Absolutely. I hate it when the pull that you killed my dad shtik. This was much better.

FACTS!

So you’re saying he tried to keep Rooster out of… The Danger Zone? I’ll see myself out.

@@woodside4life Jeez that joke took my breath away

I loved that they didn't go for the cliché angst for his Father's death , but rather for making him lose years at the Academy , which is understandable . Although Mav is just doing what Rooster's mother begged him to do and doesn't want Rooster to blame his late mother , so he shoulders the decision instead .

More like advanced age to tell an older story.

clearly this movie was a passion project and not a shameless cash grab relying only on nostalgia, that's why it worked so well.

ehhhh it's a pretty thin acknowledgement. "You're old ... and even Iceman says it's time for you to move on ... but you're still young enough to be the best damn pilot we have, and you need to lead this mission while also facing zero consequences of your age at any point in the film."

Between that leading to a more mature story, the sheer passion of doing real stunts in today's cinema and actually writing a story rather than nostalgia bait, it was a really good movie. Truly showing how much Cruise cared

@@DanielFolsom and you old but you can do back to back multiple intense dog fights with no indication of any exhaustion.

and then I will put Hamlet - to think or not to think?

Really?

"this is a nice moment. Let's not ruin it" Come on, that one liner absolutely slayed

The final battle??... What about the entire movie!...

Ace combat 💀💀

g-forcing out a dump. hahahahhahahaha

The trench run part was basically an Ace Combat mission

and Justice League is Saiyan Saga

Everyone in the theater cracked up at that scene

@@moemoeanisong same thing happened in the theater I saw it in.

The silent arm gestures 🤷🏾 is what makes the scene worth a laugh

I agree. A few moments on screen that stand out like a beacon.

Yes. It's ok to take a beat between jokes.

Agreed. I don’t know what it was, but his words reached me and perfectly set up the whole fun ride.

It was an actor breaking the 4th wall. We’ve never had that before in that types of situation. We all wondered why it wasn’t released during the pandemic…after we saw it…we understood.

@@jasonm921 You all sound like cultists. Oh wait......

Which speech do you mean?

@@Voldermortization You had to see it in theaters. It opened with Tom Cruise in front of a camera thanking everyone for going to the theater to see it, because it was made for the theater experience and the love of movies. It felt sincere, and it was a really nice thing to see at the start.

Always had a soft spot for The Saint, too bad it bombed and there was no sequel.

One of my favs, not an awesome movie but so fun, Val and Eliz Shue a really clean mystery whodunit, psuedo action... a fun watch! Did not get that clue. Maybe you're right? If so, NICE.

Love the Saint. Had one of my fav movie lines..."while you're down there..."

I was happy they had him come back and that he agreed to return for it, where if anyone saw it and the role he played, they could have just used a "look-alike" actor for it.

Great soundtrack for The Saint

Maverick never did that.

100%

you talking about Empire Strikes Back? maverick was pointless and a complete rip off of Star Wars 1977.

@@vincentvega5686 Maybe ANH is a ripoff of low altitude tactical bombing.

Mavirk is the proof that one people complain that Marvel movies have "all the same plot" what they really mean is the CGI sucks. Y'all don't care if the plot is samey

@@vincentvega5686 Hidden Fortress (1958) cough... cough...

tbf Luke was a space-wizard

To be fair, Rooster is the one who had to take the 3m shot "blind". Mav used the targeting system on his approach. but he could have done it by instinct shooting at a 1.5m target just to show up the farmboy-turned-pilot.

@@Mayydayy86 tom cruise survived being in close proximity to an explosion from an aircraft travelling and malfunctioning at over 10 G before being reinstated into Top Gun 🤓

You know Luke had the Force.

yeah but like had SPACE guiding systems.

The best bit about that is considering how call signs are picked in the USN in real life, "Brad Brad" would very likely be the real life version of him actual call sign.

😂 Hulk-Smashed..... the Starring!

That was a good one.

Yeah, that's my favorite part with "BIRDS". I wonder how many people here know Princess Bride.

