I love how Maverick “teaches” Hangman. He doesn’t just beat him, he does it in a way that reinforces why his earlier behavior was wrong. Love this movie so much.
Hangman is the “Maverick” of Tom Gun Maverick. In the original movie, it was Maverick who abandoned his wingmen. In this movie, Hangman is the dangerous one and abandoned his wingmen, hince his callsign. As such, Maverick literally sees his younger self in Hangman and doesn’t want to have him repeat his past mistakes.
My favorite bit of this scene is actually Phoenix's little smile when Maverick says he intends to find their limits. That small bit of character acting saying, "I love a challenge."
Bob's father also had legendary exploits. Not only he had experience in Desert Storm, he was part of the squadron that fought alien invasion while serving as the President.
"I'm dead, dickhead." "See you in the afterlife, Bagman." That was too funny and had the legit military banter to it. Also liked how they did the Phoenix character. Great movie.
@@kylecrane4376 Agreed. I'd put her "As long as he doesn't call YOU a man." comeback on par with Pvt. Vasquez's "No. Have YOU?" from Aliens. Great banter, female action characters written right. Love it.
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That scene reminded me of a scene in the first Top Gun movie with a similar response. Maverick got cocky and abandoned his lead in a mock dogfight to chase after Viper only to have Jester sneak behind him and shoot him down. Then Goose responded with "The Defense Department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid."
I'm a former F-4 and F-16 pilot. Some of what you see here isn't the way it's really done but this is still a kick-ass scene for me. The aerial film work is incredible. When I saw it in theater, without realizing it I caught myself doing the muscle work that a fighter pilot does to counter the gs that you see the taking place on the screen. It was great work on the part of those who made the movie.
There is only one movie I like more than Top Gun regarding the filming quality (not the movie story). It's a french movie called Les Chevaliers du ciel, I highly reccomend it. One of the few movies where filming over Paris was cleared as cameras were onboard the fighters on 14th of July (only day where flights are allowed over the city).
@@maximusboscus I'll check that out. The only movies I can think of that get the aviation parts mostly right are "The Bridges at Toko Ri" and the 1970 movie "Airport".
Respect. You flew the F4 Phantom? So you were deployed in Vietnam or just after? The F4 and F16 were my favourite jets when I was a kid. Until the F18 came along. I've always wanted to know from a genuine pilot... did you prefer the centre stick in the F4 or the side stick of the F16? If you ever write a book of your experiences, please let me know where I can buy it. Love and respect from Australia 🇦🇺
@@dailynewsplanet3384 170 million US which is a lot but not exceptional, however it pulled in 160 million US in its first weekend in the US which is a record.
As mentioned in a quote-on-quote 'official video' with this scene, it's worth noting that Rooster was already putting on his mask the moment Maverick said today's lesson is 'Dogfighting'. Guy already knew he was the real deal, the others would learn that the hard way. *Edit:* For whatever it's worth, thanks for the almost 3K Likes. :)
he definitely knew what maverick was capable of. i think the only reason he got 'killed' in the first few training days is because a. he wasn't used to dogfighting (they said the newer pilots didn't do it much) and b. it had been so long since he saw maverick fly.
@@jenna_baggett His callsign of 'Rooster' explains what happened; it is because he has a tendency to wait in a fight for an opportunity and be too cautious, much like how a rooster would wait for the sun to rise to crow. It is why Maverick kept telling him to "do, don't think", ie trust his instincts; it is because Rooster tends to be too cautious, and that costed him during the two dogfights he was in.
No scene in any movie has made me feel like I was right there in the moment like this movie did. Literally felt my heart sink down to my stomach as soon as Maverick flew right up between the two fighter jets. One of the best movie theatre experiences ever.
It helps when they had cameras in the cockpit. Cruise wanted that realism, and the producers agreed. Sold the flight scenes that much more convincingly, because they were as real as they could be.
For anyone that didn’t know, “knock it off” wasn’t just slang, that’s the term for ceasing any sort of training exercise at once and returning to a safe area. This movie was excellent
5:55 "Leaving your Wingman. There's a strategy I haven't seen in a while." Haha. This line carries weight. For those who don't remember, in the first movie, Maverick leaves his Wingman during training to go after a target. You can see that Hangman is a reincarnation of Maverick in spirit. This is reaffirmed when the song gets subtly louder as Hangman chases Maverick into the sun. Daltery's lyrics "Meet the new boss...... Same as the old boss...." hits us perfectly. This movie surprised me. It's well thought out and beautifully edited. I can't really say the same about the first one. It was a fun summer action movie at best.
