beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah
Top Gun sequel: Maverick
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Ax^
Silly Rabbit
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Is that the Mach Loop in Wales just after 30s?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I've never been a Tom Cruise fan so I probably won't see the new Top Gun movie (I have yet to see the first one)
T & P
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Initial critical reviews are overwhelmingly positive. I’m starting to get very excited about this 
www.independent.co.uk
Top Gun: Maverick is as thrilling as blockbusters get – review
There’ll need to be a reckoning over the film’s politics and its treatment of women, but for now... we fist-pump
www.independent.co.uk
skyscraper101
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Just saw this. Awesome film.
The amount of referencing and nods to the original is off the scale but it doesn’t spoil it. The opening sequence with updated fighter jets roaring accross the cinema speakers and that tune bought tears of nostalgia to my eyes.
The amount of referencing and nods to the original is off the scale but it doesn’t spoil it. The opening sequence with updated fighter jets roaring accross the cinema speakers and that tune bought tears of nostalgia to my eyes.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
I saw it today too. Occasionally veered close to being mawkish but never quite over the line. Loved it
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Still don't know about this. Is it all bro stuff ?
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Did you see the original?
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
When it was released, yep. And some years later when it became all ironic and shit.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I expect the sequel tries to straddle that line.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Yeah. Mean, it wasn't the worst Anthony Edwards film in that era (prize goes to Gotcha! for that)... it kind of felt ridiculous at the time, very earnest and gung ho and fantastical. Probably end up watching the sequel eventually.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Saw it last night on IMAX.
Awesome. From little details like using the same font for the opening credits as the original, through to the jaw dropping aerial sequences, it was just brilliant.
Awesome. From little details like using the same font for the opening credits as the original, through to the jaw dropping aerial sequences, it was just brilliant.
paul mckenna
Bellend
He looks great and all, and genuinely does seem illogically youthful but it's clearly down to TRT
What is TRT ?
paul mckenna
Bellend
Testosterone Replacement Therapy. Steroids but via a doctor
I thought maybe it was hair dye and makeup.
He is what? 59? That's not that old...
People who work hard physically..can stay very fit into their 70s.
Cid
Proper break this time
Also guessing he doesn't drink etc.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Really surprised not only at the number of people who have seen this, but who are saying they enjoyed it. I remember seeing the original on VHS and not rating it at all. I certainly didn’t watch it more than once. Nothing would make me want to see a sequel.
Still, if you enjoy it fair play. It’s a funny old world.
Still, if you enjoy it fair play. It’s a funny old world.
T & P
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What an original film might have been like does not necessarily condition what a subsequent sequel will be alike- far more so when there’s a three decade gap in between.
If just about every single critic is raving about this film, including those who would most definitely frown upon a cheesy clichéd outdated macho film like the first one was, that ought to be enough to give this the benefit of the doubt. Far more so when revues from punters are equally positive.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yeah, I’m not falling for that.
not-bono-ever
meh
i saw half of it via an online place but will be going to the big screen latee this week . Do they ever actually tell us who the enemy is ? so far, it just seem to be very non specific on who they are actually scrapping with
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
We went to the cinema to watch it, and enjoyed it very much. Totally predictable, but it did the right predictable things, if that makes sense.
The pacing is really good - doesn't feel as long as it actually is.
I liked that his love interest was age-appropriate. Their love scene was the least sexy love scene in the entire world - they didn't actually even kiss, you just saw a dark-haired man lean over her about to kiss her, and then boom, next morning she was wearing a nightie and he was topless.
Nope, it's a totally vague "rogue state." You don't even see any of their faces or hear any names used.
You don't go into this sort of movie expecting anything approaching reality.
The pacing is really good - doesn't feel as long as it actually is.
I liked that his love interest was age-appropriate. Their love scene was the least sexy love scene in the entire world - they didn't actually even kiss, you just saw a dark-haired man lean over her about to kiss her, and then boom, next morning she was wearing a nightie and he was topless.
Nope, it's a totally vague "rogue state." You don't even see any of their faces or hear any names used.
You don't go into this sort of movie expecting anything approaching reality.
ska invita
back on the other side
Woke Hollywood gone mad
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I was seeing another thing at my local flix and even though they mostly book over tinternet, we had a whole bunch of people who couldn’t fit into the Top Gun auditorium traipse into our screen as a second choice.
I also saw the original Top Gun on VHS and enjoyed it a lot. I was very young.
Still, I don’t regret my choice in seeing what I saw in the adjoining theatre (which starred Michelle Yeoh, if you need a clue).
