I see all of the 8+ votes and can understand that people liked this a lot. That is a pretty high score on this website. At 7 stars I'm clearly in the minority.
I first was disappointed with the scenes of the high speed plane. They were asking us to believe this plane could take off, climb, and achieve an unbelievable airspeed. I think that whole sequence could have been cut out without impacting the story.
The other thing I was disappointed about was they tried so hard to tie this movie back to the original Top Gun that I think it was overdone. Many of the scenes felt almost as if they took clips from the original and pasted them in as if nothing had changed in 30 years.
Finally the pace of the non flying scenes were all a bit sluggish. There was none of that sassy attitude running through the movie. The director tried but in my opinion failed. I would have liked this movie to stand alone more than it did.
The flying scenes (the whole reason for paying to see the movie) were good.
I would rate the non-flying scenes at 4 stars and the flying scenes at 8 stars.
Just my opinion. A Top Gun Maverick DVD won't be joining the other 300 DVDs in my cabinet.
I first was disappointed with the scenes of the high speed plane. They were asking us to believe this plane could take off, climb, and achieve an unbelievable airspeed. I think that whole sequence could have been cut out without impacting the story.
The other thing I was disappointed about was they tried so hard to tie this movie back to the original Top Gun that I think it was overdone. Many of the scenes felt almost as if they took clips from the original and pasted them in as if nothing had changed in 30 years.
Finally the pace of the non flying scenes were all a bit sluggish. There was none of that sassy attitude running through the movie. The director tried but in my opinion failed. I would have liked this movie to stand alone more than it did.
The flying scenes (the whole reason for paying to see the movie) were good.
I would rate the non-flying scenes at 4 stars and the flying scenes at 8 stars.
Just my opinion. A Top Gun Maverick DVD won't be joining the other 300 DVDs in my cabinet.