First one had better character chemistry to me. In the first one, you could see that Iceman was good in several scenes. In this one, they tell you Hangman is good. The pilot chemistry just was not as good in the new one. But i still really liked it. And the flying scenes were very good.
@@psy-boparadox3416 which is why this movie is overrated. They literally just reshot scenes from the original. Look at this scene it’s the same scene almost as the original as you pointed out
Maverick walking after Rooster and calling him Bradley, then exasperatingly going with Lieutenant Bradshaw…wrecked me. You can tell Mav has been in his life the whole time, but something is broken, and resorting to essentially ‘pulling rank’ on him hurt bad.
@@captain_toonces_8041 As far as I remember he is not fault for Goose's death tho, his ejection seat smacked into the canopy, so the ejection system is to blame.
Oh I know, but the audience doesn’t know that at this loint in the film. I thought it was a great way to set the relationship between them, and from a father figure perspective, it hurts seeing Mav have to resort to formality just to get his attention
If you liked the original “Top Gun” you are going to love “Top Gun Maverick”. It was full of emotion and suspense. I’m glad that Val had a small part in the movie but his character played a huge role. This movie is so well written! Best movie I’ve seen in years!
"Meet the new boss..... Same as the old boss!!!!" The choice of The Who's "Don't Get Fooled Again" is absolutely perfect for this scene. Keith Moon was a legend.
I'm so glad this movie was so well received. Tom Cruise is an icon(we all know this) but even with his Mission Impossible series, he never hit such heights in the box office till coming back to being Maverick again. Love this movie, thank you Tom.
@@fredwerza3478 I'm pretty sure Maverick only did as well as it did because it wasn't woke bullshit. It was an old-fashioned summer blockbuster that didn't denigrate masculinity, patriotism, or the military. It entertained it's audience, not pander or talk down to them. It was a good movie to be sure, but if it was released a few years earlier like it was supposed to be, I doubt it would have had the same reaction that it did now. It is exactly what people wanted from a sequel released at the perfect time.
that's a good point, most of his movies have been really good but until this one they didn't come close to the $1bn mark. everything went right with this one. timing was important as well to get people back to the theatres.
He showed them something that they all lack: Controlled aggression. The confidence of experience. A gambler at the card table, with a six-shooter up one sleeve and an Ace of Spades up the other.....how a Maverick does, what it does.
Yeah it's pretty derivative of the first. The in cockpit dialogue is corny as hell and generally doesn't go like that in actuality. But they need to say something for the theater audience to make it sound suspenseful. Actual radio chatter is pretty bland.
I love all the callbacks maverick makes throughout this sequence. My favorite of them all is when he says "leaving your wingman, there's a strategy I haven't seen in a while" classic maverick. I also love how rooster prepares before everyone else does, this is because he knows how unpredictable mav can be
Right, because one of those so called "tip of the hat" moments was Pete Mitchell's bomber jacket that has been CENSORED at the CCP's request in a so called 'American' movie. Should make you proud 'Murica! FYI, if you have no clue what I am talking about, get educated. The Japanese and Taiwanese flags on the back of Maverick's original bomber jacket were replaced with BS flags to appease the CCP. Bend over and sell yourself short.
@@shootingbricks8554 was in the USAF and they taught that if a new LT was with a SMSgt or CMSgt they best give them their full respect even tho they out rank them cause more often than not a Major will have the NCOs back
No amount of CGI can trump the hard work of a dedicated artist. Thank you Mr Cruise for showing us not just in films but in every course of life there is always reward for true sincerity.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom what op meant is the overuse of cgi. Some are fantastic if used properly, but most modern movies overuse cgi to the point that they lazily use it to replace a lot of scenes that can be done in real life
@@jonevarty2205 In that case I agree. I just hate how a lot of people regard CGI as anti cinema or that kinda shit. People like to criticize it just by the bad ones.
