Top Gun (1986) REACTION 

Another fun fact, the older guy that Charlie was with when Maverick first approached her in the bar is the actual pilot that Viper (Top Gun commander) is modeled after.

*My father was stationed on the USS Ranger (CV-61) when they filmed the scene, in the Admiral's Quarters, where Cougar turned in his wings and the Captain told Mav & Goose they were going to Top Gun. My father was the only one with the key to that room, that day, so they wouldn't have been able to film that scene without him. He retired, CWO4, off the Ranger in 1987* 😁 *Oh yea! They offered him to be an extra, but he declined. My sisters and I still haven't forgiven him. lol When we all went to the Seattle premier, he was pointing out all his friends. Actually, we forgave him a little, when we got to wear his "Top Gun" jacket, the pilots gave to him, for his retirement, to school.*

In 1986, this was the most realistic movie about aviation ever made. In 2022, Top Gun - Maverick is THE most realistic movie about flying ever made. You have GOT to see it in a cinema.

This is why I absolutely LOVE you guys (especially Ellie). I saw this movie when I was a kid and I'm so glad Tom Cruise is still making young women blush. I'm sure you're going to love the NEW Top Gun now available in theaters.

I remember seeing this film being a teen riding around on my BMX with cheap aviator shade's on thinking I was Tom Cruise.

Fun Fact: The cat in Captain Marvel (Goose) was named after the character Goose in Top Gun

Wait until you ladies get to watch the new "Top Gun: Maverick" movie. It is one of the best sequel movies I have ever seen. There are a lot of call backs to this one. They work the stories together so well and it is just an awesome movie and story and the flying scenes are just incredible. If you can see it in the Theater/Cinema it is highly recommended that you do so.

Top Gun was the very first movie I ever remember seeing, so it’s very special to me. It was my fourth birthday when my dad gave the DVD to me, and it was an unforgettable experience watching it with him. Loved it ever since, and I loved seeing the sequel twice 22 years later. Thanks for reacting to it!

45:20 Maybe the greatest pleasure to be had in watching movies is when you get gripped and moved to the core by a film you had no expectations of. Seems we can safely say Mish & Ellie found it in this one!

23:12 You're close, Ellie. I don't think he was during this time, but since then, Tom Cruise has several types of pilot's licenses that he got for other roles years later. In the sequel that just came out, the shots are filmed from inside actual planes and the fighters had to go through their own flight school to pull off the stunts. Tom Cruise may have a history of being a few fries short of a happy meal, but I can't deny that the dude is a hell of an artist with a zeal for life.

Glad y’all watched this movie!!! When u can watch the second one it’s different from this one(little romance but more training and a mission)and it’s never disappoints to entertain!!

I saw this movie when it was released & I was 10 years old. My Navy dad was so excited to see it and I'm so glad that 36 years later I was able to take my, now 83 year old dad, to see Top Gun Maverick. It was definitely worth the long wait for this sequel.

When I was a kid my father was in the Navy. We moved every 3 years. You learn very quickly how to let people go. You would meet your new best friend and 3 months later they are gone. You have to have very thick skin to survive in the military. Even for the kids.

Top Gun is a great movie and a true classic. It catapulted Tom Cruise into stardom. The end song, "You've lost that Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers has the honor of holding the record as the most played song of the 20th century. Great song! If you want to see Tom Cruise give one of his best performances ever then you need to watch "Rain Man" (1988).

Ladies its called a "signature move". Its his watermark lol. Cute! Its like someone's "go to move" lol. Go see Top Gun 2 IN THE THEATERS please. you have to see it on the big screen.

I wanted to see the reaction to the (volleyball scene) but *Ellie's* reaction to the love scene & *Goose's* death was well worth it

Top gun was one of my favorite movies next to saving private Ryan.

If you liked this one, the the new one is supposed to be better. The flight scenes in the new one were all shot from cameras installed in actual Navy fighter planes, and the actors are all feeling the effects of the g-forces. The cinematography is supposed to be incredible. Also, the story line shows us what happened to Goose’s wife and son. His son is a pilot now and goes by the call sign “Rooster”.

OMG i can't believe you skipped the volleyball scene...PLAAYYYIN!, PLAYIN WITH THE BOYS!!!

