tell you there are caves big enough to drive a semi truck cause I have driven in them and that is used to store foods at constant cold temps. sorry to say we don't have enough for all Americans but you will be surprise at how many underground facilities we have that most of the public don't know they exist.

[@theprophetessnastacia]

Oh snap…. Finally you guys are watching this ❤ Such a beautiful (heartbreaking) movie 🍿

[@JamesASharp]

I love both Armageddon and Deep Impact. The former has great action set pieces, but the latter has more heart and soul. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@williamwalsh1533]

Deep Impact inspires deep thought. Definitely have to secure the future by saving essential people that can rebuild society.

[@xzonia1]

I was in my 20's when this movie came out, but now I'm over 50 so I'd be toast. Lol. I'm okay with that.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

@@xzonia1 same with zombie movies, ya get older or injured thinking ya can't even outrun or fight off the slow ones anymore just hope with time comes wisdom and you can outsmart them easier, otherwise ya just bait

[@xzonia1]

@@jayeisenhardt1337 Oh, I have so many health issues these days if a zombie apocalypse happens (or any other major disaster type event), I'm toast. I could help others survive, I suppose, but my days would certainly be numbered. I'd be one of the old ones sacrificing themselves for the young ones, which is as it should be I suppose. I don't mind. Still enjoy watching such movies these days, but I have a very different perspective now. :)

[@heathercarnegie4693]

Loved watching this again with you two...this movie freaks me out 😂😂...there is a movie yall might enjoy called "The Road"...even on your own time.. but Asia, you will cry lol...totally agree about Mogan Freeman's voice...he is blessed with a calming voice... hugs and love to you both x

[@technofilejr3401]

30:40, love this character moment for Leo. He married his friend Sarah to save her and her family but that failed. Now he is stepping up to try and save her like any man would his wife. Also his father knew he couldn't stop him so he had to support his son.

[@SilentSooYun]

The man just watched his child step up and become a man. Respect.

[@scottallen6160]

I had to pause at 2:33 to say that’s so cool you lived so close to each other when you were younger, hadn’t met yet and ended up together. 💕🥰💕🥰💕

[@tokyosmash]

Morgan Freeman as President Beck is SOOOOO good in this, absolutely commands the screen This was awesome in cinemas too, I remember going to see it with my dad at the movie theatre at White Marsh Mall in Maryland

[@josuevillalta6197]

Cuando lo vi por primera vez, realmente creí que él podría ser presidente, así como lo fue ronald reagan

[@ruthsaunders9507]

I watched this at a drive in when it came out and then had a 30 minute drive through the desert to get home afterwards. The stars in sky had never looked so bright and eerie.

[@magicmike7198]

Firstly, this film was released more or less at the same time as ''Armageddon'' (1998) and was in competition with it. ''Armageddon'' won but this film, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by a woman, was my favorite of the two. Robert Duvall and Morgan Freeman are the two pillars of the film. God aside, Morgan is just as believable as The President... The number of good actors and actresses starring in this film is stupendous. The reflection that the story brings is frightening. The thread of events is worthy of the greatest science-fiction suspense. In an ideal cinematographic world, I would have made a film lasting two and a half hours, almost three. And I would have made a second film, part 2, showing us the aftermath. Showing us the reconstruction and the return to a... changed life. Finally, a word must be said about the excellent music composed by the late James Horner (Braveheart, Star Trek 2, Casper, Field Of Dreams, Titanic, Avatar, Apollo 13) who, as he always did, found the right notes (even if he constantly self-plagiarized himself... but that's another story...).

[@Chad-n5x]

Armageddon was an epic fail. It started off ok but I don't understand what they were trying to accomplish with it.

[@williambryan3346]

Leelee Sobieski (Sarah) looks so much like a young Helen Hunt, who was in Twister (1:07), there was a joke made about her being a clone of Helen. 😁

[@michaelanderson1476]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN..THE BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE THAT IS..DEEP IMPACT!!!!💔😔🥲❤😌👏🙌🙏👍💫🎉

[@ScotsmanDougal]

Asteroids are in an orbit around the sun. Meteor's are asteroids which have come through Earth's atmosphere. Tunguska, Chicxulub, etc. Comets are also in orbit around the sun but tend to be smaller and are made of ice. They "grow" a tail when they get closer to the sun and start to melt.