@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom True. I have seen some pretty awesome cgi, but it gets a lot of hate because of the lazily overused cgi. Heck, sometimes the cgi is done lazily in some films
"Best," my 🤬. Still hurts from being tossed out. Now it's my turn! That's a kill. That's a kill, Smoked! You're out, That's a kill. Got you. Lights out.
Well, his character has been flying longer than most of them have been alive. Never underestimate an old man that's survived that long in a dangerous profession.
My uncle's best friend was a Navy aviator from Korea and Vietnam. Watching this, it was like sitting with him telling all the stories. Entertaining as hell.
Mark my words, years from now, this movie will be remembered as a masterpiece, and a “classic”. It already is, one of the greatest movies of the 21st century tbh
I love Hangman’s reaction when he looks back and sees it’s the same guy he ‘threw overboard’ in the bar scene that’s walking towards them to teach the class, the one and only Maverick! 😂
After seeing his other teammates get defeated, he realized that his skills were not enough to deal with Maverick. So he's not so surprised when he loses.
1:27 - If this was real life, at least _ONE_ of the students would've said something to the effect of how much Maverick looks amazingly like Tom Cruise.
There wouldn't be a film experience like this again with the realism of no CGI but with real F-18s, real speed, and real g's. That's what Tom Cruise said in every showing of Top Gun: Maverick as he did it bringing the best film experience he could for all of us fans of the original and now the new one. He wants us to appreciate what we got now after 36 years. There will be nothing like it, that's for sure. It's the Highway To The Danger Zone.
@@ThePercykles makes sense since the navy probably wouldn't let anyone try these stunts like in the film. But there was little to no CGI or VFX used for its stunts.
@@isaiahvoss the only obvious places there was CGI was for when they needed to use a model of a plane that they either A: can’t get (Su-57 Felon) and B: when there are no more airworthy examples of the aircraft (F-14 Tomcat) but even then they still had actual planes and people flying the maneuvers that were involved. It’s such a gorgeous movie because it’s so true and real, which was exactly what they wanted. One of if not the best movie I’ve seen in a while, if not all time for me
@@ajamcan7264 You're right about the SU-57. Thanks. They had to use CGI on the SU-57 as the Russian military didn't cooperate with Top Gun Maverick through Paramount. It looks so real from the movie's standpoint but not in real life If the Russian Military could've cooperated.
I love how Hangman was kind of like the Mav of his generation but didn't have that moral compass of a friend like Goose to keep his priorities straight.
Man I love this movie and this scene of how maverick taking down new graduates was so cool to watch. I hope this film gets an Oscar for Best Cinematography🔥🔥
Top Gun Maverick is an exceptional movie and props to Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski for working on this sequel that we all have been waiting to see in theaters. 👏👏👏👏👏
Seeing this in theatres was super awesome! I felt like I was there, in the seats with the pilots. No matter how good CGI gets, it'll never beat real footage.
As a USMC Sgt I did a stint as a patrol instructor at Camp Fuji (Japan) and said the same thing and for the same reasons. The enemy has read our manuals too...and being able to follow a manual does not replace judgement and decisiveness in combat.
I loved Hangman's reaction when Maverick walks in... priceless, this sequence is one of my favorite parts of the movie. Old age and treachery beats youth and exuberance every time.
@ Mick B. Baba O’Riley, Who Are You, Reign O’er Me. Love all of those where Pete breaks out the organ/synth. And sure… Roger just sings… but boy does he ever. Moon and even The Ox all make every song they did. They simply weren’t the same after.
This movie's producer is Jerry Bruckheimer, who also made CSI Miami, which is famous for its opening with "Won't get fooled again" It's self-homage for himself
I can count on one hand things that have exceeded expectations in my life. This move had standards to live up to and it blew them out of the water! Best movie I have ever seen and it's not even close!
I swear I watch the scene at least once a week(probably the 50th time I’ve watched this) and every time it send chills down my spine. This just encapsulates the degree of “bad ass” of Maverick. In a movie full of fantastic scene’s, it’s hard to beat this one. Up until this point it was a big cluster but once Maverick showed the way, you know they would bring a big can of whip ass!
