Top Gun Maverick receives rave reviews

Detractors give it mixed reviews at worst

I worked with an actor who was on it, and he told us horror stories of how it's common to barf all the time while filming in the planes. Poor editor that has to look at all that footage.

Dont they have oxygen masks on their faces? They puke into the masks?

I hate the $cientology midget and would not support him or his crazy church with any of my hard earned $$$, so I hope it flops - badly.

I just read they're also working on a Dirty Dancing sequel with Jennifer Grey producing and reprising her role as Baby. They're even in negotiations with Swayze's estate to add his character digitally in some capacity. These motherfuckers just need to stay away from our GenX childhood movies. We don't need any trashy sequels or remakes.

[quote] Top Gun Maverick receives rave reviews

Smart move by the reviewers. We have more horses.

r3, he said that they would pluck the mask off and barf in a bag next to them. Can you imagine smelling your own barf for the whole day?

I saw a trailer of the new Top Gun movie in the theater just the other day - it was so long that it seemed as though they showed one quarter of the movie. Endless scenes of planes flying around and zzzzzzzzz.........terribly boring. I WON'T be seeing it!

Unless there's an updated version of this scene, I'll pass.

Yes they are playing football shirtless this time

i can't wait to see this!!!

I was reading some of the reviews yesterday. Yes, raves indeed.

I don't wanna watch it because Lady Gag sings the theme song

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I actually can’t wait

He’s a good actor, but in what universe does Miles Teller look like the offspring of Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan?

Does Tom Cruise play a cocky young hotshot who learns some valuable lessons?

I swore this movie came out years ago, is this a sequel?

How’s Kelly McGillis looking these days?

I'll never patronize a Tom Cruise film

Whatever happened to Rick Rossovich? He was hot for a while.

I saw the trailer and one of the younger guys referred to the Tom Cruise character as "Old Man." I wonder why Tammy let that one slip by when he is associated with Peter Pan youth??!!

Did the pedo trans professor see it?

say what you will, but TC seems to really put all of himself into making his films the highest quality they can be. Dude doesn't coast.

Exactly r23, and that is such a corporate, 1980's mentality. It is vulgar by today's work-at-home lifestyle of those under 50. Plus he is an aging white male who looks like a Republican Congressman.

I hope it flops.

Critics are, on the whole, historically very kind to Tom Cruise (critics always love the pinnacle of generational stars with mega-watt charisma - Hanks, Pitt, Washington, Roberts, Bullock) but the raves Top Gun Maverick is receiving shows how desperate they are for a great popcorn film that isn’t from the Marvel factory.

The last Tom Cruise movie I went to see was The Firm. Even before I became aware of the truth about Scientology as an actor he was just annoying with his perpetual open mouth showing off his piano key mono-teeth.

There were a lot of questions why Kelly McGillis wasn’t asked to return to play a role in TopGun 2.

It will not flop. I remember all the fanfare in 2019 when the original trailer was release. I’m now hearing people excitedly talk about their plans to go see it 3 years later.

I can’t stand Cruise or Teller, but I loooooooove Glenn Powell and Jennifer Connelly. They’ll be enough to get my $$$$

R20 Rick Rossovich was beautiful and was and is very nice. He’s 64. Rick’s older but not as handsome (but just as hunky) brother Tim—former Philadelphia Eagle then 70s/80s TV actor died in 2018.

Rick is still handsome

It will have similar box office to Mission Impossible Fallout which had a 97 RT score but did only $220 domestically (eighth highest that year). That one also benefited by being a two hander with Henry Cavill, where this one has only Cruise’s star. This one is marketed basically as “Tom Cruise and some toned young people.”

R29, Tim Rossovich was so hot in 1985's Avenging Angel.

When you’re so desperate to cover up the stench of Prince Andrew and the parade of Caribbean nations who want nothing to do with your erstwhile empire that you hook up with Mr Scientology for cool points.

Imagine if The Queen’s last cinema trip is to Top Gun: Maverick.

It was never "expected to flop", OP.

Tammy is like Janet. They were both last relevant in the 90s.

Berlin has been reunited to sing the theme song “Working On Fumes Here, Folks”.

Mission Impossible was at least a huge franchise. I don’t know who this crap is supposed to appeal to. 99% of the public doesn’t remember the original. So random. Reminds me of when they brought back Murphy Brown. lol

MAGA Terri Nunn.

Eh. Saw a 5-minute preview of it at movie theater a week ago. Apparently he's the instructor for a bunch of new cadets/trainees/whatever. Endless montage of jets buzzing each other and cadets being forced to do pushups. Noticed they have one female flyer in the pack this time to make it contemporary. Anyway, couldn't care less. Five minutes of it was too much.

I see no black people in the commercials.

[quote] I see no black people in the commercials.

Thank god.

R39 Same here. Tedious and boring.

What Makes Tom Cruise’s Star Shine So Brightly? Directors Share Their Insights:

I like his movies, they are always very entertaining.

Val Kilmer's voice is fucked by cancer so they used A.I. tech in the movie. they took his speeches from all his work and generated voice for dialogue.

They could do the same for my voice.....and face..... and body.

It will have a big opening but then will fall off dramatically. I would imagine the NASCAR and military crowd will be first in line. However, I will never support Tammy and his cult.

Friend of mine edited a behind the scenes of the last Mission Impossible film. She said it totally changed her mind about Cruise. She thought he was an entitled asshole before she viewed the footage and she said he was actually one of the nicest actors she's ever seen. He would randomly introduce himself to crew members, sticking out his hand and saying, "Hi, I'm Tom. What's your name?" Said he went out of his way to be kind to everyone. I have to say, the original was on TV the other night and I was totally sucked into it so I'll likely go see it. I think it's going to be a huge success.

[quote] He’s a good actor, but in what universe does Miles Teller look like the offspring of Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan?

Maybe they should've cast her son Jack Quaid for the role instead.

I think it will do bank box office

[quote] Hi, I'm Tom. What's your name?" Said he went out of his way to be kind to everyone. I

That’s because he has an obsessive need to be well liked. Obsessive.

He looks weird now. Like later-life Cliff Richard; that beaming smile, scarecrow/animated corpse in a wig look.

Tom looks his age and looks good, he has crows feet and is (finally) allowing a few strands of grey hair around his face. We have seen him go all on on fillers and Botox and he lets them settle for a few months so he looks natural when it’s time for premieres and Graham Norton. But he doesn’t look like an older version of young Tom Cruise. I’m thinking a chin implant and a brow lift?

R33. The queen is head of state of some former colonies because those countries have asked her to. If they don’t want a white head of state, they just need to get their act together and make that happen. But in many cases they haven’t. These countries really need to decide what they want and stop hitching about having a white head of state. Despite what you imply, there’s no evidence the Queen is anguished about being removed as head of state of these countries. The Queen has given away more imperial holdings than anyone in history. And she never bitched about it or was rude about it. Perhaps Jamaica etc. Could follow her example.

[quote] Despite what you imply, there’s no evidence the Queen is anguished about being removed as head of state of these countries

Her reason for existence is to rule and the sunny Caribbean saying toodle-pip is a slap in the face. In 2018 She pretty much forced the Commonwealth Heads of Government to commit to the Commonwealth into Charles’ reign. And Australians are increasingly annoyed being forced to host the Commonwealth Games so often because few others can else can afford to.

And now she’s literally offering up her body to Xenu and his child-abandoning earthly representative. Actually, that makes sense. From one absent parent to an another…

R55. Are you all right? Seriously, are you all right?

