AmuroChan
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It's not the kind of song that I would normally listen to, but I think it fit the beach scene perfectly.
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Top Gun: Maverick impressions from CinemaCon.
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It's not the kind of song that I would normally listen to, but I think it fit the beach scene perfectly.
Spaceman292
Banned
Don't gender assume my friend
Pagusas
Elden Member
160.5 million over the holiday, surpassing even the optimistic 151 million estimate, making it the highest grossing Memorial Holiday release ever:
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Box Office: Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun 2’ Rockets to Record $160.5M Opening
The sequel — earning a coveted A+ CinemaScore — scored the biggest opening of Cruise's career and the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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Davey Cakes
Member
Deserved. This is the blockbuster we need right now.
Woody Nvincible
Member
This is how a summer blockbuster looks. What a great dumb movie. The only thing that could have made it better was more Kenny Loggins.
The last 15 minutes were just the chef's kiss with Hangman saving the day.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Got Dam this movie was fukking epic !! Holy smokes loved it I wanna fly a jet haha
Flash Junkins
Member
Btw if you jerked the yoke as hard as TC you'd have been Goosing yourself about 3 minutes into the flight.
But yeah, great movie for the theatre.
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Wheeljack539
Member
I love that bit at the beginning with the guitar from 0:07 to 0:18 but particularly the way the melody "rolls" at 0:10.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
Fantastic remake of Star Wars A New Hope. Loved the Death Star Trench run
BigDeadFreak
Member
Haha, this is so true. I was expecting to hear "this is red 5, standing by" when they were all about to start their mission at the end.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
It was a better Remake of A New Hope than The Pretententious Awakens
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
This movie was awesome. Much better than Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
I wish I could see more of Hangman dog fighting and kicking ass. He's too pretty.
Sp3eD
0G M3mbeR
The more I think about it the more this is true. There is literally a part you could have added a voice that said “use the force roost”. I remember thinking that but forgot to say it to my friend after the movie.
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Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Can’t wait to see this tmrw
Hope it lives up to the hype
Wonder if it can top The Northman for MOTY for me so far
Hope it lives up to the hype
Wonder if it can top The Northman for MOTY for me so far
Tieno
Member
I liked it, very, very good pacing. I thoroughly enjoyed the "mission training" aspect of it. I want to see a lengthy behind the scenes documentary on this movie. Also, knowing that so much of it is real, makes it more visceral and keeps you in the movie. There are no thoughts creeping into your mind "this looks like CGI", which alone makes it stand out from other blockbusters. You can tell Tom Cruise cares and that it's his vision. I love that. More and more big movies don't have an identity.
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Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Saw it tonight. Was super fun. Though I was pretty buzzed to be fair so I guess take that with a grain of salt.
Hero of Spielberg
Member
I went to see it last night with my wife. We both a bit skeptical of all the hype, and you know, when has a sequel ever come close to the original?
Fuck me, it was awesome. We both loved it. As someone earlier in the thread there was a bit of cheesy dialogue early esp. when the young crew enter), but it just gets stronger from there. Ranks up there with my favourite action movies I reckon.
Hope it sparks a renaissance of blockbuster no agenda bullshit movies that are just there to tell cool stories, give a great cinema experience and entertain (apart from Marvel movies, etc. which have done that for the most part, except you kinda have to be into comics/that world).
Fuck me, it was awesome. We both loved it. As someone earlier in the thread there was a bit of cheesy dialogue early esp. when the young crew enter), but it just gets stronger from there. Ranks up there with my favourite action movies I reckon.
Hope it sparks a renaissance of blockbuster no agenda bullshit movies that are just there to tell cool stories, give a great cinema experience and entertain (apart from Marvel movies, etc. which have done that for the most part, except you kinda have to be into comics/that world).
balls of snow
Member
Saw it couple days ago. It follows the same almost exact formula as Cobra Kai lol, old man teaches young guns but with estrange son bit but then veers off when Tom had to do it himself which was fan fucking tastic.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Just got back from viewing, that was fucking awsome!
yet_another_alt
Member
First time in years that I wanted to rewatch a movie the moment it finished. I only wish my city had a 4DX theater but I still had a blast on D-BOX.
Joelenheimer
Member
Jesus Christ I loved this movie, but
Ain't no fucking way a F-14 gunna take on multiple Sukhoi 57's, the first kill made sense, the others though...
How do we know? Have any of these new fighters actually been tested?
oh yeah, don't forget the danger zone
Joelenheimer
Member
How do we know? Have any of these new fighters actually been tested?
oh yeah, don't forget the danger zone
you're joking right?
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
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This is a must in D-BOX. Shit felt like I was in the cockpit. WOW
Final 30 minutes my jaw was dropped
Final 30 minutes my jaw was dropped
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
What's the difference between 4DX and Dbox?