@@MarcG7424 technically they split up to fend of each MiGs It's during training where Mav abandoned Hollywood and Wolfman was where he got his ass beaten
this scene just shows what its actually like to be a pilot like pulling gs and maneuvers etc. this is one of my favorite sequals better than the original but we all know that the original was the one that kickstarted the hight of practical filming. top gun maverick has the same practicality as the first film and has that 80s feel in the film while still haveing the modern film making equipment and the modern jets that where used.
@@scpguy1381 Actually in the original Tom Cruise and the other actors were actually in the air on real fighter jets, but it was required for someone else to be piloting the plane.
I would argue that Rooster also gives him a run, but in evading him. It's only when he's reminded about the hard deck that he pulls out of it and makes himself an easy target.
7:10 I love how in this part, Maverick pulls both of his epic moves from the first movie of flying upside down just inches over another fighter and, suddenly hitting the breaks to get behind his persuer while also, Rooster takes flying over his head as a challenge to play Chicken by flying in a spiral towards the ground. Best part about the "Chicken Spiral", Maverick knew Rooster's limits all to well and knew exACTly how to push him beyond those. It WAS working to the advantage of Rooster as, he had won the game of Chicken and got behind Maverick but, he just wouldn't take the last step and drop down to his altitude to and take the shot. Had he done just that much, it probably would have been Maverick on that tarmac afterwards instead...😩
6:22 I love the homage here. Maverick is saying similar dialogue to Hangman, that Jester said to Maverick when he was training. "Come get me. Thats it...." "Damn this kids good./Youre good, Ill give you that."
6:52 that look from phoenix says it all. Her and hangman are arguably the best two there. Had hangman been a team member they probably could’ve beaten maverick but he decided to showboat.
I mean, I can understand why. HM's the only one in 30/40 yrs to score an air-air kill, the last was probably Maverick in the first movie with that triple. So imagine the bragging rights when he can say he managed to solo kill Maverick in a dogfight?
@@geman741 it’s basically maverick vs viper all over again, and Maverick knew that the second Hangman abandoned Phoenix, deciding to teach him the same lesson viper taught him he and Hollywood probably could have taken Jester and then Viper in a 2 vs 1 but Maverick wanted the bragging rights of soloing viper (arguably the Greatest pilot in the world) aaaand we all know how that turned out
@@geman741 it's actually parallel to what it is in the real world. Tom Cruise is the best pilot among all of the cast members and Glenn Powell is the next to have the Jet flying certificate. He is also really good pilot in real life
What I love about this movie is that despite all the cocky-competitive behaviors some of them do, they still show camaraderie and respect in battle. Telling that they're still on the same side, regardless of differences.
Cause it's very similar. I wonder if Mihaly was based on Maverick but made to be much more serious and probably a bit more skilled. I say more skilled cause dude is like at least in his 70s and consistently pulling as many Gs as they were in the movie if not a bit more given some context
@@gamerdude7481 True. I still remember the times in the game I was up against him. Still pulling out a good challenge. And Im using keyboard and mouse even
@@Danspy501st I literally played Shilage Castle 2 days ago to fight him. Same X-02 and load out as him and was pretty stuff while I was still rusty. Sadly though I remembered his fighting style and now he is still fun but pretty easy
Mihaly feels like a mix between Shin Kazama and Killer Charlie, from Area 88. He's got Shin's dogfighting skills, but Charlie's looks and mental strength
Had a chance to fly back seat in a T-38. Lost my meal during landing. Glad I stayed as a ground pounder for the Air Force. Having called many CAS in my career and that experience in a trainer, I have so much respect for military aviators and their ground crew and a great respect for Tom Cruise and his crew for actually shooting the real deal inside of an F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Whether it's in movies like these or in real life, I always love it when I see cocky young hotshots, skilled as they are, humbled by someone who has more experience than all of them combined. I have a cousin who was a Naval Aviator and he actually led the first bombing squadrons in Afghanistan after 9/11. He was also a real Top Gun instructor AND he was the pilot trying to kill John McClaine in the movie Live Free or Die Hard. I can only imagine how he must've trolled young pilots on a daily basis.
“Leaving your wingman. There’s a strategy I haven’t seen in a while.” Flashback to 1986. Mav: “ Hollywood, you’re looking good! I’m going after Viper!” Hollywood: “Goddamn you Maverick!”
