Top Gun: Maverick is everything I could have wanted in a sequel to one of the most epic 80's movies of all time. Join me as I review it. Also, pre-order your copy of Dark Harvest on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Dark-Harvest-W...
I loved Tom’s message in the beginning of the film. Basically “We made this for you, we hope you enjoy it! Thanks for seeing it in a theater!” It was really heart warming
@@samcad-ho3ze he said some pretty ignorant shit about psychiatry like 15 years ago. Who cares? Everyone is capable of having a wrong opinion, doesn’t make them bad people. Just means they need further research
@@lopentare8934 The scene where Maverick is proving to them that the mission can be done and they're all looking on at the screen with awe and wonder. It was perfect.
I also really liked the female pilot Phoenix. She came off as authentic, confident, and had strong leadership qualities without being arrogant(something recent Hollywood writers struggle with their female characters).
Wasnt that just awesome? I cant remember the name of the actress now, shes hot af. Bu the point was, there was no sexist joke, no lame "its a woman shes gonna get us killed" or such crap. She was and is there for the Mission, in the Fighter Weapons School. And as in reality, nobody makes such stupid statements. Everyone is judged on the field and on the field alone. Only there are questions asked (in the debriefing room actually), and only there are answered. BTW did i mentioned how fucking hot Phoenix is?
When Maverick reprimanded her and asked her what she was going to say to her dead teammate's family if she caused his death, she accepted it. Not unlike Hangman, who was super cocky and had to have his ego checked. Audiences appreciate these qualities in characters. And yeah, she is lovely 😍
My thoughts exactly. She didn't act like a Capt. Marvel and can do everything. She had weakness and the movie didn't refrain from showing it. Glad the Navy greenlit this movie. They were short on pilots, now they have a 500% increase in recruits. This movie made it feel that anyone and any ethnicity can join the Navy without being woke like the Army recruit videos. It was so bad that they had to pull it. The military is stretched thin now because it went woke. There's no honor anymore when they don't operate as one, but as individuals. Stats already show that conservative households are the ones most likely to join the military, but they're reforming the military to ease up on standards, so you got pissed off leftist that don't even want to fight in wars, but is in the military for a scholarship.
There was some sexist banter but that's just part of working in the highly competitive fields of combat arms. That competitive spirit is what drives everyone to be better than they were the day before. This movie did a pretty fair job of capturing that. Yes, other jobs can be highly competitive, but none of them come even close to the competitive nature of combat MOS's.
Tom Cruise is a weird guy and I don't support his whole cult activity, but this was cool of him. He was like "we used real planes and real speed, for the fans" and that's awesome. If a guy as crazy as him can have this attitude, WTF is everyone else in Hollywood's excuse? Refreshing to have a creator actually be grateful for their fans.
I think what made this movie even better than the original was that the original movie focused more on the recuitment ad for Navy side, where as this movie actually told a story between Maverick and Rooster AND it still functions as a Navy recruitment ad.
Saw the movie today (shame on me), they will not screen it starting tomorrow, and the room was half full.... i thought i will be the only one in the room but nope! Awesome movie!
Pheonix was a great character, the writers didnt focus on the fact that she was female and didnt make an entire shitty arc about her having to overcome "discrimination", She was just a pilot and she was badass, thats it.
I feared the same thing. When the first trailer came out, there was a scene in the classroom, where the camera has her in sharp focus, and the male pilots are in soft focus. I thought, there's the stunning and brave GuRhL BoSs. She's gonna show the boys how it's done. I am very glad to admit I was wrong.
@@bearpoop720 is it because the first one didn’t have a bunch of fat, gay, black women flying while they protest racism through clunky dialogue and is a CGI nightmare? Or in other words, a present day marvel movie?
When the credits rolled and the text "For Tony Scott" appeared, that put a smile on my face. This was a team that sought to remain true to the source material and honor the legacy of the former director who directed it. If only Disney showed Star Wars the same respect.
The mission had HUGE star wars trench run vibes, the canyon, the 3 meter target, Rooster even took the shot without a computer! All that was missing was Maverick saying "Great shot that was one in a million" and Goose saying, "The force will be with you, always"
@@Nekarion "Lock S-foils in attack position..." Also, "Honest Trailers" pointed out that Han Solo does have an analogue in Hangman, the "insufferable jerk who is also a badass and comes in at the last moment to save their lives"!
This move is the food equivalent of finally being able to eat a hearty, well-cooked meal after years of soggy soy-turkey sandwiches. It's something we all needed, and damn was it enjoyable!
This is perfect. It has the message - Phoenix. Perfectly executed. Just one random girl, keeping up with men, without bs girl-boss moments, without being a love interest, without being better than Maverick without explanation. It has expanded well on an old story without reverting to "old hag trying to relive his glory days" which is so common and which I 100% expected it to be It is basically perfection
It actually makes sense that Maverick is still the best. Like they say in the movie fighters don't dogfight anymore. These pilots have only ever dropped bombs from kilometres away. Maverick is a relic from another era and has something invaluable to teach the next generation (as Ice knows and fights for). Maverick is the only living ace in the world at this point.