[@adampare8088]

(I'll settle your bet. It was a comet. Had a tail. Asteroids don't). Best disaster movie, and great overall AND pretty scientifically accurate.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

I *love* this one so much, Asia and BJ! Mimi Leder directed. ☄ It's very similar to ARMAGEDDON (1998), but it was more "fun"... this one made me feel and contemplate.

[@tomkat2182]

Why is this one of my comfort movies😂

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Love this movie, great story and what a stellar cast. 😊

[@Letha-Mae]

Man us 70s and 80s babies thought those computer's were the best 😂

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

A LOT OF BIG NAMES IN THIS!!!!MUCH YOUNGER, BUT RECOGNIZABLE.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@mwooldridge9155]

I liked both this and Armageddon. Both are kind of scary if you think about it. It could happen .

[@lisag5002]

Deep Impact and Armageddon are two of my favorite asteroid movies. Melancholia is good too but its so depressing.

[@terrylandess6072]

Let's see, the safest place to avoid the tsunami would be Mt. Doom. The range of mountains surrounding it would be an excellent 'break' with a large central plain to accept overflow. Looks like our astronomer is Charles Martin Smith whom played Terry Fields in American Graffiti.

[@brianmatthews1736]

Extinction Level Event ------- E.L.E. "ELLY"

[@sierrarichardson330]

Such a sad but beautiful movie… I don’t compare it to Armageddon(which is good too) so happy yall r watching this one ❤❤❤ yall should watch Independence Day

[@robogreek3157]

The funny thing is i watched the first lord of the rings.. liked it but no interest in the sequels but elijah wood was actually a MONSTER child actor when i was a kid. Next to macauly culkin he was probably the most famous and you guys should check out THE GOOD SON when elijah wood is adopted into maculy culkins family and maculy culkin is pure evil...i thought it was really good. You guys would love reacting to it

[@JRO488]

Please consider reacting to The Righteous Gemstones!! It’s absolutely bonkers but hilarious!

[@Rocko-lr5wu]

Righteous Gemstones is sooo underrated!! Would be awesome if they reacted

[@Greta-hi7ez]

YES

[@jumpingmanatee]

I AM SO HAPPY that you two watched this movie! It's one of my favorites, and I always cry. Armageddon doesn't even compare to this movie.

[@jeannellebroussard3138]

Damn Skippy!

[@dejavu2030]

You are trippin Armageddon is a thousand times better

[@HJTTI]

I'll say it .....Deep Impact is better than Armageddon ....the only thing saving Armageddon is the sounds track.

[@parahandy2000]

Totally agree, one of my favourite movies

[@tanyamonk1280]

100% agree with you

[@tomkat2182]

I found Armageddon so boring, Deep Impact is way better

[@SandraMorris51]

Armageddon was too cheesy for me. An event like this needs to be depicted much more seriously

[@buffalobill8809]

Maybe slightly but Horner's music is still 👌

[@mostaley5049]

Another great reaction y’all. I’ve always like this movie. Armageddon I liked a little better. 👏👏😊🥰

[@TheFalconerNZ]

A must follow up movie to this one is 'Armageddon' (1998), more action & less fact but with Bruce Willis you know you can't go wrong. Also I think the random people picked in the lottery did get to take their families (to prevent people from not going without their families) so a family of 5 would result in 4 less draws to stay to the 800,000 random people along with 200,000 selected people meant a total of 1,000,000 were going to be saved. Yes we do scan the skies for this threat but with the funding we have only 1% to 2% of the sky is scanned & depending on the size of the threat we currently are unable to do anything about it. There was a test just done to see if we have a possible solution.