With Tom smiling afterwards

So glad someone else caught that 😂

COBRA Kai also does a good job with that

Blade Runner 2049 did pretty good too

Nothing but mic propaganda, and you fell for it. Lol

@@rustyshackle917 just cos its propaganda, doesnt mean it wasnt good. Those things arent mutually exclusive you know.

Cazafantasmas did it too

I absolutely loved the f14 tomcat nostalgia scene. Damn good movie. Damn good.

It was a bit of a stretch that Brad Brad didn't know that the F-14's wings were variable sweep. But it did make a funny scene.

Ex-fighter pilot C.W. Lemoine did a great review about the authenticity of those scenes. It’s hilarious because real fighter pilots eventually grow accustomed to the g-forces and don’t make the crazy faces like the actors do in the film. Said they looked exactly like rookies on their first day in the centrifuge! 😂

@@captainarcher5205 The idea was to show the audiences the severity of what they go thru. Without those faces, people in the cinema wouldn't quite get it.

@@ellisz5972 No, I think why he asked that question was because Mav extended the wings on the Taxiway itself and he was concerned because it was too short

Yes! Same here, but the film is now ruined! I'll never be able to watch it again without thinking about that!

If you love this, go watch the first movie. You'll love it too. That's the great thing about Maverick: It is not only a great action flick, but at the same time manages to capture the tone of the original perfectly

And try Hot Shots ;)

You gotta see the first movie!!!

I think Ive seen this one 3 times since the theater and still finding things I really like about it. I was 25 when I saw Top Gun. My son was 25 when he and I saw this one. I hope when Cruise makes Top Gun 3 and my grandson is 25 we all three go see it.😂😂😂

Yes, I wonder if it was inspired by the acrobatic pilots who lost her life at an airshow.

They did add Flat Spin that killed Goose in the first movie to honor Art Scholl who was an expert pilot and also a cameraman for many movie that required aerial shoots and lastly it was Top Gun Art's plane got into a flat spin, crashed into the sea and his body was never found

I remember this hilarious anecdote from an aviation magazine where they were testing the windshield of a new airliner by firing dead chickens at it at an appropriate velocity to simulate bird strike, and to their horror the windshield kept shattering to oblivion. Long story short, eventually they got in communication with the manufacturer of the test kit/cannon and had to be told that they had to thaw the frozen chickens before firing them out of the cannon 🤣🤣

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Don't think, just do

Felt fresh? It was literally like a shot for shot remake of Top Gun

@@JPBADD7549 so you watched it for 15 minutes?

@@JPBADD7549 yeah it is a movie not a documentary/biopic

My only complaint was there weren't multiple uses of "goddamn it" like in the original

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I actually disagree literally ICE tells him to let go and allow Rooster to become the pilot he is.

All the young guys progressed. This is how you set up a baton pass so it feels earned and natural.

The boomer dream

You would be more worried if they weren't bad, otherwise they are all bad if 3 decades makes no difference.

Nope, it was super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

@@OllieTownsendIII I understood that reference! 🤣

@@OllieTownsendIII now I’m gonna need you to get all the way up off my back about it😂

@@captainarcher5205 Well ok then, let me get up off that thing.

@@OllieTownsendIII getting off that thing is TIGHT!

You should hear the stories birds tell about "jetstrike"!

It's the bird unions that get all the birds to picket the entrance gates, with their adorable little placards, which all get sucked into the first jet engine that passes by. birds don't understand jets, but that may change if the airlines allow birds to migrate the way cargo does today.

thats why you shouldnt fly low. birds rarely fly at aircraft altitudes

For Honest trailers or for Top Gun? Oh, probably both.

Not for Top Gun that is for sure. There is so little effort in writing this movie that I doubt they even really tried. Laziest movie writing I have ever seen.

@@DavidVanmeterDutch EXACTLY! The writing was incredibly dry along with the story! Great action scenes though.

@@winteriscoming747 I think I know why it’s been a success in the box office but not because it’s a masterpiece.

Just ignore a lot of stuff like the fact gooses son would be around 40 years old right now since the original movie came out in 1986 and he looked to be three or four years old. If you want to be generous that the movie was supposed to come out 2 years ago he would be around 38.

it was also finished in 2020 and they waited for covid to be over before they released it.