What r23 said.

My respect for Cruise as an entertainer began with "Risky Business".

Except "Vanilla Sky" (awful), I ignored his movies.

Watching "Cocktail" I know, would embarrass me. I've never watched "Top Gun".

But, I can't deny it. "Mission Impossible: Fallout" was amazing. I saw it on a cinema mega-screen. Corny as it is, I walked out of the theatre with enormous respect for TC because he works his ass off to deliver an entertaining product.

It is not expected to flop.

It probably would have more buzz if they had cast an actor that the public actually likes in the Miles Teller role.

I hate to admit this, but they should have probably gone with Timothée.

[quote] I don’t know who this crap is supposed to appeal to. 99% of the public doesn’t remember the original.

You’re kidding, right? The appeal is cross generational— Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, even Gen Zers with an 80s fetish. My 70-something mother is seeing it, in IMAX no less. The original is playing on Netflix so anyone can get caught up.

The DL bubble in effect.

[quote]He’s a good actor, but in what universe does Miles Teller look like the offspring of Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan?[/quote]

I was thinking Nick Robinson would’ve been a good choice, but he’s too young I think. I laughed because they have Teller have the cheesy mustache that AE had.

I’m surprised little Scientologist Tammy had so many fans on a gay website.

[quote] You’re kidding, right? The appeal is cross generational— Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, even Gen Zers with an 80s fetish.

Zoomers are all about the 90s, dear.

Tom’s plastic surgery is as tragic as his ex-wife’s.

They should have brought back Kelly McGillis for a cameo. The truth is there are quite a few retired Navy gals just like her.

Tom Cruise on Why ‘Top Gun’ Sequel Would “Never” Go to Streaming and Why He Does His Own Stunts:

Jack Quaid would actually have been the perfect choice for this.

R55 Those Greatest Generation ladies love Tom.

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Jennifer Connolly was so smug about getting this role. When she announced it on Graham Norton years ago she was the cat who got the cream. I did not get it. Honey, it’s Top Gun. Maybe she’s jealous of Paul Bettany getting that Disney money and is keen for a franchise of her own.

She and Miles Teller were both in Joseph Kosinski’s firefighter movie. Teller there played a character who was in real life a very conventionally handsome blond man. I can see why Glenn Powell didn’t get this part, he’s too slick and confident, and would be better as the son of Iceman.

LOL, r69/r70!

Tom Cruise gets a

[quote]When asked if he faced any pressure to release the movie onto a streaming service, Cruise laughed, saying, “That was not going to happen ever. That was never going to happen.”

Tom Cruise is still clinging to the totally out-of-date idea of what a "movie star" is. The Industry, the public and the world have moved on.

[quote]You’re kidding, right? The appeal is cross generational— Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, even Gen Zers with an 80s fetish.

Gen Xer here (born '76) who hadn't seen Top Gun since I was a kid but I recently tried to watch it on Netflix and shut if off after half an hour. It's silly and very dated.

[quote]The truth is there are quite a few retired Navy gals just like her.

Read: Old bulldykes 😂

Will there be a scene with Val Kilmer riding Tom's tail?

Standing ovations! Honorary Palme d'Or! Wet pussies! Hard cocks! Suck shit, haters!

Isn't it funny that Datalounge despises two of the biggest Hollywood stars of the last 40 years: Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts?

It will be huge.

I love them both, R78. Hollywood doesn't make stars like them anymore. Now they're all manufactured like that dead eyed Zendaya.

Why hasn't Tom never done a nude scene? Is Scientology an influence here? I don't care about this movie but Tom is an attractive older man and I would love to see him bare it all.

*ever

R81 He got his dick out in All The Right Moves and has been naked in a couple of other things.

The younger generation that buys tickets to Marvel movies has no relationship to TOP GUN. It's iconic so they might be familiar with it but few have seen it. Older male moviegoers aren't yet back in theaters unless its taking their kids to the movies. This should do well in flyover country though.

If it does $150 domestic, that's as good as they can hope for. It probably won't.

[quote] Why hasn't Tom never done a nude scene?

Isn't there a quick glimpse of peen in All the Right Moves?

Tom don't have normal genitalia, he has a cloaca.

Why is DL obsessed with Gen Z? Other than marvel films, they don’t even go to the theaters. This will be a hit powered by Gen X and Millennials.

DL fucking loathes brain dead Gen Z. They are the death of western civilization.

Generation X has the biggest cocks.

R87 Boomers liked Top Gun, as well. My dad really wants to see the new one.

Aviation porn is wonderful. It's Tom Cruise who drags it down.

He looks like Martin Short now.

[quote] Standing ovations! Honorary Palme d'Or! Wet pussies! Hard cocks! Suck shit, haters!

Like the Queen going into Cruise Control to gather the vestiges of her crumbling Empire, Cannes is saving cinema itself from the twin horrors of Covid and streaming by honouring Tom Terrific! Hail Xenu!

I saw a magazine cover blurb today in which it said that Tom Cruise hasn't dated anyone in 10 years. What does he do for sex?! And I suspect that he really doesn't like the ladies that much.........

He hasn't dated anyone publicly but maybe he's having sex with someone in private. At his age, however, it's possible he's not all that interested in sex anymore.

He is treated like a God in his religion, I'm sure there is a never ending stream of young Scientologists ready to serve him however he needs or wants.

Tom and Julia have no classic films. They mostly put out generic mainstream movies.

And why are people buying into the current PR push for him? He is a creepy Scientology leader.

Tom deserves the award, he had worked very hard!

Love his movies (most of them)

Tom's best movies are where he tries (his damndest) to play a heterosexual male.

In the theaters? Yes. Streaming will be huge tho.

[quote] What does he do for sex?!

The stock DataLounge answer to this questions is:

Cream.

Of.

Wheat.

Tom Cruise's lovely attorney coyly denies they are dating

When asked by TMZ about the possible romantic involvement on Tuesday, Vasquez just smiled.

Tom has good reputation for being very kind to his castmates and the crew. He seems severely neurotic and uses religion as a crutch. Before Scientology, he was a diehard Catholic. I think he has sex but probably can't maintain a relationship. The Mimi, Nicole and Katie periods all seemed calculated for his career. From the homophobia of Catholicism to the homophobia of Scientology. He'll probably never be out.

Just saw a TV ad last night: spend $25 at Applebees and you get a free ticket to see this movie.

Now, that’s acting!

Tammy was looking rather pretty at the recent London event, or were the photos heavily retouched?

He's creepy and all but amazingly cute for his age. I would love to dominate him.

Cruise and Cher dated.

It's amazing to me that even now in 2022, people simply do not care that he is the public face of a evil organization and a dead beat father! As long as little ole them are "entertained"by a movie star's movie for 2 hours! Doesn't ANYONE or a large number of the population have any integrity, character, decency, honor or empathy for others? Even if people have not done the homework on scientology, surely surely by now they know at the very least when the word scientology is brought up that it's weird, a cult, strange, and other negative adjectives!

but yet, that's as far as they go.. they don't know, don't want to know, don't care to know, even if someone tells them the truth, it doesn't sink in!

NEVER EVER EVER EVER underestimate the power of celebrity, celebrity worship and self absorption...

I was THEE biggest tom cruise fan ever back in the day! But once I found out about scientology AND him being a dead beat father to suri, how in the world could i support a man who is involved in this? who thinks along with his "religion" that i'm a 'degraded being" and a "wog"... 2 extremely derogatory terms! He and his cult laughing at me, insulting me AND wants to take my money? NO WAY, NO HOW!...

