Armageddon is the essence of everything people love about Michael Bay movies. For me, this and The Rock were the high points of his directing career.

As an adult male, I never thought I'd cry over a Bruce Willis character but this movie proved me wrong.

42:33 "American components. Russian components. ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!" Still my favorite line of the whole movie. And yes, I've seen a lot of people ugly cry over this movie over the years lol.

Don't worry Trixy Blue, you weren't the only one crying when Harry stayed behind. Every single time I watch that scene, I shed a tear or two.

Billy Bob Thornron really holds this movie together. Its all so ridiculous, but with his presence, tone and gravitas in delivering the plot and info he actually makes it seem believable.

Every time I watch this movie it brings me to tears, every single time.... this reaction is no exception.

This is both a fun action flick and an gut punching emotional movie at times. You did a great job with this one.

One of my all-time favorite movies. Everything about it is great. A little bit of interesting trivia: The narration at the beginning of the movie was done by the legendary actor Charlton Heston. When I saw this in theaters, I recognized his voice right away.

I've always loved Chick's side story with his ex-wife and his son. Their reunion was so touching.

"Requesting permission to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I ever met." One of the most epic lines in history.

Deep Impact is another of these movies that came out at the same time and is well worth watching, staring Tea Leoni and Robert Duvall.

Ben Afflek asked the Director, Michael Bay... "Why would it be easier to teach drillers how to be astronauts, then teach astronauts how to be drillers?" Michael Bay's response... "Shut the fuck up"

We named our only daughter Grace because of this movie. She even has dark hair and fair skin and looks very similar to Liv Tyler (I’m Asian and my wife is white). Even though she is almost 7 now, I still call her “baby Gracie”. This movie came out when I was in High School, and watching movies just isn’t like how it used to be. This was such a big movie when it came out and I’ve seen it so many times now. Great reaction.

One of the great things about this movie is the combo, it has humour, action, scifi, etc. all together. It is also "more real" than some movies, where everyone lives and/or there are no flaws or issues. These characters were... well characters, they ran from the cops, the fought with each other, they were separated from wife/kid, and so on. Still another adorable reaction Blue.

That is one cute kitty playing on the floor. I lost my best friend a couple months ago and it brings me joy knowing the love people will feel for their new best friends. That kitty is toooo cute!!!

I don't think I cried watching this in the theater but I sure did watching you watch it. Great reaction.

"I don't know much of anything but damn." :D This is one of those 90s movies that wasn't really great but yet extremely enjoyable. So many tear jerk moments. "Mum, that salesman is on TV. That man is not a salesman. That's your daddy." Gets me every single time.

I remember seeing this in the cinema in 1998 when I was 10 years old and the ending made me cry a lot 😢. It's still so emotional to me with the great acting and music 😭. Definitely one of my favorite movies😄 and once again amazing reaction Blue 💙!

Fun Fact : Liv Taylor is the daughter from Steven Tayler ( leadsinger from the Band Aerosmith and one track is "i dont want to miss a thing " at the start of the Credits in the end of the movie)

Good morning, Blue! There were actually TWO movies along this same storyline that came out around the same time. The other one is "Deep Impact". I saw that one first, because I'm not really a Bruce Willis fan. However, after seeing Armageddon, I actually enjoyed his performance in this movie. Both are worth watching, although they differ in tone and story slightly. Also, you can't go wrong with Morgan Freeman as President of the US in a movie. 18:16 - Thanks, Blue.... My mother ran out on me, too. Right after my father died. To be fair, she really didn't have any real "mothering instincts", so it WAS for the better. But you saying this, given how I've turned out (never been arrested in my 55 years on this Earth) kinda hit home. Especially when I think of how my sister turned out (she has a heart of gold, if I'm honest).... this woman literally abandoned all of us (I have an older brother by her, as well). Despite all of the adversity we have all faced, we turned out to be good people. Maybe not "angels", but at the very least, we are decent human beings. And to me, that's enough. Our mother literally dropped us all off to grandparents (my brother and sister to our mother's adoptive parents, and me to my father's mother), and straight up walked away to go live her own life. So, yeah.... that's my reality.

Narator for beginning of this film was legendary Charlton Heston. If you ever want to watch truly a Classic with Capital C: Ben-Hur with Charlton Heston from 1959 is mind blowing epic. The charriot race alone is worth watching entire film. If you want to watch more lighthearted space film: Clint Eastwood''s Space Cowboys (2000) might fit the bill nicely.

I was an electronic technician on off shore drilling rigs. A really good movie you should watch is Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg as the rig ET. It's a true story and shows a lot about how a drilling rig works. My son was on one of the boats that went to rescue.

