Top Gun Maverick

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Next week is Nic Cage and then this one for me.

After that, ill guess cinema will be dead for a while.
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I love watching Corden being tortured.

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Say what you will about James Corden, but these videos he does with Tom Cruise are great.
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just came back

wow. what can i say? this is a definitive masterpiece. So fucking good.

Tom is playing a different game. He is in another level.
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It’s great but is completely contingent upon Tom Cruise dominating almost every frame. Calling it “Maverick” is completely appropriate in the literal sense.
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this scene, im not spoiling it just because, but
Spoiler: show
Seeing Tom and Val together...man, two 80s and 90s icons talk about life. Tom´s performance is so fucking good. So goddamn good.
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Ensign9 wrote:It’s great but is completely contingent upon Tom Cruise dominating almost every frame. Calling it “Maverick” is completely appropriate in the literal sense.
I felt this was going to be the crux when I heard about the release. I enjoy Cruise quite a bit but often more so when he shares the screen well with someone.
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Nitpick: how do you not bring Rick Rossovich (Slider) back, and maybe some of the other pilots from ‘86, for the funeral?
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Ensign9 wrote:Nitpick: how do you not bring Rick Rossovich (Slider) back, and maybe some of the other pilots from ‘86, for the funeral?
Cobra Kai already did that.

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Seeing this tonight with my wife. This will be the first time we've gone out together without the kids since.....
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I liked it. Didn't care for how heavily it leaned on the first one, but it was a tight little movie that didn't waste time with bullshit. Cruise is an action movie artist.

funny how they never name the enemy they are fighting. At least it wasn't North Korea again.
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I hate this movie. I don’t care how good it is
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tree_ wrote:I hate this movie. I don’t care how good it is
You're so close-minded
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tree_ wrote:I hate this movie. I don’t care how good it is
Why?
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BurtReynolds wrote:funny how they never name the enemy they are fighting. At least it wasn't North Korea again.
The movie felt timid, in a way. Nervous to be too much of, or too direct about, anything. It was better made than a lot of stuff that makes a billion dollars, though.
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Huh? There is nothing about this movie I would describe as timid. It's not interested in who the enemy is because it's fully beside the point
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I'm on the fence about this!
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They even let Tom Cruise be a short little guy on this one. No apple boxes baby!

I'm gonna watch it again tomorrow lol
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