Top Gun Maverick.

Saw it over the weekend, I thought it was good but not great.

 

And whats the first movie based on!? Stopping distribution and banning sequals will minimize financial gain, so minimizing the money grab there, they are owed, paramount tried to avoid paying and now will pay many times what they originally would have.

 

So far, this might be the most critical review in the whole thread. Sounds like a solid movie.

 

You sound so confident….

 

Movie was done before 2020 just not distributed. They were supposed to release it that summer.

 

I think the wife was pissed I didn’t think it was great. She asked if I was paying attention during the movie, my response was “yes and that’s why I didn’t think it was that good”.

 

Risking five bucks isn’t a great endorsement of your confidence level going in. LOL

 

Had to check that, yea, says they finished filiming in April 2019, in which case the family has no case IMO.

 

Sounds average at best. Two thumbs sideways.

 

Tiny bits of realism that a pilot would recognize. 1688 is the standard laser code for laser-guided bombs. Maverick giving the "I can't communicate" tap of the helmet and thumbs-down to the enemy pilot. Did anyone notice the Tom Cruise bobblehead?

As a note, there is absolutely none of the shit-talking they show in the airborne training scenes. The general rule is to stay off the radio unless you have something important to say. That being said, you can still have a little fun with it. There is a standard call to announce you've achieved a weapons solution and "shot down" an adversary. "Kill, hornet, left turn, 15 thousand, ten north bull." You can play it two ways. Fill your voice with derision and disgust, like you're mortified that an aeronautical genius like yourself has been tasked with ridding the world of this vermin. Or with a bored sigh, like you've shot down so many planes that it's all getting a bit dreary.

 

And what about those helmets?! Nobody is wearing those anymore for anything remotely real.

 

And subtitles for me. My hearing is shot.

 

What about asking the tower for a flyby?

 

Negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full.

 

What are you talking about, Rockefeller? $5 is 5 bucks, big bucks and no whammies!

 

I still say "Negative Ghostrider" when my kids ask for something. I really need to grow up. I'm 61 years old, but I swear my brain stopped maturing at about age 25.

 

Me too, but no kids, and replace "25" with "14."