There is an abundant history of motion pictures dealing with the repercussions of comets and asteroids hurtling themselves towards Earth.Technically, these arent all asteroid motion pictures … some of them are comets. Yes, we know, boo the pedants, but its an essential distinction scientifically speaking, though we question it matters much to the regrettable souls being obliterated by them in the movies listed below.In this rundown, ranked worst to best, are motion pictures that involve a threatening asteroid or a comet and how mankind– and, in some cases, aliens or other species– responded to the risk. While this is more a dinosaur motion picture than an asteroid film, in media reports, Pixar did say it intentionally wanted to explore how the Earths history would have been various if the asteroid had passed us by.
There is an abundant history of movies dealing with the repercussions of asteroids and comets hurtling themselves towards Earth.Technically, these arent all asteroid movies … some of them are comets. Yes, we know, boo the pedants, but its an important distinction clinically speaking, though we doubt it matters much to the unfortunate souls being obliterated by them in the films listed below.In this rundown, ranked worst to best, are movies that involve a threatening asteroid or a comet and how mankind– and, in some cases, aliens or other types– reacted to the risk. Asteroid vs Earth( Image credit: The Asylum) Release date: May 1, 2014Cast: Tia Carrere, Jason Brooks, Tim RussFollowing in the steps of lots of motion pictures prior to this, Asteroid vs Earth comes with a threatening asteroid about to hit the Earth and the American military activating as quickly as it can to conserve the world. Armageddon( Image credit: Touchstone Pictures) Release date: July 1, 1998Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben AffleckReleased just weeks after Deep Impact, this movie is probably the most well-known amongst space enthusiasts in terms of worlds colliding films. While this is more a dinosaur movie than an asteroid movie, in media reports, Pixar did state it deliberately wanted to check out how the Earths history would have been different if the asteroid had passed us by.