Compared with the likes of ARMAGEDDON, this is a masterpiece.
OK, so it's a long way from being the best movie ever and even a long way from being the best disaster movie ever but any world where METEOR has 4.5 and ARMAGEDDON has 5.7 or something has clearly gone mad.
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LOL....you have to be kidding, i gave it a 4 just for the great cast, other than that this was one sorry film to be sure, bad script, fifty cent special effects budget, just bad all around, if not for the acting of the main cast members i would have givin this dog a 2 rating, it is really bad, seems like 50% of the movie consists of us watching clean white plastic model missles flying through space, Armageddon, Deep Impact and other similer films were all much better than this one, don't bother unless you are a fan (as i am) of some of the cast.
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Maybe it's my nostalgia (I used to watch this a lot when I was a kid) but I refuse to accept it as being that bad. I rewatched it recently as an adult (for the first time) after a long gap and it still worked, sort of. 7/10.
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I love this movie. Yes some effects are cheesy (the splinter hitting the mountain and the avalanche that doesn't blend in with the action), yes there are too many shots of the missiles and meteor but it's still fun and not taken for humor like some movies do.
I liked the effects during the meteor shower over Italy, the subway mud flood and the tidal wave in Hong Kong was kinda cool.
I still love this movie. It's on Channel 5 on the UK right now, and it's brought back quite a few memories of when I first saw it during my high school days. The acting is poor, otherwise the scripting is good and there's none of that useless celebratory American moments that Armageddon contained (an equally good film).
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I watched the last Hour on one of our local stations tonight. The cast was the only good thing.
sharethsi movie is terrible. terible. i thought the 4.5 outrage was that ti was so high. this movie should be a one. agree with poster who metioned trhe repetetive shots of the missiles in space and the awful stock footage. give me a break.
sharemistaking the number of asteroids in the asteroid belt by the order of thousands, no time lag in the communication, sounds of explosion in space, the fact that the astronauts and NASA computers couldn't calculate the orbit of a well documented comet and whether or not the comet was going to strike an asteroid...
and that's just within the first 5 minutes of this sorry piece of film.
...and yet this is a movie, not discovery documentary or NASA reality show.
c'mon this criticism is just undeserving. this is a good fun film watching with pop corn and soda, not to analyze it until it starts to bleed.
pure ocd should be treated not enforced.
IMHO the best line was when Sean Connery was leaving the office after being told what, when and how he was getting to D.C. he says "Why don't you stick a broom up my a55 so I can sweep the floor on the way out". PRICELESS!!!
shareMETEOR is an awful movie - just lazy and boring but yes, it is still better tha ARMEGEDDON (sp?)
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i thought it was ok Worthy of about a 6 but no better than that.
shareThis travesty is garbage, compared to ANY movie. It should be scored low just for wasting the talent of some of my favorite actors.
I'm watching this right now having some time to kill and boy this film is hillarious!!! It is a true comedic gem.
One of the first scenes involces NASA contacting a crew in space on the way to Mars (yeah, cold war, space wars, OK) and nasa asks them to investigate a comet, and crew's captain asks "Should we make some pictures?" - this one is awesome, and then it's just getting better.
I seriously recommend it as the as-bad-it's-great category. I'd place it there right along Airports movies of the '70's and such marvels as Manos Hands of Fate.
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Yeah I give this a 5 as some of the comments or scenes were unbelievably freakin funny.The 1st 10 minutes cracked me up as you mentioned. The one line by Connery about cleaning the carpet with a broom up his Ass. Mud= Chocolate Milk.
Best quick side shot of survivors in NY tunnel, 2 1970's dressed hookers actually sitting in the tunnel looking bored sh_tless chewing gum!
Priceless! What's the asking price during an Asteroid disaster?
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Even worse, how the heck does The Black Hole manage a 5.9? That made this film look like Citizen Kane.
shareI enjoyed it a lot too.
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