On paper, the pairing of actor Bruce Willis and director Michael Bay seemed like a competition made in the sky. Since the beginning of his career, Bay has demonstrated an affinity for casting movie stars with great figures, and Willis has been one of the biggest figures since the 1990s. The special brand of machinism of the actor serves Rah-Rah Ingoism, especially good The third feature of the director, Armageddon since 1998. Who, other than Willis, could get the general audience to buy the patented funny premise that Willis's Harry S.'s head of oil drilling company Harry S. Stamper and his colleagues dropler could be given an accident in training to astronauts in order to give a mission to Asteller-killer "Asteroid directly for the country?

In "Armageddon", as in many Bay films, there is many that can be criticized; Even the defenders of the film (your really included) admit that the premise is the one that stretches the boundaries even to the dignity of the B-film, no matter How much is scientifically possible. So, until it's surprising that Willis was loudly very critical of Armageddon in the years to follow, his beef has more to do with what is no In the film as much as it is, the primary release are numerous moments for building characters that Bay has removed from the movie theater. Although Willis's appeal is founded, there is a prolonged reduction in the director's film that seems to be outdone this issue-you will need to buy decades at the DVD Collection DVD to watch it.

To make it clear, Willis has brought many complaints over the years for Armageddon and his experience doing so. As he said the morning call (through afar) After the release of the film in 1998, he thought the film was "too much MTV-Camera Catts" and that "Billy Bob (Thornton) was insufficiently used", but also talked about how he was carrying the space premises that he and other actors They carried them in the film there were numerous themes, with Ben Affleck apparently "saw him lifting the front glass of a rock helmet because he couldn't breathe" at one point. In a later interview on no cool news that seems no longer on the Internet, Willis has obviously continued to say that the unfortunate trademark of Bay, screaming and screaming the set was not something that was enjoyable, although "we were all big guys and We broke that. "

Was in Home Story of 2002 in the Newoufor TimesFor a theatrical production of "real news" Willis starred, where the actor further explained his issue with Armageddon. Despite the unpleasant working conditions and the style of fast -cutting Bay, Willis was unhappy that so many of his and others were not involved in the release of the film:

"There were so many scenes in Armageddon. All the great acting scenes are on the floor of the cutting room and were sacrificed for this kind of MTV version, Michael Bay's vision for making films.

All this "MTV version" The editing of which Willis continues to behave is his way of describing the signature of Beyham's Bayham Cutting, something that has really come true with Armageddon and has It has only become more intense and more intense in the films he has made since. While we Bahes see Baham as a feature, not a bug, Willis's point for Armageddon's theater intersection sacrificing how much a conspiracy character and the incident is well taken. The film is so coke full of things that even in 150 minutes it feels fast! Although Willis There may be other reasons not to love Armageddon, The reasons he lists looks like enough to leave a bad taste in his mouth.

However, I wonder, as Willis thinks about the film by Bay's director, a version that has so far been available only in the long -standing edition of the film's "Criterion Collection". He certainly saw part of it, because he was part of the group track for the posting comments (you know, the one who has been notorious over the years thanks to Affleck's unfiltered comments on the film). The director's reduction is only three minutes longer than theater cutting, but that extra time allows Bay to add back to some key dialogue lines and extended moments between the characters. Two of the biggest additions are scenes involving Willis himself, where he and NASA's Thornton's head have a heart to heart, and another where Harry visits his father (played by Lawrence Umiren) before blowing up his fateful mission .

It is quite possible for these scenes to be some of those that Willis were so naked to see the lost in the theater, as well as both moments, short as they are, further develop the image of Harry and the film itself. Harry's father even gives a line of dialogue that perfectly covers the emotional theme of the whole film: "God gave us children, so we will have roses in December." By rejecting Armageddon on how the older generation, at their best, makes sacrifice to allow the younger generation to survive, this moment and several others help make the film a far more emotional experience than The theater crop of the whole spectrum and forced heart. Who knows how many additional shots can still exist there (Disney, if you really exhibit a 4K edition, please put the director's reduction and all the other materials on the disk!), But the existence of the director of the director makes it simultaneously prove and refute the point of Willis. Although too bad, the actor and Bay have never worked together (imagine Willis in the role of Cade Jagger in "Transformers" Instead of Mark Walberg!), we will always have "Armageddon".