25:08 long story short (as short as possible, anyway lol): the exhaust ('jet wash') from Iceman's aircraft disrupted airflow into the intake of Maverick's aircraft, causing his engines to stall & flame out, putting them into a flat spin. The inertia from the spin kept Maverick from reaching the ejection handle ("I'm pinned forward, Goose.."), so Goose had to initiate ejection from the aircraft. Unfortunately, the glass canopy didn't clear, so the loud 'bang' you heard is Goose's head slamming into it. He died from either severe brain trauma or a broken neck.

Might be the most stressed I've seen Ellie in a little while. Glad you liked the movie. The new one in the theatre is amazing. Can't wait for you to see that one.

Fun Fact: The love song for Top Gun was by Berlin. The lead singer, Terri Nunn, auditioned for the role of Princess Leia, and came in second to Carrie Fisher! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bx51eegLTY8.html Here’s her audition: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KXy59jMqOsc.html

I watched this on vhs in 1987. I was 7 years old. It has remained a favorite movie of mine to this day. I went and saw TG Maverick the day after it was released and I’m going back to see it again thus week. If you haven’t seen it yet, you must go. It stands in its own and is easily one of the best follow up films ever made. The cinematography, the storyline, it’s just perfect

Top Gun and Back To The Future are known to be two noted movies in Hollywood. The success of Top Gun transformed movies. Most movies before this were considered good movies if they stayed number 1 for a month. Top Gun was the number 1 movie for 6 months. after Top Gun Hollywood took notice and tried to duplicate its success. Almost all movies that came after had inflated budgets.

Why did you skip the introduction and music? That was one of the best parts of this movie experience!

I still think the saddest scene is when maverick and goose are trying to escape and his head hits the fuselage.

Great reactions ladies. You always make seeing movies more enjoyable, thanks for sharing.

Congrats ladies! This is the best reaction to Top Gun I've seen! Great movie. Take care

You’ll love Top Gun Maverick. It takes all the spirit, heart, and emotion of the first movie and adds upon it. What you mean about movies from the late 70s to early 2000s, quite a number of us have been saying that they don’t make movies like them anymore. With the second Top Gun, they may just have.

You'll have to go see Top Gun Maverick now. It's a great one for the theater with the Aerial combat scenes. I think you girls would really enjoy it.

My dad was a helicopter pilot for the US Army so of course we had this on VHS growing up. I've probably seen this movie 100 times... good stuff.

ellie and michelle top gun 2 : Maverick is in the theaters if u guys want to go see the second top gun movie

1. An old shipmate of mine was on the Enterprise when they filmed this. 2. Gooses death was not Maverick's fault. Iceman was bogarting his LOS approach and they got caught in the jet wash. 3. I spent 24 years in the US Navy. 6 on "bird farms" (Carriers). I have seen 1000+ launches and landings without a single crash. These men and the men working the flat tops are doing the most dangerous job in the world (for the good guys). Shout out😎 4. Kelly McGillis/Charlie was in a little-known movie with Harrison Ford "Witness" that's seriously worth a first time/share HINT HINT 5. Tom Skerritt/Viper not only played Dallas in "Alien" he also played Strawberry in "Up in Smoke" with Cheech and Chong. 6. Val Kilmer/Iceman has a long list of movies including but not limited to: "Willow", "The Doors" and "Tombstone" 7. The officer(Goose) is the RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) radar, communications and navigation. 8. Onboard the ship the Squadron leader would not be smoking a cigar in that operation space. 9. Meg Ryan is my honey. A great overlooked movie with her is with Tom Hanks called "Joe vs the Volcano' She plays 3 parts. HINT HINT 10. Onboard the ship/aircraft all the perspiration is Hollywood(not the pilot). There is AC onboard. 11. The TOP GUN school is no longer located at Miramar near San Diego. It's now at NAS Fallon, NV. 12. In 1991 I was stationed on the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) and they made a movie onboard called "Flight of the Intruder". It was seriously cool. Brad Johnson, Willem DeFoe and Danny Glover. I'm actually in it for a very brief period of time. HINT HINT. You will be the first. 13. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seem like they were practicing. PS. Your u-tube release didn't have the volleyball scene. It would have been cool to watch you two beautiful ladies review that part😉😍😍

The aerial shots are absolutely amazing. They were all real and photographed by other people in planes. The movie is dedicated to Art Scholl, who died filming a scene.