How do I or anyone support a man whose so morally bankrupt and corrupt that he makes the leader of his "religion his best friend, which is OBVIOUSLY improper and inappropriate, whose wife was presumably was cruise's friend as well, has not been seen in public for over 12 years and counting! and cruise thinks of this how????? How do I or anyone support a man who thinks getting his ass ROYALLY BUTT KISSED 24/7 for over 3 decades by his "religion" (any religion/church/faith) no matter who he thinks he is is normal, okay, proper and even deserved?!.. '

A man who actually bans anyone, anywhere, anytime from even ASKING questions that should have been asked and answers DEMANDED literally years and years ago! A man who hasn't and won't sit for a REAL interview in well over 10 years and who only shows up on late night talk shows to get his ass sickening kissed by the hosts who are enablers and cowards ("he won't show up if we ask him anything personal! he'll get mad! these appearances aren't the right place or time to ask him these questions! it's none of my business, it's his personal life! but, but, he's so nice to little ole me!")...

How's Suri? Is anyone going to ask him about her?

Just curious.

It was downright thoughtful and kind to fit Val Kilmer in the film. He was gorgeous in the first "Top Gun." I vaguely recall my (late) mother finding Val Kilmer just as handsome as handsome could be back then. She was educated at a convent and she was soo sweet about Val Kilmer because she would be like "He's as handsome as Tab Hunter I tell you." I miss her.

This whole thing beats another comic book movie. I get a kick out of how my young Godsons find the comic book movies cool because they're innocent elementary school aged children but I'm sick of the comic book movies deep down.

I can wait until it comes out on cable

R109, does anyone really care about Tom Cruise as a person? Unless he does something absolutely heinous himself, it's really about if he can deliver an entertaining movie.

Sadly his last few have been absolute stinkers. Cruise used to be reliable for being in good movies.

Laughed so hard I almost wet the bed...

r113, Yes, hilarious--but he IS hot

R112.. well, that's the problem isn't it? that people don't care?...

I wonder if cruise was the public face of the KKK would people not care even then?....

I know people say, well if you found out what every famous or well known person was involved in or do then you would probably never see another movie, tv show, sports game, artwork ever again! Which to me is a lazy cop-out! WHEN you/do find out what a famous person is involved in then you act accordingly! When you don't know, you don't know, but when you do find out, you act accordingly!...

Question: shouldn't Lady Gaga be utterly ashamed of herself having a song for this movie, when she doesn't know what cruise's cult thinks of the LGBQT community and since she is supposed to be a champion for us/them??!! Oh wait, I forgot even now in 2022, Lady Gaga is utterly clueless of scientology and their beliefs! UH HUH!

DAMN DOESN'T ANYONE IN HOLLYWOOD HAVE ANY INTEGRITY?????!!!...

While Scientology seems heinous, no one is forced to join.

The Cannes Film Festival is DEAD to me--for awarding him an honorary Palme D'Or.

R113, it’s not even the woman’s son. He’s a fitness trainer named Dan Rockwell, ex-military.

Tom needs a new set of teeth, his current teeth are all grey

I don't care about his personal life, it's not as if he murdered someone or anything like that. He has not punched photographers and called them "faggxt" like Alec Baldwin. I will not see anything Alec Baldwin is in, he's a shit actor.

Xenu should bless us with a Tom Cruise sex tape from the 80s leaking. Maybe that's what Scientology is blackmailing him with. Tom's photos ended up in a gay magazines in the 80s back when he was an angelic twink.

R121.. you have no idea what you are talking about! cruise is the public face of a evil abusive cult that has abused in every definition of the word abuse countless people, from current members to ex-members even critics... AND HE KNOWS what is going on! By his silence he is way way WAAAAAAAAAAY worse than anything alec baldwin, a bill cosby, a harvey weinstein, you name it has done... how many people did they hurt? a handful?

CRUISE IS GUILTY AS SIN FOR KNOWING AND ALLOWING AND KEEPING QUIET THE THOUSANDS HIS CULT HAS HURT! HE IS COMPLICIT! THE PHRASE "AS IF HE PULLED THE TRIGGER HIMSELF" IS BEYOND APT HERE!....

YOU'RE upset that alec baldwin called some photographer faggot? cruise's cult thinks ALL gay people should be wiped off the planet without remorse or thought according to the doctrine by l. ron hubbard!..

Tammy has always had horrible teeth.

[quote]He hasn't dated anyone publicly but maybe he's having sex with someone in private. At his age, however, it's possible he's not all that interested in sex anymore.

There was a rumour he was dating Hayley Atwell his costars in Mission Impossibe 7. It was just likely publicity for the film.

I wonder if Tom tapped Cavill's ass. Being old enough to be Cavill's father wouldn't have stopped him.

Please! I'm pretty sure Cavill had Cruise lined up and beckoned into that gritty hole of his like one of those Carrier Deck marshalers guiding an F-14 to the launching blocks

Watching that MI movie you'd think Cruise and Cavill were going to fuck any minute.

I am surprised that cruise had cavill play opposite him! i mean you have someone taller, younger, way better built, handsomer and so on....

you would think cruise whose the ultimate control freak would not have had cavill or anyone like him anywhere step a foot on any of his film sets...

likewise, i'm surprised cruise hired that one actor (forget his name) who plays the new hotshot in top gun: maverick, whose also younger, taller, better built and handsomer and who even does the remake of the infamous shirtless volleyball scene.. allegedly, cruise himself shows up in that scene as well? does he think at 60 his body can match up with guys young enough to be his son? sure he might look better than most 60 year olds, but he's utterly delusional if he thinks he matches up with these other guys!...

who knows maybe tom cruise does the "cough cough" tyler perry casting mindset!...

You guys all know the church is providing him a willing female Sea Org member for sex and companionship. Someone good looking and submissive without the trouble of dating and public humiliation when the "relationship" fails. He doesn't want an equal partner. That was very clear when we found out Tom threw a hissy fit bc Spielberg's wife took Katie out for lunch and did not get his approval first.

[quote] You guys all know the church is providing him a willing female Sea Org member for sex and companionship. Someone good looking and submissive without the trouble of dating and public humiliation when the "relationship" fails

Like that (terrible) Iranian actress that Cruise made file her teeth down for his hetero BJs.

Tom more likely has muscle boy toys to wrestle with.

Tom was controlling of Katie because most DL men are like that. It's not a lavender thing like Will and Jada or using paid escorts like Leo. Katie could have blackmailed him if she was that petty. She got the money and kept her kid. Wasn't it rumored that Tom wasn't even the father anyway.

R123 = y@sh@r

I just want to see an entertaining movie, with a real movie star in it. Looking forward to this.

just saw this. really good! hot men in uniform! Jon Hamm looks hot in uniform!

Everyone looks good.

I am not into action flicks or superhero movies so I am the wrong person to answer that. I have no desire to see it.

The only TC movies I really enjoyed I saw in the theater almost 30 years ago. A Few Good Men and The Firm.

This movie is going to break records

if you enjoyed the first movie, you will enjoy this one!

Tom Cruise better not ride his motorcycle too fast! The G forces will rip his cheek implants right off of his face!

r141 that made me laugh. hahahaaa

this time, they are playing football at the beach topless. very hot!

Tammy is looking like an asexual lesbian in her 50s at this point. Yuck.

