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This is turning into a completely different discussion than I originally intended. Isn't it great?

Maybe I'm getting a little too "deep" here. Please keep in mind that I'm studying for a Master's Degree in Theatre right now, as an actor and a playwright, and that I'm accustomed to picking apart the minute details of critical theory. If I'm getting too intellectual and boring, just ignore me...

First of all, Chuck: you're awesome. Great points. If I may rebut:

The "line" I'm talking about is using human tragedy as a vessel for mindless entertainment. Bay and Bruckheimer are famous for films with high body counts, low emotional commitment, and no consequences. My argument is that maybe this was never okay, and it took a genuine human tragedy to open...

"The truth about Armageddon," as Brian called it, is in my mind actually the truth about the American cinema and moviegoer. Please take no offense, people who have posted about it being just a movie, but I refuse to see it that way. Even pulp cinema like a Jerry Bruckheimer film is art, and we...

My wife and I wanted to watch a movie last night, and she selected Armageddon. We've always enjoyed the brainless pleasures of this film, and I was pretty psyched. We popped some corn, melted some butter, put the mattes on the TV, turned off the lights, and settled down for some entertainment...