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If you’re a movie nut and you get all your movie channels from places like http://www.directstartv.com/localchannels/Cal then chances are you have seen both of these movies and scratched your head at the almost blatant similarities. For the sake of clarification, I’ll explain, briefly, what each movie is about and then we will compare them.

Deep Impact was released in 1998. It was a disaster movie about an imminent threat to Earth in the form of a comet. Humanity held lotteries to save as many civilians as they could and a team of scientists were launched into space to land on the comet and destroy it.

Armageddon came out a mere two months after Deep Impact. In Armageddon, a team of oil drilling experts are conscripted by NASA to land on a planet-destroying meteor in hopes of drilling deep enough to destroy it before it makes planet fall.

The two sound the same on paper but if you ever saw these movies you would know that they are far from the same. For starters, Deep Impact was much more plausible and contained some intelligent and challenging drama. Instead of going for the Hollywood, everyone lives happily ever after ending – Deep Impact gave us a real look at the consequences of such a disaster and that is why Deep Impact, despite similarities, is still light years ahead of Armageddon.

Deep Impact had a very effective soundtrack for what it was trying to go for. It definitely set the scene with the music and captured the emotion and feeling of what was going on. It beautifully illustrates scenes after they find out the comet is going to hit. Everyone realizes that its going to happen and a sad overtone melody and soft symphony matches many of the scenes perfect. Even when the action picks up when things are frantic, the music Read the rest of this entry »

Deep Impact was a great film, but was it science fiction or drama? Is it really that far fetched that a meteor could strike earth and kill off a large portion of civilization? While the likelihood of a meteor strike of that magnitude is not high, it is relatively believable. It is for that reason I would call it more of a drama. While the story line may come across as science fiction to many, the drama of it sticks out in my Read the rest of this entry »

The movie Deep Impact, stars Elijah Wood, Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall, and Morgan Freeman. The story is about, a comet hitting the world and a crew of astronauts land on the comet and use dynamite to blow it up. The trial is a failure and they begin building underground. The east coast is destroyed and the west coast is saved because the members of the space shuttle conduct a suicide type mission and save the world.

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I know that many people are big fans of the movie “Deep Impact” because it boasts of an impressive story plot, amazing actors, and outstanding effects. For those of you who have no idea what “Deep Impact” is, it is a movie about a comet about to have a collision with Earth. The President of the United States of America knows that a comet is about to strike the Earth, but he decided to hide it from Read the rest of this entry »