| Armageddon [Blu-ray] | ![Armageddon [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AOgHN3IIL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton
Studio: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  1280 reviews
Sales Rank: 4,483
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.7
MPN: 5364500
UPC: 786936726169
EAN: 0786936726169
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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ARMAGEDDON - BLU-RAY
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The latest testosterone-saturated blow-'em-up from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay (The Rock, Bad Boys) continues Hollywood's millennium-fueled fascination with the destruction of our planet. There's no arguing that the successful duo understands what mainstream American audiences want in their blockbuster movies--loads of loud, eye-popping special effects, rapid-fire pacing, and patriotic flag waving. Bay's protagonists--the eight crude, lewd, oversexed (but lovable, of course) oil drillers summoned to save the world from a Texas-sized meteor hurling toward the earth--are not flawless heroes, but common men with whom all can relate. In this huge Western-in-space soap opera, they're American cowboys turned astronauts. Sci-fi buffs will appreciate Bay's fetishizing of technology, even though it's apparent he doesn't understand it as anything more than flashing lights and shiny gadgets. Smartly, the duo also tries to lure the art-house crowd, raiding the local indie acting stable and populating the film with guys like Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, and Michael Duncan, all adding needed touches of humor and charisma. When Bay applies his sledgehammer aesthetics to the action portions of the film, it's mindless fun; it's only when Armageddon tackles humanity that it becomes truly offensive. Not since Mississippi Burning have racial and cultural stereotypes been substituted for characters so blatantly--African Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Scottish, Samoans, Muslims, French ... if it's not white and American, Bay simplifies it. Or, make that white male America; the film features only three notable females--four if you count the meteor, who's constantly referred to as a "bitch that needs drillin'," but she's a hell of a lot more developed and unpredictable than the other women characters combined. Sure, Bay's film creates some tension and contains some visceral moments, but if he can't create any redeemable characters outside of those in space, what's the point of saving the planet? --Dave McCoy
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The latest testosterone-saturated blow-'em-up from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay (The Rock, Bad Boys) continues Hollywood's millennium-fueled fascination with the destruction of our planet. There's no arguing that the successful duo understands what mainstream American audiences want in their blockbuster movies--loads of loud, eye-popping special effects, rapid- fire pacing, and patriotic flag waving. Bay's protagonists--the eight crude, lewd, oversexed (but lovable, of course) oil drillers summoned to save the world from a Texas-sized meteor hurling toward the earth--are not flawless heroes, but common men with whom all can relate. In this huge Western-in-space soap opera, they're American cowboys turned astronauts. Sci-fi buffs will appreciate Bay's fetishizing of technology, even though it's apparent he doesn't understand it as anything more than flashing lights and shiny gadgets. Smartly, the duo also tries to lure the art-house crowd, raiding the local indie acting stable and populating the film with guys like Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Owen Wilson, and Michael Duncan, all adding needed touches of humor and charisma. When Bay applies his sledgehammer aesthetics to the action portions of the film, it's mindless fun; it's only when Armageddon tackles humanity that it becomes truly offensive. Not since Mississippi Burning have racial and cultural stereotypes been substituted for characters so blatantly--African Americans, Japanese, Chinese, Scottish, Samoans, Muslims, French ... if it's not white and American, Bay simplifies it. Or, make that white male America; the film features only three notable females--four if you count the meteor, who's constantly referred to as a "bitch that needs drillin'," but she's a hell of a lot more developed and unpredictable than the other women characters combined. Sure, Bay's film creates some tension and contains some visceral moments, but if he can't create any redeemable characters outside of those in space, what's the point of saving the planet? --Dave McCoy
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 ARMAGEDDON August 21, 2010
Tom Smith
I enjoyed this movie when it first came out and since then I have probably watched it a dozen times, maybe more. So when it was available on blu-ray I wanted to see what it looked like. Well I wasn't dissappointed, it was great and have watched it four or five times since I bought it. Thanks a lot.
Armageddon August 4, 2010
Rovie
Great movie I've been waiting for a blu ray of this movie. Now I've got it. Two thumbs up.
 Not Bad July 29, 2010
newtrose
I love this movie and I wanted it on bluray. But its not as sharp as my other blurays. It still much clearer than your regular dvd.
Great action movie July 28, 2010
Stephan H. Kaden (Los Angeles)
Armageddon is not Hamlet. And all the better, it is a fun, wild, free of logic, and well done. Liv Tyler is to die for, Bruce is classic. The Blu-Ray is excellent - though I did not even look for any extras, if there was not any that would be sad - like a making of. But I love it and the Blu-Ray quality.
movie review July 25, 2010
Danny
the movie came ontime, i havent had time to open it up to check it out yet. but its a great film!
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