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.
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…
The 80s’ hottest film is Top Gun, this movie has everything. Pre-Scientology Tom Cruise, homoeroticism, take my breath away, fighter pilots, seductive karaoke, gratuitous male objectification, playing with the boys, pornstaches, aviator sunglasses, orange tanned skin, danger zone four times, innuendos in every piece of dialogue— this isn’t something they made! this is some professional like, this shit is in different areas!
Sure it's formulamatic with goofy dialogue, a terrible Val Kilmer, too big a shmeer of America Fuck Ya and the worst chemistry between two lead actors in recent memory...but it IS a lot of fun. I miss Tony Scott. Kenny Loggins makes shit better.
I've bought the DVD, the soundtrack, watched the making of and dreamed about Kelly McGillis more than one time. The film that did more for Air Force enlistments than anything else will do the same for you.
If you've ever been holding on too tight with a bunch of oiled up dudes then you will lose your edge over Top Gun again and again.
i'll be honest i don't really know what this movie is about because every time i watch it i'm doing something else but when i hear the music from the beach volleyball scene i look up so fast my neck almost snaps
goose and maverick belting great balls of fire to goose’s infant son while his wife, meg ryan, looks on lovingly is just the saddest shit to sit through on the rewatch
It's just a high school movie, everyone. A very well shot and good sounding high school movie.
I don't know if this is a real movie or if I really just watched it because I feel like I didn't just see anything happen at all except the complete and unfortunate death of a truly beautiful and happy gay relationship. Goose deserved better and Maverick deserved Goose.
hokey, strange and tonally incoherent. but i'd be a big ass liar if that last aerial sequence didn't make me happy
5/10
“The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman (Val Kilmer). But Maverick isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor, Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis).”
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