I was really suprised how there was little to none politics in this movie. I mean the young pilots were diversed but it wasn't really in your face like in most movies nowdays. And the prominent female pilot wasn't mary sue that is good at everything with zero flaws.
It was so refreshing.. "diversity" doesn't have to be in your face. it's been in movies for literally decades at this point. you don't have to mention someone's race, sex or ethnicity, just let the actor play a damn character, THAT'S how you do diversity
This movie was like stepping back in time, and remembering when movies were just pure entertainment, emotion and a visual spectacle. Really enjoyed this film.
This movie makes you realise how CGI has ruined the blockbuster genre. Over past few years have found myself getting bored and checking my watch halfway through films, but in Top Gun everything was so real and intense, it is a cliche but I was literally on the edge of my seat in the cinema.
100%.. Call me stupid BUT before seeing this movie i actually didn't realise why i prefer 80s and 90s movies so much more than the horseshit of today. And im 33. It is literally because movies these days are probably 90% an animated movie with very little Real effects.
@@mattpatt199 Practical effects are expensive, and in the "olden days" they used them in harmony with the storytelling , to achieve a maximum of emotional impact. The best example is Jaws, where they could not use the animatronic shark as often as they wanted, so they used the mystery to create suspense, and used the animatronic shark only where there was no other choice. And the movie came out much better for it. Same with Jurassic Park, where they used both animatronics and CGI, but if you watch carefully, the focus is on the characters and their reaction more than on the dinosaurs. Then CGI became cheap, so they overused it. Everything is over the top, you have hundreds of cars exploding, things fly all over the place. More explosions, more stuff flying around, 100 cuts in one scene, the camera is shaking around, to blur the image so you can't see the lack of details on the CGI work. It's a lot of stuff happening on screen without any emotional impact, which cheapen the whole experience. Now, watch any CGI fest and compare it with Fury Road, where all cars are real and every explosion, every car crash has a much greater impact, because it is tied to the story. That's what also part of what made Edge of Tomorrow so good, because they chose to use a lot of practical effects, instead of going for the cheap CGI route for everything. And because the scenes in modern action movies are filmed with green screen, they have to compensate the light in post production, to take all the green hue away. So every scene has that awkward lightning thing going on. They started moving away from green screen with digital sets, like they use on The Mandalorian, so the light looks better, to re-create the "old blockbuster" look : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ufp8weYYDE8.html
I appreciated the professional relationship between Phoenix and Bob. He has an awkward persona compared to other bravado pilots but he's in Top Gun for a reason. Phoenix knows this and doesn't berate her partner, but treats him as an equal. His quiet but efficient accuracy as a WSO match Phoenix's piloting skills and they make a good team.
Phoenix was a good way to write an action girl. She's a bit cocky, but she's not insufferable, and when she freezes up when Maverick asks her what she would say at Bob's funeral to his widow, and she has absolutely no response. She is humbled without cruelty, and she learns.
I was thinking the same! She's how you write in a strong female character without making her unrealistic or insufferable. There are a lot of damn good female fighter pilots and they deserve recognition but not worship like typical Hollywood would do.
The take away about her character is she's incredibly competent, but not perfect. Super believable and someone you can empathize with as an audience. Her gender isn't really even a thing in the movie.
The sensitivity they showed with Val Kilmer's disability...they still made those moments powerful, and the words he actually spoke conveyed something. And Jennifer Connelly...man, she's still freaking gorgeous no matter how old she gets.
@@L16htW4rr10r yes, his voice is actually like that. Unfortunately in 2017, Val Kilmer battled throat cancer. And after treatments and surgeries, he's lost most of his physical ability to speak due to the tracheotomy he had to have.
I love how despite that he doesn’t have much time left, Iceman still plays a huge role for the Navy in what he can do, even vouching for Maverick whenever he still being the same old dude every single time. Sheesh considering Maverick’s record, you would think he would’ve been fired by now. But if it wasn’t for Iceman, they probably would have just been following under Cyclone and Warlock’s command.
People who watched the original top gun 30 years ago will truly appreciate this second one even more. Appreciate how they put Val Kilmer in and gave him a proper send off
I saw Top Gun1 in 1987. My pa was WW2 RAF so I respect US but don't go overboard. Of its time - Reagan gung-ho simplistic politics. So many *heavy duty theatres of conflict* over the past thirty years, we've learned so much -makes this sequel seem uninformed and embarrassing. People would ask themselves - we can supposedly do all this, yet in *real life* not have the will to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine - which they themselves requested.
@@celtspeaksgoth7251 sure, pick the one example that has the potential to start WW3 and criticise the West for playing it safe. The US did actually have a daring mission with serious repercussions in Syria, taking out Soleimani. Israel destroyed 2 nuclear weapons plants (Iraq and Syria) and had (allegedly) sabotaged nuclear weapons facilities in Iran multiple times. And god knows how many other secret, operationally semi-suicidal missions have been carried out over the years.
