Deep Impact better than Armageddon

Will you not share your reasons for that opinion? Is it because you think that the movie is more realistic in both tone and science? You prefer the cast? Did you think that the special effects were better? Is it because this movie doesn't have Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck?

Agreed. Much better directing, writing, and acting. A more serious tone. Even though it has its laundry list of irksome flaws, it treats the viewer with slightly more respect. It also has a pleasant lack of Aerosmith. Plenty of irritating characters in both though.

Armageddon: 3/10
Deep Impact: 4.5/10

Agreed and it's not even close.

Greenland better than both of them

Agreed, I re-watched this recently and although the FX looked ropey in places, it's a much more thoughtful film than Armageddon.

I like the ensemble nature of Deep Impact and that it has more to say about the inevitability of our own deaths - although that probably explains why it didn't do as well at the box office.

I'm just watching this on Netflix. It's not bad, but it's pretty boring compared to Armageddon. Armageddon was silly as hell, but also really entertaining from what I remember. It's been over a decade since I've seen it, I should watch it again to see how it holds up.

For decades i figured Armageddon was the better film but rewatching DI other night its kind of obvious that beyond a few things (Tea Leoni, Frodo and his underage wife & the twin sets of cringe parents ) I thinks its clear DI is the superior movie (and isn't it weird to think back to the two movies of the same thing sometimes even in the same summer in late 90s. Volcanos, Comets, WW2, Mars, animated Bugs..i mean wtf was that all about? I assuming studio execs dick waving we thought of doing this first we not backing down we got our Comet movie going first f**k you!??)

Morgan Freeman is fantastic as the President, as is Bob Duvall as the retro astronaut, Mary McCormack, Maxillion Schnell, even James Cromwell in a minor role. All those guys performances . The plot/tone is done better, the way Leoni finds out about ELE, the way the comet is split into two, and then the astronauts sacrifice. All elevate it to a great movie (just needed a better actress as the reporter someone like Sandra Bullock, Linda Fiorentino, Nicole Kidman or Rene Russo, and cut down or alter some of the cringe Frodo stuff)

Whereas Armageddon is a Michael Bay take of the same plot starring Bruce Willis as John McClane with a bunch of doofus's and Aerosmith (obviously that appeals more to a teen/20s-30s guy)

Deep impact is the better movie. It is less stupid, with a serious script and actors turning in more believable performances. The effects are great and it looks good from beginning to end. BUT. It is not good enough that I would watch it again and I have watched Armageddon three times now. Armageddon is insanely entertaining and, until Moonfall it reigned as the stupidest sci-fi film ever alongside The Core.