TOP GUN: MAVERICK starring Tom Cruise (2020) 4 4

[707comics]

On 5/27/2022 at 7:19 PM, Wolverinex said:

No way.  This had to be in the theater.

Agreed, perfect movie for the theater! After the first few jet scenes my daughter looked at me like as if to say "holy it's loud". I just nodded and

 

[Larryw7]

How were audience reactions? 

[Bosco685]

On 5/28/2022 at 2:40 AM, Larryw7 said:

How were audience reactions? 

Wow!!!!!

[Gatsby77]

On 5/28/2022 at 2:40 AM, Larryw7 said:

How were audience reactions? 

It’s a worthy sequel - and actually better than it has any right to be.

5 stars.

And audience reaction was solid - folks broke out in applause 4-5 separate times.

[bentbryan]

On 5/28/2022 at 4:54 AM, Gatsby77 said:

It’s a worthy sequel - and actually better than it has any right to be.

5 stars.

And audience reaction was solid - folks broke out in applause 4-5 separate times.

Same.  When the title card was shown there was a good cheer. 

[bentbryan]

I have to say, leading up to the movie I kept wondering how would Mavericks intro compare to the original. Happy to report that they nailed it! 

[Bosco685]

 

[Straw-Man]

i love that.

[drotto]

1 pm tickets for today.  Really excited after all the great reviews.

[piper]

Better than the original.

[Bosco685]

 

[Bosco685]

 

[mr_highgrade]

I wasn't planning on seeing this movie, but, based on the rave reviews, looks like might take the family  to check it out. 

[WolverineX]

On 5/28/2022 at 11:00 AM, mr_highgrade said:

I wasn't planning on seeing this movie, but, based on the rave reviews, looks like might take the family  to check it out. 

Do it.  I watched it Thursday and thinking about rewatching it with the family Memorial day

[707comics]

On 5/28/2022 at 9:41 AM, Wolverinex said:

Do it.  I watched it Thursday and thinking about rewatching it with the family Memorial day

Do it!

[Chaos_in_Canada]

[drotto]

Better than the original in many ways.  The flying in this movie is amazing, and to think the movie is apparently 95% or so practical is mind boggling in today's CGI world.  The flying is so much more visceral then I think can be achieved with CGI. The way the actors faces and bodies react to the G-forces, I am not sure could have been created in any other fashion. I hope other movie makers look at this movie and remember that movies can be made this way, and are likely better when made this way. It just feels so much more authentic, makes me realize how much I miss that in most modern action movies.

 

It was also nice to have Tom Cruise essentially thanking people for showing up at the start of the film, I really do think this was a passion project for him.  I am not sure anyone else could have gotten this movie made, especially the way it was made.

[Bosco685]

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Cruise reportedly insisted on filming the aerial action in real fighter jets and rejected where possible using computer-generated imagery. So, Paramount Pictures struck a production assistance agreement with the Navy to make it so.

A copy, first obtained by the website The War Zone, shows Cruise and company set up shop at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in March 2019. The Navy leased out the Officers' Club on base for the crew to use for catering, briefings and rehearsals. Cast and crew were allowed to bunk at an on-base inn, which provided privacy.

 

The actors flew eight sorties with a squadron of two-seater jets. While experienced Navy pilots were at the controls, the aerial scenes were filmed to make it appear Cruise or his co-stars (always in the back seat) were actually piloting the powerful attack aircraft in tight formations.

 

The short residency of the Top Gun sequel's cast and crew at the airfield in Oak Harbor was kept hush-hush at the time. Paramount gave the production a code name, "Island Plaza." When the local newspaper sought to confirm rumors of movie star sightings, NAS Whidbey Public Affairs Officer Mike Welding would answer no questions that included the words “filming” or “Tom Cruise.”

 

But now the results are on-screen for all to see. Naval aviators from the air stations where filming took place actually got an early peek. NAS Whidbey Island hosted an advance screening on the base on May 21.

 

In the movie, Whidbey Island-based Navy EA-18 Growler jets fly fast and low through the Cascade Mountains, swooping over reservoirs, snow-capped ridges and dodging peaks. In the movie, this climactic footage is presented as the terrain of a hostile, unnamed rogue nation.

 

But for those around Washington state, this scenery is familiar as the noisy, low-level flight training routes long used by the military in the Northwest.

 

The executive director of the Washington state film and TV office, formally known as Washington Filmworks, said "Top Gun: Maverick" did not receive any state movie production incentives. Separately, a film liaison for Whidbey and Camano Islands said she provided a modest amount of assistance helping the crew find lodging and dining.

 

Much of the film was shot in California, with additional aerial footage captured at the real-life Top Gun strike fighter tactics school at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. The Navy's extensive cooperation in the sequel's filming is expected to give the military a significant boost in recruiting.

 

[DiamondCityComics]

Wow what a movie!!

[Bosco685]

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At long last, Tom Cruise is entering the $100 million opening club.

 

Playing in 4,735 locations, the widest theatrical release in domestic box office history, “Top Gun: Maverick” is projected to earn $150 million over the holiday weekend. On a three-day scale, Paramount is predicting a $123 million haul. That’s easily a new record debut for Cruise, whose previous best — a $64.8 million opening for 2005’s “War of the Worlds” — is getting left in the dust.