🎶 Playing! Playing with the boys 🎶 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻

[quote] they are playing football at the beach topless. very hot!

Sure settle for second best

Is this movie still set in San Diego?

R147, yes.

I’m sure Miles Teller is adequate as Rooster but I just feel like they could’ve found someone better. Who in your mind would make a better Rooster?

Someone who actually looks like he could be the biological son of Meg Ryan and Timothy Edwards r149.

It's like Indiana Jones 4 when we were supposed to believe that Harrison Ford and Karen Allen, two very attractive people in their prime, could've produced the rat-faced nebbish Shia LaBeouf. Totally unbelievable.

I suggested in the other thread some like Nick Robinson, but I think he’s too young. He is more conventionally attractive than Teller. Then again we’re talking about offspring of Anthony Edward’s, so....

Anthony Edwards was quite handsome as a young man.

You didn't think Tom was going to hire some sizzling hot piece of ass young actor to co-star with him, did you? That's why Miles Teller is co-starring.

Good point R153. But to me Teller comes off as a tool. It’s just a vibe he has.

Milws does look like goose in the film.

No he doesn't

Anthony Edwards in Top Gun

Miles Teller in Top Gun Maverick. He looks nothing like Edwards.

How old is he supposed to be ?

Wow, AE is much better looking in his prime than MT is currently.

Here’s why Kelly McGillis was not included:

Just read an article about who’s not returning and Tom Skerritt spoiled something pretty big, which sucks.

The advance showing tonight is sold out, I saw somebody trying to get tickets on Reddit.

James Corden was drooling all over Cruise, he took a plane ride with him for the show.

I just checked and the two Cinemark XD theaters showing it tonight at 7 are both sold out. I was shocked but I also live in a Navy town.

I live in the midwest and the showings are sold out tonight. I know it is the type of movie better shown on the big screen but still surprised it is doing so well. Oh well, I guess it's better than another superhero flick. Cruise is a nutty $cieno but I won't dispute his work ethic.

It’s not shocking. Despite what DL always pushes, Gen Z are not the only ones who fuel entertainment consumption. This movie will resonate with GenX, millennials and boomers. Would Top Gun be the same blockbuster if it first came out today? Probably not, but it ties into a bygone era of theater seen hit movies with big stars. I think people want a real throwback type of movie to go see. So I’m not surprised that it’s a hit.

[quote] the two Cinemark XD theaters showing it tonight at 7 are both sold out. I was shocked but I also live in a Navy town.

A Navy town. That explains it. The boys thought they were going to see this

R109 The ONLY people who care about Tom Cruise and Scientology are the ex-members they screwed over.

Meg Ryan should’ve had a cameo in this.

I'm surprised those who should know better are giving this a pass. I know the propaganda is toned down this time, but the people making/starring in this movie are not stupid. The marketing people are not stupid. Neoconservatives and neoliberals working together. The world is garbage and never going to get better.

R168.. i think the CURRENT members and the countless critics, investigative reporters, journalists, authors, documentarians and so on from around the world care alot!...

the problem is the self absorbed celebrity worshipper ignorant masses that don't care and don't want to care and don't want to know which in the age of celebrity worship and apathy is enormous..

It's interesting that early reviews were decidedly mixed, but it's now at 97% on RT.

I wonder if it's getting review bombed.

R171 Sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

No more money to Scientology, please

Too late

It looks like fun. Between COVID, the psychotic GOP, ultra serious streaming series, and the new woke Cultural Revolution (laughter is decadence, trauma is personality), I'm in the mood for a summer blockbuster.

I'm glad he's trying to bring people back to movie theaters.

Why? Movie theaters are increasingly becoming a relic.

Tom Cruise has become the producer of some of the best action movies of the past 20 years. His MI movies are so much better than any of the the Bond-Craig movies. Better stories, better stunts, better action sequences.

I don't care that he's a member of that stupid church. I don't go to the movies to feel validated by the actors' private life choices, I go to the enjoy the film.

Wow.

Your movie ticket supports Scientology.

I’m just back from seeing it. It a classic popcorn summer escapism movie and I enjoyed every minute. With everything going on in the world, I needed some mindfulness entertainment and it delivered. I’m not really a fan of Tom Cruise, but I gotta admit he can carry a movie that holds your attention. I’m off to do some push-ups now.

I can't think of one Hollywood actor who has been a consistent box office star for 40+ years like Tom Cruise. DiCaprio is the closet, but he's younger, and he didn't become a leading man in films until the late 90s.

True r183. All of Cruise's male contemporaries from the 80s burned out long ago, or they're doing character/supporting roles now.

I could not possibly care less about this crap.

Madame has spoken.

R185 = Suri

I am so excited that I am going to bring my gun and shoot it off in the thee-ater!

100 million opening day

R183, Leo holds no 🕯 to Tom C

I agree, R189, he doesn't, but in terms of an actor who has remained a consistent box office champ, he comes the closest to Cruise. Plus, Leo has an Oscar, and Tom doesn't.

Leo won an Oscar for a totally forgettable movie . I saw it in theater and besides the outdoor scenery, it was insomnia killing

I love my delusional gay fans!

All the rave reviews on IMDB are from first time posters with usernames like Tommyboy45533688533. C’mon now. As people have said, Paramount desperately needs a hit. This is a Hail Mary pass. They are paying for this publicity. Hopefully it works out for them. They’ve spent enough money.

It’s still hilarious how the original is long forgotten or not even known about and out of nowhere this sequel comes along and critics are raving. Bizarre. The original hasn’t been played on television in god knows how long. Good for the studio though. I have no interest in seeing this thing.

R194, you can see their flames of jealousy from Space

R194, you are crazy. Top Gun is a classic. It was shown on cbs last week when no movies are shown on network. It’s been on cable and streaming services for years. Based on the box office, obviously people are going to see it. You need to separate your dislike of TC with reality.

[quote] I’m just back from seeing it. It a classic popcorn summer escapism movie and I enjoyed every minute. With everything going on in the world, I needed some mindfulness entertainment and it delivered. I’m not really a fan of Tom Cruise, but I gotta admit he can carry a movie that holds your attention. I’m off to do some push-ups now.

I *hate* Cruise for his $cientology crap. I've never been a real fan but as an 80s teen I grew up with his movies. However when the worst things about his cult life started coming out I started boycotting his films and that lasted for a few years. Then at some point I accidentally started watching one of his latest Mission Impossible movie on TV and found it extremely well-made and fascinating.

After that I stopped boycotting him and even saw his latest M:I film in a theater. I sort of hate myself for it since I know he's using the money he earns to do things I don't approve. That said I've come to the conclusion that if you're stupid enough to go into a cult you can very much blame yourself. I'm not saying I don't feel for those guys but there's just so much information about Scientology these days that you should know what you're getting into.

I'm sure if it turns out Cruise has done some extremely heinous things in the cult I'll reconsider my position but at the moment I've chosen to ignore his cult life. He's been very wise to be totally silent about it for a long time. That's one of the reasons Maverick will have the biggest opening weekend of his career.

Michael Jackson fucked little boys but I still sing along to Rock With You when I hear it.

It was very good. An old fashioned movie, pefect for a holiday weekend. I'm betting it will win Best Picture. Jennife Connelly is very pretty and Tom looks good. I'm serious. That beach foodball game was real nice, and I have a crush on Glen Powell. Damn he is hot.