This was the first "movie" I've seen in a while. It wasn't a Disney movie, it was a Marvel or Star Wars movie. They all feel inspired by each other or not trying. Maverick was just a damn good movie that felt it needed to prove itself, and it did so in spades.
Dont wanna be a Downer, but really, if i see such movis, i cant help but remembr the very-ancient times of 'Literally-right-now', where US-Military is kinda a big, evil Force of Evil, screwing-over Haiti and Cuba so hard, Documentarys are made about it and Fox-News goes on Record to say EVERYTHINGS FINE; PINKY PROMISE.
The very definition of escapism. At no point in this film was I ever thinking of anything except what was on the screen. Something I haven't experienced in decades while watching a movie. Masterful storytelling and movie making.
When friends and family text me saying "I bought TGM 5 days ago and have watched it 9 times." Is all you need to know it's the best movie in the last 10 years probably.
Maverick’s attitude is summed up when he said to the generals ‘I never expected an invitation after what happened’ but the general says ‘they are called orders Maverick.’
It makes me sad to think how great it would have been to have Luke given this treatment. Older, wiser, slightly more bitter and nuanced but not a pathetic loser who failed at absolutely everything and just gave up. Fucks sake it's hard to even type this 😣
It makes you weep at the lost opportunity. In fairness though the original series cast is a bit older and they don't take care of themselves the way Tom Cruise does.
Imagine it: A Star Wars sequel where we, through the viewpoint in a new generation of characters, got to go along on an adventure with Han, Luke, and Leia....
@@exhaustguy "the lost opportunity" might be the key phrase. Hollywood can make as many bad movies as they like, but some things simply cannot be remade later to a better result.
As long as people keep paying Disney to feed them crap, crap will continue to get made. Same goes for Netflix Paramount Sony (which in all fairness to them actually seems to be putting out the only decent movies and don’t kowtow to China for some extra dough) And all the other ones. Make good films, don’t shove woke BS down our throats and we will go give you money. Win for you, win for us.
@@celtspeaksgoth7251 Lol, being authentic is in reference to how the movie was made, not the plot. The story is a fairy tale, but the practical effects are amazing.
WW84 had a production budget of 230 million $ .... and the CGI looks like dogshite. Seriously, there are several scenes where you can see the green screen.
@@Bartman954 - Yep, and the crew ended up shooting 800 hours worth of aerial footage, so that's roughly $8.8M for aerial action scenes that look far more visceral, intense, and exciting. Money definitely well spent.
TopGun Maverick was always going to be Tom Cruise’s legacy so we should have known he wouldn’t accept anything less than perfection but I was absolutely floored by how shockingly good this movie is.
Tom Cruise not shi**ing on his legacy: 25% Tom Cruise wanting to do his own stunts: 25% Keeping the plot simple: 20% NOT BENDING THE KNEE TO THE MESSAGE: 20% The US Navy wanting to give this the thumbs up for recruitment: 10% AWESOME FILM: 100% "I feel the need...the need for speed!"
He's the star, but unusually he used his star power for good, as you get the feeling he was never going to accept a film that didn't keep him as the number 1 actor, and didn't stay true to the film that made him.
I've just watched this movie a couple of minutes ago. It was the best movie I've seen this year. I laughed, i smiled, i was worried, i was hyped, i clapped. So many emotions, so much suspens. No sex scenes ✅️ No openly ghey characters ✅️ No weirdos 🌈 just strong willed, talented, good looking people ✅️ Fantastic role play ✅️ Pure action ✅️ Excellent visuals✅️ Terrific Audio ✅️ And i loved the credit showing the actors, their stage name and their real name. It was a good throwback touch. I basically went back to 25 years ago when my mom used to take to the movies after school, waiting for my dad to get off work and pick us up. I will definitely watch it again.
The casting in this film was spot on and the practical effects are solid. This movie will be one of the reasons new directors avoid CGI whenever possible.
Hoolywood has spent 20 years starving out anyone with an ounce of practical effects experience nothing but cgi artist nerds left alive, where they found the crew to make this one we shall never know (defintely wasnt the church of scientology breaking the laws of physics and reality to help their saviour make a bette movie)
What is it with you fools and constantly belittling cgi as if it's a contagious plague? It doesn't matter if special effects are done by models or computers, everything on screen is all fake, an illusion.
Any comments on the soundtrack? That was a real strength of the original and I'm hoping there's some equally badass/uplifting tracks in this one. Or did they re-use the original songs like Danger Zone and Mighty Wings?
Sends a clear message to all the Hollywood idiots who have been fucking us over and destroying franchises for the last 15 years with CGI shit and fucking moronic writing. Given these reviews, I'll pay for a real copy and support the film.
@@littleflower787 do you realize how much work Cgi takes. Have some respect man maybe that’s why studios don’t care cause every fan complains and whines like you
Just watched this movie for the first time tonight. Is it any wonder that it’s been such a massive hit? Modern audiences have been subjected to the cynical BS that Hollywood insists on shoving down our throats, so when you have a movie with actual character arcs that makes you feel good after watching it…it’s as if you’ve drank from a freshwater spring for the first time in ages. Well done gents 👍🏽
she was a good character! she was co-operative and caring of her comrades. I think her being female was only mentioned like once by the cocky pilot Hangman, who was supposed to be a jerk
You know, you should realise how much more problem the message thing is causing, like just seeing her you expected her to be bad. Even though she was just a great fucking character.