I think it's an average movie...... just like those star wars sequels. It just plays on fanboy's nostalgic feelings.

@@sleepyearth i mean, the film was good, but it was like the first top gun with a twist of mission impossible

It was! I watched both movies in one day so can confirm.

This was more 633 Squadron.. which predates Star Wars by over a decade. Also the Dambusters which not only was over 20 years older than Star Wars… but based on a real event.

Still play Ace combat to this day. Good little game if you enjoy flying games.

Ace Combat was heavily inspired by Top Gun, and I'd like to think the whole "Airstrike Impossible with a canyon run under enemy radar" inspired by Ace Combat.

@@calvinnickel9995 Iron Eagle Tw... never mind

Scream while not a classic like the OG, but I was pretty good too. Besides killing off you know who and the lead actress, I really dug it.

You can tell it was a real passion project.

I mean it's not that rare, NWH did it just a few months ago. :) But it is still more common that they're bad, that's true.

@@MrBrock314 NWH is NOT a legacy sequel.

I was looking for this comment Brad Brad 🤣🤣🤣

My town actually has a very well-known lawyer named Brad Bradshaw. We all call him Brad Bradbrad.

Jack Jack is still better

"When they don't play Take my breath away" was the part that killed me. The actor's delivery of that "damn" and the context was just too good.

MIG 29 being Maverick's father, and the nyet, was a "chef's kiss"

Captain America: The Sprinter Soldier

The movie is forgettable for someone like who saw the original in theaters. Why did I watch this? Because other family wanted to watch it.

Probably the best movie I’ve seen in 20 years honestly

same! and it was the first time in a long while (well covid......) where I saw a packed cinema.

Well....good for you, I guess. I went the completely opposite direction. It was scenes from the first Top Gun with the plot of New Hope. Most unoriginal hunk of cinema I've seen in a while.

Agreed, really enjoyed seeing this one and for sure the best of the year

@@flabio7074 spiderman was better

I watched in in 4DX seats, if ever one movie was made for those seats it’s this one.

@@Jabber-ig3iw I watched first on IMAX and a month later in 4D, it's just worth it

I sat in the backseat of every playne, was so worth it

Ur just a dalit chutia

Half the movie is BORING.

You must be referring to Everything Everywhere All at Once :)

@@MrBrock314 That’s a great film, but it just comes behind Top Gun Maverick for me.

The last time that happened for me was Mad Max: Fury Road

@@TCTriangle yes same here! I'm upset that they haven't continued making more Mad Max films

@@nesquick84 uh they have. George miller is directing the furiosa prequel Right Now. And he said next is Mad Max Wasteland

How can we ever predict the future lol.I didn't think top gun sequel would happen few years ago

Until the next MI movies come out.

Until next year when the movie he’s making with Space X comes out. Supposedly it’s going to be the first movie literally made in space!

Then he makes a sequel to Days of Thunder. Honestly, that's the same sentiment given to Mad Max: Fury Road.

Tom Cruise has also provided you with a cult but sure. Glorify him.

I honestly hated the first movie and can’t bear to watch this new one regardless of how much praise it gets. Maybe I’m missing out but I don’t care.

Unhealthy ?

@@KZfaqfan567 I hated the first one too, and only quickly watched a summary of it on youtube before heading into watch Top Gun Maverick. Top Gun Maverick is maybe one of the best movies I've ever seen. It is excellent.

I don't like either films, not a huge fan of Cruise

@@KZfaqfan567 I wasn’t a big fan of the first one, or of Tom Cruise for that matter. This movie however was pretty enjoyable. It’s up to you whether you go see it or not though.

I was also too young to be obsessed with the original, but that didn't stop me from being obsessed with the original anyway. We played "Take My Breath Away" at our wedding.

The what message? Must be an American exclusive I guess

@@mrpalaces Some showing of the film had Tom tanking the audience for their patience and that the movie was dedicated to them. I saw this movie in America and did not get that little message at the beginning.