I Already LOVE the Top Gun 2! In many of ways! Tom Cruise really made this Top Gun more funny & better then the first on of Top Gun! Worth buying the video
just rewatched the classic for the first time in years.....how much technology has changed during that time until now....wow the cinematography is just mind-blowing....great freaking scene. Maverick never lost his touch and has become even more of a badass.
The kids were good, they wouldn't have been there if they weren't, but experience has its advantages. Several of those sorties you could see that they were still thinking in a 2-D world, looking in front and behind but not straight down. And I feel kind of sorry for Hondo, he had to spend all day counting to 200
He's enjoying it though No need to feel bad for Hondo since he didn't count for the whole day because there are some time skips here during the training montage
Hondo's a Warrant Officer 1 (which is equivalent in professional authority to a Commander, though functioning as a noncommissioned officer). He's probably having the time of his life getting to count off push-ups for commissioned officers (his superiors in terms of rank, even though he has more time in service than all of them put together).
This movie was incredible man. I finally got around to watching it yesterday. Everyone told me that it was good, but I was still a little skeptical because I usually hate when they try do remakes and sequels of classic films like this. I thought, “No way this movie is that good, surely they’re overhyping it.” They weren’t. This movie WAS that good, and dare I say it, better than the original. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.
I used to always think of Tom Cruise as this self-absorbed, cocky action star that would never interest or surprise me. Out comes Oblivion and im pretty surprised, never imagining that Cruise would star in a sci-fi movie, and a good one too. And ever since then i really cant help but to be a fanboy, it feels like Cruise entered his own renaissance of movie making and im enjoying the ride.
Whats fun about this scene is that these arn't new shithead rookie pilots. These are Top Gun graduates. Which lends its self well as to just how experienced Maverick is lol. What I also enjoy about these scene is their use of real world dogfighting tactics.
Just watching that podcast (with Top Gun Instructor and Navy Seal) and he definitely said that the best instructor will most often beat the best student
@eedd sdsd I saw the same interview. It's skill, but skill from practice. Instructors are in the air every single day. Officers before coming in are on duty and maybe in the air once a week and when they are, it's not dog fighting. The gap in skill is just hours in the air.
@@muRiboflavin still maverick isn’t a teacher he only came back to top gun recently though I guess 30 years of flying and already being gifted makes up for it
I love this sequence because it helps establish Maverick's credibility with a squad of who believes they earned their status and everything else. It helps sell the idea that only Maverick has both the technical and social skill to the very kind of person he used to be.
When Mav throws away the book on the F-18, this is a call back to the origin of the Top Gun school when a select group of F-4 Phantom pilots knew that they had to push their aircraft beyond regulations and see what they were capable of to gain an edge in air-to-air combat in Vietnam.
At the time US Navy pilots had been banned from doing dog fights in training because some desk pilot believed that the next war would be thought at beyond visual range so it was not worth the inevitable training accidents , however the Royal Navy agreed to buy the F4 in the early 60s and started sending their experienced Sea Vixen pilots who were well practiced in dog fighting to fly with US Navy Squadrons so they couod learn all about the Phantom while McD worked out how to fit RR Speys into it . The result was that more than a few air force jokeys who thought they would have some fun bouncing a hapless Navy F4, got a nasty surprise when the Navy jet came back at them with total aggression.
This movie was 1,000 X's better than I ever imagined, and I imagined it would be well below 0. As someone who grew up with Top Gun and someone who is sick of all the remakes/reboots, I was dead set against having anything to do with this one. I saw clips like this (not fully) and curiosity got the better of me. I'm so glad it did because Maverick is one of my Top 5 now.
4:20 Did you noticed how Rooster was in perfect position to shoot Maverick down and get the honors ? Instead, he chose to enter the kill zone and tell his Wingman to break out the situation even if it means he will loose the exercice. That's why Phoenix say "And now, You know a litle something about Rooster" meaning, "He will nerver let you down, Respect him".
As someone who works in the industry doing animation and pre-viz this movie has set a new bar for exciting, inventive, cinematic and just plain fun shot design and setup. We're going to be copying in CGI what they did traditionally here for years to come. It's crazy how well they tell a story and how easy it is to follow without feeling stale. Can't see their mouths all the time, the planes look the same, but you know EXACTLY what's happening, how they're feeling, etc. Such a solid movie. I saw it twice and witnessed standing ovations both times.
