The Worst Film Ever

Simply A Masterpiece

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

And i have seen a lot's of sci-fi movies. Plenty of plot holes and anyone with healthy brain will see them. It was really awful to watch. There were parts of the movie i enjoyed but were quickly overrun by something bad. Also pacing in this movie is weird. Everything happens in the end of the movie. I recommend to not watch this movie at all

This film tackles the end of the world in the traditional American perspective: a newly discovered comet threatens to destroy the planet and the US leads the crusade to eliminate the threat. Despite the obvious American imperialist propaganda implied here, the film is good, especially for those who enjoy catastrophe movies. His story bears a strong resemblance to "Armageddon" and some scenes remind us of "Independence Day", but there are big differences between these three films. One of the most notable is that this film gives more attention to the characters than to the tragic events. Unfortunately, this makes it a lot slower and monotonous than we might at first glance. There are people who see it as good, others want more action and they will get a little frustrated. I, in particular, have been able to appreciate this more leisurely way, although some scenes are perfectly expendable. The special effects have been quite well made and are grandiose, although they seem a little unbelievable.The characters have been very well developed, much better than most of the films of this genre, which helps a lot to catch the attention of the public. Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski can be particularly touching and, despite their young ages, get a good chemistry together. Even so, there are times when they exaggerated in sentimentality. The rest of the cast (where we can see experienced actors like Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave or Morgan Freeman) has a much more contained and uninteresting record, which is a little surprising. Still, Freeman and Duvall have always been a little better than the rest of their peers, though their characters are relatively minor in the story (we may even think that the talent of the actors has been misused). Tea Leoni was clearly a casting mistake, she never really got her character.

When i was young i used to be easily impressed by movies. As time went on getting me less pure and innocent, this strange relationship of mine with "fiction" started to fail, which i think is healthy and understandable. And then of course there was a time when i got really demanding as a viewer, not been impressed and influenced easily by every single film that tried to shock me this or the other way. "Deep Impact" has been one of the very few films -maybe the only Hollywood made one- which influenced my deeper feelings that much, as to make me have nightmares about it. "Deep Inpact" is not totally Hollywood cliché free. Yet they are not annoying and seem totally acceptable given the story the film is about. And unlike "Armagedon" - its "twin" film since it was released at the same time and had more or less the same story to tell- which was full of cliché and stereotypes from the beginning to its end and therefore predictable and boring to death, "Deep Impact" manages to avoid easy solutions and focusing on real world characters makes the viewer live through them the feelings of the ultimate desperation and agony the unavoidable hyper disaster of the end of the world, their own and their beloved ones end, make them feel. This film is not just another "science fiction" movie. Actually its a 99% science and only 1% fiction one. And the events as they are illustrated in it, from the beginning to the end, are so convincing therefore upsetting that may enter the world of your nightmares too -like they have mine. For we all know that a deep impact like the one this film depicts is anything but an impossible real world scenario and if, or better when it occurs the way people will be informed about it and will speechless have to face and experience it will be more or less exactly like this film shows.

I am a sucker for sci-fi and disaster films. I'll take those over romcoms any day. Normally, I'm not a fan of too much drama in my sci-fi flicks, but in this case, I really enjoyed it. Much more than I enjoyed the touch-the-surface emotions of Armageddon. I found myself able to empathize with the characters in this film and felt their pain like it was my own. Unlike other reviewers, I enjoyed Tea Leoni's performance as a woman who bottled up her emotions, whether it was because she felt she needed to remain professional, or because she had difficulty expressing them and she managed to pull that off quite well. I also really liked the segments of the astronauts aboard the Messiah. Those scenes I found to be very touching and...human. Morgan Freeman was also stellar in his performance as the President. I thought the acting was very well done, maybe not Oscar worthy, but very good nonetheless. ***Spoiler*** The only stipulation I had with this film was the scene where Leo and his family are getting ready to go into the caves, Leo decides he's going back for Sarah. His parents just basically give him a hug and wish him well. Lol wut??? The kid can't even drive yet and you're going to send him off into chaos, by himself, with an extinction-level comet about to strike the earth within the next few hours. I couldn't believe the parents would actually just let him go like that. Absolutely ludicrous! It just struck me as ridiculously selfish. At the very least, I would have either gone with my child, or dragged his butt into the cave with me, not given him a "nice knowing you" pat on the back and sent him on his way.The girl's parents were much more realistic in how they sent both their children with Leo in a desperate attempt to get them to safety and stayed behind where they were inevitably killed in the tsunami. That's what real parents do. All in all, it was a great film and definitely one of those I will go back to time and again.