Top Gun Movie Reaction! (A few spoilers)

[JaCrispy]

Disclaimer- I grew up in the 80s, recorded the original movie on VHS tape off the TV, and watched it relentlessly- because, when you were a kid, that’s just what you did with every iconic 80s movie...👍

 

So, I just saw Top Gun: Maverick...And I have to admit, I’m always a little cautious and skeptical about sequels like this- especially ones that take place in different eras as the original...Is it going to stay true to the characters and the original story? Is there going to be any modern day political BS thrown in that nobody gives a crap about?
 

But I have to admit, all things considered, I thought they did a hell of a job.  They avoided all the pit falls of sequels, while giving fans all the nostalgia that made the original so well loved!  And honestly, for a sequel, I thought the story was pretty well thought out too- which was very surprising...👍

 

Now, as much as I enjoyed the movie, there is one thing I wished they had done, that would have been the icing on the cake for me...At the end, when Maverick walks into the bar looking for his gf, I wished he had put a quarter in the jukebox and selected “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” by the Righteous Brothers...Corny, perhaps- but that is just the fanboy in me...😉

 

At least they gave us “Great Balls of Fire”...Great movie for the family...definitely recommended...👍

Edited June 6, 2022 by JaCrispy

[JaCrispy]

21 minutes ago, mead107 said:

Loved the first one.  
Really want to see this one. 
what theater did you go to? 
 

Bow Tie in Schenectady 👍

 

It was also my first return to the theatre since  covid...felt good!

Edited June 6, 2022 by JaCrispy

[Beast]

I posted in another thread. I went and wasn’t expecting much from a sequel done 36 years later however it was an amazing movie. I can’t say enough good things about it.

[Not at the table Karlos]

Went to theatres thinking this was a third movie. Was very disappointed it was the same movie that we watched last summer. Family kept telling me it was new. 

Edited June 6, 2022 by Not at the table Karlos

[aristocrat]

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1621058/top-gun-maverick-theory-tom-cruise-goose-val-kilmer-iceman

 

This actually makes sense. 

7 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Went to theatres thinking this was a third movie. Was very disappointed it was the same movie that we watched last summer. Family kept telling me it was new. 

 

How did you see it last summer?  They never released it before this year. They've been delaying it since covid started but this is the first time in theatres. 

[Mark80]

Saying "talk to me goose" a ton of times and then the "talk to me dad" later was so cliche and dumb to me.  In general, there were a bit too many references to the first movie.  With that being said, it was still awesome and really fun to watch.

[Not at the table Karlos]

4 hours ago, aristocrat said:

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1621058/top-gun-maverick-theory-tom-cruise-goose-val-kilmer-iceman

 

This actually makes sense. 

 

How did you see it last summer?  They never released it before this year. They've been delaying it since covid started but this is the first time in theatres. 

Was online around July of last year. 

Edited June 6, 2022 by Not at the table Karlos

[dpberr]

I saw the movie this weekend.

 

It was an entertaining movie, albeit one of the more vanilla ones I've seen recently.  No major plot evolution or shocks.   Good to see Ed Harris and Jennifer Connelly. Jon Hamm delivered. 

 

I remain curious as to why Jon Hamm has had such a difficult time getting lead roles in big movies - IMO, he could be the heir apparent to the Bruce Willis every man characters.

 

It was good to watch a good non-superhero movie.  I'm tired of superhero movies.  

[Jauronimo]

2 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Was online around July of last year. 

Stop pirating movies ya boob!

[muppy]

I saw this to contribute to this thread. We have tickets to see it this week. I go into it with higher expectations now than before

 

One of my bible study GF's sons was an expert credited in the film. I found it on his IMBD.  Dr Rod Borgie. Ex Naval pilot, Physician/surgeon. His title for the film was :

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-borgie-61a661112

 

Navy Aeromedical Consultant

Paramount Pictures

Jun 2018 - Jul 20191 year 2 months

Consultant for Top Gun- Maverick

Edited June 6, 2022 by muppy

[muppy]

 

[Beast]

1 hour ago, muppy said:

I saw this to contribute to this thread. We have tickets to see it this week. I go into it with higher expectations now than before

 

One of my bible study GF's sons was an expert credited in the film. I found it on his IMBD.  Dr Rod Borgie. Ex Naval pilot, Physician/surgeon. His title for the film was :

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-borgie-61a661112

 

Navy Aeromedical Consultant

Paramount Pictures

Jun 2018 - Jul 20191 year 2 months

Consultant for Top Gun- Maverick

 

I'm betting you will love the movie. I did.

