Oh… I have separate list for movies that are both bad, and hilariously scientifically stupid. Armageddon and The Core are right at the top of the list.
Armageddon starts off okay, but then promptly goes off the rails when they propose that instead of nuking the surface of the asteroid (which might actually work if done early enough) they need to nuke the inside of the asteroid and turn it into many smaller asteroids… that will still hit the earth. The way the asteroid split in two halves was just jaw-dropping in the worst way:
Look at this terribleness. I had forgotten how cheesy it was, too.
The Core was no better. The scene where the birds lose their ability to navigate by using the earth’s magnetic field is laughable:
I think the writers and director thought, “Birds are scary, right? Didn’t Hitchcock show us that?” Apparently birds don’t have eyes, and can fly only using their long range navigation apparatus.
