saw this after Armageddon

ok, this may be a bit random, but there are quite a few parallels
[spoilers ahead]:

- a catastrophic event is about to happen

- while the scientists work on feasible solutions, the politics put pressure for stupid, catastrophic solutions

- explosions 80% of the movie

- an oil drilling crew is portrayed as heroes, you see them in the worst environment imaginable

- there is quite an emphasis put on a sub-story with the loved ones at home

- most manage to come home alive in the end, although some died and huge disaster still happened to planet earth