That’s been debunked,
This is basically a remake, not a sequel.
It was painful having all the old lines and scenes thrown in every few minutes.
As said in the movie: “let it go” but they never did.
There was no spark of creativity as each scene was predictable right down to the dialogue.
We enjoyed every bit of it. Not for the story but just loud Jets and entertainment.
First non ‘woke’ movie I’ve seen in a long time.
No global warming, no feel sorry for me because of my race, sex, etc…
It is weird… like the movies were back in the 1980s.
With a clear story line that blends perfectly with the first movie.
These same VR routes are set in MS2020 as low level challenge flights.
Boy you ain’t kidding. Tom Cruise could never act and still can’t. Same old dumb grin, same old facial expressions, same old stupid lines.
Why can’t Hollyweird make a military movie that feels real and not a movie that’s hokey and cliche?
The writing and characterization is an insult to military members regardless of rank.
Awful flick
Sorry Paul, this movie sucked. The writing was beyond absurd, the cliches were even more absurd, and the love story was dumber than dumb.
Sorry Paul, this movie sucked. The writing was beyond absurd, the cliches were even more absurd, and the love story was dumber than dumb.
Why the fallen served was not mentioned by anyone. For my part, questioning the status quo was prominent.
Yes, we served so people could freely say "Happy Memorial Day!’ or “Get a job!” to a homeless veteran, or that corporate greed could freely misuse the holiday to make money with a film, concert or a sale.
No argument from me. We all served - this is what we got.
Seeing a local gun store advertise “Top Gun Memorial Day Sale!” while our collective consciousness is still blood-wet from a school slaughter is as American as apple pie, baby!
And yes, we served for that freedom of expression, too.
Questioning the status quo and head-bobbing acceptance of a huge, corporate money making, over-hyped fantasy film on a somber national holiday - just because it had airplanes in it - is perfectly legit in my mind. If the movie was about climate change or how Musk spends his days with that level of hype and promotion on MemDay weekend, I would still object to the effort.
And yep, we served for all that, too.
But not to worry, carry-on - it’s just a pause of thought if you dare until the next assured, status quo school massacre or Veteran’s Day sale of bedsheets and condoms soothes us back to the familiar, safe space ethos we all know and love.
And that’s the second time you’ve tried to post that drivel, Kent. Give it a rest.
Your “old lines and scene” are my “homages”. It was done deliberately to reward those of us loved the original and wanted continuity. Some of them were slightly modified so that we knew it was presented with a knowing wink.
Sorry you missed the subtlety.
No need to apologize to Paul. He wrote one of the best reviews of the movie I’ve read (and there have been a lot of them) most of which are not nearly as aviation-savvy. Maybe you’ll like “Dune” better.
But, hey, my wife loved “Mamma Mia”. Think you could pinch out a troll of that for me?
Funny but true RN
I honestly would have enjoyed it if they were subtle. I felt like I was at some weird drunken party where young people kept using old Top Gun movie quotes. It’s fun for the first few minutes, but then after each old quote it starts to be like the drip drip drip of water torture to where it drives you to scream the message of the move: “IT’S TIME TO LET GO”.
Regardless, both can kill you in a heartbeat if not flown properly.
I agree with You, Steve, and I don’t care of the contrary comments my opinion are gone to be expressed.
I’m totally with You, David A.
Actually it was refreshing to see women, men of color and other ethnicities in the twelve-member team.
And Tom is crying all the way to the bank.
Paul Sir!, I lover reading your articles and watching your videos. I’m especially appreciative of your dry wit and your on-the-mark accuracy.
In the interests of encouraging the accuracy… “ …Cruise is in the back of an F-18, including a carrier launch. A Navy pilot is in the front seat doing the flying, …” It’s interesting that the Navy allowed a harbor pilot whose job it is to guide ships in and out of harbors fly one of their F18s. I’d have thought they would have INSISTED upon an actual Naval Aviator. ;>)