Yeah, the whole movie actually measures up to all of those woke films in diversity, but it's not aggressively virtue signaling, it just has good characters. It even passes the Bechdel Test
@@sqwalnoc It's mentioned a few times actually, but all in hazing/good fun. These alpha groups always attack each other where they are weak. Hangman tests her resolves by poking fun at her gender and she ignores him because her excellence puts her above such petty insults. It comes across as very genuine to me.
Finally, a movie sequel not obsessing over having to include “the message” and instead focusing on actual quality content. Usually, the nuttiest actors are the best ones, and Tom Cruise proves that.
People who see "THE MESSAGE" are at particularly high risk of being blind towards the bigger and much older and strugglingly outdated message that is all over this movie.
This movie is the first time in recent memory that I've actually genuinely felt something while at the movies. Between the nostalgia, the adrenaline, the highs and lows I can't remember a time I've been more engaged in a movie. And to see it in theaters with the sound of the jet engines shaking the seats was a truly visceral experience and I can't wait to see it again!
They kept the Cringe factor to a minimum and delivered a good movie. I liked that they had a definite mission and a deadline this time Only the Jennifer Connoly character as really bad she seemed like just a dick receptacle.
Top Gun Maverick also feels like a long awaited sequel that was actually worthy of coming out. It didn’t screw up the continuity like Independence Day Resurgence and didn’t copy the story of the original beat for beat like Mary Poppins Returns. Maverick expanded the original and gave us a stellar and satisfying spectacle
Top Gun was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater. My dad took me. Tomorrow I get the privilege of taking my own son to his first "grown up" movie in a theater, and I'm also taking my dad. We're going to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum to look at planes to get hyped and then watching it in the LEGIT IMAX. Not the bullshit "Imax" screens they toss into random movie theaters now. Gonna be a hell of a day, fellas.
Took my 9 year old tonight to see it, his first M rated movie in cinemas. A glass of coke for him, a bottle of jim beam for me, bucket of popcorn and an absolute thriller of a movie. I will remember this night for years to come
I'm a 41 year old man and I took my son, 9, to watch Top Gun Maverick. Same age I was when I watched the original. I have to say that this movie brought many tears to my eyes, I was actually overwhelmed by its awesomeness and it reassured me that the woke haven't won. Maybe they will in the end, Sir, BUT NOT TODAY. Go watch it everyone.
Woke is just a generation looking for a fight where their is none. When they get older and become the people they despise the next generation will act in a way they hate and the cycle continues.
same here, brought my 17 year old son (probably the last film I will take him to sob sob) , tear in the eye, genuine laugh out loud moments. it had it all
Same for me dude, saw it a couple of days ago, it was incredible, I then watched Avengers Endgame for the first time yesterday, it was absolute shit, woke ass trash with the most politically correct, shoehorned message that one could imagine
My Dad loved Top Gun. To him, it was the coolest movie ever made and that adoration for the film rubbed off on me and sparked my interest in aviation. I was teary eyed throughout the whole movie because Top Gun: Maverick was the perfect sequel anyone could've asked for to happen, especially with how they handled the characters. I was almost balling my eyes out when Val Kilmer came on screen because there was no way Tom Cruise would've done this movie without his Wingman and I'm so happy he got to be a part of it given all the health issues he has. My Dad would've loved this movie if he was here today and I appreciate everyone involved in this movie making sure it came out the way it did.
Dont wanna be a Downer, but really, if i see such movis, i cant help but remembr the very-ancient times of 'Literally-right-now', where US-Military is kinda a big, evil Force, screwing-over Haiti and Cuba so hard, Documentarys are made about it and Fox-News goes on Record to say EVERYTHINGS FINE; PINKY PROMISE.
@@leechrec Val being in the film was actually one of Tom's requirements before agreeing to making another Top Gun movie. Something to think about, Tom announced Top Gun Maverick in 2017, the same year Val revealed that he had throat cancer.
I watched this movie with my dad last night. He also loved the original. My dad is not really a movie guy, but he was so happy during the whole movie and talked about it for hours after. Truly filled with joy lol. Im sure your dad would have been the same way.
I was not only surprised to love this movie, I had to get corrective surgery on my jaw to fix the position it got stuck in. It's been so long since we had a movie that made you want the heroes to succeed leaving you on the edge of your seat. Maverick doing the test run and completing it well below the limit was one of the most exciting scenes in a movie since 1917. I think we would all love more movies like this instead of the shit we've been getting from other studios.