I saw this as a young kid and it has always stuck with me. The movie has compelling action, the superb music (the 80s nailed the movie soundtracks and Top Gun is one of the best), a complicate character in Maverick and a love story, a real loss when Goose dies. Like I dont know how you cant shed a tear when that part takes places. Watching the jets fly is amazing, I can only imagine what it is like up there flying that fast and trying to fight other jets. I heard with this movie and Top Gun 2 most of the flight is done with real Navy planes and pilots with the actors typically in the back seat and since Tom Cruise is so big on doing his own stunts and flying he got the other actors for the second movie to really embrace getting in the jets. Pretty cool. On a side note when Obama was visiting Seattle there was an air space alter as a sea plane entered restricted air space and Air Force One was at Boeing field, so they scrambled 2 jets out of Portland and you could hear their sonic bomb when went supersonic near the Seattle area. It was crazy.

This film had a big impact on Navy recruitment at the time.

Tom Cruise owns a P-51 Mustang, a WW2 fighter plane and they use it in the new "Top Gun: Maverick" movie which he does fly in that movie. All of the actors are flown and act in real jets using multiple camera angles. However, the US Gov't did not allow Tom Cruise or other actors to fly them, they sat in the rear seats and act from there. Amazingly, acting with real G forces being applied to them. Tom Cruise does 90% of his own stunts to include motorcycle riding and he piloted a helicopter that he learned to fly in less than a year for stunt work in his latest Mission Impossible movie. He is probably, the most serious actor when it comes to learning something that his movie needs. He hates doing green screen when it can be done in real life.

You are talking about the new Top Gun movie Ellie. Tom Cruise is a pilot now, he wasn't back when this original Top Gun movie was made. He can't fly an F/A-18, the fighter he is shown to fly in the new movie. He isn't trained on it. Only military pilots fly military planes. He did want to take the controls while supervised by a pilot, which he could have easily handled, but the US Navy wouldn't have it (rightly so). Don't worry Michelle, there were plenty of shit movies in the 80s and 90s, you are just watching the ones that have stood the test of time. Saying that, it seems like there was always another great movie coming out back then, and you could generally be confident it wasn't going to disappoint.

If you are interested in the behind the scenes info about the filming of either Top Gun or Top Gun Maverick, the pilots and coordinators were interviewed by C.J Lemoine, Bo Baranek, Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello among others in their separate podcasts

In 89 I was in high school and talked to a Navy recruiter about flying. He said "Forget it, there were spots for a few hundred pilots and 100,000 guys applied for those spots" I'm sure that was because of this movie. Postscript.......Years later I did get to destroy a MIG in Iraq.....but it was on the ground, I destroyed it with thermite grenades and I was in the Army.......Not quite the same.....

Miramar Base is just 11 miles from where I am as a San Diego native. I'm not a military lover, but my respect and admiration for jet aviation, family WWII history, local pride and just the basic coolness of Top Gun transcends that.

The blonde haired pilot named Iceman is played by the actor Val Kilmer. He played as Doc Holiday in the western Tombstone. My favorite role of his.

You're going to love the sequel! They nailed it. It's awesome. Up there with Terminator 2 as far as sequals go. It was best movie of the year. Ez

They dont make movies like this anymore. Today they suck and have for years!!! Glad you enjoyed it.

Apparently one of the technical advisors on the movie met his wife by doing the "You've lost that Loving Feeling " routine.

Goose’s death was preventable. Usually in a ejection the plane is moving forward and the canopy clears. A split second later the seats eject, one left and one right. In that type of spin the canopy won’t clear in time for the seats to leave. If they jettison the canopy first, then eject, there is no impact

I was watching this video about this dogfight during the gulf war in 1989, an Iraqi 🇮🇶 MIG-29 versus An American 🇺🇸 F-15. And let me tell I got the thinking of this movie. And now my favorite RU-vidrs of all time reacting to it 🇧🇬🇳🇿🥰😘😍

I was getting Appliances delivered today. Doors open. Tipped $50 (just drop off) then…mosquito, Blood. Holy Shit! There’s 2 of ‘em!