Haven’t seen this movie in years, will always make me cry without fail

I’ve watched quite a few of your reactions now, and I mostly just like watching these reaction videos to help with memory issues I have as well as relive through someone else’s experience watching a movie I love. I truly believe this was my favorite reaction of yours to date. Your authentic laughter and crying over this classic movie was truly enjoyable emotionally.

Aerosmith: I don't wanna miss a thing, also LIvs dad is lead singer

The primary problem I have with this movie is the going 11 G's. Basically G force is the weight of earths gravity. if you weigh 200 pounds you'd literally have 2200 pounds of weight on top of you. You wouldn't be able to move, you wouldn't be able to breathe. You damn sure wouldn't be able to talk. If your body managed to survive it, then it would definitely be in massive pain.

Fantastic emotional reaction Blue. I tear up everytime I don't know how anyone can get through that movie without crying 😢

" get off .. the nuclear .. warhead!" love that line!

Peel Off, in this case means move off course. To fly somewhere else. Find another flight path. But because they need to be very specific about where they land, they can't "just find another path." They can't just drill anywhere they choose. Each ship has a specific landing spot that needs to be exact. Like Rockhound said they landed on a very thick deposit of iron; which is exceedingly difficult to drill through and will take more time than they have.

My buddy and I went to see this in the theatre, when it first came out, when I was in my early 20s. We went in all hyped to see a space action flick. Near the end, I remember us saying this about it. "This movie has Bruce Willis, space ships, world destruction, asteroids, machine guns and nukes. SO WHY THE HELL ARE WE CRYING?!!!" "We're not crying...it's just allergies. We're allergic to Bruce Willis emotional scenes...God damn it." My Dad said he liked this movie because it was a great depiction of "Heroism without hubris."

True crazy story: i've seen this movie at a summer night in an open air cinema and i saw the International Space Station flying over us (I checked after it was really it) and... a falling star too.

My favourite rocket launch is still Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks

Another great film that you love to share with people who get it. Great react…Keep’em coming!

This is the most EPIC movie ever. It’s the perfect combination of everything. I died laughing when you said you’d volunteer to detonate the weapon if you were a prostitute. I’m still laughing!! Deep Impact was a similar movie but it doesn’t even hold a candle to Armageddon.

Loved Your Reaction Blue ☺️ and Your Kitten that was Getting up to Mischief in the Background too Lol Soo Cute

“Blow the bomb Harry were with ya!” Is my favorite Rockhound quote.

Man, Armageddon got a bad rep when it came out...but I still absolutely love it. Such a watchable movie.

Only just discovered your channel. This was a fun ride to the asteroid - made it all seem new again. Others may have made this point but sadly guns do work in space - not just inside the ship's atmosphere but in a vacuum too. Modern ammunition has its own oxidiser so it'll fire quite happily with no air around it. For those of us who are - ahum - a bit older (people who know Dr Suess, for example), that opening narration always send a shiver down the spine, because those are the dramatic gravelly tones of the great Charlton Heston. Star of El Cid, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes and Airport 1975. (Not joking, I loved Airport 1975, though I can't seem to find a copy anywhere.) Great fun - and you've covered HotD as well. My viewing is settled for a few days!

The way Ben affleck yelled don’t do it harry is powerfully emotional.

A recent NASA mission made this movie obsolete. Recently we sent a spacecraft to make it crash into an asteroid like 10 million miles away and it changed its trajectory. We now have a literal earth space defense now. Along with that, we have telescopes in orbit constantly looking for asteroids. Don’t have much to worry about

It is not only a good action movie but very very emotional, many iconic scenes that will get you down, pump you up or just flat out make you cry just like you did several times, dear Blue. Great reaction 😊👍👌👏

Yes I cried at the ending as a teenager and it's up there with titanic

I have seen this movie at least a dozen times and I never cried. That is until I watched it with you. A wonderful reaction. Thank you Blue.

The soundtrack expertly adds to the emotional moments. Beautiful reaction and I have ugly cried to this as well

Your kitten biting you was my favorite part. I cried along with you during this flick.

The first time I saw this movie I watched it with my best friend. We were both on the SWAT team. Yeah, I cried like a baby when Harry was talking to his daughter. No shame. Because, humanity. That is all.

Thank you so much for your reaction-it was so pure and genuine! I cried along with you, about as much as I cried when I saw this in the theater as a teenager. This movie is just amazing! The science is crap, but you can tell so much heart and soul went into it. And the music is just epic, emotional, and inspiring.

"You Harry, You the man" and "Requesting to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man I've ever met" are two of my favourite lines from the movie

Dr. Seuss is an American children's book author who wrote books you're probably familiar with, like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "The Lorax", and "Cat In The Hat" (all three of which were adapted into movies). He imagined a lot of alien-looking landscapes and worlds, "Dr. Seuss' worst nightmare" is a good way to describe the landscape of the asteroid in this movie lol

While this one was more popular, I always kind of liked “Deep Impact” a little better. You should give it a watch. Same basic meteor ending the Earth story, but less action movie and more a look at the impact on humanity facing their imminent extinction together through the stories of the folks on the planet.