[aristocrat]

5 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Was online around July of last year. 

 

Oh so you watched a pirated movie and the are dissappointed when you see it when it actually comes out?  Your fault for watching the pirated flick. 

[stevestojan]

Saw it Saturday. Thought I would hate it. It was incredible, especially if you don’t take it too seriously. Start to finish entertaining. 

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, stevestojan said:

Saw it Saturday. Thought I would hate it. It was incredible, especially if you don’t take it too seriously. Start to finish entertaining. 

 

OK, I keep hearing and reading pretty much the same stuff. Surprising even myself, I’ll try to get there with the wife next weekend. 

[Gugny]

Saw it last night.

 

LOVED IT.

 

I am no Tom Cruise fan, but I think he did a great job.  I agree with Crisp that they did a great job giving us the right amount of nostalgia without going over the top with it - which would have been easy to do.

 

It's definitely a movie that needs to be seen on the big screen, indoors.  It's also showing at our local drive-in theater, but I would highly recommend seeing this on inside on the big screen.

 

Good stuff and I'm glad I went.

 

[Nextmanup]

Cool photos:   

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 8, 2022 by Nextmanup

[stevestojan]

10 hours ago, Gugny said:

Saw it last night.

 

LOVED IT.

 

I am no Tom Cruise fan, but I think he did a great job.  I agree with Crisp that they did a great job giving us the right amount of nostalgia without going over the top with it - which would have been easy to do.

 

It's definitely a movie that needs to be seen on the big screen, indoors.  It's also showing at our local drive-in theater, but I would highly recommend seeing this on inside on the big screen.

 

Good stuff and I'm glad I went.

 

Agree 100%. I won’t spoil anything, but I can count at least three separate times thinking how f’in cool it was on the big screen and with the huge theater speakers. This is a must see in the theater movie. 

[sherpa]

I saw it last night.

Disclaimer: As an ex Naval Aviator who attended Tog Gun in the 80's, and subsequently served in the Pacific Fleet Adversary Squadron, (the guys who run those training flights and serve as the bad guys),  I am very familiar with that culture.

 

Without a tactical or technical discussion of questionable things which would be spoilers, there are a few things that made my skin crawl that were in the first movie, and are still used to extreme in this one.

 

The first is this college sophomore-like character portrayal. People in that business are not like that at all. The level of maturity and professionalism far exceeds what is in these movies. I get that it's entertainment, but it's a bit embarrassing. 

For example, this absolutely crazy emphasis on call signs. Call signs have a real tactical benefit because of the need to get out very abrupt communications, but this extension of them into all realms of life is absurd.

The thought that a three star admiral, the Jon Hamm character would still be called "Cyclone" by other Naval Officers is just crazy.

I get that it is for character recognition, but it gets absurd. When we are treated to a radar like image that uses call signs on the screen, I squirmed in the seat.

 

The other thing is the way they portray the normal conversations between senior people locked up at attention portraying these conversations as if it was Marine boot camp. Officers don't talk to each other like that.

 

One thing they did better in this movie was to do much better in the fight scenes. The first one didn't show the often very violent nature of these things, though there seems to be a Hollywood obsession with "G's."  I get that it is something that the actors went through and was probably interesting, but in that world it's just part of the job and not constantly talked about.

 

Anyway, it's a movie, not a documentary.

Someday, when spoilers aren't an issue, there are a few things that are worth discussing/

[eball]

21 hours ago, Gugny said:

Saw it last night.

 

LOVED IT.

 

I am no Tom Cruise fan, but I think he did a great job.  I agree with Crisp that they did a great job giving us the right amount of nostalgia without going over the top with it - which would have been easy to do.

 

It's definitely a movie that needs to be seen on the big screen, indoors.  It's also showing at our local drive-in theater, but I would highly recommend seeing this on inside on the big screen.

 

Good stuff and I'm glad I went.

 

 

Agree with everything except I wouldn’t say I “loved” it.  It was extremely entertaining and better than I expected.  Jennifer Connelly has aged well.

 

[K-9]

1 hour ago, sherpa said:

I saw it last night.

Disclaimer: As an ex Naval Aviator who attended Tog Gun in the 80's, and subsequently served in the Pacific Fleet Adversary Squadron, (the guys who run those training flights and serve as the bad guys),  I am very familiar with that culture.

 

Without a tactical or technical discussion of questionable things which would be spoilers, there are a few things that made my skin crawl that were in the first movie, and are still used to extreme in this one.

