Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

[Lee A Stewart]

Paramount: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Best-Selling Week-One Digital Sellthrough Movie Ever

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/paramo...-through-ever/

[LordoftheRings]

September 1st

Grosses
DOMESTIC (48.7%)
$693,329,744
INTERNATIONAL (51.3%)
$731,200,000
WORLDWIDE
$1,424,529,744

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

September 1st

Grosses
DOMESTIC (48.7%)
$693,329,744
INTERNATIONAL (51.3%)
$731,200,000
WORLDWIDE
$1,424,529,744

Thanks. It definitely hit it's peak, but very nice reception in theaters.
I imagine Tom Cruise is considering a sequel. Top Gun 3.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

You haven't seen Roma unless you've seen it shown in 70mm

You're one of my heroes along with Maverick.
_____

* Bye bye Black Panther very soon, and bye bye Frozen II before summer is over...100%

[drb999]

I finally saw this night night and enjoyed it quite a bit. 4/5 stars

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

You're one of my heroes

Awwww, shucks!!

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Just_Discovered_3D

How is Maverick a love story? I could understand it being a love story between Maverick and pushing the limits, or Maverick and his beloved aircraft.

But as a "boy meets girl" type romance, I'm not seeing it. The film started a love triangle up for Phoenix, but it thankfully flamed out.

I could see a case that it's an anti-romantic film, as we see Iceman and his longtime wife apparently surrounded by their legacy, contrasted with Maverick, who has no legacy and gets paired off with a love interest with whom he cannot start one.

It had the same tragedy to it as Jurassic World Dominion did, where an old flame was also rekindled decades too late.

Top Gun Maverick ending scene if it was made in 2007 - YouTube

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Awwww, shucks!!

I mean it; you're a true cinema moviegoer in its best Cinematic form.
That's a great asset to see the masterpieces of the masters on-screen as intended.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Paramount: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Best-Selling Week-One Digital Sellthrough Movie Ever

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/paramo...-through-ever/

Doesn't surprise me one bit. I can only imagine how the physical media sales will do.

[Zivouhr]

Finally saw Top Gun 2 today for the $3 movie deal after Jaws 3D.

This was so much better than Top Gun 1 IMO, as it actually focuses on the real Jets in the sky! And that mission was properly built up as the main focus of this film. Top Gun 1? To me, most of it is a lot of banter in bars and Maverick going after his girlfriend, when what I wanted to see are jets in the sky battling. This film actually delivers much better than the first.

The film was smart and addressed why they were wasting time on the beach during that dull scene,

[Show spoiler]Teamwork.

Good. I appreciate when a film explains an otherwise pointless scene of characters just wasting time with no progress to the story. That explanation gave the scene depth and meaning. Good writing.

The jet scenes were thankfully plenty throughout about 50% of the film, and the highlight of Top Gun 2. The main mission, great build up and pay off. While I would've appreciated "What happens if we fail this mission?" more, I was entertained and the action was really nicely done. The enemy jets were great with competent pilots

[Show spoiler](and enemy pilots)

who knew their stuff. Good!

The sound effects were intense with the jet engine blasts surging through the seats in the theater. Really nice.

Mostly entertaining any time they're focused on the jets, and the last scenes reminded me of Behind Enemy Lines. Good, entertaining movie and I can see why people really enjoy this one.

Top Gun 2: 4/5 A solid focus on real jet flying. Great.
Top Gun 1: 2.5/5 Just not enough focus on the jets.

[50strat54]

Full house today.

Fifth time I’ve seen the film.

First time I heard the movie with laughs and audience applause during the film, i.e. Maverick completes the test run after being relieved of duty.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Finally saw Top Gun 2 today for the $3 movie deal after Jaws 3D.

[Show spoiler]This was so much better than Top Gun 1 IMO, as it actually focuses on the real Jets in the sky! And that mission was properly built up as the main focus of this film. Top Gun 1? To me, most of it is a lot of banter in bars and Maverick going after his girlfriend, when what I wanted to see are jets in the sky battling. This film actually delivers much better than the first.

The film was smart and addressed why they were wasting time on the beach during that dull scene,

[Show spoiler]Teamwork.

Good. I appreciate when a film explains an otherwise pointless scene of characters just wasting time with no progress to the story. That explanation gave the scene depth and meaning. Good writing.

The jet scenes were thankfully plenty throughout about 50% of the film, and the highlight of Top Gun 2. The main mission, great build up and pay off. While I would've appreciated "What happens if we fail this mission?" more, I was entertained and the action was really nicely done. The enemy jets were great with competent pilots

[Show spoiler](and enemy pilots)

who knew their stuff. Good!

The sound effects were intense with the jet engine blasts surging through the seats in the theater. Really nice.

