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Armageddon (1998)
Brace Yourself ...
Four words: Big, Noisy, and Stupid.
This movie ranks second on my list of laughably bad, big-budget blockbusters of recent memory. Number one is Speed 2. Yes, it's that bad.
Some say Armageddon plays with emotions; I say no way. The characters in this film are exceptionally annoying that it would take a very large sum of money for me to find them endearing.
Perhaps undeserving of a "1" rating, but you can't be too careful. On a brighter note, I will credit it with very good special effects and sound (which are both overkill).
Why Man Creates (1968)
Will I ever see it again?
I write this in early December of 1999, the evening after my high school physics teacher whipped out an old copy of Why Man Creates.
My class watches cheap educational films all the time, so my expectations were not very high. Boy, was I wrong.
Saul Bass and collaborators have created something with WMC that I've never experienced before; the animated and live-action sequences are simply astounding, if not for their technical excellence, than for artistic merit. The bouncing ball segment is a must-see!
It's quite possible that generations of students before me have watched this in classrooms years ago, but judging from the number of votes on IMDb (20 as of today) it is relatively unknown. Oh, will I ever have a chance to see it again?