Most Rewatchable Scene
Split: the astronauts’ return; assembling and briefing the drillers; the Billy Bob and presidential speeches; disarming the bomb
In the discussion (8)
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- The New York meteor strike is praised as an effects opener whose long Eddie Griffin setup resembles the era’s habit of giving comedians disposable mini-movies. — Chris Ryan
- Harry discovering Grace with A.J. and firing across the oil rig announces the movie’s insanity, while Grace calling her father Harry and his physical intrusion become objections.
- Harry’s crew demands—cleared tickets, citizenship, Caesar’s Palace, the Kennedy answer, White House access, and no taxes—are a funny, sharply written assembly payoff. — Bill Simmons
- The crew’s slow-motion walk and the president’s global address turn NASA departure into maximal patriotic spectacle.
- A.J. and Bear’s crash, Independence’s destruction, A.J.’s monster-vehicle return, and the abrupt forgetting of Max provide escalating asteroid action and dark comedy.
- Harry’s goodbye, sacrifice, and the surviving astronauts’ return culminate in Sharp asking Grace to shake the hand of the bravest man he has met.
- The Russian station sequence, the bomb standoff, Harry’s promise, and Billy Bob defying the president are additional major candidates.
- One final pick is the astronauts landing and Sharp greeting Grace; another is assembling the crew and its Kennedy beat; a third ties Billy Bob’s briefings with the presidential speech; the last favors disarming the bomb.