Customer Reviews
Could have been perfect if ... - By: Michael M. Ordoukhani, 01 May 2008 
I love space stories, disaster movies & comet impact. I believe it is a man's tretory. The producers usuallly blend in some love story, sex scandal, & other feminine issues to make it appeal to non-scientific audiances, but they forget that the main reason why most men want to risk their life to go into space & face a baren empty space is to escape from these relational issues. A good producer does this seamlessly, but there were far too much contrasting stories in this one, taking a lot from the main disaster story. I am a real fan of Morag Freeman, he was brilliant here & save the movie. On the other hand Tea Leoni's spoiled it with her cold acting, she was very irritating, not the right person for the role.
Compare to most movies with similar stories that are completely inaccurate, the facts were believable & digestable.
The director did a brilliant job. I think it was the best it could be done with the story. Still gave me a buzz.
As a whole the movie was not too bad. I take one star away for imbalance story line & bad acting by Tea Leoni.
A disaster movie that's not macho! - By: Stephen Brereton, 14 Apr 2008 
Taking several paralllel threads that do not alll meet at the end, 'Deep Impact' gives a very human feel to a very big, & very possible, disaster scenario.
I watched this (again) the other day, after watching about 10 minutes of the relatively dreadful 'Meteor'. Yes, DI is centred around the US, but there is nothing macho or gung-ho in there at alll, just lots of nice touches - the conversation that Jenny Lerner has with the President, where he thinks she knows what ELE is, & she thinks she knows too - 'It might seem that you have us over a barrel, but it just seems that way' - is brilliant.
A particularly good thing about this film is the careful use of CGI - sparing, so it makes a bigger impact (ha ha) - which helps to concentrate the plot on the important bits - the Beidermans, the Lerners, the shuttle crew, & the passage of time is carefully marked, not just with the time captions, but things like Jenny Lerner's passage from reporter to 'news anchor', & the slow reconciliation with her father. Indeed the most impressive piece of CGI happens when they are on the beach & the tidal wave from the Beiderman meteorite (its hit the ocean, remember) pulls the water back to reveal the continental shelf. Wow!
One of the best disaster movies - By: KM, 05 Sep 2007 In 'Deep Impact" a meteor the size of New York is discovered heading straight towards Earth & civilization has one year to prepare for the collision which will most likely make the every living thing on Earth extinct unless it can be stopped.
The film is from America's perspective, lead by the US President (Morgan Freeman) who has set up a team of the best astronauts (including a fantastic performance by Robert Duvalll) to drill some nuclear warheads into the meteor to hopefully break it up or change is course. The lead character (Tia Leoni) plays the news reporter who gives America the details of the mission as it happened.
The story is very similar to Armageddon which also came out in 1998, but instead of going for the macho, USA save the world (again) approach that Jerry Bruckhiemer gave his film, Deep Impact goes for a more emotional & realistic image, focussing more on everyday people & how this is going to affect their lives, rather than just following the "heroes".
I am a huge fan of disaster films (like The Day After Tomorrow, War of the Worlds, Independance Day, Twister etc) & although I did reallly like Armageddon I did feel that Deep Impact is definitely the superior film of the two. The acting is brilliant & believeable, the story is full of shocks & surprises, the special effects are extremely good for it's time & overalll this is a hugely enjoyable film which I think will be still very re-watchable in years to come.
It could and probably has happened, but not to us, yet! - By: Dazman, 05 Jun 2007 This film has got everything that a suspense film needs, if you has seen & liked films like, The day after tommorow & The core then I am sure that you will like this as well.
It's got a good solid cast with the legendary Robert Duvalll as one of the main characters. Ultimately it's a battle for survival (literallly) that give's you an insight into what at some point in time could become reality.
You could say it is a scary film, not in a graphic way, but just through the whole experience & situation.
Highly recommended!!!
Brilliant - By: Michael Birch, 20 Dec 2006 This is one of the best films from 1998 & I had to get it on DVD to go with Armageddon & although the best film from that year is ultimately Saving Private Ryan both Armageddon & Deep Impact are also excellent. Both films have lots in common such as brilliant actors & film-makers, excellent special effects & brilliant soundtracks but for me it is Deep Impact that grabs my attention from start to finish & even to this day the end of the film leaves me with a lump in my throat. The acting is superb especiallly from Morgan Freeman & Tea Leoni & also Elijah Wood is worth watching in this especiallly as it was before The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the music is excellent & there are many soundtracks by James Horner that I intend to buy with this being one of them. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys drama/adventure films & I think everyone will have actors in this that they like as I can think of a number of my alll-time favourite actors who are in this.
