Deep Impact (Special Collector's Edition)

ok, you can either love or hate deep impact. for me, i am one of them who loves deep impact. unlike most disaster flicks this one really focuses on the human side of the story but still boast some impressive special effects. the premisis of the story goes like this. two teens discover something in the sky one night and unsure what it is decide to report it. a year goes by and a reporter gets wind of a person named "ellie" and tries to dig it up. then the president makes an announcment that the object the two teens discovered is actually a giant meteor on a crash course to earth that will decimate all of humanity. now as the world prepares for the coming threat, the all star cast must now mend there lives before its too late. this is were it gets me as each story is so heartbreaking and the premisis so dire. by far the best scene in the film is when the reporter and her father both forgive each other just before the comet hits and a title wave comes right at them. by far the best disaster movie, a big recomend.

For the most part, movies in the natural disaster genre are both silly and ridiculous (think "Twister", "Volcano" and "The Core" even though I enjoyed them all) in spite of their efforts to the contrary. "Deep Impact" manages to succeed where the others fail. The movie feels rather somber in tone which gives the gravity of the situation its weight.

Two astronomy students debate the name and type of an object in space while on a star gazing trip. Unbeknownst to both, it turns out to be a comet hurdling in a destructive path towards Earth. As the dire nature of the circumstance takes over the planet, the viewer witnesses relationships breaking, relationships mending and heart wrenching realizations about mortality among other seemingly authentic life happenstances. The movie's special effects are breathtaking, especially scenes of a large comet fragment crashing in the Atlantic Ocean and its ensuing destruction. As a side note, this movie was made well before September 11, 2001 and I must say, knowing that the World Trade Center was essentially destroyed by fire, it's odd and rather poignant to see it engulfed by water.

Many of the actors are distinguished however their performances are hit and miss. Tea Leoni, who I enjoy in other movies, seems oddly out of place as the reporter who breaks the story of Earth's possible destruction. Morgan Freeman, who never seems to give a bad performance, plays the President of the Unites States and he's very effective. He just exudes authority (see the interaction between his character and Tea Leoni's in what I believe is the White House cellar). Robert Duvall, who is one of Hollywood's most respected actors, surprisingly lacks passion. Most of the remaining cast's performances are adequate to fine.

All in all, I found this movie thoroughly enjoyable.

Just better than Armageddon period. Much more of a human side story here. Special effects come at the latter half of the movie and they are very good.

This movie is half a love movie and half an action movie: Sorry, this movie is much to complicated for me to write a summary on it. I can tell you though, what I do think was interesting in this movie: The action. The whole second half of the movie is full of the same type of action that inspired Armagedon.(The first half is really a mistery-to-find-out part.)This movie includes an incredibe tsunami-smashing New York view and a spaceship-landing-on-a-comet view.
I do think this is the best tsunami/action/love movie.
Recommended to all buyers

This movie is half a love movie and half an action movie: Sorry, this movie is much to complicated for me to write a summary on it. I can tell you though, what I do think was interesting in this movie: The action. The whole second half of the movie is full of the same type of action that inspired Armagedon.(The first half is really a mistery-to-find-out part.)This movie includes an incredibe tsunami-smashing New York view and a spaceship-landing-on-a-comet view.
I do think this is the best tsunami/action/love movie.
Recommended to all buyers