Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Movie • Page 11

The real enemy is 5G cell towers - some conspiracy guy probably

 

Kojima continues to stand above most of his peers.

 

Damn he’s just like me

 

Ah that’s right. Well to be fair, any time I hear a Onerepublic song, I mentally replace it with a better song.

 

Like when I sing The Bad Touch over Counting Stars

 

Did not realize Kosinki also directed Spiderhead. Crazy to have two movies in one month.

 

This has “mega global success” written all over it

 

Days Of Thunder: Maverick?

 

please

 

It makes sense when you remember Top Gun Maverick was filmed like 18 years ago

 

Have not see the first Top Gun, don’t really plan to, but I’ve got one of those diseased brains that wants to be included so I went to see this before Jurassic World takes over the Dolby showings.

pretty good! So sincere. Really really great finale

 

You aren’t missing anything not seeing the first one

 

Yeah that’s kinda the impression I got, I read the synopsis and a couple of articles for the missing context

 

Ive seen this one twice but first one is still better

 

Finally saw this last night. Absolutely worth the hype. Opening sequence was beautiful and immediately had me hooked. All the jet flying scenes were riveting. There's a good amount of cheese, but it mostly works for a movie like this.

 

I really want to see this for the practical effects of seeing planes flying and all but is this movie super pro-military/pro-soldier? I know this is probably a cringey question but I wonder if it's going to be worth it

 

Honestly, there were a couple cringy lines in the beginning, but that was more about pro-manpower vs. drones than pro-military in general.

The majority of the movie is really not about the military aspect of it at all and is just a backdrop for the human conflict at the heart of the story.

 

The first Top Gun felt way more like military propaganda than this one. Lots more focus on character building, I feel, in Maverick.

 

Yeah, actually, upon further reflection, if you really think about it, some of the plot points in this movie actually feel anti-military.

The whole fact that the main conflict is about trying to give the pilots enough training to not die and prevent them from just being sent on a suicide run is kind of... dark.

 

The pre-emptive strike on a foreign country part seems kinda pro militarism

 

The film is arguing that we should still use pilots instead of drones. It is not only pro-war but it needs soldiers like maybe someone in the audience.

 

But at the same time, don’t drones just kinda make it easier to just hit anything vs maybe an actual solider having a conscience and at least trying to do the least harm? Probably wishful thinking

 

Yes the movie is pro-military but the jet planes also go brrrrrr very very fast