Armageddon story
The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
21 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| asteroid impact | choice | The main novelty of the film is that a close-knit team of oil well drillers must stop a Texas-sized asteroid on a collision course with Earth by intercepting it in space and detonating a nuclear warhead deep under its surface. |
| father and daughter | major | Harry's having to go on a dangerous mission into space to save the world served as a the spark for him and his daughter, Grace, to bond and get over their past misgivings about one another. |
| heroism | major | The film culminates with the surviving oil well drillers being celebrated as heroes for saving the world from an extinction level event asteroid impact. |
| romantic love | major | Grace and A.J. were head over heels for one another, got engaged, and the film ended with scenes from their wedding. |
| what if the fate of the world was in my hands | major | It was up to Harry Stamper's close-knit team of oil well drillers to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. |
| controlling family member | minor | Grace accused her father, Harry, of trying to control her life after he ran off her boyfriend with a shotgun. |
| decision making in the face of uncertainty | minor | Should the president give the order to detonate the nuclear warhead or should he let the oil well driller do their job even after radio contact was lost? |
| disapproving parent | minor | Harry went after A.J. with a shotgun for having slept with his daughter, Grace. |
| engaged couple | minor | Grace and A.J. got engaged in the days before A.J. left on a perilous mission to outer space. |
| father and son | minor | One of the oil well drillers paid a surprise visit to his four-year-old son before he left on the perilous mission to outer space. |