It’s as bad as the first two watchings. Definitely not a wine in that it doesn’t get better with time.
Just watched Top Gun for the third time
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Tony Scott directed some great ones (e.g. True Romance) but Top Gun wasn't one of them!
Truth
It’s the jets…… nobody cares about the characters at least I don’t
the jets and the soundtrack….
the jets and the soundtrack….
Wooly Fox
Tele-Afflicted
Hots Shots is the better film...
deadmeat!
nvilletele
Friend of Leo's
The top gun base is down the street from my house. (Though the Navy top gun school part of it has since moved, and the base is now a Marine air station.)
That’s about the best thing I can say about the film.
That’s about the best thing I can say about the film.
Just the jets.
monkeybanana
Friend of Leo's
I got a free still in the wrapper VHS of TG so I dug out the tape player. On a new tv it was so blurry I couldn’t watch it. Remember when TVs were so cute?
No spoilers please!
No spoilers please!
Old Verle Miller
Tele-Meister
The new one is supposed to be amazing, and in case you're wondering, Cruise is a serious warbird pilot. He routinely flies his P-51 and that is not something for the faint of heart or without major skills.
My name is Jack "Top Gun" Reacher, I'm short, but I'm loud. I can fly circles around you, and whip twenty-five guys six foot tall without raising a sweat. I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine, so if you're looking for trouble, damn, getting that all mixed up with Elvis. Well, at least Elvis wasn't short.
I like the quentin tarantino version/assessment best.
One of my best friends worked on the TG2 set, and he said Cruise flew his P51 to the set every day.
Imagine flying your WWII fighter to work every day for months...
I actually respect Cruise quite a bit, because he commits to a crazy level to these movies and he exerts enough control that his movies are consistently entertaining. A buddy recently asked me what I expected from TG2; he referred to the original and how cheesy it was. I told him I think it will be good because Cruise won't let it be bad.
Also, Les Grossman is literally the funniest thing I have ever seen in a movie. NOTE: VULGAR AND HORRIBLE. NSFW.
DIET COKE!!!
Like you, I didn't like "Top Gun" when it came out on 1986, and I didn't like it when I gave it another chance a year or two back. And with maybe the exception of "True Romance" i loathe the films of Tony Scott, which look like hour and a half '80s Pepsi commercials (with good reason).
That said, I've read the reviews for the new "Top Gun," and I'm actually excited to see the movie -- something that never happens with me anymore.
That said, I've read the reviews for the new "Top Gun," and I'm actually excited to see the movie -- something that never happens with me anymore.
The Last Boy Scout?
Crimson Tide?
As you say, True Romance is a largely forgotten classic, but it's pretty difficult to mess up a movie with Tarantino as your writer.
He made some pretty good movies and bunch of ok movies. I have not seen all his movies, but I'm confident that Top Gun is not one of his very best.
Weazel
Friend of Leo's
"Just watched Top Gun for the third time"
Why?
Why would you do that?
soundchaser59
Friend of Leo's
3 times? So that's about 6 hours you can never get back. Sorry.
ce24
Poster Extraordinaire
My brother flew with the SeaWolves in viet Nam...to qualify for rotary wing he had to qualify in fixed wing landing on a carrier. He said it was the scariest thing he ever did. That's saying something if you know about the SeaWolves action in Nam.
