1986 Directed by Tony Scott
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Tom Cruise Kelly McGillis Val Kilmer Anthony Edwards Tom Skerritt Michael Ironside John Stockwell Barry Tubb Rick Rossovich Tim Robbins Meg Ryan Whip Hubley Adrian Pasdar James Tolkan Clarence Gilyard Jr. Randall Brady Duke Stroud Brian Sheehan Ron Clark Frank Pesce Pete Pettigrew Troy Hunter Linda Rae Jurgens T.J. Cassidy
탑건, Топ Ган, Top Gun - Sie fürchten weder Tod noch Teufel
not just sort of gay, but actually one of the gayest movies i think i’ve ever seen
As Sid (Quentin Tarantino) in Sleep With Me says in one glorious monologue: "Top Gun is fucking great. What is Top Gun? You think it's a story about a bunch of fighter pilots..... It is a story about a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It is! That is what Top Gun is about, man. You've got Maverick, all right? He's on the edge, man. He's right on the fucking line, all right? And you've got Iceman, and all his crew. They're gay, they represent the gay man, all right? And they're saying, go, go the gay way, go the gay way. He could go both ways......
Kelly McGillis, she's heterosexuality. She's saying: no, no, no, no, no, no, go…
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Listen, it's impossible to deny the fact that the U.S. Navy saw recruitment rates explode by roughly 500% the year after Top Gun's release, but it's also a vision of sunset vistas, fighter jets, sweaty locker rooms, and the birth of an extravagant commercial style. Was it worth it? Hard to say, but its status as a pop propaganda artifact isn't everything. Tony Scott was the kind of artist to write out a 25k check (that later bounced) so that a Navy captain would turn a carrier ship for better lighting. From the machinery and the hardware to the volleyball games and the men in uniform - he found sun-soaked beauty in every detail. This isn't simply a macho 80s exercise but rather a melodramatic MTV extension of Douglas Sirk or Nicholas Ray. A music video and a recruitment tool that also functions as a gay magic hour daydream.
very much get the critiques of this but, look, if i have to watch individualist, military propaganda films i would definitely prefer they be Dudes Rock romance melodramas chalk full of sweaty, shirtless men feeling things and staring each other down, beautiful over-saturated colors, motorcycle riding/dogfighting, sunset vista photography, beach volleyball, romantic 80s synth pop/rock and lots of talk about each others butts and hard-ons. tony scott was the absolute goat and through style alone somehow gives even the broadest, dumbest moments in this a genuinely romantic mood and the action scenes a tangible danger/adrenaline. miss him so much
if that "two bros chilling in a hot tub, five-feet apart cuz they're not gay" vine was a major motion picture but with fighter pilots
This is just Call Me by Your Name except the peaches are replaced with jets that go really fucking fast.
Did Tom Cruise really follow a woman he just met into the women’s restroom, then propose to have sex with her on the counter... and she found that attractive? The 80s must have been a wild time.
this film is very unrealistic because Tom Cruise does not meet the height requirement to be a pilot
