Matisse van Rossum’s review published on Letterboxd:
You know, when I started watching Armageddon, it started off so silly that I thought I was in for a good bad movie and I got excited. With each new cast member that was revealed, I got more and more excited because it looked like the setup for a hilarious action thriller. But after about the first hour, I noticed something. This movie was actually taking itself seriously. Really seriously. That's when everything started to go wrong.
Everything in Armageddon is so ridiculously over the top, I feel like just watching it gave me diabetes. The script is really terrible, the lighting is overly intense, the set pieces over the top way past the point of realism, and the cinematography and editing is exhausting. I seriously don't remember a single shot that is longer than 4 seconds. I counted for some scenes. I'm all for fast cutting in order to build tension and intensity, but when the whole movie is that fast paced and it lasts for more than two hours, it's headache inducing. And to top it all off, this was just a typical Michael Bay explosionfest. Almost everything blew up in this film, and that's not an exaggeration. All of the science behind the premise is so faulty that even a second grader would recognize how far fetched it is, so they just try to hide it behind explosions and nauseating cutting.
Another serious problem with Armageddon is its complete lack of subtlety. They feel the need to explain everything instead of just trusting the audience to get it. My least favorite part is when Steve Buscemi's character mounts the nuke and pretends to ride it like a horse, making an obvious Dr. Strangelove reference, but then proceeds to explain what he's referencing! It was so unnecessary and infuriating that I literally started to beat my head against my bed in frustration. And that moment right there pretty much sums up my whole problem with this movie. If I ever watch it again, I may actually die due to the sheer amount of diabetes.