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Title: Further proof of America's declining standards
Review: A typically relentless, attention-deficit-disorder spectacle from Michael Bay ("Bad Boys," "The Rock"). An asteroid the size of Texas threatens Earth. Oil driller Bruce Willis and his trusty team of misfits (including Steve Buscemi, Ben Affleck, and Will Patton) are sent up to land on the rock, drill a hole, drop a nuke into it, and blow it up from within. The movie is a trashy combo of "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Right Stuff" - I would say "cheerfully trashy," but there's nothing especially cheerful about Bay's hyperactive, insecure style that treats the audience like morons, and the script makes almost no sense despite the work of many uncredited hands. Still, it was Touchstone's biggest hit to date, outearning their previous record-holder "Pretty Woman." Aerosmith's awful ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was actually nominated for an Oscar. Thank God it lost.
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