The way the entire industry and majority of critics are falling at Cruise's and the movie's feet right now, and with major box office predicted (from real movie theater sales), a Best Picture nomination isn't out of the question at all.

What shit.

A vanity project for aging glory seekers - plot devoid of depth, a cartoon view of violence, insipid emotionalism a la "Independence Day 2," and the stupidity of Tammy Cruise.

I have to admit the MI films are always very well done.

Tom cruise, Leonardo Dicarpio and Sandra Bullock are really the last true movie stars!!All 3 always carries their movies to the top of the box office.

[quote] Top Gun is a classic.

It isn’t.

[quote] you can see their flames of jealousy from Space

Why would I be jealous of a movie? Are you on crack?

Will make close to 200 Million first weekend

Why would this trivial film be nominated for best picture?

I enjoyed this movie but I don't think it's worthy of best picture lol.

If Marvel movies can be nominated for Best Picture, then so can Top Gun Maverick.

R208, good point.

What Marvel movie was ever nominated for best picture?

Black Panther was the only one nominated for best picture.

Tom Cruise's Face Made Marvel Destroy Thousands Of 'Mission: Impossible' Comics

I'll wait for streaming, no need to see this in a theater.

I find Cruise a little creepy off-screen but he still makes great popcorn blockbuster films that are modern. The last Mission Impossible film was excellent - intense, suspenseful, with great stuntwork, and good storytelling.

The only disappointing thing is that Cruise used to alternate his blockbusters with more serious fare (Magnolia, Born on the Fourth of July) but he seems to only focus on action films nowadays.

Tammy is 60 now, little girl. She don't got any "action" films left in her tiny 4 feet tall frame.

Danger Zone (song) is also back!

I really liked the first movie (mostly because of Val Kilmer) and I will not watch the new one. Sometimes it’s best to let a good movie alone.

val kilmer is in this one too, not for long. He begged to be in it and I'm glad they put him in it. He looks great.

R214, I think it’s because action is what sells. I miss regular, non action movies.

R197.. thoughtful post, at least more than most people post on this topic thread.. However, what about the people TRAPPED in scientology currently? What about the literal stalking and harassing of critics who were never in scientology?

You suggest more or less that until you find out cruise has done some heinous stuff? He has already! By being the best friend of the sociopath leader, by willingly turning a blind eye to everything else and everyone else's treatment because hey, it's great for him as they kiss his ass 24/7 for over 3 decades, just this is heinous activity!...

He is beyond complicit! The phrase " as if he pulled the trigger himself" is beyond apt for him! He second hand has abused thousands of culties.... And then there is the whole missing wife of the leader not seen in public for over 12 years and counting! Presumably, Cruise was friends with her too! So what does THAT say about Cruise, who thinks not seeing the wife of his best friend and presumably his friend as well for all these years and he thinks nothing is going on? everything is normal? come on!..

OH yeah, don't forget abandoning Suri for over 8 years (besides the court ordered child support) because of his "religion" disconnection policy! What's even worse about this little truth? Cruise as the public face of it, like other celebs in it, but nowhere near his level, CAN break the rules if he wanted to, he COULD see Suri if he wanted to! Instead? He willingly chooses not to see her because getting the approval of his "religion" and another man, the leader his best friend is MORE important to prove just how dedicated a scientologist he is!

He's a morally and ethically bankrupt person and ultimate phony...You or anyone want to support and give your money to someone like this, who also thinks of you as a "degraded being" and a "silly wog" 2 extremely derogatory terms!...

No one believes that girl is his daughter. She looks exactly like Chris Klein whom her mother was actually fucking.

R206 not only is this pure entertainment that succeeds, it has amazing special effect that put you right in the experience. It has very high poduction standards, it has a cast that woks well together, and it has a story. It isn't all explosions. I'm a queeny old fag and I loved the dog fight sequences. They were thrilling. There were moments when, yes it was pedictable, but you were still holding your breath. So I see this definitely in the top three of Oscar nominations and barring anything new on the horizon, it will win. Everyone is talking about it even the haters. Now I think Cruise is an oddball with the Scientology crap. But he makes entertaining movies. Really entertaining movies. Go look at his filmogaphy. It's a long list and it is entetaining. IMO Marvel just likes special effects. Exception for Black Panther which had a good story, they don't usually have much story. This has several good story lines. There's the tension between Cruise and his superiors. There's the tension between him and the pilots. There is the history, and Val Kilmer brought a tear to my eye.

Right at the moment, on the long list of Evils in this world, while Scientology is definitely on that list, it is way down the list. There is so much terrible shit going on right now at the moment, Scientology is the least of our worries.

Anyone think that cruise never does drama anymore because no director or producer wants to work with him anymore and he doesn't do romantic comedy anymore because of the same thing and they know that a large number of the population thinks he's a weirdo and unconvincing?..

Tom Cruise is a producer on this movie. If it wins Best Picture (I mean...), he'll get his first Oscar!

R223... yes, of course, much worse in the world is going on besides this little evil organization. HOWEVER, is there anyone like a movie star whose the public face of such organizations who wants our support and our money? And laughing at and insulting us too?!....

If he was a politician, another career that only exists because of public favor, his career would have been over years and years ago, simply for his involvement, more than involvement in such a organization and his absolute refusal to even allow questions to be asked of it and him....But yet, because he's only a actor and scientology is a small blimp of evil in this world, he gets a free pass??..

Saw it yesterday. Normally Im not a fan of Miles Teller ( I think he has a face you just want to punch), but I thought he was perfect in the role. I don’t think there was a dry eye on the theater during Val Kilmer scenes. The action scenes were amazing- jets, boats, motorcycles! I thought it could have used some more music, and while I though Tom looked great for his age, his chestnut brown hair was distracting.

There should be an award for homos trying their hardest to play heterosexual men. Cruise and Travolta would win every time.

R220, look at Mel Gibson, who in my opinion has done far worse, yet still gets cast in movies and is still generally liked by the public. Most people, especially men, don’t care about an actor’s off screen activities. TC was smart laying low after the KH thing, that’s when he was really getting a side eye from the general public. So people forgot all the weirdness surrounding that.

As far as I know, most people can walk away from Scientology if they choose. I know about cutting off suppressive people, but in the end, these people who joined, did so freely.

R229, Mimi Rogers, TC's first wife introduced him to Scientology. Her father was deep into it and she was raised in it. There is talk that Tom was chosen for her because of his personality and he was just stating out back then. The marriage lasted less than 3 years and she is vague saying "It just didn't work out." Now Tom to all reports is kind of an OCD type and when he embaces something it is all 110 %. He wanted to be a priest at one time when he was a teenager. So in a way he was ripe for picking. But to your point, Mimi Rogers left Scientology years ago. And seems to have faced no repecussions. She has never spoken out against it, but she has said it gave her tools gowing up that she found helpful. IMO, Scientology, like the Catholic Chuch, has factions and zealots and people who are less involved than others. Not sure. I think they are evil but then I think the Catholic Chuch, with few exceptions is also evil. So are the Momons.

Scientology literally enslaves and imprisons minions. There are several assigned to Tom and I am sure he treats them like crap if he is displeased. He and Travolta also have the status to decide if a minion should be killed. It’s a fucked up cult.

Those review$ were probably paid by Cruise himself.

Apparently TC will have the two biggest summer movies, this Top Gun and a Mission Impossible.

Is this a one off sequel or will they continue since this will make a fortune?

The guys in the original seem hotter than in this one.

R229... what has mel gibson done that even approaches what cruise has done and involved in? please explain....

