saw this after Armageddon


ok, this may be a bit random, but there are quite a few parallels
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- a catastrophic event is about to happen

- while the scientists work on feasible solutions, the politics put pressure for stupid, catastrophic solutions

- explosions 80% of the movie

- an oil drilling crew is portrayed as heroes, you see them in the worst environment imaginable

- there is quite an emphasis put on a sub-story with the loved ones at home

- most manage to come home alive in the end, although some died and huge disaster still happened to planet earth

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It's exactly like Armageddon. The oil spill is the size of Texas.

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That's all I could think while finally watching this. Oh, this is the dark realistic version of Armageddon which very much portrayed oil drilling as a fun rock n roll experience.

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