Top Gun sequel: Maverick

[Gromit]

Once you accept a certain amount of nonsense the film ticks all the boxes.

Just enough schmaltz, plenty of wheee with a bit of bad boy / heart of gold.

I can imagine the script team was four times the sizes of a formula 1 team. It’s has that feel.

 

[krtek a houby]

Apparently the film is popular with the anti-woke crowd, for some reason. Watched the original last night, after many years.

Enjoyable to a certain extent. Although, Maverick comes across as on occasion as somewhat creepy, (following Charlie into the ladies) and unable to take criticism (from Charlie). Also, despite his antagonism towards Iceman, the only person he physically lays a hand on in anger is Sundown, the only black pilot.

That said, am interested in seeing it next week. See what all the hype is about. Guessing that the success partly lies in some audiences unhappy with beloved characters like Obi Wan and Luke having been portrayed as traumatized and doubting their duties/beliefs...

A possible prequel comes to mind, where we see Duke and Viper in '65 and find out more about Duke's heroic demise. Surely someone involved with the reboot has pitched the idea...

 

[scifisam]

If he was 23 in Top Gun and Penny was 9 years junior (assuming it wasn’t a year earlier they “went ballistic”) it still seems pretty age inappropriate to me that he groomed a 14 yr old.

That's the age difference between the actors, not the characters. Presumably she was supposed to be at least 18.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Gosh really? None of the rest of us noticed. There we were, thinking that the US Department of Defence gave access to a film crew and probably millions of dollars of flying hours to a film production company out of the goodness of their hearts. What a good job you are around to enlighten us with your perceptive and incisive analysis.

In other news, you know that bloke that lives in the Vatican, Pope Francis? well, I've just worked out that apparently he is a member of the Catholic church!?!

Knobhead

 

[A380]

Knobhead

Gosh five days to come back with that. Truly a latter day Oscar Wilde…

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Gosh five days to come back with that. Truly a latter day Oscar Wilde…

Only just seen it. Some of us have got stuff to do with our lives bellend.

 

[A380]

Only just seen it. Some of us have got stuff to do with our lives bellend.

‘Knobhead’ and ‘bellend’ . Top gun!

 

[krtek a houby]

‘Knobhead’ and ‘bellend’ . Top gun!

Great new call signs

 

[A380]

Great new call signs

Yep, look great painted on one’s helmet…

 

[bcuster]

Released 40 years ago today:

 

[electroplated]

Very watchable copy now available on the usual sites!

 

[gosub]

 

[T & P]

Finally watched. Bloody excellent

 

[bcuster]

This is on prime now

 

[izz]

Tried, really tried, to watch it yesterday. Lasted 16.5 minutes and to be honest had had more than enough when they played the soft cock rock track that was (I'm told) in the original film. Not for me. Other opinions are available

 

[Reno]

Better than the original but that's not saying much, because the original is horrible. The biggest improvement is that Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone only plays over the titles and not over every action scene, probably the worst song ever written for a film.

 

[ruffneck23]

Watched it the other day, wasnt overly impressed. First half seemed like a retread of the original and the rest all a bit 'Go USA!' which I suppose was all it was ever intended to be.

The flight scenes were good though.

 

[Spymaster]

The flight scenes were good though.

Will anyone watch this for anything else?

 

[nagapie]

Better than the original but that's not saying much, because the original is horrible. The biggest improvement is that Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone only plays over the titles and not over every action scene, probably the worst song ever written for a film.

I showed my 12 year old the original because we were looking for something to watch at the cinema and someone had told me their sons of the same age had really enjoyed the new one. He made me turn it off half way (proud) because it held no interest for him. But during that time he had asked why Danger Zone was being played repetitively.
I read him your review, which he loved.

 

[High Voltage]

Well

Flight stuff - jolly good
Non Flight stuff - awful

Watched it at home, in two sittings, after purchasing it on prime - not my best purchase it must be said

 

[8ball]

Just watched it this evening.
Watched Top Gun two nights ago (not for the first time, but the first time my folks had seen it).

The "enemy" and the specified mission are so abstract that the element of politics that even the original had has fallen away.

The flight stuff looks absolutely phenomenal.

Bloody good bit of fun.

As good as "Everything Everywhere"? No.

But a solid number 2 in the films I've seen this year.

 

[bcuster]