I would also suggest you do a bit more homework on scientology 1) SOME people can leave but only if they stay quiet otherwise? big trouble 2) Some people can leave quietly but are given a HUGE bill for services not paid for 3) Many cannot leave for various reasons 4) And then there is the disconnection factor, that if you leave and your own family or husband or wife is in it and does not leave it with you, they will disconnect from you forever and that is why many stay in...

R230.. cruise joined scientology in 1987 when he was now the biggest star in hollywood, so he was NOT just starting out...Rogers left it years ago, when her father who ran a "org" was treated horribly by the cult because he wanted to go "independent"... She has never spoken out against it, because even now all these years later, she is afraid of the repercussions this cult would do to her....THe same reason why nicole kidman has never spoken out! She also hopes that someday her grown adopted children will wake up and leave it and have a real relationship with her, so until then she purposely does not speak out against it, because if she does now, she knows she has lost those kids forever...

please do not deal in "whataboutism" with other religions.. we are talking about cruise, the ONLY FAMOUS person I know of who has been utterly wrong butt kissed by a "religion, his "religion" 24/7 for over 3 decades, is buddy buddy with the perpetrator of all this evil, turns a blind eye to it all and yet, wants our money and support for his life and career! AND who secretly in private degrades all of us who at not in his cult by calling us evil terms like "degraded beings" and "silly wogs"!..

60 years old and the biggest opening of his career -- even in the face of a pandemic that is still keeping some moviegoers from theaters.

That is an amazing feat some 40 years after his first movie.

His connection to Scientology makes him an awful person, but he's a true movie star nonetheless.

They are showing all TC movies on FX right now

R235, you’re seriously asking that? Mel Gibson is a drunk driving, anti-Semitic, Holocaust denying, racist, homophobic, domestic abuser. All of that makes him 100x worse than Tom Cruise. Scientology is a cult, but if people are dumb enough to join, that’s on them.

R236, I was actually surprised with all his hits that this would be his biggest opening. Especially when theater movies are on the decline. Hate him if you will, but there is no denying he really has had an legendary Hollywood career.

Where do TC movies intesect with Scientology? It's where he earns millions and donates them to Scientology. He is a major benefactor of the Church.

I loathe Miles Teller - I'm not entirely sure even why, other than his name is "Miles" and in interviews he comes across as completely insufferable. Between Miles & Tommy, the smug factor has to just be off the charts.

R238.. really? so mel gibson is a piece of shit, racist, drunk driving, holocaust denier.. yeah, he's a piece of crap human being, but HOW MANY has his thinking and/or actions hurt? cruise knowingly and willingly is a accomplice to thousands being abused in a cult!.... DO you not get this?....

cruise is a public phony the opposite of his real private persona, (that 3 wives and a daughter called Suri can all attest to!)... Once again, what's worse, a public piece of shit or a public phony?..

R240- I feel exactly the same way about those two, but the smugness works in this movie. It plays as confident/cocky, which a fighter pilot should be.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ starring Tom Cruise tops the domestic box office

“Top Gun: Maverick” came out with guns blazing at the domestic box office on Friday.

The sequel, starring Tom Cruise reprising his 1986 role as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm, raked in $51,800,000, according to the IMDB’s Box Office Mojo database.

“The Bob’s Burgers Movie,” which was released on Friday, trailed in second place, earning $5,700,000. The musical comedy flick, based on the animated series, had its release date delayed for almost two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Where are all those haters saying that Top Gun Maverick was going to flop??

Where are you?

R220, yes, Cruise is an asshole, a narcissistic cunt with a Christ complex. However Hollywood is filled with narcissistic cunts. If you start boycotting every nasty actor or director or producer you end up boycotting the whole entertainment industry.

And yes, I do dislike Scientology but quite frankly at the moment when Russians are raping kids as young as 2 in Ukraine I just really don't give a shit about cult members who went in willingly. A few years ago I watched multiple documentaries about Scientology and I'm fully aware it's a terrible organization created to give money and power to the chosen few. I still can't watch Handmaid's Tale because Elizabeth Moss playing a victim of a Scientology-like religion is just too much.

So why do I watch Cruise's films? First and foremost because they're superbly made and because he's good at what he does. Apparently Cruise has learned his lesson and won't proselytize on movie sets anymore. Everyone seems to say he's a total professional on the set and treats everyone respectfully. The reality is that I see him as a kind of a simpleton who's really a victim himself as well. Miscaviage seems to be the real devil pulling his strings. And I do still kinda believe the old gay rumors about him which makes me view him slightly more favorably.

I grew I up in a small town with a sizeable portion of the populace belonging to a Christian cult-like revivalist movement. I still work side by side with some of them but I've long since stopped questioning why they want to live like that. They pretty much have their own society within the society and their own rules to follow. Apparently most people are happy enough to stay although they've made leaving difficult as well since those who leave are supposed to become outcasts their families can't be in contact with anymore.

But what can I say. Like Eurythmics said: Some of them want to use you, some of them want to be used by you. It's a cruel world. I know I'm a hypocrite for not condemning Cruise any more but quite frankly there's so many people to hate on this planet that I give him a pass for now.

R60, Israeli-born neighbors in their 60's took their 100-year-old mother to see it as soon as it first came out. They raved about it and TC. They love spectacles.

Tom Cruise has consistently delivered entertaining films his entire career and has always been top box office. He looks great for 59. He is quiet about his personal life and religious/political views, any press about those things would be driven by others . I congratulate him on his great success.

He looks terrific

Why do people think Scientology is any loopier, crazier or more dangerous than Christianity? Are you completely unaware of what's going on in your country?

R245.. and name me ANY hollywood major star whose the public face of a evil organization? You are basically ignoring this and delving into "whataboutism"..

R247.. so in your mind, if he was the public face of the KKK, Westboro Baptist or White supremacy as long as he keeps it all private and quiet you're good with this???

R249... You can't compare christianity to scientology for various reasons. And we are talking about a person whose entire fame, wealth and success is based on US the public, and who is THEE public face of a evil organization but yet wants our favor....

R86, Are you serious? A "cloaca?" WTF?

Some years ago, I was at a film festival. We hung out around the hotel where the press conferences took place for the big movies, to see if we could see celebities. I sort of struck up a conversation with a photogapher (a paparazzi) while we were waiting and I asked him if TC was Gay, because there were these rumors. And the guy gave me a shrug and a cynical smile and said, "Look. the truth is I don't know. Now with a lot of them we know. But with him I honestly don't know. I will say this: He's always impeccably dressed. And that may be why...I mean never a hair out of place on that one."

250 he isn’t public face of KKk or Westboro so not to disturbed . He doesn’t drain us with any tiresome politics or views he may privately agree with .

He also doesn’t think he is entitled to an Academy Award , unlike many who have made a minuscule fraction of the great movies /box office he has.

R253.. it's called a analogy! By the way in some circumstances scientology is WORSE than the KKK or Westboro baptist..

Also, since I presume you are gay or bisexual, do you have ANY idea what he and his cult think of you???...

254 I don’t looked sleep over it

I liked Tim Rossovich in Roxanne...haven't seen that in ages.

I'm really not that interested in seeing old men in all these action movies. I did watch the last Mission Impossible and I likely will watch the next but he's getting to old for this kind of movie. Leave it to the younger stars and get some dramatic roles again.

The movie is a big hit, as well as a critical success.

Tom Cruise looks very good in appearances, as well as on screen.