A relative of mine once said that this movie was the personification of Murphy's Law: "What can go wrong, will go wrong"

Bruce Willis' first day on set was his phone call to his daughter and he had pictures of his real daughters on the screen

Armageddon surprisingly has more than a few moments that hit deep. It doesn't matter how many times I see it. Those same moments get me. Armageddon is also notorious at NASA. Astronaut trainees watch the movie and have to notice all the "errors" or things that wouldn't really happen in real life, and there is like 170 of them or something around that number. I'm sure on your wedding day you will also look just as beautiful Trixy!

Lets ask cinemas to play classics in theatres so we can experience this once more on the big screen. I was just a baby when this came out 😮‍💨

That cute kitten is the best. I can't stop watching it whenever it's in view.

Trixy: Dr. Seuss is a writer of children's books. The books have very colorful and weird drawn characters. I think you would enjoy "Don't Hop On Pop."

Wow, this was the cry-along I didn't know I needed tonight. Bless you Blue ❤

The ending to this movie is on the Mount Rushmore of cinema tearjerkers.

Deep Impact(1998) is even more emotional for me, and scary how it portrays what could happen.

Hello, FYI, I have seen this movie many times, along with watching on your type of channel. I still tear up at that part. too. 61 yr old man.

When you're younger, you relate to Harry as your dad sacrificing himself. As you get older, you relate to Harry because why wouldn't you sacrifice yourself to save your kid? When Liv says "Daddy?" when they speak at the end, oh man, instant rush of tears.

Rumours that I've heard that I take with a pretty big spoonful of salt, but I like to repeat anyway: NASA supposedly shows this movie to trainees just so they can count all the hundreds of scientific inaccuracies in it. Bruce Willis supposedly asked Michael Bay: Why do you have to train oil drillers to be astronauts? Wouldn't it be better to train astronauts to be oil drillers? Michael Bay: STFU.

The science is shaky on most things, but the verbal description of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs is fairly on point. "Only" six miles wide and, on arrival, it would have been travelling ten times faster than a rifle bullet. When this rock hit atmosphere, it wouldn't merely push air out of the way, the air would very literally IGNITE.

I saw the premier of this movie and the theater was packed. I had brought a female friend of mine to it and she, along with almost everyone else, were bawling their eyes out. As a man, I admit I felt a tear a few times but especially when Harry is talking to grace through the tele video connection. I did the manly yawn, stretch, and wipe. I noticed a few other guys pulling the same move lol. The audience reaction throughout the entire movie with the laughter and the tears is why I love this movie so much, and your reactions were spot on with everything we felt. Well done!

So glad you liked it... I'm semi glad no one warned you because your reaction to this is as epic as the movie is. There's so much to say about this like Liv Tylers father did the music and I highly recommend you look up the back story to this! A side note other epic world ending movies to recommend in this order ... Deep Impact, Volcano, The Core, The day after tomorrow and 2012. But back to this and some of the questions you asked. Asteroids are full of different elements including gasses and metals so explosion like that are possible and gas can be pressurized as well. Near end what you were seeing with all the pieces changing direction was the asteroid coming into earth gravity's pull and so everything was being pulled toward earth....even the big piece and it was causing it to fracture. That's all I have though without re-watching to catch every little question you asked.

Deep Impact is a similar-type movie that I think you’d enjoy as well. It’s not as exciting, but it’s a lot more realistic, I think. It came out about the same time.

Oh..., now you have to see "Deep Impact", is on the same plotline but more hard-science.

Harry's courage and greatness, in French, is called "avoir du panache." 🙂

As a kid, watching in VHS, was the first time I cried my lungs out without being my mom punishment.

I like how emotionally open you are. Some things in adulthood can make a person emotionally distant. It's to your credit that you care so much, even about pretend people in a film. Don't lose that, okay? I think when we lose or ignore the capacity to feel empathy, we lose an important aspect of being human and being alive. Just my two pennies worth.

This Is literally my favorite movie! I had this download so I could listen to it while otherwise occupied. It had me crying. I had to go back and watch it again

There's a connection between a fatherland daughter that gets me everytime

You are just as sweet as cotton candy. I didn't expect that. I didn't cry in the theatre, but I did cry later on a re-watch. I had my girl with me at the time. Guys are not allowed to cry in a theatre unless they are unescorted. But, eventually there were tears.

I loved your reaction. You had me teary eyed at the end. Can't wait for the next one.

