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75
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Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
It looks like a TV ad, or 200 of them strung together, with the same kind of gaudy virtuosity, lavish technique and expensive self-mockery tinging every shot.
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70
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Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
It might make you tense, it might make you nauseous, and its clangorous roar could well give you a migraine headache.
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63
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
Armageddon is a testosterone and adrenaline cocktail, with almost no intelligence added for flavoring.
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50
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
The actors mark time, and the gung-ho heroics on display are embarrassingly hollow.
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50
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Bay doesn't stage scenes, exactly -- he stages moments.
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40
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Director Michael Bay's filmmaking style is so frantic and frenetic that it's often impossible to figure out exactly what is happening.
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25
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
An assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained.
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25
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San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
There are barrages of fast cuts to distract us from the fact that the director is showing us no real action.
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0
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
How do I hate Armageddon? Let me count the ways.
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0
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
So predictable it could have been written by a chimp who's watched too much TV, the huge movie is as dumb as it is loud, and it's way too loud.
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