gologa Reviews

Armageddon (1998)

Very Exciting but Suspend your Disbelief

[13 July 2000]

First the title of the movie is Wrong! As the U.S. President's character in the movie explains, "the Bible call this day Armageddon, the end of the world..." WRONG, The 'End of the World' is known in the Bible as the Apocalypse! Not the Aramegeddon! The final battle between good and evil, is what Armageddon is, taken from the Ancient Hebrew village Megiddo, where the battle will start. Sorry, just had to set the record straight, I hate Hollywood Ignorance and pretentiousness when the try to use Bible references to add some vapid drama to a plot. Anyway, this movie is Very entertaining for what it is, big budget, high-drama, action oriented, and well paced. The pacing is quite good with a few exceptions, mainly the romance scenes. The characters are the problem! Willis gets all the attention but the more interesting characters like rock-hound and Chick get little development, yes, I know Bruce is the star but Geeze! I really liked it in the theatre which is where it is meant to be seen. But please dont examine the details too closely or you will find many flaws. Nevertheless, It is a good ole fashioned Hollywood thrill ride that is not meant to be taken as serious science fiction, A la Authur C. Clarke or Frank Herbert.

The '70s (2000)

Awful, Revisionist history-banal-trite infested-Pathos...etc..

[1/10 · 1 May 2000]

Dont waste your time with this pathetic NBC attempt to boost lagging ratings, it is very much a Hackneyed rif-off of Forest Gump-type rememberances and pathos driven, late baby boomer sentimentality. Yuck! Even the actors are B A D, way too old to play college kids; not to mention the annoying and obvious 'Ally MacBeal'-'Melrose Place' type personalities and pretty bourgeoisie faces here. Vapid and Insulting. Click over to History channel instead.

The '70s (2000)

Revisionist history plus Melrose Place plus Forest Gump Bad

[1/10 · 30 April 2000]

To describe this mini-series (The 70s)as a Pathetic attempt by NBC to boost ratings by target marketing this pathos-driven, banal drivel to the older Melrose Place/late baby-boomers crowd would be too kind. The acting is, well, ordinary at best. The chosen actors are laughably WAY too old to play college kids, they look exactly like they were pulled from the set of Ally Macbeal or Melrose place; their actual ages are a range of 25-32 which is not very convincing. The artful cinematography reminiscent of the dreamy-eyed Forest Gump is the best feature of the movie series. Finally, the sentimental baby-boomer oriented whining is annoying and the shameless Pathos runs amock here, A la "Saving Private Ryan", confounded by a trite and hackneyed series of 'themes' and life-lessons that only a 3yr old would miss, further burdened by a smattering of revisionist history (key your eye open and your history text nearby and watch for it)... Anyway, find something else to watch, ANY History channel show would be far, far more fullfilling.