re: Armageddon is a severely underrated movie, IMO.

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well i'm not claiming it's art, but...

it's well made/produced and the acting isn't really that bad (i'd say it's pretty good). the cinematography, sets, costumes, etc are great.

but it's not well written and the story is ridiculous. however, admittedly, it is a disaster movie in space. considering the genre, there aren't many well written disaster movies with a non-ridiculous story. it has endless plot holes and it is ultimately silly, but it's not sharknado

it's probably in the top tier (if not the very best) of movies that have ridiculous stories with major plot issues

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I agree with pretty much all of that.

And for a movie to be "good" to me, it has to be entertaining, first and foremost. And Armageddon is vastly entertaining to me, for a number of reasons.

I'll even say that I think the story is cool and everything that happens "makes sense" enough to not spoil my viewing. Does that mean that I believe any of the shite in there is real? Of course not, but I don't usually go to movies trying to pick apart every single thing that doesn't make sense...if so, then 99% of all movies would piss me off at some point or another.

It's similar to the "computer virus" angle in ID4. It makes sense within the framework of the movie, so I was cool with it. Of course it's pretty ridiculous, but why should I let that straight up ruin the movie for me?

There's so much to like about Armageddon that the stupid/silly things don't bother me. It's funny to me how many people seem to let those things bother them to the point of not actually enjoying it.