Mostly entertaining any time they're focused on the jets, and the last scenes reminded me of Behind Enemy Lines. Good, entertaining movie and I can see why people really enjoy this one.

Top Gun 2: 4/5 A solid focus on real jet flying. Great.
Top Gun 1: 2.5/5 Just not enough focus on the jets.

It's good that you were able to catch this in theaters. I'm debating between seeing this or Bullet Train tonight. It'll probably depend on which one has better seats left when I get to the theater, since I refuse to pay the fees for booking online.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

It's good that you were able to catch this in theaters. I'm debating between seeing this or Bullet Train tonight. It'll probably depend on which one has better seats left when I get to the theater, since I refuse to pay the fees for booking online.

Thanks. Ha, you're like me and refused to pay online fees just to reserve a ticket. I lucked out with great seats each time.
I saw both movies, Bullet Train and Top Gun 2.

Top Gun 2: A solid 4/5 stars. It has some really great moments in the film and the real jet action was really cool and plentiful.

Bullet Train (on release weekend): 3/5 stars. Had some better moments later on, but it's a film that jumps often to each character's story, so it's all over the place and there is no single star despite the trailers suggesting Brad Pitt is the star. The comedy was okay, and got me smirking once in awhile, but some jokes were not my style. Some decent action, and it definitely had some moments of Kill Bill 1, but the action isn't as plentiful or as cool as that film's.

Whichever you decide, enjoy!

[LordoftheRings]

Tough to beat $3/ticket, even for premium theaters.
Bring all the family (5) plus grandma and grandpa: $21
Cool move

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

It's good that you were able to catch this in theaters. I'm debating between seeing this or Bullet Train tonight. It'll probably depend on which one has better seats left when I get to the theater, since I refuse to pay the fees for booking online.

Which one did you go for?


FWIW, I thought that Bullet Train was the one out of the two films that needed to be seen theatrically. The slower start to it would be a handicap to at-home viewing. A smaller screen might also help mask the weak CGI in Maverick, one of its few weaknesses.

[joenostalgia23]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Oh I'm sorry, didn't realize you were their official spokesperson, my bad

It’s ironic that you say that after you yourself made a comment generalizing the entire country’s movie taste.

I’m a Chinese guy currently visiting China with several family members who are here permanently. I have some perspective on the matter. People here can enjoy patriotic movies where Americans are bad guys and still enjoy movies where Americans are good guys. Just like Americans can love The Patriot and still enjoy 007 and Harry Potter. In this country, the pro-America, pro-Christianity war movie Hacksaw Ridge made significantly more money than the 3D wuxia blockbuster Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2. People’s taste is more sophisticated than you think.

I think a release in China would’ve added at least another 50 million to the international gross. Possibly more considering the legs it had here. The problem is not the audience, there’s definitely a demand if you saw how many people are watching pirated copies, it’s the govt. censors blocking it.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by joenostalgia23

[Show spoiler]The problem is not the audience, there’s definitely a demand if you saw how many people are watching pirated copies, it’s the govt. censors blocking it.

I'm not even going to go into how much people might or might not be doing any of that, as it is highly speculative. But you're completely wrong when you say it all comes down simply to what the officials do or do not approve. Hollywood executives have already gone on the record saying they perceive weaker demand for their movies across the board, given that even fewer foreign movies have played there recently, and what they perceive as greater local interest in local movies. I'm not claiming that they are right or wrong, but regardless, that is their perception and they are planning accordingly, so take that for what it's worth.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Fenrik

I bought this movie on iTunes last night and I dont know why but the picture quality isnt as great as I hoped it to be. At least not my «copy». The picture isnt that clear and crisp as other movies, and it sure doesnt look like 4K…! It looks more like DVD. Anyone else experiencing this? It cant be my internet connection since everything else looks like it should… any tips?

Streaming in general, doesn't look nor sound as good as the 4K UHD or the blu-ray discs counterparts due to the compression. If you buy the 4K UHD disc, it will look and sound much better than the stream.

[DrWally]

I love this movie, I think it's a great work of popular art that fully deserves all of its considerable acclaim and success.

It's starting to make me rather uneasy, however, that its success is beginning to be weaponized by a very particular band of people. You know the type, unfortunately.

[joshsquash729]

Caught a showing with the fam for the $3 movie day yesterday, and as someone who has somehow never seen the first Top Gun, I quite enjoyed it, and it was easy enough to follow along with the callbacks. Had a lot more heart than I was expecting from the trailers, and some of the action scenes were pretty tense. Saw it at the Lincoln Center IMAX, so the picture and sound were outstanding. Sure, the characterization was a bit light, but it knows what kind of movie it is. Not sure how often I'd watch it beyond that showing, but I'll be interested to see how it holds up on a small screen.