Hollywoke version: -Maverick is a homeless alcoholic who decided to forsake the Navy after the death of Goose -He is invited back to Top Gun to train pilots for a mission to destroy a secret Nazi base in Texas -He is introduced to one of the selectees, a young black/Vietnamese bisexual woman -she exceeds Mavericks skills at every turn in the sky, even beating him in a hand to hand sparring match that happens for whatever reason -Rooster is an edgy dickhead disgruntled over his fathers death who gets beaten down and mocked constantly -the team lead the assault on the Nazi base in futuristic flightcraft, so advanced there should be no way of downing one -but one of the jets is shot down right away! How could this happen? -Rooster turns out to be a Nazi sympathizer who leaked intel on the planes, Maverick asks him why!? -Rooster says, “because of people like HER!” Referring to the black pilot -she kills him instantly and everyone laughs, “He did Nazi that coming!” Maverick quips -but while they were distracted, a missile is found to be headed straight for black female! -Maverick crashes into the missile, as his plane goes crashing down black pilot asks, “why did you do that for me!?” -Maverick says, “For the sins of my father to your people”(it’s revealed that her fathers village in Vietnam was murdered by Mavericks father) -to atone for his sins, Maverick manages to steer his crashing plane into the Nazi base, blowing it to smithereens and sacrificing himself -Black female lands safely and becomes President of the United States
This movie was absolutely incredible. As Hangman says in the film: “this is your savior speaking” applies to Tom Cruise saving modern cinema over the past couple years. Finally a great movie
Watched this at a Drive-in where I was forced to watch Love and Thunder prior to. I'm honestly glad for that, because it really made me appreciate Top Gun even more.
Honestly, I thought Mad Max was the last time we would see a movie like that. Now that I've seen TG Maverick, I can finally say this is the last time we have seen a movie like this
Just saw it and man… I can’t get over how good this movie was! I was entertained, emotional and hyped throughout! Best movie I’ve seen in 10 years maybe 20…
One of the most impressive things about this movie is how it dealt with the nostalgia part. Usually with this kind of sequels they milk it like there's no tomorrow, relying on it for the sake and success of the movie. But with Top Gun: Maverick it's different. It only gives you what the story needs to and delivers it in a classy, emotional and well dosed way. What a movie!
The nostalgia baiting is just as strong as any other sequel- what's different is this movie respects the first movie. Maverick is an awesome hero and they don't deconstruct that to pass the torch. If this movie was made by the usual suspects Maverick would've been incompetent and shown up by the new pilots at every turn.
I watched this film with my mum last night and we both loved it. It was truly so immersive, the air scenes were ridiculously impressive, and I couldn't care less that the plot was simplistic in nature; the band of characters worked, and I agree that this film excels on a 'passing the torch' type of plot without feeling disrespectful to those who came before. I also liked how it was easy to follow for those who hadn't seen the first film, like my mum and I, but you could easily catch up and didn't feel like you were missing anything. My heart was racing during the third act and wouldn't stop soaring once the ending commenced - what a perfectly cheesy happy ending it was. I felt sad getting out of my seat and wanted to do it all over again. Easily the best film of 2022 for me.
4:23 - I love the seamless transition from describing the character Maverick, to describing the actor Tom Cruise. I was geniunely lost when I couldn't discern which you where talking about for 20 seconds when I realized the description fit them both perfectly.
literally everyone? really? not one single person, huh? then I am your one, I refuse to watch this purely on principle, and no I am not missing out on anything. the original was a perfect story, and ended with no further story needed.
@@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Nah, that'll never happen. Too much "toxic masculinity" and "inequality" in those kinds of movies for modern audiences.
About half way through the movie, I was thinking, the reviews were probably overhyped and nostalgic but the final act of the movie blew my socks off. From the moment Maverick does the test run to the end of the film, was just pure, unadulterated, edge-of-your-seat joy. The escape was so over the top, far-fetched but forgivable because of how awesome it was.
Fun Fact, What Maverick and Rooster did has been attempted 2 times in Movies based on 3 real attempts by shot down airmen to get onto an enemy airfield and steel an aircraft to escape during WWII. First attempt had an escaped Luftwaffe POW (shot down during the Battle of Britain) got on to an RAF airfield and tried to steal a Hurricane. He actually was in the Cockpit trying to start it when he was recaptured. The film was called "The One that Got Away" and the German in it later escaped in Canada and got to the USA before they declared war and got back to Germany. The other movie is the Great Escape. In that film two British Airmen steal a Me-108 Trainer after getting out of Stalag Luft III. They managed to take off, but crash after running out of fuel. That part of the film was based on two escapes, One British and One German. The British one had two guys get out of Stalag Luft III in an escape before the big one, they got on to the airfield and into the cockpit of the Me-108 but couldn't work put how to start it and were caught. The German one had two Luftwaffe pilots escape from a British POW camp, get on to an RAF Airfield and into the cockpits of a Mile Magister Trainer, which they were able to start and take off in. They flew from Yorkshire to Norfolk with the plan to fly to Holland, but ran low on fuel and landed in a field with the hope of getting some fuel to finish the trip, then they got recaptured. The one thing Maverick would have nailed in his memory is how to start a Tomcat and fly it.
