Jack Bauer said:

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Fantastic movie.

You have to give Tom Cruise credit, he does not half ass his movie production. All the F18 flying scenes are real planes, no CGI, and you can tell.

This movie did a great job connecting the past with the present. The Val Kilmer cameo made it very nostalgic.

There were no woke PC messages, just a movie with a direct mission and straight up action.

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and smashing at the box office.. was projected for 130 million weekend but passed 156 million with a 38 million sunday(more than saturdays 33 million)

Tom Cruises first 100+ million opening weekend

The movie was fun and my wife and I enjoyed it.

It's kind of cool that my 21-year old daughter is all into it and is watching the first Top Gun tonight to get ready and see Maverick with my wife and I Thursday night!

BellCountyBear said:

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It's kind of cool that my 21-year old daughter is all into it and is watching the first Top Gun tonight to get ready and see Maverick with my wife and I Thursday night!

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Your 21 year old daughter wants to watch the beach football scene the same way your wife watched the beach volleyball scene back in the day.

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Amal Shuq-Up said:

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The flipping of the bird really did happen. Our pilot flipped the bird and took photos of a Libyan Mig pilot during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident.

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I did that too. While inverted. With Kelly McGillis in my lap.

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Serious or do you kid?

Amal Shuq-Up said:

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Amal Shuq-Up said:

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The flipping of the bird really did happen. Our pilot flipped the bird and took photos of a Libyan Mig pilot during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident.

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I did that too. While inverted. With Kelly McGillis in my lap.

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Serious or do you kid?

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So serious. And it was actually Meg Ryan (pre-bad-plastic-surgery). Then she said "Take me home or lose me forever!" So I did.

OsoCoreyell said:

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Amal Shuq-Up said:

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Amal Shuq-Up said:

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The flipping of the bird really did happen. Our pilot flipped the bird and took photos of a Libyan Mig pilot during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident.

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I did that too. While inverted. With Kelly McGillis in my lap.

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Serious or do you kid?

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So serious. And it was actually Meg Ryan (pre-bad-plastic-surgery). Then she said "Take me home or lose me forever!" So I did.

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Dude! Don't tell Sic'em. Be discreet.

Action was great. Acting was meh outside of Tom Cruise. Definitely some PC/woke elements, but not too over the top. Plot kind of reminded me of Star Wars (the 1977 one).

BellCountyBear said:

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Action was great. Acting was meh outside of Tom Cruise. Definitely some PC/woke elements, but not too over the top. Plot kind of reminded me of Star Wars (the 1977 one).

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What was woke.about it? It seems as non PC movie I've seen a long time..

SPOILER ALERT




Wife and I saw it last weekend and we really enjoyed it. I think I would've had Maverick actually die after taking the missile for Rooster. Would've been a poetic and fitting conclusion to the whole lingering guilt/redemption thing.

I also thought it was kind of ironic that the one antagonistic Commander dude was lecturing Maverick about how the future of military fighters is in artificial intelligence, and I think that point was proven by the plot of the movie with the pilots blacking out. I'll admit I'm not a physicist nor expert on military aircraft

Good sequels are rare. So imagine the apprehension when this one arrives nearly 40 years later. Because yes, "Top Gun: Maverick" is indeed a sequel to "Top Gun", and don't imagine taking full advantage of the experience if you haven't seen the first one.

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Good sequels are rare. So imagine the apprehension when this one arrives nearly 40 years later. Because yes, "Top Gun: Maverick" is indeed a sequel to "Top Gun", and don't imagine taking full advantage of the experience if you haven't seen the first one.

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now your making me feel old

Seems Kelly McGillis accepted this pretty well..

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According to McGillis herself, she wasn't asked to reprise the role. When asked if anyone from Top Gun: Maverick reached out to her, she said: "Oh my God no they did not, and nor do I think they would ever.

"I'm old, and I'm fat, and I look age-appropriate for what my age is. And that is not what that whole scene is about."

For all her brutally refreshing honesty, McGillis did not sound disappointed. She added: "It was very challenging for me to have any kind of sense of self or self-identity or real self-worth other than what I did for a living [as an actress].

"I think just my priorities in life changed. It wasn't like a major decision that I made to leave, it was just that other things became more important... To me, my relationships to other people became far more important than my relationship to fame." (Via ET.)

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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I would argue that might be the best sequel ever made.

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Whoah. That's a whole thread to itself

Harrison Bergeron said:

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I would argue that might be the best sequel ever made.

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It's up there but Godfather II says hello.

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HalibutRetro said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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I would argue that might be the best sequel ever made.

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It's up there but Godfather II says hello.

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What about Fast and Furious part 326?? That is up there!!

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give it credit, a goofy car movie turned into one of the most watched movie franchises of all time.

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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I would argue that might be the best sequel ever made.

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It's up there but Godfather II says hello.

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I knew someone would post then when I typed it ... and fair enough. If I'm just going to squirm and nitpick I might argue Godfather II was less of a sequel than a continuance. I would make the same argument about Empire - not really a sequel but the second part of the same movie ... but I realize I'm just employing mental gymnastics to justify my original point. But also not an uninteresting discussion about what is a sequel vs. a continuance.

At least for a movie that uses the base characters and tells a completely different story 30 years later not sure there is a close second.

Harrison Bergeron said:

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HalibutRetro said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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I would argue that might be the best sequel ever made.

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It's up there but Godfather II says hello.

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I knew someone would post then when I typed it ... and fair enough. If I'm just going to squirm and nitpick I might argue Godfather II was less of a sequel than a continuance. I would make the same argument about Empire - not really a sequel but the second part of the same movie ... but I realize I'm just employing mental gymnastics to justify my original point. But also not an uninteresting discussion about what is a sequel vs. a continuance.

At least for a movie that uses the base characters and tells a completely different story 30 years later not sure there is a close second.

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I get what you are saying, but the definition of sequel is pretty much "a continuance"

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/sequel

Can any of these movies hold a candle to Grease 2?

The bar for greatest sequel is quite high.

My nomination is Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Top that!

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The bar for greatest sequel is quite high.

My nomination is Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Top that!

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Check......mate.

Great movie, very enjoyable

Say what you want about Tom Cruise but
1) he puts his heart and soul into his movies
2) He's 60 years old

A special message from the set of #MissionImpossible @MissionFilm pic.twitter.com/sfnWWluLyl

— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) December 18, 2022

Finally got around to seeing it over the holidays. Good movie. We really enjoyed it. Even my dad who we often have to remind that movies aren't realistic because before the movie he was going on about how no way Maverick would still be flying, wouldn't have been forced out of the Navy, the whole plot was probably unrealistic because of stealth technology that would let a plane drop a bomb from miles and miles away and up, etc.

I had to remind him that for movie purposes it doesn't look good to show a bomber or fighter at 20,000 or 30,000 dropping a bomb/firing a missile and flying away while it goes on to the target but flying in at 200 feet and dropping bombs does look cool/good.

cowboycwr said:

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Finally got around to seeing it over the holidays. Good movie. We really enjoyed it. Even my dad who we often have to remind that movies aren't realistic because before the movie he was going on about how no way Maverick would still be flying, wouldn't have been forced out of the Navy, the whole plot was probably unrealistic because of stealth technology that would let a plane drop a bomb from miles and miles away and up, etc.

I had to remind him that for movie purposes it doesn't look good to show a bomber or fighter at 20,000 or 30,000 dropping a bomb/firing a missile and flying away while it goes on to the target but flying in at 200 feet and dropping bombs does look cool/good.

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I bet your dad is a hoot to watch MCU movies with.