Top Gun: Maverick

Just back from it and loved it, going again with the family on Sunday!

I watched the original for the first time in years the other night; it's an iconic 80's movie and was always a cheesefest but man what a bag of cringe; it was a struggle to get through it tbh! But I'm glad I did watch it again before this as I wouldn't have remembered most of it and the narrative threads between the two films.

I only remember Maverick saying it once at the beginning and then Rooster saying "talk to me Dad" towards the end and that was it?

Was he not in the plane helping the pilot see etc?

He was in the second plane that had the tracking/missile locking device. His only role was to lock the missile on the primary plane.

Saw it this evening and it was much better than it had any right to be. Knowing those stunts were almost all practical, though I'm sure there were a few perspective tricks, really added to the whole thing.

For a movie with high stakes I was kind of disappointed and how reluctant they were to kill those on the american side. And all the yoing actors were instantly forgettable and not a patch on Cruise and Kilmer in the first movie. Still was an enjoyable movie.

I guess like in the first movie they killed Goose to show how risky flying is.

I think he means that none of the pilots died on the near suicidal mission and the almost as dangerous training when usually at least one would be killed off to show the stakes. I thought that's what they were doing when Payback(?) blacked out during the high g climb in training.

Saw it again earlier, it's even better the second time. They really nailed it I have to say, not that it's in any way perfect but it's such a blast of a movie with just the right amount of nostalgia and lots of heart, the time absolutely (pun intended) flies by!

That was just a great **** movie.

Just brilliant.

Only negative was that Danger Zone was not playing on a loop over the full 2 hours, but I'll let it slide.

OH and I saw it yesterday and thought it was great. It shouldnt have worked, the plot elements should have been too cheesy and the lack of character development of the young pilots should have detracted from it but somehow it was just incredibly exciting and enjoyable.

Pulling in bank! $548m worldwide ($291m USA, $257m World) after two weekends

Putting it number 4 for the year so far. Could go number one. Probably depends on what impact Jurrassic World has when it gets released this weekend.

Nearly fell asleep watching it tbh. 5 out of 10. Woeful plot and no real twist to it... Poor enough I thought.

That's after watching it in cinema, reckon I'd have turned it off if at home.

That was a damn good movie, very entertaining..

for such a good actress, if Jennifer Connolly's scenes were cut, it wouldn't change the movie.

Enjoyed it immensely from the first few notes of the opening Top Gun Theme to Cruise showing off his own P-51 Mustang in the final scene.

TBH: the notion that a captain in the US Navy could afford a $4m vintage plane was one of the biggest stretches of the imagination for me in the entire film!