The Top Gun Movie Top Gun Wished It Was
Maverick's hype is well earned. I'm glad I watched the original first, despite really not enjoying it, because otherwise so much of Maverick's nods would've been completely lost on me, but Maverick stands in its own right as a solid action movie. This is some of the best dogfighting ever caught on camera. The authenticity of every shot is through the roof and goes a long way to really selling the intensity. Top Gun sought to put the audience in the cockpit with the pilots, Maverick actually does while also capturing some breathtaking stuntwork at the same time. They could've built a mock cockpit in a studio in front of a green screen and filmed the actors normally and CGI'd the planes in the sky, but then they'd be missing the real effect of those Gs on the actors faces, they'd be missing the palpability of flight at those speeds, they'd be missing all the little imperfections impossible to recreate. Tom Cruise deserves all the praise for this movie's monumental success, financially, critically, and artistically. He offers that which action movies have been sorely lacking for decades - authenticity. While I'm not quite at the point where I'd put it on the same pedestal as Fallout or Fury Road, it definitely has a strong claim. I give Top Gun: Maverick an edge-of-your-seat 8/10. This is definitely a movie I could see myself rewatching before the end of the year.
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- PyroSikTh
- Feb 6, 2023