I watched it in 4DX and by God what an amazing time I had.
LaughingStock
Member
I have zero nostalgia for the original movie. The nes game probably had a bigger impact on me than the movie did.
Having said that, great movie. Amazing action scenes. Nice story.
And see? Diverse cast without it being woke garbage.
Having said that, great movie. Amazing action scenes. Nice story.
And see? Diverse cast without it being woke garbage.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
In the way it was set-up it's believable, in reality the superior fighter would have just stayed up high and fired missiles from several miles away when the canyons ran out.
Raven117
Member
Just got back from seeing it with an old buddy and his kids.
Yup, can confirm kill. It’s awesome! Plenty of I remember berries, but doesn’t rely on them to tell the story. So many little throwbacks but not overpowering.
It’s not citizen Kane or anything, but just a great flick and absolutely lewd airplane porn.
Felt good just going to a movie without some super geeky nerd lore background or anything else and was just was there to kick ass in a fun and heartfelt way.
Also, man, Jennifer Connolly is still looking great. (Her throw back character is also awesome)
Yup, can confirm kill. It’s awesome! Plenty of I remember berries, but doesn’t rely on them to tell the story. So many little throwbacks but not overpowering.
It’s not citizen Kane or anything, but just a great flick and absolutely lewd airplane porn.
Felt good just going to a movie without some super geeky nerd lore background or anything else and was just was there to kick ass in a fun and heartfelt way.
Also, man, Jennifer Connolly is still looking great. (Her throw back character is also awesome)
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Alcibiades
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DBox is only vibrating seats.
Wheeljack539
Member
Pilots would be to blame. They likely thought in during the entire exchange that they were in the superior machine and thus had their guard down the entire time even after Mav tagged one of them.
Tams
Member
Let's be honest, little thought was put into the enemy fighters. They knew, quite correctly, that we only turned up to see them get blown to pieces, with enough tension there to believe that maybe some of the goodies wouldn't make it back alive.
InverseAgonist
Banned
I mean, I'm not going to defend this movie and say it's a totally realistic depiction of reality. It's not, it's a well written, well executed, fun action movie.
That said, the quality of pilot and training is the differentiator in air combat. This can be seen in the very advent of Top Gun and it's effects on kill:loss ratios in Vietnam and a large part of how the F-15 has over 100 kills without a single loss.
EDIT: Thinking about this, an apt comparison is 4th generation F15/16 or F14's against the Teledyne Ryan Firebee, which routinely trounced the average pilot in dogfighting. One Firebee named "Old Red" survived over 80 encounters.... but it was blown up eventually by a better pilot.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I have yet to see this...but i just came here to comment of that 2nd weekend drop. I thought it was a mistake at first. How the hell did it do close to 90M like that is nothing short of amazing. Tom Cruise is going for that amazing hat-trick with this and both Mission Impossible movies. Holy shit!
The man is unstoppable.
The man is unstoppable.
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JetBlackPanda
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I grew up watching Top Gun and probably watch it 2/3 times a year.
I can’t believe how good this movie is.
Im a jaded ass old guy that hates Hollywood these days but holy shit they did it here.
I can’t believe how good this movie is.
Im a jaded ass old guy that hates Hollywood these days but holy shit they did it here.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
I went to watch it a second time in IMAX and the movie hit just the same as the first time. Its a fucking boys masterpiece.
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
Mind blowing that it's second week 86 million is still far higher than Tom's previous highest opening weekend of 65 million (War of the worlds).
Lady Redfield
Member
Saw it Saturday, awesome follow up. Still think the original is better, but, this was a solid effort.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Yeah it's kinda crazy that this was his first $100 mil + opening weekend movie.
Dural
Member
I was a huge fan of the original, it came out the summer after kindergarten and I watched it on VHS countless times. I could recite the whole movie word for word at one point. I became obsessed with flying and almost went to school to be a pilot after high school, I was accepted and had the paperwork to sign to go but backed out at the last minute. One of my sons is now the exact same age I was when the original came out, so I of course took him to see it and he loved it. I also thought it was great, so much to love throughout. I loved how they incorporated Val Kilmer, pretty much the perfect sequel.
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Raven117
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I think the original is better too as it feels a bit more effortless (and the chemistry between all of the pilots was a bit better), but even still. Not by much. Top Gun wasn't Top Gun when it came out. TGM had to address that it was Top Gun so it had to take it all seriously and balance perfectly. In that regard, its incredible what they achieved.
Both are absolutely great movies.
There was a lot...off about the pilot crew in TGM versus TG IMHO. Even more so when the TGM pilots are all supposed to be post TG graduates and served out on deployments...right? None of them really felt like real world top shot pilots, just older people acting like teenagers mostly. Contrasted against the TG pilots in the school from TG and the confidence and cockiness difference is paplable.