the acting be horrible . the special effect and while exceptional and dominate the movie . the writing be pathetic and and the dialogue be unbelievable . and the silly little love story between liv tyler and ben affleck be out of place . but the bad offense of armageddon be the total lack of scientific reality . the asteroid be the size of texas and say billy bob thornton . er and that 800 mile wide . no one in nasa even see the asteroid until a midday meteor shower wreck havoc in new york . suuuuure . nasa hire a drilling team to join the astronaut and train them in a week . yeah and right . someone bring a sidearm on the space shuttle with them . yeah and that realistic . and bruce willis blow up the asteroid with three second to spare . how disney esque . how bad be this movie . i root for the asteroid .