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Originally Posted by severe conservative
Well I must have a cold dead heart. The movie was good - probably better than it had any right to be. But I dont think it is as great as a bunch of people are saying. I gave 3 stars in the poll but would probably give it 3.5 stars if I could. Maverick should have been more of a background character-mentor like Tom Skerritt in the original. If youre gonna make Maverick the star it should have been made in the 90s or 2000s.
Topgun was a rock and roll movie like a bunch of other movies in the 80s. It just happened to be one of the best of them if not the best. It was about the feeling and style and the life of naval aviators. Otherwise it is actually a pretty hollow story. Ive seen people on this very forum criticize it and call it vastly overrated. And objectively I cant really argue with them. For me in order for a sequel to be 100% successful it would have had to replicate that, but they dont really make rock and roll movies anymore.
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If Maverick weren't the star then I'd leave the theater feeling gypped. Only Marvel can get away with making the title character be a side character in a film
I wish that Cruise and the gang had gone all in on the nostalgia and made this a "rock and roll movie." Oh well, at least there is still the opportunity to rerelease it in 3D once Avatar 2 reignites that flame in studio boardrooms
Still, it's a bit sad that, at least here in Cinemark Country, TG:M is going to be relegated to the smaller screens starting on this coming Thursday, as Jurassic World Domination is scheduled to sweep it out of XD DBOX.