 

The first is this college sophomore-like character portrayal. People in that business are not like that at all. The level of maturity and professionalism far exceeds what is in these movies. I get that it's entertainment, but it's a bit embarrassing. 

For example, this absolutely crazy emphasis on call signs. Call signs have a real tactical benefit because of the need to get out very abrupt communications, but this extension of them into all realms of life is absurd.

The thought that a three star admiral, the Jon Hamm character would still be called "Cyclone" by other Naval Officers is just crazy.

I get that it is for character recognition, but it gets absurd. When we are treated to a radar like image that uses call signs on the screen, I squirmed in the seat.

 

The other thing is the way they portray the normal conversations between senior people locked up at attention portraying these conversations as if it was Marine boot camp. Officers don't talk to each other like that.

 

One thing they did better in this movie was to do much better in the fight scenes. The first one didn't show the often very violent nature of these things, though there seems to be a Hollywood obsession with "G's."  I get that it is something that the actors went through and was probably interesting, but in that world it's just part of the job and not constantly talked about.

 

Anyway, it's a movie, not a documentary.

Someday, when spoilers aren't an issue, there are a few things that are worth discussing/

Yours is a unique perspective to be sure and it’s much appreciated. I’m curious as to what aviation-centric movies you have found to be more true to form in your opinion. 

[sherpa]

3 hours ago, K-9 said:

Yours is a unique perspective to be sure and it’s much appreciated. I’m curious as to what aviation-centric movies you have found to be more true to form in your opinion. 

 

The ones that are historically accurate are more "true to form" than the made up fictional ones, but probably for the moviegoer, less entertaining.

Recently, Midway was accurate, but it's basically a retelling of the seven or so events that happened to decide the outcome of that battle.

This recent Top Gun movie is fictional, so it's for pure entertainment.

It just rubs me the wrong way when Hollywood suggests a culture that is not accurate, but I guess it makes for better entertainment.

Still, having flown the F-18, and fought it hundreds of times, it was nice to see it looking good, while being grossly abused by the characters flying it, something that would not happen.

[muppy]

I loved it 🙂 I waited for the end and did see my friends son listed at the very end of the credits with other Military consultants. That was really cool having a personal connection to the movie. (Roderick Borgie) 

 

Naval airstation Miramar where Top Gun used to be based  crosses the I-15 freeway here in san diego. Often we get buzzed by any number of different aircraft while on the freeway just driving about. North Island Naval air station is on Coronado Island across the Coronado bay bridge from san diego. Great beach  area VERY well kept expensive real estate area.  Ive never been on base.

Edited June 9, 2022 by muppy

[sherpa]

1 hour ago, muppy said:

I loved it 🙂 I waited for the end and did see my friends son listed at the very end of the credits with other Military consultants. That was really cool having a personal connection to the movie. (Roderick Borgie) 

 

Naval airstation Miramar where Top Gun used to be based  crosses the I-15 freeway here in san diego. Often we get buzzed by any number of different aircraft while on the freeway just driving about. North Island Naval air station is on Coronado Island across the Coronado bay bridge from san diego. Great beach  area VERY well kept expensive real estate area.  Ive never been on base.

 

You sure edited that one.

 

To your question, and having flown out of Miramar so many times, the departures are designed to avoid high real estate areas at Torrey Pines and La Jolla.

Putting the new movie at North Island makes no sense, other than including San Diego scenery.

As an aside, North Island is still my favorite Naval Officer's Club Sunday Brunch.

 

Top Gun has been drastically changed, and moved to Fallon, Nevada.

[muppy]

5 minutes ago, sherpa said:

 

You sure edited that one.

 

To your question, and having flown out of Miramar so many times, the departures are designed to avoid high real estate areas at Torrey Pines and La Jolla.

Putting the new movie at North Island makes no sense, other than including San Diego scenery.

As an aside, North Island is still my favorite Naval Officer's Club Sunday Brunch.

 

Top Gun has been drastically changed, and moved to Fallon, Nevada.

lol blush Yeah I did edit my OP.   It's just a movie it was a silly comment.

 

I've lived within 10 miles of Miramar since 1988. There is the constant Air Show that hubby attends religiously at that base on Miramar Road.

[LeGOATski]

On 6/9/2022 at 3:04 AM, sherpa said:

I saw it last night.

Disclaimer: As an ex Naval Aviator who attended Tog Gun in the 80's, and subsequently served in the Pacific Fleet Adversary Squadron, (the guys who run those training flights and serve as the bad guys),  I am very familiar with that culture.

