Part of their arrogance emanates from their presumption of a monopoly.
But it is foolish and arrogant to assume that customers will swallow their pride and turn up.
This is why the media is all suffering losses: people don’t like to pay to be insulted and talked down to.
But an oasis of hope emerged in this desert of self-righteousness.
Top Gun: Maverick grossed $718 million in the United States only and $770 million worldwide, making it the best-selling film of the year.
Why did the film work?
Because the makers were solely focused on entertaining their audiences. There were no lectures or forced agendas. Instead the focus was on the valor of the armed forces. The makers of the film and its star Tom Cruise also refrained from engaging in any political messaging during its promotion.
Recently Cruise released a video expressing gratitude for the success of his film.
“...thank you for allowing us to entertain you. It truly is the honor of a lifetime,” were his exact words.
Agree about Top Gun and Cruise. Not crazy about him overall because of his strong Scientology connections but he is a very smart business man and a very hard worker. Top Gun put movie theaters back in business. It was a good movie and all the things you listed. Tom Cruise is too smart to bite the hand that feeds him—the Thank You was evidence of that.
I don’t see Aquaman 2 being released anytime soon. It’s been shot already (2 times now). They had to get the Amber Heard taste out of their mouths on that one. They stuck with AH and ditched JD but after the trial they now have egg all over their face. Over 4 million signed a petition NOT to watch AQ2 if she was in it. The CEO said he didn’t care what the fans wanted. Eventually he was fired and Bob Iger had to re-take over as CEO. The movie is so tainted now, they are thinking of trashing the whole film(s).
I bought Maverick (in 4K) but haven’t gotten around to watching it yet. As for the original i like it for the flight scenes,the babe and “Take My Breath Away”. I assume that I’ll like Maverick for the flight scenes...don’t know if there are any babes.
Top Gun Maverick was the only movie my wife and I have seen in a theater in years.
However, even it was WOKE in the makeup of the aviators.
Lets do a role call of the aviators in the film:
Latino Woman
Black man
Geeky White Guy
Asian Man
Cocky White guy(who saved them at the end)
Goose’s Son (cocky white guy)
Maverick (cocky middle aged white guy)
Wise Black Guy (second in charge of Top Gun)
Older White guy (commander of Top Gun- the A$$hole in the
movie)
I have personally met three former Naval/USAF/Marine aviators. Every one is a White Male.