[@renecasillas1308]

This is a great movie. Now you need to watch "Armmogeden" with Bruce Willis

[@tdubplays8710]

18:08 Asia: are they on the same ship? BJ: no 19:40 Asia: didn't they come off the same ship? BJ: yes LOL

[@PML78]

Haha... hell yeah... I caught that too...left Asia so confused that she didn't ask again... my man BJ 😂🤣😂🤣

[@mastersword123456789]

This movie was the opposite of armageddon while armageddon they saved the earth in this movie deep impact the astroid hits the earth and causes destruction but people come together at the most dire time.

[@Fmanzo10]

There are a bunch of caves around Kansas City Missouri that are used as commercial warehouses. It’s a Trip delivering inside the caves. If you’re claustrophobic you won’t want to do it.

[@TheInfo45]

I've always loved this story, even a bit more than Armageddon. The story is more dramatic and closer to if or when this might happen. That hopefully there would be some type of plan to save humanity. It is a shame that they would have to do something like they did with the lottery and nobody over 50 would be allowed in to continue play human race. The mom killing herself was always such a sad scene. But the crew on the ship sacrificing himself for the survival of the planet always gets me.

[@fidel2xl]

"E.L.E" stands for *Extinction Level Event*. In the earlier scenes, just after the FBI forced her off the road and brought her to the White House to meet with the President, he mentioned the correct pronunciation to her: 'E.L.E". She had first wrongly thought that the word was 'Ellie' as in a person who perhaps had an affair with a powerful politician in Washington. So, when the President mentioned the correct pronunciation (he said the words 'E-L-E' as separate letters), she then did her own internet research at the library and discovered that 'E.L.E' stood for *Extinction Level Event*, and she saw depictions of asteroids wiping out the dinosaurs, that's when it hit her. And that's why she was so nervous and cynical when she met with her father and his new young wife for drinks. Because in her mind there was no future for humanity. So, any long-term plans that people were making, were basically all for nothing. That was the reason for her poor 'DGAF' attitude in that scene with her dad and his new wife.

[@jermainehaslam5634]

I love how this film focuses on different groups of characters kind of like Independence Day, showing how different people's lives are on the surface but when they are faced with world threatening event like this it puts all the characters in the same terrifying predicament, awesome movie and great reaction.

[@mjfoxfan3101]

Don't worry Asia...I cry everytime I see this movie. I've watched it several times. The part that gets me is when the mom gives her baby to her teen daughter and Leo to take. Then the mom and dad just looks at each other as they die. *crying again just typing this*

[@DarthKilaj85]

I always liked that the Dr Wolf guy put down Leo as well as him self instead of taking the credit himself like many would.

[@jumpingmanatee]

Funny thing, I just watched this movie earlier this week.

[@paulfromt.o.7384]

Nice reaction and a pretty good movie. It always blows my mind knowing we (earth) are rotating at 1000 mph at the equator and moving through space at 67,000 mph and completely unaware of it being pulled down by gravity. The ISS (international space station) is orbiting earth at 18,000 mph or... 5 miles per SECOND (try to visualize that!). The average comet speeds are over 100,000 mph or... 30 miles per SECOND. Put another way a comet would take 93 seconds to move from New York City to Los Angeles 😬

[@xzonia1]

Deep Impact (1998) - comet threatens the Earth Armageddon (1998) - asteroid threatens the Earth Two totally different movies! If you haven't seen Armageddon yet, you should check it out now and tell us which movie you love more (they're both awesome but for very different reasons). :) No, technically this is not science fiction; it's a fictional disaster movie (as is Armageddon). Science fiction is usually set in the future (but not always) and has technology that is more advanced than what we currently possess at the time the story was being told (ex: spaceships, phasers, transporters, time machines, etc). This movie was set in present-day and used technology we actually had in 1998 (ditto Armageddon) to tackle the problem. Gotta love Morgan Freeman. Our fantasy first black President before we had Barack. If Morgan says things will be okay, we know they will be. :) Loved y'alls reactions! Right there with you Asia; I cried too!! Oh, and I was living in Austin when you had your Desoto scare (if that happened in 1994), but I still remember it! Glad you weren't hurt! Love and peace to you both!

[@Mastarfiin]

Deep Impact - one of my favorite movies and leaps and bounds better than the other one (Armageddon 1998 w/ Bruce Willis).

