Posted on 06/11/2022 3:04:54 PM PDT by Rummyfan
As arguably America’s last remaining movie superstar, it’s hard to call any Tom Cruise movie a “surprise” hit, but Top Gun: Maverick has had surprisingly powerful legs in its second week at the box office. But much like the way they turned out en masse for Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, American audiences are thrilled to finally see a military-themed movie that’s pro-America.
While it has its weaknesses, Top Gun: Maverick is superior to the original 1986 movie in many ways. I had never seen the original until last week, in order to get up to speed (pun intended) before watching the sequel on the big screen. Why didn’t I see it in the ‘80s? I think I was turned off by the MTV videos created to help sell it and the original middling reviews, such as this clip from Siskel & Ebert at the Movies...
Watching Top Gun on Netflix, I was reminded of its ‘80s production values; it plays like an extended MTV video, with erotic shots of F-14s that recall Dr. Strangelove’s opening credits, with a mating B-52 and tanker plane — but without the irony. The ‘80s music score, all Yamaha DX-7 synthesizers (then-the state of the art digital instrument), drum machines, and guitars through Scholz Rockmans also contribute to the Reagan-era feel. I didn’t care about the characters; the recent death of Ray Liotta reminded me that I cared far more about the gangsters and hit men of Goodfellas and Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction than daredevil American fighter pilots on the front lines of the Cold War because the writing and directing of the former movies were so good. The contrived Kelly McGillis subplot didn’t help matters....
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The truth will come out. People who were there know.
“No, I will not watch the movie, nor will I ever support or approve of this scam of a man,” she wrote. “Trust me, Tom Cruise knows exactly who he is supporting and the abuses that organization perpetrates. I worked with him while I was there.”
“He is very aware of the abuses that go on in Scientology,” Remini told The Daily Beast in 2018. “He’s been part of it.”
The actress claimed that “Scientologists are told that Cruise is saving the world single-handedly, so he is considered a deity within Scientology,” second only to David Miscavige, the church’s leader since 1986.
So can everyone else.
Fortunately almost everyone here disagrees with you. You are not convincing anyone. Chuckle.
Mark my words, Cruise will be exposed one day how much he knew. It may be years from now, but it will happen.
Tom Cruise has been in the movie business for over 40 years and been a star for almost as long with no scandals. That's better than almost everyone else.
You are whistling in the wind.
You are going to produce actual police records, arrests and prosecutions are just keep cutting and pasting far left propaganda from the far left “USA Today” which conservatives don’t believe?
Well said.
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