Let’s jump right into the magic that is Armageddon—NASA actually shows this gem to new managers as a part of their management training program and asks them to spot errors. So far, they’re at 168. But as is so often the case with movies made by Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay, the ridiculousness isn’t a bug—it’s a feature.
Armageddon was released in 1998, back when we were young and innocent and thought the end times were just a fun thought experiment involving a lot of Aerosmith. For a movie that is, in so many ways, so very, very bad, it was also a game changer for several involved.