Both Maverick and Iceman buzzed the tower and spilled that guy's coffee this time. Looks like he's not the only one who is "dangerous". 😄

I say this in alot of top gun reactions: Tom Cruise had a line after Charlie says " i have fallen for you" but he fumbled and he just went in for the kiss. The director loved the real reaction from both that he kept it in the film

Ellie, when Maverick threw gooses tags in the ocean...it was a beautiful thing. He was letting him go.

Simply one of the best movies from the 80s. If you watch maverick, watch it in IMAX.

I saw this film a lot of times. For the courtroom scene, Iceman was the one to cause the death of Goose. He did it on purpose to prevent Maverick from getting enough points to out lead him to get the Top Gun Trophy.

the bald captain is James Tolkan the same guy who plays in Back To The Future 1, 2, 3 the principal.

Ladies, Val Kilmer (Iceman) played Batman in Batman Forever (1995).

I was born in '83 and grew up watching this! This was my childhood.

It's a MUST u see Top Gun Maverick, and see it at the theater, absolutely awesome sequel

Great review, great to see so much emotion in your reactions. Top Gun is an all time classic. It actually boosted the Air Forces recruitment numbers after it was played LOL

You will love Top Gun Maverick. It's better movie than first one (at least for me)

This was by far one of the best flying movies ever. You guys will love Top Gun Maverick. Look forward to your reaction. Michelle your reaction to Goose dying was mine as well and lots of other people in the theater back in 1986. Both you of and the rest of your friends I truly love your reactions. Love the red hair. Thank you for your entertainment

I actually played the NES game Top Gun before I even knew there was a movie which this was based off of. Good memories.

11:35 I don't know what interested me more at this point - the dogfight on the screen or the cute, white, fluffy doggie on the lap. 😀 Great reaction to a great movie! Good going!

In real life, they have sun visors that don't help completely but help a lot when it's sunny. They're like dark sunglasses, and are inside the helmets (just have to pull them down). In movies, only the bad guys use sun visors, because the audience needs to see the faces of the actors. This is also why they keep taking off their masks. They can, because the cockpits have air pressure, but in real life they would not do this often, because while maneuvering they might need more oxygen than normal. But we need to see their faces, so they take off their masks a lot.

What you were trying to say was that Maverick's 'buzzing' of the tower (after a success or win) was his 'trademark'! And yeah, some of the best movies ever made came out in the 80s and early 90s ... so _many_ *great* ones! It was great watching you enjoy one of my favorite movies. It was one of the first movies I bought on DVD! But there were some real GOATs back in the early days of Hollywood. I can *enthusiastically* recommend the old B&W movie from 1941 _"Casablanca"_ ... it's truly a *great* suspense/romance/drama and stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman! It's set at the start of WW2, and you watch as all sorts of tricky/shady things happen. You'll fall in love with it! Another GOAT (not B&W, it's in color) is _"Rear Window"_ (1954) ... which was an *amazing* suspense/murder-mystery starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. One of Alfred Hitchcock's _truly_ *great* movies! (Personally, I think it was better than his _"Psycho"_ or _"Vertigo"_ movies, although they were definitely also great!). One of the amazing things about it is that almost the whole movie takes place in one apartment; you watch the two main characters try to figure out what's happening with the neighbors! Try some of the old classic B&W movies ... I think you'll be surprised at how _very_ *good* (even great!) they really are! *Enjoy!*

20:36 Michelle's reaction 🤣

Iceman said repeat we lost Hollywood. We never say repeat on the radio unless it's a gun fire mission. You are supposed to say, I say again we lost Hollywood.

Without the music it loses a lot, but still great

And now you have to watch Hot Shots that is a parody on this movie

Ladies...buzzing the tower is Maverick's 'signature move'. :)

Looking especially gorgeous today, ladies! Loved your reaction to this 80's classic!

You don't really realize how much you've come to love Goose until the crash

it's kind of a shame you girls have to react to these movies on a small screen. this was an awesome experience in the theater, especially one w/ great sound. this movie was a huge hit back in the summer of '86, the soundtrack too. keep on rockin

Didn't Jester deliberately break the hard deck first? Maybe he should have gotten chewed out for violating an important safety rule, too, not just Maverick.

