You Going to See Top Gun: Maverick?
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Yes, I agree. I basically said the same thing on the way home.
I saw it on a huge screen and honestly had a great time. I'm apparently old enough sometimes IMAX gets me motion sick.
Honestly I think the volume is huge. It needs to be loud enough that it's almost too loud.
I would once in a while get the same feeling at the Sci Center dome screen but on a regular one I don't.
Okay I'm posting this --
Maverick clearly dies in the beginning. Flying at Mach 10 is 7,673 MPH. Escape velocity is about Mach 33. So he's going about 1/3rd escape velocity when his rocket plane disintegrates.
He's toast. Literally. He's vaporized along with the craft itself.
So the rest of the movie is either (1.) dead Maverick is stuck in limbo or (2.) Maverick's brain overclocked itself in its final moments to live out an elaborate fantasy tying up all the loose ends of his life --
-- proving he still belonged with the best of the best as a pilot
-- demonstrating his ethos that machines can never match human intuition and creativity
-- risking his life to slow a rogue state's nuclear program, a huge favor to all of humanity
-- passing along all he knows as a pilot to the next generation, letting them have the baton
-- saying a final goodbye to Iceman, his lifelong friend
-- reconciling with Penny and her daughter, the family he should have but never had
-- reconciling with Rooster, the son he never had, and finally letting go of Goose
Maverick was either the labor of an unsettled soul before eternity or the last-moment fantasy of a man who lived a long life full of regrets who comforted himself in his death by "setting it right."
He's toast. Literally. He's vaporized along with the craft itself.
So the rest of the movie is either (1.) dead Maverick is stuck in limbo or (2.) Maverick's brain overclocked itself in its final moments to live out an elaborate fantasy tying up all the loose ends of his life --
-- proving he still belonged with the best of the best as a pilot
-- demonstrating his ethos that machines can never match human intuition and creativity
-- risking his life to slow a rogue state's nuclear program, a huge favor to all of humanity
-- passing along all he knows as a pilot to the next generation, letting them have the baton
-- saying a final goodbye to Iceman, his lifelong friend
-- reconciling with Penny and her daughter, the family he should have but never had
-- reconciling with Rooster, the son he never had, and finally letting go of Goose
Maverick was either the labor of an unsettled soul before eternity or the last-moment fantasy of a man who lived a long life full of regrets who comforted himself in his death by "setting it right."
Good to know. I haven't been back since the Sci Center and The Force Awakens were I about tipped over after standing up.
Notice the trampoline right next to the fence and then ask yourself that question again.
I'd put Pitt in there. Similar to Leo, though, he doesn't have the action movies behind him. I'm not really sure Will Smith belongs in the conversation with either of them.
Never know what they have in prisons now?Notice the trampoline right next to the fence and then ask yourself that question again.
Just finished watching it. Literally the perfect sequel to the original.
And was also from 1956. I'm sure the same 60+ years of advancement in material science would apply in the theoretical storyline (or even the current real world).
Closest thing to trampoline maybe the solitary confinement rubber roomNever know what they have in prisons now?
Just got out of the theater. ******* awesome movie. One of the best sequels I can remember.
Saw it yesterday...took my boys and my parents! LOVED it! Sure, it isn't Gone With the Wind (which I find boring anyway)...but it was great for what it was meant to be. Very happy I saw it in a theater. They knew what type of film they wanted to make...and they hit a bullseye. Fun and enjoyable!
Kidman has had so much plastic surgery she doesn't even look like the same person as she did when she was in Days of Thunder. I feel bad for McGillis. She's not trying to be famous any more, just go about her life like a normal person, and she gets to hear everyone tell her how she looks terrible now that the new Top Gun movie has put her back in the spotlight.
