Top Gun: Maverick IOTI Back into the Danger Zone

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Okay so I watched Maverick tonight.......... and I have some gripes and maybe it's a bit more skewed because I watched both the original and the new movie within 2 weeks of each other.

- I like the original better. The original had awkward sweating, creepy/rape vibes from Tom Cruise but more action-packed than Maverick. The OG Top Gun starts out with one of the best action scenes you can have and ends with another one. Maverick waits till the second hour to get there, just felt like it took too long and lacked the early action of the original.

-Can't help but look at Maverick and think that if you didn't watch the original movie this movie would be really confusing not great as a stand-alone, that being said combined with the original it makes one of the best/coolest franchises of any movie.

Both are classics one more classic than the other, I hope Hangman/Rooster becomes the future but I don't think Tom can step away from being that lead dog especially in HIS franchise.
 
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FINALLY got to see this today. It was fucking awesome! Just a fantastic time from start to finish. I went in with high expectations based on all the hype and I thought it delivered on the goods. Was it perfect? No! But damn was it fun.

The flight scenes were legit "adrenaline pumping". So glad I saw it on the big screen.

And damn did Jenifer Connelly still look fine.

My only real problems with it was two bits of music. The beach "team building" scene and the prop plane ride where lady Gaga came on. But didn't really fit with the rest of the film.
 
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Epic Nemesis said:
Debbie Downer time. I boycott any movie that is used as Chinese propaganda. Based off the removal of the Taiwanese Flag I'm going to assume this movie falls under that category.

I might need to rewatch the original though.
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@Grisham you are bilbo
 
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Epic Nemesis said:
Debbie Downer time. I boycott any movie that is used as Chinese propaganda. Based off the removal of the Taiwanese Flag I'm going to assume this movie falls under that category.

I might need to rewatch the original though.
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Honestly i hate modern cinema as much as you clearly do. But give Maverick a chance as it's the real deal. Watch both back to back, absolute kino 👍🏻
 
There is a strong chance I am going to go see this in the theaters again this week. Was so much fun that I want to see how it feels on the second barrel roll. If its still playing at my local Draft House I think I will take a second flight. Honestly I am happy to give them more money for delivering such badass entertainment.
 
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Awesome movie. I generally don't give a shit about modern movies but this and The Northman have made it a pretty solid 2022 so far.
 
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I watched Top Gun: Maverick last night with some friends. Amazing cinematography and sound design. Great action scenes and heartfelt moments in the story. It definitely needs to be seen in theaters or a good home theater. I've not seen the original Top Gun but this sequel was pretty much a perfect movie from start to finish.
 
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Speaking on CinemaBlend's ReelBlend podcast yesterday, Quentin Tarantino held forth on the experience of seeing Top Gun: Maverick.

"Normally I don't talk about new movies that much because I'm only forced to say only good things, but in this case I f***ing love Top Gun, the Maverick movie. I thought it was fantastic," Tarantino said. "I saw it at the theaters. It was, as our good mutual friend Brett Easton Ellis says, that and [Steven] Spielberg's West Side Story both provided a true cinematic spectacle, the kind that I'd almost thought that I wasn't going to see anymore. It was fantastic."
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One question he had before he saw the sequel, said Tarantino, was how you make a Top Gun sequel that's not directed by Tony Scott. Tarantino said he spoke to star Tom Cruise about that.

"It wasn't so much concern," couched the director. "I figure if he was going to do it he has a good handle on it. But I did ask him, I said, 'How do you do Top Gun without Tony Scott?' And he goes, 'I know. Look, I know. You're right. It's why I've said, "No." All these years I've said "No" for that exact reason, [but] we figured out a way. We came up with a good story."
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Tarantino then expounded.

"There was just this lovely, lovely aspect because I love both Tony Scott's cinema so much, and I love Tony so much that [Top Gun: Maverick is] as close as we're ever going to get to seeing one more Tony Scott movie," Tarantino said. "[Director Joseph Kosinski] did a great job. The respect and the love of Tony was in every frame. It was almost in every decision. It was consciously right there, but in this really cool way that was really respectful. And I think it was in every decision Tom [Cruise] made on the film."

Tarantino reiterated, "It's the closest we're ever going get to seeing one more Tony Scott movie, and it was a f***ing terrific one."

Tarantino also called the scene Cruise shares with Val Kilmer "almost too cheap, but it works…It absolutely delivers."
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Quentin Tarantino Says He Loved ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ Reveals Discussion With Tom Cruise About It

"Fantastic," he said, calling it :a true cinematic spectacle, the kind that I’d almost thought that I wasn’t going to see anymore."
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I saw it for the second time this week and felt it was even better than the first watch. My initial impressions were that it was a well executed film with a lot of heart and authenticity but not great. Seeing it again raised my thoughts on it, it's a really wonderful film.
 
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Its amazing how this is still brining in over a million bucks a day. I think August will be the last month in its theater run. Will be just enough time to make it the 15th highest grossing films of all time. Hell maybe even 14th. We should get the Streaming/Blu Ray release in time for the Holidays. I am so getting this one on Blu Ray.
 
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I finally saw this on Friday. I wasn't too big on OG Top Gun, decent movie and all but let's face it, there's not much of an engaging plot or anything along those lines. So I didn't have any high expectations or anything going in. That being said, I thought it was fantastic. Great action, great cinematography and no nonsense. Old school blockbuster, it was such a nice change from everything else released in the past 5-6 years. Its easy to see why it's done so well at the box office. Make a good movie and let it speak for itself.
 
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Gold Loot said:
Man, if you would have told me a year ago that Top Gun would've been an awesome ,unwoke and one of the best summer blockbuster sequels since Terminator 2 and kicked Disneys ass , I would have laughed at you.

But today. Today, I smile.
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Same here. Watched it this week.

And wow, what a movie for GenXers/Boomers.
Yes, probably doesn't make much sense if you don't know the first movie. But what gives?

10/10

ps: Crazy that I found Jennifer Connelly cute and kind of hot back in 1985 when I saw her in Labyrinth as a ten year old boy, and now, 37 years later, still the same.
 
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Stifler's Mom said:
Same here. Watched it this week.

And wow, what a movie for GenXers/Boomers.
Yes, probably doesn't make much sense if you don't know the first movie. But what gives?

10/10

ps: Crazy that I found Jennifer Connelly cute and kind of hot back in 1985 when I saw her in Labyrinth as a ten year old boy, and now, 37 years later, still the same.
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She was a bit of a childhood crush for me before I even knew why I started to like ladies.

Still looking great too
 
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