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Top Gun (1986)
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Tom Skerritt, Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside
Genre: Action
Length: 110 minutes
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Tom Skerritt, Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside
Genre: Action
Length: 110 minutes
Can you believe this? I've never seen Top Gun before. Ya, I know everyone these days is hatin' on Cruise but back in the day he was very popular.
Top Gun starts out with a dramatic launching of F14A Tomcat Jets from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Yup that's actual footage, not CG and not scale models. And that's the high light of this movie! Real jet planes that are really flying up in the sky and doing real aerial dog fights too. Pretty cool!
The film starts out with a beautifully filmed scene of F14A Tomcats leaving the deck of an aircraft carrier. Colored lens filters are used to give a dark silhouette look in warm golden sepia tones. Very stylish. Later in some romance scenes, back lit silhouette is done again, this time with Cruise and his love interest, Kelly McGillis making out, all in dramatic blue tint....Geez, put your tongues back into your mouths you two!
Don't expect a riveting story, it ain't that. You get a rivalry between the impulsive and reckless Maverick (Tom Cruise) and the fly by the book, top ace, Ice Man (Val Kilmer). Val never looked slimmer. There's some cool life and death dog fighting scenes with a couple of Russian Migs, I mean Soviet Migs as this is 1986 and the Soviet Union is still around.
Too bad Cruise is annoying in the film. Ya I know he's suppose to be annoying, well he is, he just sort of hams it up with his too cool to care grin. Kelly McGillis is looking good, but seems a poor match for Tom as she is physically bigger than him. Oh and don't forget to check out a young Meg Ryan playing a flaky Navy wife.
Not a deep movie, but fun. Great sound track too. Kudos for the actual footage shot of jets and the aircraft carrier that gives the film a realer feel.
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Top Gun starts out with a dramatic launching of F14A Tomcat Jets from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Yup that's actual footage, not CG and not scale models. And that's the high light of this movie! Real jet planes that are really flying up in the sky and doing real aerial dog fights too. Pretty cool!
The film starts out with a beautifully filmed scene of F14A Tomcats leaving the deck of an aircraft carrier. Colored lens filters are used to give a dark silhouette look in warm golden sepia tones. Very stylish. Later in some romance scenes, back lit silhouette is done again, this time with Cruise and his love interest, Kelly McGillis making out, all in dramatic blue tint....Geez, put your tongues back into your mouths you two!
Don't expect a riveting story, it ain't that. You get a rivalry between the impulsive and reckless Maverick (Tom Cruise) and the fly by the book, top ace, Ice Man (Val Kilmer). Val never looked slimmer. There's some cool life and death dog fighting scenes with a couple of Russian Migs, I mean Soviet Migs as this is 1986 and the Soviet Union is still around.
Too bad Cruise is annoying in the film. Ya I know he's suppose to be annoying, well he is, he just sort of hams it up with his too cool to care grin. Kelly McGillis is looking good, but seems a poor match for Tom as she is physically bigger than him. Oh and don't forget to check out a young Meg Ryan playing a flaky Navy wife.
Not a deep movie, but fun. Great sound track too. Kudos for the actual footage shot of jets and the aircraft carrier that gives the film a realer feel.
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