"Charlie" was doing her job, yes, but as she said, she was also holding back some praise she might have given him and that she genuinely felt he deserved. She feared it would have been controversial enough to make people think that she had fallen for him, and of course she had, so she kept her mouth shut and criticized his victory as a bad example only. So she wasn't being completely honest in doing her job, and their relationship caused her to go against him when she otherwise might not have done so. If he had been willing to listen to her admit this to him earlier, then he wouldn't have gotten so mad, but he was already mad enough not to listen to her.

Thank you for saying that about movies of this time

He is a civilian pilot that is true and actually owns a P-51 mustang which was a fighter aircraft back in WW2 (Its featured in TOPGUN: Mavrick) but he is not a USN officer or a USN Aviator in real life and there for not qualified of the F/A-18F. Every actor did sit in the back seat though and experienced actual flight in the hornet. The fact that Tom Cruise at nearly 60 was making something I did in my 20's and 30's look like a piece of cake kinda annoyed me LOL. Trust me it is not an easy thing to pull the kind of G's they went through to film the second movie.

I'm glad you enjoyed Top Gun and showed your passion towards this movie. Enjoy, enjoy enjoy the sequel! It was really good!

Ladies's glad you enjoyed the movie . This was a big movie in 1986 it was played in theaters a year after it's initial release .

I grew up in these years (late 80s early 2000), I knew movies were amazing just because they always hooked me so hard. After that time period I didn't watched many movies tho so I can't really judge but I can say with a nice degree of confidence that TV Series are much better now than then 😄

We know that scene with Maverick throwing Goose's dog tags away (burying them at sea) to symbolize that he can finally move past that unfortunate part of his life won't hold up, though. How do we know? Because 36 years later there is a sequel now, so obviously Maverick did not really get past it. I don't mean that he ever has to forget his best friend, but he has to let him go--let him rest in peace and take Maverick's "demons" away. Looks like the demons are still there.

"It's his signature move!" I knew what you were trying to say! Awesome reaction :)

The battles were fictitious in this movie, but in the 1980s there were MIGs flown by Bulgarians who faced off against US / NATO aircraft along the borders of Turkey and Greece. A different time.

Ellie is like butter melting at the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯😍😍😍😍

All of you girls are awesome, but Ellie, who cannot just love this girl. She is so sweet and adorable. ☝🏻☝🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

awwwww poor Ellie....you got so emotional at Goose's death...it was cute

Great movie. Another 80s romantic drama Officer and And A Gentleman with Richard Gear or Cocktail with Tom Cruse . Also a great 80's spy romantic comedy with the guy who plays Goose who is almost unknown today is Gotcha! which I highly recommend .

I have been watching this movie for years and never knew “Merlin” was Tim Robbins. You should check out the movie “Only the brave” it’s really good.

Not a lot of people realise that Merlin is Tim Robbins (Shawshank). I knew this would wreck Ellie... I have a friend that i can start crying just by saying "Goose is dead !"

This is my dad's favorite movie and the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS.

I've seen this movie countless times...and for the first time I'm thinking that MIG Maverick taunts in the beginning recognizes that if he fires or tries anything at that point in the engagement, Maverick would shoot him down. After seeing part II and watching some pilot reactions they say that there are pilots, regardless of rank, that can out fly pretty much everyone around them. Very cool, fun reaction! 👍✌❤

Great review as always!!! Ellie , gotta say iwas worried about you for a while, you get sooo involved, but that's why I love watching movies with you!!🥰🥰🥰❤️

Can’t wait for you to watch the sequel in a few months.

Looking forward to seeing your reaction to Maverick, its a great sequel.

Un verdadero clásico de los 80... saludos bellas señoritas desde sudamérica -chile!!!!👍🇨🇱

If you like/love "Top Gun", you should give "An Officer and a Gentleman" a view. For emotion, it puts TG to shame

1968, 1986 - both must seem equally ancient to you young ladies. Tom Cruise is a pilot, but I don't know if he was one back in the '80's when this was filmed.

You might also enjoy ... "Tom Cruise Terrifies James in 'Top Gun' Fighter Jet!" ... yes, Tom flies!

Val Kilmer who played Ice Man is dying from throat cancer now but is in part two.

This and its sequel, Top Gun Maverick, are about United States Navy fighter pilots, while the school itself is in southern California. Rear projection screens were used for showing the actors in their cockpits, while stunt pilots and miniatures were used for showing the fighter jets

The sequel is so much better. Can't wait for you to see it!