Gunde

Eh, it's a perfectly fine popcorn action movie. I do not get the extreme love or need to rewatch, but that's just me.

Deftones

Way, way, way late to this game, but finally got to watch this last night with my wife. We enjoyed the hell out of it. Hit the right notes of nostalgia while also being something completely new and different. The ariel stuff was freaking amazing. Loved it. Glad I bought it, so we can show our kids. They hated the original.

OldBoy

I think the original pales in comparison to this. Might be outlandish to say, but I’m sticking to it. This will be my most watched movie past five years.

jpcamb

This was awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rQ3328Tok&t=56s

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Decker

^ Copycats!

dex14

Joe Schmoe

Agreed. Also, it was a little too convenient that Maverick and Goose's kid didn't get captured after landing in enemy territory; then they discovered a perfectly good American plane that Maverick could fly in a hangar they managed to get to without being shot at; and then they managed to take off in said plane even though the runway had just been blown up to prevent the enemy from using it.

Draven

Maverick took out the only helicopter that was in the area, the Tomcat being there was foreshadowed during the briefing earlier in the movie, they weren't seen because they were two people dressed as pilots running across a smoking airfield with a lot of other people running around during a battle and one of the issues they had to deal with was getting their plane up fast enough on a blown-up runway (and tore the nose-wheel off in the process).

You can suspend disbelief or not, but everything seemed to be thought out here.

Rival11

Damn, this movie was incredible- can't believe they did all that just for a movie. Got goosebumps....that hasn't happened since I was a kid lol.

Although the characters weren't fleshed out at all, I still cared for all of them and didn't want to see them die.

Really fun flick.

DJariya

Back in theaters for 2 weeks starting Friday. If you missed out on seeing it in a premium format, here's your chance.

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GoldenJCJ

One last good-luck-catching-us-at-the-box-office fuck you to Avatar 2.

Artman

Hah, Paramount gunning for that 1.5 Billion! I saw it three times in IMAX, I'm probably good. Still, if I have an open weeknight....

Crocker Jarmen

I'll likely go to check it out again, hoping it will remind me of the warm, sunny summer when I originally saw it. Big bonus if we have snow that day.

GoldenJCJ

I didn’t realize until just now that the guy who played “Bob” is Bill Pullman’s son.

The movie is still awesome and now that we’re near the end of the year, I can see this doing pretty well at the Oscars. At the very least, picking up a ton of technical awards.

dex14

Thank you for supporting Top Gun: Maverick.

DJariya

you have a safe and happy holiday

OldBoy

This movie is eminently rewatchable. I’m in my fourth viewing and just can’t get enough. Popcorn and just plain fun.

DJariya

This will be on Paramount + tomorrow for those who still haven't seen it or don't own it.

A friend gave me the 4K disc for Christmas and I did purchase the 4K digital copy from Vudu in September, so I'm good.

OldBoy

I just watched this for the fourth time. Still catching things I missed. Such a blast. I haven’t ever seen a movie this many times in such a short span of time, ever. Just something about this movie.

rennervision

Part of me wonders if it's because I'm just so starved for a fun movie without a superhero in it. But yes, I know what you mean. It managed to play off nostalgia while not being a complete retread of the first movie (unlike a few other "reboots" I can think of).

GoldenJCJ

I think aside from being a non-superhero movie, it’s just an all around well made movie. On the surface it feels like a rehash of the first, and there are just enough elements to make it feel familiar but there’s so much more under the surface.

Take Jennifer Connelly’s character for instance. The surface impression is that Penny is just like all the other wife/girlfriend characters in these types of movies that stays at home pining for her man to return but she’s the opposite. She runs a successful business, had a life while Maverick was not around, and when he returns, she’s the one calling the shots. After he triumphantly returns from his mission to give Penny her “An Officer an a Gentleman” moment of carrying her out to live happily ever after, Maverick walks into the bar and where’s Penny? She’s not there. She had shit to do and it wasn’t waiting for Maverick to show up to “rescue” her. She was the one who got him at the end, on her terms.

It’s those little touches that makes the movie special, IMO.

OldBoy

^ that’s a great analysis. I thought the same things. Similar, but different.

JeremyM

Very good analysis. Or even the bits where the hotshot Hangman doesn't get chosen--most films would have him storm out of there and then have a change of heart, but he swallows his pride and realizes the mission is bigger than him.

Bandoman

Exactly. He's a professional, and he follows orders.