It's one of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed it.. It was fun watching you enjoy it

You can't give the crazy guy the responsibility, he just said they all should stay and die. Harry is the only one responsible to get the job done, he has to save his daughter. He has a reason to get it done no matter what

I've been binging your reactions lately, but I swear i don't think i cried this much actually watching the movie as i did seeing your reaction

Hello Ms. Blue, the gravity thing. Simply explained gravity is constant acceleration (there is a thing called constant gravity but it is beyond the scope of the current explanation, which is different from the way you normally think about gravity). The gravity on the station is created by what is called centripetal acceleration. If you take small spherical ball attach a cord to it and start to spin it quickly the tension in the cord is a result of the product of centripetal acceleration and the mass of the ball. The station does practically the same thing as the spinning you create. However, instead of a string to resist the force of tension you got walls and floors. That is how micro gravity is made in space. Movie wise it also is cheaper to shoot. Hope it helps 😀

29:36 "How does even a gun work in space?" Very well, actually. Modern ammunition contains all the necessary gunpowder and oxidizer to fire in complete vacuum. Test firing in airless chambers shows that guns not only fire normally but the bullets have a higher muzzle velocity and do more damage to targets due to the lack of air slowing them down.

Thank you Trixy Blue that was an epic reaction to one of the best movies ever, now every time you hear that music it will bring back every feeling again. most si-fi you can watch and get engrossed in the plot , but some like this one are so possible it really help it to hit a home run. 2 others you might like watching are " Knowing " or a good space movie " Mission To Mars " you should enjoy these .

The song for this movie is called “ I don’t want to miss a thing” by Areo Smith

See also “Deep Impact,” a Robert Duvall movie which came out at about the same time. Similar story, but more subdued, and earthly focused.

When blue asked: Are these explosive asteroids? Yes welcome to Michael Bay movies.

36:09 "Why didn't they travel to a less iron place? They had the time." Maybe. But they had no way to travel. Sure, the Armadillo could travel. But it can carry 1 drill and a few feet of pipe. The rest of what they need is on the ship. What you don't see here is them pulling down tons of pipe and multiple drill heads from the cargo hold on their ship. Also, the ship couldn't just fly to a better spot, mainly because it's not a helicopter. The only way for it to fly is hundreds of miles an hour and you saw what happened the first time they tried that. Far too risky. So their only choice was to drill where they landed and hope for the best.

Favorite reaction so far Trixie you are a genuine beauty

Amazing reaction. You are so entertaining. Thank you.

I swear this is the one of the very few movies...that I know that myself and other men have shed a tear in.

This is the only movie I ever saw my dad cry for.

Blue when Rockhound is riding the nuclear weapon like a cowboy he was paying homage to Slim Pickens in the movie Dr Strangeglove a classic you might want to check out

I’m so glad to see that enjoyed this movie as much as I did. It was such an amazing moving. Seeing it in the theaters on the big screen was epic!

"Sir! The Over Ride.... It's been over ridden." I laughed my well shaped lil ass off when I first heard that line.

Obviously small conciliation but you'd have to figure Harry would be one of the most famous....if not THE most famous humans in history after that. Funny thing is that if drilling here on earth. The biggest chance of failure would likely be tripping out of the hole after meeting their depth. The potential for getting their bit stuck is very legit. Becoming increasingly so with each additional trip out of the hole.

You weren't the only one who cried

Fun Fact: the scene where Liv says goodbye to Bruce was the deciding factor to Steve Tyler [Liv's Real dad, also lead for Areosmith] agreeing to doing the music for the movie.

We will not mention that the love song sung while Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck are (ahem) is being sung by her REAL LIFE FATHER!!!!

The graham cracker scene between Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler was breathtakingly beautiful and not cringy at all.

2:02 - 6 miles is about 10 km or 10,000 American bald eagles and 76,000 Budweiser beer cans.

Dr. Seuss was a poet and illustrator. He made poetry books for kids with trippy, strange art. People and landscapes, mostly. His most famous work internationally, I'd say, is probably "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". The asteroid is basically a nightmare psychedelic land, but you already agreed, so you definitely picked up on what they meant without any context!🤣 With that said, i like this movie, but my favorite iteration of "gotta blow asteroid before it hits" movie, is Deep Impact. I feel it has a little more gravitas than this one. There's a much bigger story involving the people on earth, and the human failures cause a lot more damage and chaos. I've noticed several comments mentioning the same. 🤣

The official video for Aerosmith's 'Dont Wanna Close My eyes' song is really cool. It features actual military musicians playing the brass and violin parts of the song. Also, did you know the singer of Aerosmith, Steve Tyler, is Liv Tyler's father? Btw... I love your hair. It reminds of Tiffany & Co. Technically called 1837 Blue (yes, Tiffany patented their blue, 1837 is when Tiffany & Co was founded). Nice!

I always think about those pilots who did the celebratory flyby at the end. Instead of being with their families they were sitting in their cockpits waiting to takeoff on the off chance the plan worked.