It looks like a TV ad, or 200 of them strung together, with the same kind of gaudy virtuosity, lavish technique and expensive self-mockery tinging every shot.
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L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
The movie is ridiculous, but since the special effects are really quite impressive, that seems a small point.
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Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It might make you tense, it might make you nauseous, and its clangorous roar could well give you a migraine headache.
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Film ThreatRon Wells
Film ThreatRon Wells
Sometimes the movie can't decide whether to tug REALLY HARD at the heart strings, or make you laugh at the zany oil riggers.
The actors mark time, and the gung-ho heroics on display are embarrassingly hollow.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Bay doesn't stage scenes, exactly -- he stages moments.
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Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Director Michael Bay's filmmaking style is so frantic and frenetic that it's often impossible to figure out exactly what is happening.
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Armageddon may sell tickets, thanks largely to a high-powered marketing machine that's been conducting its own countdown for the past several months. But it's not a pretty picture.