[@krisfahnz]

Asia .. You asking about these Caves in Mo. I have seen these caves they are along the Mississippi River and are on both the Illinois and Missouri side. Pretty intense ... A lot of them are rented out to companies that need a cool location for products and such . Although they do have the ones that the Gov. uses too . I seen this movie for the first time in theaters . it came out the same year as Godzilla and Armageddon .. That was definitely the year for disaster movies ! lol There had to be some deal the Chrysler building in NY.. cause it got destroyed in All 3 movies ! lol

[@balrog92000]

Astrology is like signs and horoscopes. Astronomy is the study of space and celestial objects. If you really want a realistic disaster movie, you should check out the 2020 movie "Greenland", if you have not yet seen it.

[@parduke]

ah yes the asteroid movie year, Deep Impact and then 2 months later Armageddon in the theaters, DI was more heartfelt better acting/writing AR was just more fun/rewatchable

[@NintendoCapriSun]

Used to love this movie back in the day. We never owned an actual copy of it, yet I remember seeing it like 5 or 6 times, so it's like one of those.

[@hireadestroyer]

You all should watch The Core with Hillary Swank and Aaron Eckhart(sp), some low key very good acting for a disaster movie.

[@TheCornishCockney]

Constantly asking questions while you’re trying to watch the movie. Grrrrrrr. My Mrs does the exact same thing!

[@Kiraiko44]

Now watch The Core, I always group it in with Armageddon and Deep Impact in those kind of cheesy but really good 'doomsday prevention' movies

[@JH-sj4pf]

David Duchovny was asked what Tea Leoni's heritage was. He responded that she was half Italian on her dad's side and half Texan on her mom's side. 😂

[@klauskunkel]

Y'all noticed Elijah Wood (Frodo) in the movie; did you realize that Captain Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner was played by Robert Duvall, you reacted to him playing Tom Hagen (consigliere) in The God Father?

[@mzzvixen8589]

800,000 people and their family, if they are married, they take that family. I figured that single people could take sisters and/or brothers, but not parents if they are over 50. And this is just the US, not worldwide, I guess the movie government left the rest of the world to figure out their own future, lol

[@markomalley2776]

I think i liked this one so much I saw it twice in theaters. Back when it was $5 for matinae, we could see movies again and and again in theaters. 😂😂

[@Flynn380_]

Gus Partenza (the astronaut that got blasted into space) was played by Jon Favreau, the guy who created The Mandalorian and brought us "baby Yoda". He is also the creator of The Book of Boba Fett.

[@cherrypi_b]

He's also Happy in Iron Man, isn't he?

[@Tweezymane]

He also directed the first two Iron Man movies and he hand picked RDJ for the Tony Stark role. If it wasn’t for him and his vision in making those movies, there may not have been the MCU.

[@Flynn380_]

He's done so many amazing things and brought us so many epic franchises that it's hard to think of where we'd be with those franchises without him.

[@ddebarre7192]

Look into NASA's DART mission. It is very interesting.

[@louielouie22]

Mars Attacks😂

[@kaylakurosaki4873]

I saw that for my birthday

[@toodlescae]

This and Armageddon came out the same year. This one about a comet and Armageddon about an asteroid. I've loved disaster movies since I watched Airport in 1970. The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno cemented that love of the genre.

[@jennaowens6008]

Definitely need to add Dantes peak to your disaster movie list

[@itsmeleenie]

That scene where Jenny and her father are standing in front of the sea, just accepting their fate, gets me. I frequently have nightmares about this exact same scene, but it's always my mother standing there while I watch from afar. Ugh. Honestly, I don't know if I'd have the guts to even try to run away. I feel like I'd just submit to a tsunami.

[@josephjurich8364]

Especially those cases of ensures when she was talking to Morgan at that time those were beginning to become more popular

[@andrewschuricht6748]

On June 11, 2011, an asteroid 65 ft long missed Earth by 7,600 miles. On March 23, 1989, an asteroid 300 Meters wide missed Earth by 500,000 miles, that would have caused extensive damage if it hit