@@mikedown1250 Most movies are cliched in some way or another. Hard to stay original when theres been literally 1000s of films made in the last 100 years, especially a sequel no less.
Imagine my shock that a movie that avoids woke politics, a focus on diversity and inclusion and preachy messages, and instead focuses on fun, action, being entertaining, and respecting both the audience and the story that came before it, would turn out to be a massive smash hit gaining reviews not seen for a sequel since Paddington 2 five years ago. Fancy that.
But it drips with militaristic, nationalist politics. So... it isn't really telling a story, rather it is propagandizing for an ideology. How is that better?
I’m not sure if you actually watched the movie, but it very much didn’t stay away from diversity. His students were basically a Noah’s Ark of races and ethnicities. The movie was fantastic, but you really need to be honest about what the movie was.
As a 21 year old, who saw Top Gun 1 a few years back, this film took me by surprise. Perhaps it’s due to my young age or inexperience with cinema, but it’s so rare for me to watch a movie and then feel like I ate a hearty meal with my family and friends, happy and content. Top Gun Maverick managed to prove itself to be a phenomenal sequel that improved on its predecessor, but also, as Drinker described it, made me feeling better afterwards. To me, it’s such a rare feeling these days. What an incredible movie.
Agreed. Theres so many cinical, woke, anti humanity anti masculinity anti America movies these days that it's impossible to come home from the movie theater without feeling anxious and depressed. Top Gun gave me the same feeling I used to get from movies that actually celebrated heroes and humanity and even got me to feel good after bat shit crazy Tom cruise introduced the movie and said they all made it for the fans. I believed him. They worked really hard on this film and I felt honored to watch it show on screen - this film is a class act and I hope to God it starts a trend. No more edgy woke anti love anti American disney bs.
Love the analysis with a Scottish accent. My father served aircraft carriers in Nam. USS Ranger and Oriskany. He slept under the flight deck for all ops mostly F4- phantoms. War can change, but he was a good father. Thanks for your video from mostly Scandinavian Northern Minnesota. God bless ya good free Scot.
This movie reminded me that the term "feel good movie" actually derives from movies making you feel good after seeing them. I've never seen Top Gun, but I decided not to catch up before seeing this one to see if it could win me over without nostalgia... It did in spades. I'm fat and 40 and I still want to apply for the academy after seeing this movie.
That’s an awesome way to put it. Usually , the “feel good movie of the year” is some chick flick rom com , right? This is like the feel good movie for blokes.
Wow, 40 and never seen TopGun? When I consider it, I can absolutely see how possible that would be. I'm 46, so was in the prime time "albeit younger part" demo for the original movie. Can't remember exactly how old I was, and am too lazy to open another tab to see lol, but I, to this day, am completely obsessed with fighter jets, and keep up closely with what's new, because of the original movie. But man, how awesome it would be, to be able to watch this movie for the first time, at an age where you can appreciate what came before, and yet, not be influenced AT ALL by what came before, and then get to go enjoy the original, and have all the callbacks, and easter eggs pop out at you. I've not seen it yet, I will, before it leaves theaters, hopefully, but I'm happy to know how good it's going to be when I can go see it.
@@publicprofilename4273 I'm 44. I was 8 when it came out in 85 and my parents let me see it in the theater with them (they covered my eyes for the love scenes, no joke). Top Gun was probably the most iconic blockbuster of my pre-teen life. For the next year or two after seeing it all the kids were riding their bmx's, huffy's, and schwinn's around the neighborhood pretending to be all the different pilot characters. I did see the new one a week or two ago. I just can't let the first one go, it was just too epic in my childhood. The cast was conspicuously diverse and I didn't get much patriotism, but I'll have to watch it again; maybe I wanted it to be woke so I could hate it. Instead, I definitely enjoyed it, a lot. My eyes may or may not have leaked a bit during a couple scenes. Other than Maverick, the characters weren't larger than life like the first one, but that's probably just my bias. You say you're obsessed with fighter jets. Ever heard of DCS? If not, give it a look -- hands down the most realistic, immersive, and complex combat flight simulator you can buy, and they've got all the jets you could possibly want, meticulously modeled.
@@keyser456 Did you have the bomber jacket, and aviaters? lol I damn sure did. Painted my bike up like Mavrick's too lol. Got the big F14 model kit, had it hanging from my ceiling til my first girlfriend was coming over lmao! I was 10 when it came out then. I'm 46 now.
I love what they did with Iceman. In the original, he was consistent, by the book aviator that chastised Maverick for rule breaking. Perfect person to go up the ranks to become a fleet commander. I had no idea Val Kilmer had throat cancer. I thought that was just part of the movie. I loved the movie. It was great!
The original Top Gun is a good movie once you realize that Goose and Ice are basically the actual protagonists and Maverick is actually the out of control lunatic that Ice accuses him of being. Note that Rooster is much closer to being the Iceman equivalent here (cautious, team player) vs. Hangman's cocky douche that feels more like the modern Maverick updating.
