Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Brief Movie Review: Top Gun Maverick


All the good stuff you've heard is true.  It starts with the best elements of the first movie, then in the first segment adds a healthy dose of The Right Stuff – specifically, the part where Chuck Yeager briefly pokes an NF-104 into the top of the atmosphere.  Even so, there's just the right touch of humor.  Pitch-perfect.  After that, there's a hell of a lot of the fun in the same vein as the best from the Raiders of the Lost Ark series.  TGM even pulls off the generational hand-off that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull flubbed so badly.  In short, there's a lot for the movie geeks to love here, which explains why Quentin Tarantino has such high praise for this flick.

This movie tells a thrilling story, has interesting characters who develop just a little, and has no real missteps.  While it doesn't carry the heavy story of a Casablanca or LoTR, it pretty much defines the term "movie magic."  3.5/4 Stars

What took me so long to see it?  Don't you make the same mistake.

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