 

Without a tactical or technical discussion of questionable things which would be spoilers, there are a few things that made my skin crawl that were in the first movie, and are still used to extreme in this one.

 

The first is this college sophomore-like character portrayal. People in that business are not like that at all. The level of maturity and professionalism far exceeds what is in these movies. I get that it's entertainment, but it's a bit embarrassing. 

For example, this absolutely crazy emphasis on call signs. Call signs have a real tactical benefit because of the need to get out very abrupt communications, but this extension of them into all realms of life is absurd.

The thought that a three star admiral, the Jon Hamm character would still be called "Cyclone" by other Naval Officers is just crazy.

I get that it is for character recognition, but it gets absurd. When we are treated to a radar like image that uses call signs on the screen, I squirmed in the seat.

 

The other thing is the way they portray the normal conversations between senior people locked up at attention portraying these conversations as if it was Marine boot camp. Officers don't talk to each other like that.

 

One thing they did better in this movie was to do much better in the fight scenes. The first one didn't show the often very violent nature of these things, though there seems to be a Hollywood obsession with "G's."  I get that it is something that the actors went through and was probably interesting, but in that world it's just part of the job and not constantly talked about.

 

Anyway, it's a movie, not a documentary.

Someday, when spoilers aren't an issue, there are a few things that are worth discussing/

You just can't help yourself. Holy *****.

[muppy]

@sherpa Greetings from socal. I read your posts verbatim to hubby last night and we discussed my edit. Now I kn ow you are indeed an expert so I can ask YOU and not feel inane about it.

 

Okay so in the movie in miracle 3 fashion the ace pilot shows iafter having been scrambled from the carrier arrives  on the scene and BLAM saves Maverick and his back seater.

 

My edit question was why would the carrier brass send only 1 plane to save Maverick, where is saviors wingman?

 

lol oh Sherpa trust me. If you were so inclined mr muppy and you could gab alllll day and all night LOL

 

Thanks for sharing your background. Thank you for your service. 

 

 

one last thing: I have a very good friend who graduated in 1977 USAFA went on to fly jets and eventually the KC-135 fuel tanker at Edwards amongst other places.

He flew in desert storm and retired a major after a 20 year service. Guy went on to get an MBA....my point is I have the utmost respect for pilots oh he used to tell me some stories of being on the ground and literally kissing it. Lord have mercy. I know a lot of smart individuals. This guy had an IQ that was so high I have no idea the number lets say Brilliant X 10 and with it the nicest Christian man you would ever meet. If there is ANY chance you know him I would be blown away. His name was Steve Grogan. (No NOT the patsies ex qb) I used to razz him about That.

 

[sherpa]

33 minutes ago, muppy said:

@sherpa Greetings from socal. I read your posts verbatim to hubby last night and we discussed my edit. Now I kn ow you are indeed an expert so I can ask YOU and not feel inane about it.

 

Okay so in the movie in miracle 3 fashion the ace pilot shows iafter having been scrambled from the carrier arrives  on the scene and BLAM saves Maverick and his back seater.

 

My edit question was why would the carrier brass send only 1 plane to save Maverick, where is saviors wingman?

 

one last thing: I have a very good friend who graduated in 1977 USAFA went on to fly jets and eventually the KC-135 fuel tanker at Edwards amongst other places.

He flew in desert storm and retired a major after a 20 year service. Guy went on to get an MBA....my point is I have the utmost respect for pilots oh he used to tell me some stories of being on the ground and literally kissing it. Lord have mercy. I know a lot of smart individuals. This guy had an IQ that was so high I have no idea the number lets say Brilliant X 10 and with it the nicest Christian man you would ever meet. If there is ANY chance you know him I would be blown away. His name was Steve Grogan. (No NOT the patsies ex qb) I used to razz him about That.

 

 

Don't know the guy. We had no contact with Air Force KC-35's.

Regarding the question about why only one guy, it might not be necessary to send two, but they probably would have.

Other things missing were the lack of jammer airplanes, which would be clearly involved in a muti SAM environment, and no air to air refueling, though I guess it is just assumed. There is no way that the carrier task force would be close enough to a target place like that to have the F-18's do that thing without tanking.

Good to see they used the E-2 though.

[GETTOTHE50]

Loved the film. So what it had cheesy moments, hollywood is at its best when it doesn’t take itself so seriously. 
 

tom cruise delivered another classic summer hit.