@@DemoSonicScreamer1 And yet that out of control lunatic was the one they needed to succeed. Not only to teach but to why the job done. Because if he wasn’t, he would have never been able to prove that the mission was possible. And following the book, would have gotten everyone killed.
I'm late to the party but wow. This movie is awesome. With love to the original and a new twist and it simply delivers. Shed a tear of pure happiness...
Saw Maverick in the theater last week. Damned if it wasn't a throwback to blockbusters of old. Yes, there is some cheese, predictability of plot and character development, and forced nostalgia but it wasn't over the top. I came away feeling like a kid going to the movies. Some random commenter also recommends Maverick!
Finally someone who knows how to make a sequel. Giving the fans EXACTLY what they wanted and the new moviegoers a taste of old school practical effects, undying tropes of comradery, guilt and a worthy pass of the torch. And probably the very last time someone is going to go balls to the wall to give the public an unforgettable experience. Maverick and Tom Cruise are both the last of their kind.
@@nelisezpasce thankfully only one movie and hasn’t been a part of it since. Christopher McQuarrie (who was also a writer for Top Gun maverick) rebooted and saved the Mission Impossible franchise
Poor pops goes thru Kidney dialysis 3 times a week...stays home basically all the time and doesn't do much,up to me to take care of him. So i got him a big ol' hard desktop hooked up to the tv with a gazillion movies,once every 2 or 3 weeks he asks me if i want to watch Top Gun with him and yeah i always do,nice father and son moment. Knew the movie was coming out but my pops is not in good shape so instead of going on opening day we waited for a couple of months,then i took him to the movies to watch Top Gun: Maverick and we made a day out of it...even let him break his diet and we ate a whole bunch of KFC. Pops was so happy when he came out from watching the movie,me too...i mean when it comes to films from the 80's Top Gun is up there at the top of the list. We loved the movie,no pandering to the wokeness that is so prevalent in Hollywood these days,just clean fun and a good time,that is all we can ask for.
Saw this last night and knew immediately that a Drinker Recommends was on its way. Was a damn good movie, haven't had that much fun in the theatre in years
First movie I saw multiple times in the theaters in years. It was a movie you HAD to experience in the theater and was MORE than worth the time of admission.
i FINALLY got to watch this thing properly over xmas.. and oh my days... its THAT good! The getaway scene in the final act was beyond fkn insane good and a phenomenal tribute to the original movie.
A movie where the hero didn't HAVE TO die and wasn't sacrificed for the next hero. Instead they elevated the hero to a mentor role and left it open for new heroes to step in if they wanted. That was a point of contention for me for a lot of films *Star Wars,Batman*, so I'm glad to see a film that decided to go into a more natural direction.
It was a pleasant surprise. I was fully prepared for them to have Maverick go the way of the clichéd "sacrifice at the end to give others a chance to live" route. The fact that they didn't made the movie ten times better and injected some much needed life back into the theaters that's been missing the last several years.
Unless it’s all a “death dream” after the unsurvivable Mach 10 crash? Would explain the nostalgic callbacks. But 99% of the audience wouldn’t accept it. So, it is what it is.
@@PhaTs00p and risk a branch or twig scraping your corneas? Ever had that happen? I have while riding a bicycle as a kid. I’d imagine it’s the same thing while running.
My brother and I ditched Thor to watch this. And I am so glad we did. Saw the first one when I was a boy, and hadn't seen it for years. But I enjoyed the movie to the fullest, none the less. I'd say this movie would have kicked ass even if you hadn't seen the first one, because this movie manages to seamlessly tie in the first movie while delivering another great story, just as great as the first one.
Just saw it tonight and loved it! I really like that there’s one solid story line, and how the references to the first one are subtle enough. All in all a very enjoyable movie. Maverick is what they should have done with Star Wars, if you think about it.
Tom Cruise is the right type of crazy in Hollyweird, he wants real stunts no agenda and shockingly a good movie. Who would of thought someone could make a sequel that's actually good in 2022!
I walked out of this movie and could have walked straight back into another screening! Can’t remember the last time a movie made me feel like that, but it certainly wasn’t anything made by Disney in the last 10 years that’s fir sure!
I took my brother and our 60+ year old mom to see this movie and it was a blast. Respect for it's past while absolutely being it's own thing, respect for it's protagonist, every character is allowed to be human and not some walking diversity ad, race or gender is never mentioned and never matters in anything (except the romance between maverick and penny), had me tearing up in certain scenes and on the edge of my seat for others, wasn't a CGI overload shitshow. Tom Cruise and everyone involved deserve a medal for proving that movies can indeed be something fantastic even today.