@@sijdnsd6460 Just saw it and did get the message at a theater in Texas. It's honestly a really nice touch and just immediately eroded any grumpy feelings I had and made me relax and not overthink the movie so much. Well played, Tom, well played...

Do yourself a favor and go back and watch the original team. It WAS NOT all about Cruise.

They even have Vader... I meant Tom... I meant Maverick ambushed them during the bomb test run.

In fairness, the Death Star Trench run was from a movie that portrayed the real life Dambuster mission.

@@shaider1982 Yes nothing is completely original, but what I think with Top Gun Maverick was more blatantly referential since they borrowed dialogue from Star Wars the Death Star scenes. I think the film is getting overpraised a bit I didn't find it great nor bad it was ok I think.

How many times has A New Hope been remade already (including within the Star Wars franchise)? lol

@@CarlosBronson 3.

Njeeeet!😩

Except the MiG 29 Fulcrum is a real plane. It was the fictional MiG 28 in top gun played by an F-5

@@hangman7391 was going to say the same thing, MiG 28 was the fictional plane from the first movie.

Not sure if its because I literally watched Empire Strikes Back literally an hour ago but I burst out laughing for real at that line.

@@SamJ.J. Me too, it's sooo funny.

So you didn't notice the plastic Frodo in Fellowship of the Ring? You see it for a second when Arwyn is racing her horse against the Ring Wraiths. It's pretty funny. Agreed however on the over all intake of the film. He really nailed it. Of course with an ANGLICO team written in, the film would have been 30 minutes shorter.

@@minxlabrada what's an ANGLICO?

Amen!

@@minxlabrada Complaining about a second of error in a 3hour movie.. Nice one.. well no movie is perfect.. its close to perfect that it can get, but nailing three 3hour movie made in one production, doesn't hold up in your eyes.

The movie was ok

Yup! Me too!

Same here. The parallels! Had to be deliberate

@@trupype3028 Yeah! Even that line, 'Let go Mav' sounded waaay too much like, 'Let go Luke...'

@CoolNerd llll it was with dialogue mostly with me during the battle scenes of course.

@@trupype3028 They weren't going to leave that out, of course even though it's praised those who love it admit that but some use the defense that Star Wars is a ripoff of the Dam Busters. I won't argue that but Top Gun Maverick felt blatantly referential to me of Star Wars.

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You know what? I actually DON'T think they mirror Maverick and Iceman. If you think about it, neither of them actually resemble either of the characters. Sure, Bradley was raised by Maverick, but Mav would never hesitate in taking a shot, he would never hesitate periodt. And sure, Iceman may have been cocky and smug, he was still a team player. He'd never abandon his wingman like Jake does. The only thing I find similar is the friends/rivals relationship between the two. But other than that, I don't think they're that similar, which is a GOOD thing. It would have been too "on the nose" if their personalities had been similar. I much prefer Rooster and Hangman being their own selves and original characters with original personalities. ... Thanks for coming to my TED Talk-

@@TheBlueSascha yes, the rivalry is what I was referring to😁

@@Mikhael366 Ah, okay. In that case, i agree. I've heard a lot of people say they found Rooster and Hangman to mirror Ice and Mav's characters, which I do disagree with, so just wanted to clear that up. Regardless, it was a thoroughly enjoyable movie! :)

Hangman is Mav, but Iceman was way above Rooster. He survived against 5 migs in dogfight before Maverick came back.

Star Wars is based on The Dambusters and 633 Squadron. It’s really just aviation taking back its storyline.

@@calvinnickel9995 The point is Top Gun Maverick was so on the nose especially dialogue.

Star Wars is based in THE HIDDEN FORTRESS by AKIRA KUROSAWA. So, all of this, is Japanese.

Funnily enough, I'd say certain elements of the canyon were more based on the Ravine Raid from the second Area 88 OVA (Burning Mirage). Bunch of merc pilots have to, at night, fly through a canyon to evade radar detection to hit an oil refinery. The differences start to show after the aircraft make it through the ravine, when a bunch of Gen 1 Harriers show up and start wrecking the Mercs. The Area 88 OVAs came out in 1985/1986, so a tad before the first Top Gun. Better yet, a character (Mickey Simon) flies an F-14A, which is kinda funny.

