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Deep Impact, from the days an astronomer jams in a floppy disk to snatch some evidence of a doomsday comet's trajectory then fumbles with a brick of a mobile phone in his car into a fatal road crash isn't going to be dazzlingly cool and contemporary. Instead of audiovisual spectacle this disaster movie, and it does conform to the genre, offers something different on the human element with a complex and well-developed ancillary cast sub-plot mesh with everyday issues all suddenly coloured by the threat of heaven-borne apocalypse. There's great actors and genuine humour that gives this film a lot more heart and soul than your usual sci-fi or end-of-the-world-is-nigh film with all the best special effects and CGI the new millennium can offer. A more more incisive and more thoughtful film than many critics seem to have admitted. With all the news media focus I even thought of Network. A disaster flick more touchy-feely than scream-like hell. With just the advent of IT evident it's also a little naive and cute, a testament to the brave Nineties. There are some noisy space sequences and crash bangs, but they merely punctuate the best parts, the human drama.

Deep Impact was released in the time of the disaster movie frenzy. In 1996 we had Independence Day, then in 1998 we were brought this and also Armageddon. Not that that's a bad thing because I'm a big fan of Independence Day and of this film. First of all, I really liked the cast and their acting. Tea leoni, Morgan freeman, Robert Duvall, Elijah wood, and Leelee all do really well with their roles. For me, this was leoni's film, out of all the actors, I think she outshined them all. She really showed her dramatic acting chops. Freeman was very good as the president, he just is a perfect actor for a powerful role. And Duvall fit his retiree astronaut role well, he was just a good fit for it. The writing isn't just all cheesy and phoned in clichés, often times that can happen in disaster movies because they just wanna mainly focus on the visual effects aspect of the film. But I didn't think that was the case here. I really loved the dialogue between leoni and her parents (Redgrave and Schell). Especially with her father, the movie really focuses on their relationship, just like it focuses on wood and Sorbeski's. And the film did both story lines justice. The visual effects are impressive, especially for 1998, not quite to the level of Independence Day in my opinion, but still pretty well done. I enjoyed this trilling movie and I know you will too. 8/10.

A passable, diverting, but sometimes boring disaster flick. At least it's better than some of the ones they made in the '70s, mainly due to the improved special effects. They just weren't able to do them justice in those days, so this blows METEOR out of the water pretty well, although it's still far, far below stuff like THE TOWERING INFERNO. Mainly because effects on their own do not make a film (take VOLCANO for instance).What makes this film better than most is the focus on the people, not the special effects, which is refreshing for a blockbuster like this these days. We do actually get to know and feel for the characters (even if we hate them), so the ending will have some meaning. Unfortunately, most of the film is made up of slow-moving exposition, lots of dialogue and drippy sentiment which comes across as shallow and pointless, it's so cheesy and bad it makes you sick. There are some good scenes like the mission to Mars, but these are few and far between. I can safely say that the ending is worth waiting for though.The special effects here involve cities exploding as they get hit by the tidal wave. Just like INDEPENDENCE DAY, but with water instead of fire. While some look unrealistic, they're certainly a lot more convincing than in many other, lower budgeted films, so these expensive movies do have something going for them I suppose. Anyway, the effects look amazing and jaw-dropping, just as to be expected, although there are surprisingly few of them (the whole tidal wave thing can't last longer than five minutes). The spaceship scenes are also good, with excellent character buildings, we really feel for the guys and girls at the end of the film.The cast is populated by lots of famous names which also adds to the enjoyment level. Tea Leoni is a pretty bland and obnoxious lead, although to be fair she's not as bad as some. Maximillian Schell is heavyweight support and fits his expensive-looking, amiable role like a glove, while Morgan Freeman is excellent, as to be expected, as the first black President, although woefully underused. Robert Duvall is also good value as the aged, grandfatherly astronaut, and he's a character we really care about. In fact the only characters that really grate are the teenagers, with a wimpish Elijah Wood simply awful and his 'wife' nearly as sickly. Further down in the cast list we have cult favourite Charles Martin Smith as a nervous scientist (what else? This guy spends his life playing scientists), and one of my personal favourites, Kurtwood Smith (ROBOCOP), as mission control operator.Unfortunately, DEEP IMPACT is only spoiled by the overlong, boring sentimental scenes. What we needed was more action and more plot development, instead of endless romances and farewells. What did surprise me was the relatively high mortality rate, a lot more actors and actresses die than you would imagine. Overall I would call this solid entertainment, a little too family-orientated for my liking.

I started watching Deep Impact out of curiosity. The premise itself is quite interesting; a world preparing for the inevitable extinction-level-event that will occur, but like the work of Roland Emmerich, the story is stretched far too thin, exploring too many characters.Any aspect of the story; the child who first found the meteor, the journalist who first uncovers the government conspiracy, the astronauts who try to stop the comet before it hits earth, or the older woman facing her inevitable demise, could've been their own standalone film, but instead the filmmakers decided to push everything into a single film, making every aspect shallow and rushed.By far my favourite part of the movie are the astronauts. The scene where they plant bombs on the comet in attempts to destroy or alter its course, is by far the most dramatic and emotionally resonant aspect of the film. The effects were also very good for the time. Thankfully, a movie called Sunshine with a similar but different premise explored this sort of story further. The worst part of the story is the kid's story. This kid discovered the comet that would destroy the earth, and all he cares about is boning some girl (and this is made clear in the film, when one of his classmates says in front of an entire school "You can have sex with any girl you want" for discovering the comet), to the point where he convinces her to marry him to save her family. That is really offensive and creepy, and shouldn't have ever been treated with the whimsy this film did. He could've used his apparent authority to save more people, perhaps his entire class, but instead he marries a 14 year old girl.The rest of the film is decent to mediocre. The President, played by Morgan Freeman, is incredibly interesting, as there is an air of sinister around him when he captures a journalist. But as I said before, most of the film is shallow due to how spread out the film's focus is.In Conclusion:Pros: -Astronaut storyline -Morgan Freeman as President -The Landing on the Comet scene -The impact of the first cometCons: -The Soundtrack -The kid storyline -The dialogue -Too many characters6/10