None of this should be controversial, no matter how awful Scientology is.

I think there is a disgruntled ex-Scientologist roaming these threads/boards. I’m with R254, I couldn’t care less. There are more important things going on in this world to care about than a bunch of rich people who voluntarily join a cult.

[quote]Tom Cruise looks very good in appearances, as well as on screen.

He looks older and the surgery isn't great.

R259.. You are referring to me. Sorry, If i'm passionate about this, because I've done the homework on scientology and cruise. And yes, they're worse people and things going on in this world, that does not however negate the fact that this man whose entire career is based on us the public should be getting away with what he does AND taking our money too!

Oh and only rich people join scientology??? That in itself is simply untrue and false...

R254... good to know (sarcasm) that you are willingly and supporting with your wallet, a man whose cult thinks that YOU should be wiped off the face of the planet without remorse and you are a "degraded being".... but hey, as long as you are entertained by him for 2 hours who cares about this huh? self respect and integrity??

R260. He IS much older than when he made the first Top Gun! That doesn't mean he doesn't look very good for his age and even generally.

People here can be so childish. Tom Cruise is a Scientologist and Scientology is problematic. Doesn't mean he looks bad.

He looks older than he did just three years ago. He looks weird. He doesn't look great.

[quote] He IS much older than when he made the first Top Gun!

Nobody said that. Just that he's looking older in general.

[quote]He looks older than he did just three years ago.

So does everyone on the planet.

Tom Cruise is the greatest movie star in Hollywood history.

[quote]No one believes that girl is his daughter. She looks exactly like Chris Klein whom her mother was actually fucking.

Siri looks nothing like Klein. She’s the spit of Cruise and Holmes.

*Suri

Unlike most of today's "stars," Cruise pretty much disappears in between movies. He uses social media to promote his movies, not share details of his life. He doesn't oversaturate the market.

Suri is a Mapother. Definitely Tom Cruise's kid.

Suri in March

R266 This is arguably true, at least in a box office sense. If this is his last hurrah, -and unclear that it is- he will have had hits in starring roles over a 39 year period! Very few others can say that.

The Chris Klein thing is so stupid. They were long since broken up and she was dating Josh Hartnett right before the whole Cruise thing. She’s either Cruise’s kid or Tommy Davis. R269, he never used to, but after the Katie Holmes backlash, he wisely did. The most important thing in his life is his career.

OP who expected it to flop? The holiday weekend isn't over yet and it's grossed $150M!

It's crazy what he has coming up too. Top Gun now, then Mission Impossible next year, followed by another Mission Impossible the year after, then that film that's going to be partially shot in orbit which will probably do well due to novelty even if it sucks.

The question should be how many top guys would fuck Tammy's cloaca? Won't be no line up for dat.

Tammy has never fucked a gash in her entire life and she is also known to be sterile. No fucking way is Siri her daughter.

I saw the movie last week. Don’t waste your time, although many will go anyways.

It was about only about Maverick. Anyone who says it had other characters in it deeper than superficial is lying. The movie was over-edited, as it sat there for how many years? Three? Four?

You don’t need to watch the first movie beforehand. History has a way of repeating itself in this one.

They didn’t need to get live action footage of the other actors for this. There was so little seen and heard from them. It could’ve been done with a blue screen.

As for setting a box office record: Whoopdee-doo. It cost me $7 to see the first movie. It was $25 for the second one, with no real incentive other than curiosity. It wasn’t the lame ass recliner chairs, and not the regular screen it was shown on. And people still yack away when the movies on. At least the movie cranked it up eventually.

And cover your eyes and carry on, as I’ve got one more gripe in the ‘storyline’: “spoiler”

A 60 year old man jumps out a bedroom window so a preteen doesn’t know he was there. It was so incredibly fucking stupid. You could NOT suspend the reality of his age with this scene. I wanted to throw stuff at the screen and hurl profanities. There was polite tittering as the scene unfolded, as no one else bought into it either. Would 60 y/o Tom Skerritt have jumped out a window in the original? Nooo.

So, your saying H'wood is fake and its green screen movies are "unbelievable". Shocking.

It will likely gross up to $300 Million by the close of Memorial Day Weekend. Those are the total, international numbers. It is doing very well in the U.S. market. Blowing past his average which is usually in the neighbohood of $60 Million fo the MI movies.

[quote]I saw the movie last week. Don’t waste your time, although many will go anyways.

I’ve only seen the trailer and it did not make me want to see it.

Hahaha that scene was ridiculous R278. In fact, I found the whole Jennifer Connelly character a complete waste of time. They could have easily shaved a good 30 minutes off the running time by not having her in it. The romantic side plot was boring.

All in all, I enjoyed the flight sequences. And I loved seeing Bill Pullman's son, Lewis, in a quirky but underdeveloped role. He was a standout and was robbed of screen time in my opinion. The biggest surprise though was Miles Teller. The guy's a douche but I thoroughly believed him as Goose's son. Maybe I'm just a sucker for a moustache though.

Retired naval officer bud saw it with military friends. Said it was much more accurate than the 1st Top Gun. They all really liked it.

"Pretty accurate and more than met their expectations. Nostalgic. Will recommend it to anyone with military ties or friends/relatives in the service."

I’ve been hearing it’s a lot better than Top Gun and these are from people who loved the original.

Tom is a fucking man ! And the biggest star in the last 50 years at least . He’s a billionaire now

[quote] He’s a billionaire now

So is Jerry Seinfeld

Saw it tonight.

It's a film that delivers everything you'd expect of it, and will no doubt more than satisfy fans of the original.

But dear Lord, that prologue was a total blowjob to Cruise's ego, making him look like the young stud of 1986. It could have been cut for time, but no, Tom needed his fix.

Jon Hamm plays Cruise's commanding officer as Don Draper in uniform, an order-barking ass.

And the timeline was odd, if you give it any thought. Goose's son would be around 40, certainly no hotheaded upstart in Naval flight training. And 51 year old Jennifer Connelly would most likely not have a 10-year-old daughter, as she does in this film.

All narrative tweaks, no doubt, to de-age Cruise, just like his hair dye, his veneers and his plastic surgery,

R287, it’s very possible that Jennifer Connelly has a 10 year old daughter. In fact, she does in real life. This isn’t the 50s anymore with women having kids on their 20s, although I think she had one then too.

Possible, but not probable, R287. It's still not the norm.

And that's not the larger point, anyway. Did you see the movie? There were a number of embellishments made to make Cruise look younger, and that was just one.

A woman Jennifer Connelly's age in reality would more likely have a 25 year-old daughter, but that would not served the purpose of shaving years off of Tommy's age.

Eh, the prologue was as short as it could be, catching the audience up to all the years gone by, wisely using the iconic score. Yes, jobs were blown, but it worked. As did the film, for the kind of film that it was. It was ridiculous, but so was the original. Very slick with spectacular aerial photography. Tom looked great (...filmed three years ago...) but his hair was too dark. Even just some grey streaks or at least variation in tone would have been so much better. Still, he looked better than most his age. With help. Two reluctant thumbs up. Fine holiday fare.

I'm not a fan of Tom Cruise the person but Tom Cruise the actor can still make a good action film as the new Top Gun is. I liked it better than the original. I could tell the audience was eating it up too. Good stuff and will be the blockbuster of the summer.

ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 05/31 **4**

The big European newspapers are reporting today what I told you several months ago that the financing for that massive movie hit came from blood money from the Russian mob. The US media won't cover it because they want access to the junkets and premieres and especially the pint sized actor.

