Top Gun Maverick review thread with SPOILERS *DANGERZONE*
Discussion
Scabutz said:
ashleyman said:
Loved the bit where he walked into the bar and asks where he is and the kid says Earth. ??
Stolen/remastered (?) quote from the Eraser movie with Arnold, although the kid in that does say "earth, welcome" which is more amusing still.Overall this gets a thumbs up from me, though if I'm being picky, at times is was quite noticeable that the actors were" back seaters" as their body and head movements weren't in sync with the plane's movements especially the bit when our hero is doing the final test run through the valley, the plane moves then he moves which wouldn't be the case if he were actually flying the plane.
Also where did he get the money to buy the P51 Mustang on a captain's wage?? even if he'd bought it in the 1980's those must have been in the not very cheap category.
I would have liked to have seen some of the original cast members at Iceman's funeral though that would have been a nice touch but overall some good nostalgia and worth the watch.
Some things you might nit have noticed in the cinema…..
During the film, non air action sequences are filmed/presented in wide screen letter box format.
When it switches to action scenes, the presentation switches to full screen mode. More screen available for all the stunt sequences….! Not something I noticed at the cinema.
The end credits thanking just about the whole of the Navy are a cool shout out.
The just as the last credits role….. they thank Lockheed Martin Skunk Works fur the loan of the Darkstar….!
I enjoyed it more on second viewing, having come to terms with some of the cheese.
During the film, non air action sequences are filmed/presented in wide screen letter box format.
When it switches to action scenes, the presentation switches to full screen mode. More screen available for all the stunt sequences….! Not something I noticed at the cinema.
The end credits thanking just about the whole of the Navy are a cool shout out.
The just as the last credits role….. they thank Lockheed Martin Skunk Works fur the loan of the Darkstar….!
I enjoyed it more on second viewing, having come to terms with some of the cheese.
Saw once at the Cinema, non IMAX which was a shame but having re-watched 5/6 times again at home since it’s better than I first thought. And I really liked it first time.
Some properly spellbinding flight scenes.
The practice run proving it could be done in 2min 15secs, just wow.
Some properly spellbinding flight scenes.
The practice run proving it could be done in 2min 15secs, just wow.
Edited by F8Spiderman on Saturday 15th October 23:43
cuprabob said:
STe_rsv4 said:
ajprice said:
It's the 12th highest grossing film now, over $1.4bn, and it's still in cinemas. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_g...
How the flaming F**k is furious 7 above TGM?!!!
Cotty said:
Did the film explain why Rooster and Maverick didn't fly the mission with rears in their plane?
Sort of. I covered this earlier in the thread.It's because they were flying in 2x2 formation - each pair of planes had a dual seat and single seat formation.
The Dual seat configuration were at the rear of the pair, and provided the 'painting' of the target. The solo then were able to lead and take the shot.
Cotty said:
Did the film explain why Rooster and Maverick didn't fly the mission with rears in their plane?
The F/A-18 came in a few flavours -- one of which being the F/A-18F which is a two-seater with the rear seat operating the radar and sensors suite, comms. etc. and thus it is more suited for A2A combat and very heavy and intensive missions.The F/A-18E however, was built as a single-seater and perfectly fine for an A2G bombing run, so I suspect the laser targeters are flying in the F variants, with the E plane coming in after to bomb the arse out of that underground storage place, and being single-crewed because of no need to be excessively sodding around with a precise laser lock.
In reality, there was no need to have the two variants on that one mission. That's the whole point of the two-seater -- so the one crew pair can do the lasering and the bombing. The single-seater can do it all, but during an intensive and frantic environment, two guys in an F are better than one.
Cotty said:
It was very convenient that Rooster and Maverick lost their planes and being as there was only two of them they could fit in the F14.
My comment a while back was :Having not watched the later trailers, and avoiding all reviews, I had no idea of the plot. But. The moment they said 'they even have some old F-14s', I immediately thought:
"Right, so that's the mission roster decided then; Maverick and Rooster in the single-seaters, so Maverick can get shot down, protecting Rooster. Then Rooster will get shot down trying to save him, and they'll steal an F-14 to escape. Maverick will get two kills at some point to make ace".
sandman77 said:
coldel said:
Watched it on the Flix, some amazing flight scenes aside what a ridiculous movie.
Many great movie plots could be described as ridiculous but they are still immensely enjoyable. Surviving the Darkstar breakup seemed ridiculous, but it's loosely based on a real event, the breakup of a SR-71 at Mach 3.2. Worth a read!
http://www.chuckyeager.org/news/sr-71-disintegrate...
http://www.chuckyeager.org/news/sr-71-disintegrate...
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