I’ve had a terrible year. Dealing with the passing of a loved one who was a giant part of my life, and having to watch my father deal with the end of a 14 year long engagement, & a 16 year long relationship was too difficult to explain on here. The reason I mentioned it is because the experience of that sort of pain forced me to appreciate the feeling of the smaller good experiences throughout the year. And going to see this movie in the cinema was the best experience I’ve had this year. I wasn’t a big fan of the original, nor did I like Tom Cruise at all before watching it. But I exited the theatre with a massive smile on my face after having probably the best cinema experience of my life. Film is a minor passion of mine, and witnessing firsthand that going to watch a movie at the cinema isn’t as obsolete as I thought it was cheered me up a lot. I was sad about the death of cinema, but I can see that as long as movies like Top Gun Maverick are being released, then cinema will never die
As an Air Force veteran, I have a hard time suspending my disbelief of this film for the following reasons: 1. Pete Mitchell was a Navy Jr. Lieutenant in 1986, making him about 24 year old. fast forward to 2021 (going with the movie release date), Capt Pete Mitchell would be 59 years old. Because I am retired military, I know that Maverick would have been forced to turn in his wings and head up a commend. Or, the Navy would have asked him to retire because of Mavericks inability to attain the rank of admiral in the U.S. Navy. I am not even accounting for the number of physical requirements that Maverick could longer meet to keep his flight status (aging eye's, aching joints, aging reflexes and poor judgement). 2. Goose's kid was 4 in 1986. Making him about 38 years old. If Goose's kid couldn't cut it as a navigator by 38, the Navy would have reassigned him or denied his enlistment. 3. In today's world, the U.S. military has drones that could've completed the objection in this movie. But as The Drinker say's "I guess the plot needed to happen, so whatever". It would've been harder to Hollywood script writers to tell a tale about a retired Navy veteran who's having diffuculty coming to grips with what he is today. But for "nostalgia's sake, and to stroke an aging Tom Cruise's ego, it's easier to tell a tale of fast planes, fast Moto's, beer and men laying more pipe in 304's than Glasgow's plumbing inc. That's all I have.
"it would've been harder to Hollywood script writers to tell a tale about a retired Navy veteran who's having diffuculty coming to grips with what he is today" Isn't that basically every movie nowadays? also that movie would have sucked.
This movie it's amazing. After watching it I feel motivated, powerful and capable of doing things I've never done in my life. It's been a while when a movie made me feel such an extraordinary emotions. I simply love it.
Agreed on all points. Wanted to add that this movie is "diversity" and "representation" done right. Many of the young pilots are minorities of some kind or another, but crucially that is never the point. The movie does not draw attention to this, it is presented neither as an obstacle nor a strength, it just...doesn't...matter. There is no "message" there, other than I'd say an implicit message that no "message" is needed nor wanted.
I totally agree and this is one of the things I appreciated most about the film.. how everyone was treated as a kickass fighter pilot, there was no singling out or special treatment, kinda how it is supposed to be. If Hollywood just followed this guideline we wouldn't be divided over 'woke-ism', we would all just be cinema fans.
This is the way it should be done. I would also point to "The Expanse" which even ticks off a lot of the modern checkboxes with alternate sexuality and all that, but it's not done for show, or to score points, it's just part of the story, and since the story is good and the actors are good, it doesn't matter.
This was a perfect film. It was pure, an old-fashioned movie in the best way imaginable. I loved the refreshingly reverential treatment of the source material, how it not only honored the original characters, but gave them more dimension and development until you felt that you understood and liked the characters even more by the ending. There were stakes, there was emotional gravitas all throughout, a complicated relationship conflict thread woven through the movie that culminated in a cathartic payoff. Everyone behaved consistent with their character, everything was even and objective, everything made sense, and you cared every step of the way. There were no obnoxiously gratuitous, sledgehammeringly force-fed identity, gender, and race politics. It was simply a strong narrative all its own built upon an iconic legacy that it somehow transcended in a true feat of filmmaking. The movie was absolutely phenomenal.
Totally agree. Just saw it for the 2nd time today and loved every second of it, all over again. Exciting and well-drawn plot, excellent acting, pathos, reflectiveness, maturity, fleshed out characters and narrative, wonderful soundtrack, magnificent call-outs to the original, handled with total class….and the most amazing aerial scenes ever. This is one of the greatest action movies ever filmed and it was a total pleasure to watch from start to finish. Cruise is a legend.
Late to the party, just watched it yesterday. THIS is how you make a sequel with respect and enthusiasm. THIS is how you pay tribute to your older cast, while having a new one too. THIS is what the film industry has been missing for so many years. 👏👏👏👏👏 I weep thinking that, in different hands, Star Wars episodes 7/8/9 could have been like this... imagine that.. Luke as a brilliant Jedi instructor...😔
Yes it still upsets me what could have been if only Disney had been half as respectful and caring about Star Wars and the original characters as Tom Cruise and his crew are about Top Gun Maverick… Disney doesn’t deserve the franchises and the fans they not-so secretly despise and sh.t all over…
I can't imagine the battles of wills cruise must have had to go through to stick to his creative decisions. And some subtle choices like not actually naming a particular country or region, and making the landscape with snow as opposed to desert or drier terrain. The intimate scene with he and connelly, i don't think they even kiss but i think that's the power of it; that they didn't need to shove it in your face but used the moment to develop some personal moments for the characters. And yes the idea that the massively skilled guy equiped equally with a healthy dose of ego is still useful in the end. This feel good movie restored by faith in cinema and tom cruise. Next up... risky business 2!
