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Nolte: Masculine, Pro-American ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Blasts to $146M Opening, Towers over Woke Flops
Breitbart ^ | 5/28/22 | JOHN NOLTE

Posted on 05/29/2022 3:26:05 PM PDT by conservative98

For three years, the wife and I have been waiting. Last month it finally happened. The surgery happens in a few weeks, and we’re not taking any chances with the China Flu gumming things up. We’re quarantined. Going nowhere, seeing no one, groceries delivered—the whole enchilada—toughest of all, no movies. So I haven’t seen Top Gun: Maverick. But based on what I’ve read and been told, it’s…

…a masculine, pro-American, stridently non-woke blockbuster that has just blasted off to a $146 million opening weekend, which is well above predictions.

Based on review after review, Top Gun 2 did the wisest thing possible. Rather than apologize for being an 80’s “relic,” it embraced what everyone loved in 1986 and still loves today.

Christian Toto:

The ageless star [Cruise] is in full control of his film destiny, and he clearly helped “Maverick” avoid most, if not all, of the culture war booby traps.

No hand wringing over military might or extended emasculation of its rugged hero, for starters. No lectures on America’s imperfect past or gender inequality.

And, suffice to say, “Top Gun: Maverick” isn’t woke in the slightest. It is, though, a testament to American excellence and the ability to achieve a goal no matter the odds.

In other words, it didn’t do what James Bond did—turn itself into a mewling little pajama boy gerbil of a movie. It didn’t do what Star Wars did and pervert a romantic-adventure series into a shrill Womyn’s Studies lecture. Instead, Top Gun chose to respect human nature and remain what it was, what worked, and what normal people love. The audience sensed that, and now it’s over-performing and less than $10 million away from setting an all-time Memorial Day Weekend record.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: americanism; hollywood; masculinity; movies; tomcruise; topgun; toxicmasculinity; woke
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To: dmzTahoe

Nope.

Kelly played the love interest, and was nice...

...but I always thought Meg was a cutie...

...and she played Goose’s wife/widow

therefore Rooster’s mom.


61 posted on 05/30/2022 1:52:57 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

They didn’t.

They were going to,

even photo’d the jacket without it,

but the reason evaporated

so they put it back.

Same with Japan’s.


62 posted on 05/30/2022 1:57:19 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Thanks. Maybe I’ll go see it.


63 posted on 05/30/2022 7:13:44 AM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: thescourged1
I will take your advise and skip, "Lost City".
64 posted on 05/30/2022 7:41:39 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: conservative98

Yep. Cruise may be a little nutty but he makes a hella movie. Its called entertainment.


65 posted on 05/30/2022 7:48:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: DallasGal
Had to go back to the original to see how a Penny fit in. That was a great line.

Penny, the Admiral's daughter...

;0)

66 posted on 05/30/2022 7:58:00 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: ExGeeEye
Anyone who knows... is Penny in Charlie’s house? It looks familiar.

Good question. Near the beach, on a corner lot...

The original house was moved a few blocks and is a bakery now.

Both ladies drive snappy Porches.

67 posted on 05/30/2022 8:11:05 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Mr.Unique

Yep! It was such a non-important line in the original, so I never paid it much attention. I liked how they tied it in though.


68 posted on 05/30/2022 8:25:40 AM PDT by DallasGal (Le temps fuit sans retour )
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To: muir_redwoods

Watanabe is such a class act


69 posted on 05/30/2022 8:31:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (Where did all the same posters go......they cannot have all died ....could they ?)
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To: StAntKnee

Goose wife


70 posted on 05/30/2022 8:33:43 AM PDT by wardaddy (Where did all the same posters go......they cannot have all died ....could they ?)
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To: wardaddy

Heckuva cast, eh?


71 posted on 05/30/2022 10:21:14 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: StAntKnee

Wonder if u can buy it streaming or new movie


72 posted on 05/30/2022 11:48:47 AM PDT by wardaddy (Where did all the same posters go......they cannot have all died ....could they ?)
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To: wardaddy

Dunno. Hollywood sucks, but . . .

I’m going to the big screen version IMAX and Surround.

Just the trailer on my MacBook Air sets my heart a-pounding.

Don’t even know what a ticket costs nowadays.

But I’m going.


73 posted on 05/30/2022 12:24:16 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: StAntKnee

It would be awesome in IMAX.


74 posted on 05/30/2022 1:05:51 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: thescourged1

I watched it in 4D; after that, you won’t want to watch it any other way...

Envision every engine rumble with your seat underneath vibrating, wind and mist in the front and back of your face, and entire rows of seats moving parallel with the flying jets...

THIS is the Way!


75 posted on 05/31/2022 8:00:07 AM PDT by SemualRoberts (one of the Comforter's vessels, one of many of Yeshua's chosen )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear; Tennessee Nana
And I am firmly on Team Bob. Sorry, but I found him adorable.

Saw it this afternoon. Concur with this. He was one of my favorite characters.

76 posted on 06/04/2022 8:15:15 PM PDT by thecodont
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