Product Details

• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: German

Customer Reviews

teased
Yes, it's no Deep Impact or Armeggedon. The only similiarity is the asteroid. And if were not for two little things, this would've been a four star movie. First, there is a water-crashing-over-land scene that is reminiscent of the old days (the 60's) when we saw frothy bathwater being tossed over miniature model towns. It's an eyesore in the movie and that's when you start to notice the acting aint all that great either. There are alot of really good effects mixed in though, which is puzzling. There is no spaceship that attempts to make a landing on the asteroid, and their defensive ideas all revolve around lasers instead of nukes. There is a movie here, but they mixed in some pretty bad effects with the good ones and spent too much TIME focusing on the drama of the doctor's lost child and the grandpa. You know what happens, she spends at least a half hour of the movie looking through a wasteland, and then there's another 30 minutes spent on totally irrelevant action sequences while rescuing a boy from his own stupidity (he wanders into an asteroid crater - that is on fire).
Reviewers seem to like this movie, and it wasn't all that bad. Deep Impact is one of my favorite movies, so I had to check this out. I can only watch Armeggedon if I'm alone and allowed to fast-forward through all the drama scenes. And Asteroid will never be watched twice - i.e. rent.

Asteroid
I liked this movie. It was thought provoking and insightful with the action taking place in a location not usually seen before. Dallas, Texas was a good choice as it is highly populated, but not typical like New York, or Los Angeles. Being a Colorado girl, I liked that the NOAA facility in Boulder was used. The FEMA aspect was something new not usually included in these types of movies, and gave a more human element to the story instead of focusing on the impending disaster.

Where's the Movie
I originally watched this movie on television. It had a lot of good action scenes but some, as another reviewer had indicated, were like watching a class B movie from the 60s. They could of done a much better job especially with the water scenes in Kansas City. However, the big part that I hate was the removal of parts on the DVD versus the television production of the same movie. Usually you get extras on a DVD but this one removed portions. I would assume that was done to restrict it to 2 hours but some of the scenes removed actually made the movie better. In addition, even though I can't really prove it, it looks like the editors of this DVD sped up the movie. If they just left the movie exactly the way it was when it played on NBC (I believe) or added additional scenes cut from the original movie, it would of made this one DVD purchase much more worth the money. I would recommend renting it versus buying it.