[quote] A woman Jennifer Connelly's age in reality would more likely have a 25 year-old daughter

R289 lives back in the 1950s.

We haven't had a really good summer blockbuster in ages. A big screen, fun summer movie and this delivers 100%. We went to see it over the holiday weekend and it was great. Lots of fun. Not too complicated, just very well done. We decided to watch the original to "prepare" and this new one is much better, and as far as Tom Cruise goes, this one is a lot less self indulgent. Seriously.

Forgive me if this has already been said (I couldn't force myself to read the entire thread -- I hate this guy), but R21? The expression "the Old Man" in the military means the top-ranking officer in the unit, generally (in the Army), the Captain of a company or the Lt. Colonel of a battalion. It has only a tangential relationship to the age of the person.

I saw this today and walked out after about an hour and a half. I really got this creepy, cultist feeling from it. It’s sort of like a Soviet or Nazi propaganda film, I kept thinking back to the spoof of the Nazi wartime film from Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Except this really has no ideology other than its own mythology. It’s sort of Trumpest in that way, although Scientology is probably the more apt metaphor, but both movements represent a kind of empty cultism. Even the seemingly innocuous introduction from Cruise becomes more sinister in retrospect, as if the movie is itself asking you for obedience. The criticism of the first film as Reaganist Pax-American propaganda is actually somehow less offensive than what the sequel represents. I’m having a hard time putting it into words, but I keep thinking to that scene in Back to the Future Part II where Marty sees the little museum in Biff Tanner’s casino with the fawning documentary on Biff’s life. That’s essentially what this is - Tom Cruise’s self-hagiography.

My other criticism is that’s it’s probably the worst example of member berry filmmaking since… well, last fall’s Ghostbusters.

R296... i hear what you are saying and trying to say.. if one paid attention AND you knew about scientology, you could see and hear subtle dialogue and what not with cultie theory and mindset in more than a few cruise movies... The question is is this overreaching or does cruise have a hand in the writing and the script too and it's on purpose?

Will still boycott the film as I do all cruise films since mission impossible: ghost protocol... although I have to admit the behind the scenes making of this film, top gun maverick would be interesting if only for the flight sequences....

[quote]I hate the $cientology midget and would not support him or his crazy church with any of my hard earned $$$, so I hope it flops - badly.

Bwahahaha. Too bad, R4. The movie is a huge hit. The Scientology midget wins. Some critics are saying Cruise is amazing and incredibly charming and at the top of his game in this movie.

[quote]It will have a big opening but then will fall off dramatically.

Turns out you were completely wrong.

He looks like a child predator in OP’s photo.

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Jennifer connelly is beautiful but she has an eating disorder like many in Hollywood. She is skin on bones.

Jennifer Connelly looks great, period. I agree about her lack of dress sense.

So many DL threads predicted this would bomb. I expect a drop off because I think it’s being pulled from some theaters this week to make room for new releases. Seeing it tonight at one of the Regal theaters because it’s the last day playing. Unfortunately JP got the IMAX screen now.

[Quote]Bwahahaha. Too bad, [R4]. The movie is a huge hit. The Scientology midget wins.

I'm r4 and the $cientology midget did not get any of my money.

Unfortunately, I can't control that YOU and other people have no integrity and morals and are willing to support this individual and his vile organization. I've been proudly resisting for 30+ years now and I'm planning on doing so in the future.

Oh, don't be modest, R4. I'm sure you end up giving money to shady organizations and harming the environment unknowingly and unintentionally. Wokeness is a never ending spiral. I hope you never watched a Miramax movie in the movie theater because then you would have been giving money to Harvey Weinstein. I wouldn't be surprised if the actors, writers and directors with the most squeaky clean personal lives are the most dull and the least talented.

I hope you never listen to Wagner. That would make you an antisemite.

R306.. i'm not R4, and I won' try to pretend to speak for him, but are my thoughts on your last post:

Do you have any idea of critical thinking, context and nuance?

#1: pretty much everyone has given money or support to a bad organization in their lives, the difference is when you didn't know and found out later, here people KNOW about scientology and cruise and still go to see his movies, still give him money, big difference..

#2: The general public had no idea about weinstein and miramax... now that miramax is not runned by him, should people boycott that companies films today? Also, there is no comparison between weinstein and tom cruise! weinstein abused, sexual assaulted how many women? a handful? cruise is culpable and complicit to the abuse in every definition of the word abuse (financial, emotional, physical) of THOUSANDS of current members, ex-members and even critics (stalking, harassing, suing them) and made the leader of this whole thing a sociopath his best friend and ALL THIS TIME ALL THE WHILE has been documented royally ass kissed 24/7 for over 3 decades! NOW who has done the most damage, weinstein or cruise?

#3: comparing wagner for how long ago to a PRESENT ALIVE person like cruise is a black and white simpleton "argument'... We do we what we can do a person in present day. We can't do anything against wagner except privately and personally not listen to his music in our homes. The public CAN do stuff today with cruise and his cult...

R306 I stopped reading when you mentioned "wokeness". You're obviously just a troll.

[quote]Do you have any idea of critical thinking, context and nuance?

Do you, R307? Scientology is one of the 20th and 21st century's greatest evils? Oh my sides.

There are people who find Cruise's beliefs problematic but still go to see his movies and enjoy them. If you and R4 want to be holier than thou, then go right ahead. It's your right.

I understand that Picasso was less than a perfect, enlightened man in the way he treated women. No one is cancelling him. Museums aren't getting rid of his paintings. Opera companies are putting on Wagner's works, sometimes the entire Ring cycle, because he was a great composer. He's not being cancelled. Cruise isn't one of the greatest artists of all time but he is a talented entertainer.

R306 is a fucking cunt. Not one word she says is true.

It's all true, R310. Deal with it.

I see from your previous posts that you're a tad melodramatic.

I have no interest in seeing this. I'm tired of watching Tom Cruise as an old man in action movies. Let the younger folks have these roles.

[quote] So many DL threads predicted this would bomb

I expect people are going for the aviation porn moreso than for Cruise

R304 here, I was wrong, it was still playing in the movie theater I went to. In fact, it was playing on 3 screens. Saw it in a packed theater with all ages, a lot of young teenagers. Unfortunately, the one crap thing about the theater is the people. There was a family behind me with 3 small kids who were talking and kicking away. I have no clue why people bring small kids to a movie like this. Phones and people going in and out of the theater too. I remembered why streaming got popular. Anyway, the movie was fantastic and despite the theater distractions, was great to watch on the big screen. At first I was like this might be over hyped, but it was awesome. Loved the last 30-45 min. Tom Cruise looked great and this movie reminded me of his screen presence. Haven’t seen a new release of his in years. The movie was really all about Maverick, the younger characters were very much supporting players, except MT towards the end.

I should should add I went at a weird ass time, 5pm, and it was packed, which surprised me. I think it’ll hit a billion WW, but it will be a shame if it misses out because of not playing in Russia and China.

[quote] There was a family behind me with 3 small kids who were talking and kicking away. I have no clue why people bring small kids to a movie like this.

Because they're selfish fucking assholes, oblivious to common courtesy and respect for others. If it isn't some Disney movie or some other G-Rated shit, your small kids don't belong in the fucking theater!

I saw this tonight and it was riveting entertainment. I had a blast. A modern blockbuster with nods to the original, but not too much nostalgia.