Top Gun 25th Anniversary

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,309
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    This may be the worst widely-beloved film ever made.
    An 80's cliché machine with shit acting and pseudo-patriotism that perfectly captures the contemporary decade with the worst style in all ways.
    You must be fun at parties.  Lol.  Original Top Gun is amazing!!!!  Top gun 2 looks pretty good so far.  I can’t wait to see this one in the theatre.
    parents just don't understand ...


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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    This is a movie I watch anytime it is on, no matter where it’s at in the movie. Must have seen it 100+ times 😂
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited July 2019
    Ever notice that only people who were 10-25 in the 80s actually like stuff from the 80s?
    Every other decade inspires people young and old, but not the 80s lol

    A kid born in 2000 finds Zeppelin or grunge and identifies and zeros in and bonds...when those eras happened they were embraced by the hip older folks...

    Nobody born after 1985 ever found the Beastie Boys or Top Gun and thought, "wow this really holds up well" lol

    I get that people love it, I myself prefer parodies of it, like Hot Shots (and part deux of course) and the Always Sunny Lethal Weapon sequels.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,410
    I watched the original about a month ago and still found it highly entertaining. This has some good nostalgia and interesting enough premise that has me excited for it. Call the original cheesy all you want, but that was kind of part of the appeal. The 80's meant you didn't need to take things so seriously all the time and Top Gun was good at that. Maybe Meg Ryan will come out of hiding and connect with Maverick to provide some guidance after that funeral scene.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,309
    people born after 1985 made DJ’s that run a concert with a MacBook the highest paid entertainers so I won’t use them as a judge of what is good entertainment 
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Its a shame the Cats trailer stole all the thunder from this. 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    The original movie has so many flaws/just outright dumb parts.  However....I loved it, was my favorite movie as a kid, and there is no way I can imagine not giving this follow up a try. 

    That being said, I still have yet to watch Anchorman II.  Don't think I can ever bring myself to it.
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,795
    F Me In The Brain said:
    The original movie has so many flaws/just outright dumb parts.  However....I loved it, was my favorite movie as a kid, and there is no way I can imagine not giving this follow up a try. 

    That being said, I still have yet to watch Anchorman II.  Don't think I can ever bring myself to it.

    I love the Legend of Ron Burgundy, and I don't think I made it a full half hour into the sequel before turning it off. It was atrocious.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    Merkin Baller said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    The original movie has so many flaws/just outright dumb parts.  However....I loved it, was my favorite movie as a kid, and there is no way I can imagine not giving this follow up a try. 

    That being said, I still have yet to watch Anchorman II.  Don't think I can ever bring myself to it.

    I love the Legend of Ron Burgundy, and I don't think I made it a full half hour into the sequel before turning it off. It was atrocious.
    Yeah, I heard that from a few people I know and decided I could not do that to Ron.
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    I grew up on Air Force bases in the '80s. For us brats, Top Gun was unparalleled. 
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,426
    https://youtu.be/gSV35A1cQDM
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    bbiggs said:
    This is a movie I watch anytime it is on, no matter where it’s at in the movie. Must have seen it 100+ times 😂
    Same
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    Fighter jets are cool.
    The original Top Gun is in fact kinda dumb and deeply flawed in a number of ways, BUT...it's still one of my favorite movies ever.
    If its on some random channel, I'm watching it.  Even if there's only 10 minutes left, I'm watching it.  
    That, and fighter jets are fn cool!  Did I mention that?
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Top Gun is cheesy goodness and young hot Val Kilmer can't ask for much more.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479
    Never cared for Top Gun. 

    But watched it with my mom not long ago when it was on the TV. She knew all the scenes by heart.


    DId you know this ad for the greatest car in the world SAAB is what made them think of Tony Scott as director?

    https://youtu.be/PM3woO0AbCw

    So thank SAAB the next time you watch Top Gun.


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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,222
    seeing the original tonight actually at the local independent theater.  I have seen this but it's been probably over 25 years since I last saw it and I don't remember most of it.
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Speaking of......

    https://youtu.be/qSqVVswa420
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    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,125
    Dr. Delight said:
    Speaking of......

    https://youtu.be/qSqVVswa420
    Yes!!!!!!!!!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,222
    Dr. Delight said:
    Speaking of......

    https://youtu.be/qSqVVswa420
    previous page :wink:


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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,479
    eeriepadave said:
    seeing the original tonight actually at the local independent theater.  I have seen this but it's been probably over 25 years since I last saw it and I don't remember most of it.
    film copy or DCP?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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