Fr? Lmao

I think there was another rea$on :) But it was worth it.

@@KelRiever they didn't think it would make the money it did. If they did they would have done this LONG before now. Let's be real Hollywood has been creatively bankrupt for a long time now.

The script certainly proves your point.

I heard that the director pitched the idea to Tom Cruise and he didn't want to do it at all, until he convinced him by explaining the story.

He is. No doubt

he is the best actor, his 90's movies proved it

Yeah! He gets it done.

the skydive stunt may have been the least crazy things he's done in terms of stunts in the last 4 MI's. you could argue scaling the burj khalifa, hanging off a plane (8 times), or either of his helicopter stunts crazier. the dude is awesome in movies.

Say what you want about his mental stability and his personal life and his cult, but the man is dedicated to his craft and gives 110% to make entertaining movies. And he's damn good at what he does.

He and Emily blunt were awesome in it

Light novel, not manga. Definitely among his top movies, though.

The Last Samurai Mission Impossible series Born on the fourth of July Magnolia VANILLA SKY (my fav) Rock of Ages Eyes Wide Shut Jack Reacher this man wins my heart every time

Yeah, I also noticed the strong similarities. Pretty sure it's a homage.

Don't think just do = use the force, also older mentor teaches former friends son, shoot an exhaust port without targeting laser. Yeah it was pretty much star wars

@@frozenburrito2005 yea they explained the mission I leaned over to my brother”how much you wanna bet the tarting system goes down 😂”

@@frozenburrito2005 I only remember the battles and dialogue within being from Star Wars I'd forgotten the rest.

If it works...

this! i would absolutely see a top gun 3 with the new characters and maybe tom making an iceman-esque cameo

yup!

I prefer Blade Runner 2049 and Halloween 2018 to the originals.

And one of the rarest times that a movie didn't get affected by COVID and its delays to make people lose interest unlike other films like F9, Black Widow and JW Dominion.

@@NaruIchiLatino97 I enjoyed Black Widow and Dominion and I only skipped F9 because I have no interest in that franchise.

@@coolnerdlll6053 I never connected to the original blade runner...But man that scene when ryan realises he is not the ONE still hits like a boulder

Blade Runner 2049, Doctor Sleep, Mad Max: Fury Road, Creed etc

Sprinter Soldier 🤣🤣🤣

The Bradley Bradshaw were my favorite. X,D

Fair enough

*Bar Bar Jinx*

You obviously haven't seen many movies if you think that was a masterpiece 🤣🤣🤣

The comments praising Cruise read like Scientology propaganda.

@@whocares9033 It's a masterpiece compared to all that Hollywood garbage nowadays.

Sangeethology....are you sure you aren't Scientology's alt account?

You know the next two Mission Impossibles are going to bank after this movie doing so well.

@Vatsal Alright stop that’s what people said about Spider-Man No Way Home that it saved cinemas I went to the cinema months before these films came out but I understand it depends on which country you live. Both are ok films at best but I don’t mean to point these things out but it does frustrate me a bit when people make these assumptions.

Come on, Everything Everywhere All At Once was the best movie of the year. An actually original movie. This was fun but let's not pretend it was profound.

@@ladyreverie7027 That seems to be an unpopular opinion I mean not seen it. I know Top Gun Maverick is the popular choice or The Batman. I think both were ok Top Gun Maverick was respectful to Val Kilmer I will give praise I mean the aerial sequences are well done but it's not enough for me to give it praise. Story I thought was derivative, love story I found forgettable and some of the supporting characters I thought were also that. The Batman was well-made I think. I liked the performances by Paul Dano and Jeffrey Wright but I found some of the characters clichéd in story and I wasn't sure of story either.

@@ladyreverie7027 No 🤢 it wasn't.

Shame on you for doubting Mr. Cruise lol

Yeah, say what you will about Cruise, but he makes danm good movies.

No joke

Same

The first joke took me a second to get and resulted in a delayed reaction. So did the second joke. Great jokes.