TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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- TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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Val Kilmer is currently in remission from throat cancer and although he lost his voice AI is helping him to speak again. In the movie they used his sons voice to speak for him.
A great documentary from 2021 called 'Val' is a must see for anyone who hasn't.
@@Jason_Van_Stoneloved it! Good recommendation. Doc Holliday alone made him iconic.
Tom Cruise wouldn’t do the movie without Val Kilmer.
This was epic at the theater on a big screen. The way movies used to be made. And still should be made.
At least you 2 didnt have to wait 35 yrs for the sequel like us ol timers.😊
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How was this movie made?
It was worth the wait
George and Moose will be missed!😂😂😂
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You're my eyes, Moose 🫎
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The woman Mav was in love with in the first movie, was named Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood. The woman in this movie, is Penny Benjamin, who was mentioned twice in the first movie. She is the Admiral's daughter Mav dated in the past.
He did a fly by over Penny
I’m convinced Charlie, the instructor/love interest from the first film ONLY wanted intel on the MiG and split with Mav once she got her info and promotion 😂
The enemy pilot was able to do that because it was a 5th gen aircraft which has vector thrusting. That’s why they were constantly talking about going up again at 5th Generarion aircraft.
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It's actually "Thrust Vectoring". It's the vectoring of the thrust from the engines that allows the aircraft to dramatically alter orientation. @@JynxRyl
I believe that the correct term for what the enemy aircraft did is called aerial break dancing. At least that's what it looked like. Pretty remarkable maneuver.
Due to their use of thrust vectoring in all axis, Russian 4th and 5th (arguably 4.5) gen fighters are the only modern fighters who can exhibit post-stall yaw control, allowing the maneuver that was used to dodge the missile that Mav and Goose fired at him. Not even the F-22 or F-35 can do this maneuver, however the effectiveness and usefulness of this characteristic is debatable at best. But it looks awesome.
@@dougstevenson1503 And completely useless. Gives larger IR signature, larger radar signature, larger gun target, bleeds ALL energy. It's an airshow manouvre that would NEVER work. But it is rather popular among Russia-simping aircraft nerds and hollywood loves their shiny bs, so they ahd to include it.
Great reaction. A quick note: The enemy pilots were flying more advanced aircraft. That's why he was able to perform those maneuvers.
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While true, they are more advanced, but in a different scenario where there are no SAMs, the F-14 still could outrun the 5th Gen fighter with a top speed over 200 knots faster than the worldwide new-gen fighters.
My daughter and niece (Both 14 now) only agreed to see this with me if i took them to the last Jurassic movie first. BOTH said this blew Jurassic out of the water, and both went back 5 more times to see this.
*Miles Teller without a shirt.* Mystery solved. LOL
So if 14-year olds appreciate cinematic quality with hardly any CG, there is hope.
Parenting done right
Maverick did get several promotions since the first film. He was a Lieutenant (03) in the original Top Gun. Now he's a Captain (06). The line about him not being able to get a promotion is referring to him having stopped at Captain instead of continuing on to one of the Admiral ranks. And it's because he disobeys orders and doesn't follow the rules, but also because he enjoys flying and Admirals don't get to fly anymore.
That's exactly the point many people don't seem to grasp.
The girl that played Phoenix is 🔥
Jennifer Connley is still gorgeous.
Great and fun reaction!
Charlie..the one who "took his breath away"..Charlie was her call name😂
Greetings and best wishes from Buenos Aires, Argentina
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And as Iceman said "it's time to let go". Hahaha she's in the past. She went to DC, right? Hehehe
In "Top Gun" