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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ – No Woke, Just Thrills and Nostalgia on Steroids
Hollywood in Toto ^ | 12 May 2022 | Christian Toto

Posted on 05/12/2022 1:50:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Satisfying sequel hits nearly all the marks while outdoing the original

The 1986 smash “Top Gun” was both a movie and a pop cultural moment.

The latter mattered more, given the tenor of the times. President Ronald Reagan lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW D.C., and his confidence buoyed the nation. Pop hits like “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away” crushed the Billboard charts, and rightly so.

The film’s star, Tom Cruise, couldn’t be more movie-star handsome or powerful within the industry — even if 1985’s “Legend” showed his commercial vulnerability.

“Top Gun” was the right movie at the right time, even if the film itself was far from great.

So where does that leave “Top Gun: Maverick?”

The oft-delayed sequel can’t replicate that Reagan-era optimism or the original’s rah-rah patriotism. This is 2022, and cheering on a straight white male military hero is problematic to the small but vocal minority that runs the culture.

Don’t tell that to Cruise.

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

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodintoto.com ...


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Sure Cruise is a Scientology nut. But this is the one movie I will see in a theater this summer.
1 posted on 05/12/2022 1:50:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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2 posted on 05/12/2022 1:51:07 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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Waaaaaay back when Kelly McGillis was still hot.


3 posted on 05/12/2022 1:52:52 PM PDT by traderrob6
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Not woke but he did remove that Taiwan patch to appease chyna


4 posted on 05/12/2022 1:55:01 PM PDT by JZelle
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Probably still a little bit of the woke-woke. ROC patch still not on jacket, etc.


5 posted on 05/12/2022 1:55:47 PM PDT by Fury
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My husband wants to see it.

So I guess we will.

I never saw the first one. Just did not interest me then or now.

But it does not sound like it is too terrible.

6 posted on 05/12/2022 1:57:07 PM 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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Ah, the Reagan era, what a time to be alive.


7 posted on 05/12/2022 1:57:45 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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IIRC, you might even have seen a few CSA battle flags around. Gosh, ain’t we all gettin’ old?


8 posted on 05/12/2022 1:58:25 PM PDT by abb
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9 posted on 05/12/2022 1:58:38 PM PDT by nwrep
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Can’t watch anything this lunatic appears in…


10 posted on 05/12/2022 2:00:28 PM PDT by Magnatron
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We all get old.

I would file a complaint if I thought anyone would pay attention.

11 posted on 05/12/2022 2:00:34 PM 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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Waaaaaay back when Kelly McGillis was still hot.

And now she is an ugly old lesbian...

12 posted on 05/12/2022 2:01:06 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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YIkes! Getting old does suck.


13 posted on 05/12/2022 2:02:39 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (2.71 million active users on Truth Social)
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Releases May 27.

I might go see it.


14 posted on 05/12/2022 2:02:54 PM PDT by Rio
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Damn it!
Couldn’t you have just left us with our memories?
NO! YOU HAD TO RUIN IT!
May all your dreams be nightmares of Hillary Clinton as Queen of the Americas with you as her favorite chew toy.


15 posted on 05/12/2022 2:04:16 PM PDT by oldvirginian (The CCP is the world's largest and deadliest criminal organization.)
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...”even if the film itself was far from great.”

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The first and last five minutes were the best parts of the original.

Marko


16 posted on 05/12/2022 2:05:31 PM PDT by markoman (Cautiously cynical)
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So happy to read this review. I’ll have to watch the original again with my sons and buy tickets for us when it comes out.


17 posted on 05/12/2022 2:05:58 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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No way!


18 posted on 05/12/2022 2:09:57 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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Yes, the transformation is sad. But I’ve seen a lot of it. Especially among girls I went to school with. Lots of them are almost unrecognizable. Even more so than the guys.


19 posted on 05/12/2022 2:12:14 PM PDT by rbg81
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The weight gain and gray hair I understand... but sprouting extra limbs? That’s just grotesque.


20 posted on 05/12/2022 2:18:06 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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