i use to like some of the hollywood action blockbuster of the 80 . they have icon such a arnie and sly but i think the action movie in the 90 have plummet to new depth . the bad of these and i believe and be armageddon . the plot be shamelessly contrive and pull off the bad cliche a it seek to excite viewer . the melodrama be so cringingly saccharine and awful that you actually can not wait for bruce willis to disappear from the screen . liv tyler and who have act admirably in several fine independent feature direct by such master a bernardo bertolucci and robert altman and regrettably decide to jump onto the commercial bandwagon . this movie symbolise the new hollywood aesthetic of grand special effect and precious little good dialogue or authentic melodrama . that be the norm these day and i begin to wonder if there be a role in hollywood for screenwriter . it seem a though they just employ hack and committee to write the facile script . the rest they leave to technology . there be not a single piece of grand and heartfelt human emotion in armageddon . it just feel empty and bland . i can think of only one good aspect of this movie and that involve liv tyler dad who doesn not even make an appearance in the film . steven tyler band aerosmith provide a theme song for the movie a ballad that really soar and at least tug at the heartstrings a little when the end credit come up . i weep for western civilization if people like this predictable and cumbersome movie . it stand for shallowness and lethargy and and a decline in the human intellect . i would even prefer to watch the eighth friday the 13th .