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Pathetic Shark
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Fair point - remember one of the guys in Braveheart saying the same thing. Top Gun will always be my favourite film and I've watched enough documentaries and specials on it to know how much went into the original.
But so many films have become CGI fests (cough cough Marvel) .... eventually it detracts from the actual film and that is how I see this one.
I'll watch the original again this weekend - maybe this time Iceman won't win the Top Gun Trophy (which in reality would never have taken place)
But so many films have become CGI fests (cough cough Marvel) .... eventually it detracts from the actual film and that is how I see this one.
I'll watch the original again this weekend - maybe this time Iceman won't win the Top Gun Trophy (which in reality would never have taken place)
PJ87
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Mrs and I were feeling better. Parents had the kids we both had an unexpected free day .. top gun out..
Well that was very enjoyable
Feel good thrill ride
Well that was very enjoyable
Feel good thrill ride
Piece
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Tom/Xenu will stick you down the volcano for that blasphemy
PJ87
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Spoiler alert .. they didn't..
Don't judge a book by it's cover or a movie by a trailer . Go see
spongebob59
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Watched the Northman at the weekend, ?
Grim wasn't it ?. The cinema, full, was oddly quiet when the lights came on. Everyone felt a bit battered.
spongebob59
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Blue in Munich
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It needed a decent plot line, some humour & a bit less wooden acting.
Whichever critic dubbed it "The Gladiator for our generation" needs a trip to Specsavers.
Blue in Munich
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Top Gun: Maverick. Like the original, on steroids, with an extra dollop of cheese. Some of the plot lines you will see lumbering over the horizon, some characters in the new are the obviously based on the old, but the bottom line is it's thoroughly entertaining; you'll laugh, you may cry and you should leave entertained & happier than when you came in. If you'll pardon the expression, I don't give a flying f...andango if the flying sequences were CGI'd or not; as others have said it's not a documentary.
And whoever
chose the soundtrack music for the dog fighting sequence deserves a pat on the back; despite what the song said, they were! (It will make sense when you've seen it).
And whoever
chose the soundtrack music for the dog fighting sequence deserves a pat on the back; despite what the song said, they were! (It will make sense when you've seen it).
Blue in Munich
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I saw this whilst Mrs BiM saw Downton Abbey; I think she got the better deal.
spongebob59
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Im looking forward to the sequel, Southman, where hoardes of Londoners wearing kiss me quick hats invade the IOW, pillaging for fish and chips and candy floss. This might be better .
PNWokingham
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Top Gun: Maverick. Like the original, on steroids, with an extra dollop of cheese. Some of the plot lines you will see lumbering over the horizon, some characters in the new are the obviously based on the old, but the bottom line is it's thoroughly entertaining; you'll laugh, you may cry and you should leave entertained & happier than when you came in. If you'll pardon the expression, I don't give a flying f...andango if the flying sequences were CGI'd or not; as others have said it's not a documentary.
And whoever
well summed up Rich - a great film that does exactly what you expect albeit probably better than you would have expected. A great escapist 2hrs or so
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I enjoyed Maverick. Thought Jodie Foster was good and was nice to see Jim Garner, especially after his role in the original.
Just a good fun film.
Just a good fun film.
PJ87
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PNWokingham
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i forgot to add that Maverick is clearly superior to the original in all areas!
PJ87
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Always felt top gun was too short .. I know movies are a lot longer now but this one just had that bit more run time to feel like it wasn't over before it began
Great follow up all these years later .. sometimes better than returning so quickly
PJ87
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Top Gun: Maverick. Like the original, on steroids, with an extra dollop of cheese. Some of the plot lines you will see lumbering over the horizon, some characters in the new are the obviously based on the old, but the bottom line is it's thoroughly entertaining; you'll laugh, you may cry and you should leave entertained & happier than when you came in. If you'll pardon the expression, I don't give a flying f...andango if the flying sequences were CGI'd or not; as others have said it's not a documentary.
And whoever
Also from what I've read the flight scenes aren't even CGI? So don't know what @Pathetic Shark thinks they are. Says it's all done using practical affects and real planes etc
Blue in Munich
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Apparently they aren't CGI;
SPOILER ALERT; do not scroll too far down on the link as there is a plot spoiler...
https://screenrant.com/top-gun-2-maverick-action-scenes-no-cgi-reason/
Whether they were CGI or not made no difference to my enjoyment, but if all those scenes were actually flown then hats off to the pilots involved.
PJ87
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Agreed on that
Wife and I thought it was brilliant
Enjoyed it more than the first but not that first wasn't good just that was even better
Personally tho
