You ever had the strange sensation when watching a film so bad, that you thought at anytime Aston Kutcher will jump out from behind your sofa and shout, "you have just been puncked". That's how I felt watching Top Gun, quite possibly the Godfather of long, cheesy, bore fests of bad films, actually it's an insult even to place the Godfather even the same sentence as Tony Scott's action drama, minus the action and minus the drama. Meet Maverick (Tom Cruise) a pompous air force pilot who thinks his god's gift to the world and his partner Goose, and his just, well he's just Goose. Together they compete against other pilots, mainly Ice (Val Kilmer) for the prestigious title of Top Gun. Well I guess that is pretty much all the story that's in Top Gun, they practise flying planes during the day times and then in the evening they play topless beach volley ball with each other, or yeah there is a pointless romance revolving around Maverick and a flight instructor called Charlie (Kelly mcgillis), put in place by Tony as a pitiful attempt at attracting a larger female audiences (as if that's all women want in a film!).
The reason I don't like the romance is because first all Tom Cruise had to do was sing her a song and he had her , then as it progresses it adds virtually nothing to the plot, and finally it didn't change Maverick at all, so why have it?! Another problem with the film was they didn't play with the rivalry between Ice and Maverick enough, so there was never any real tension in the film to keep you hooked. I felt the flying scenes were far too long especially considering they were all simulations and weren't in real battle, so Maverick was never in any real danger, further dousing any fading glimmer of suspense. However the soundtracks complemented the scene perfectly and cinematography was beautiful, particularly during the aerial shots. But from a guy who brought your Risky Business and Born on the Fourth of July, I'm extremely disappointed in you Tom, shame on you.
The reason I don't like the romance is because first all Tom Cruise had to do was sing her a song and he had her , then as it progresses it adds virtually nothing to the plot, and finally it didn't change Maverick at all, so why have it?! Another problem with the film was they didn't play with the rivalry between Ice and Maverick enough, so there was never any real tension in the film to keep you hooked. I felt the flying scenes were far too long especially considering they were all simulations and weren't in real battle, so Maverick was never in any real danger, further dousing any fading glimmer of suspense. However the soundtracks complemented the scene perfectly and cinematography was beautiful, particularly during the aerial shots. But from a guy who brought your Risky Business and Born on the Fourth of July, I'm extremely disappointed in you Tom, shame on you.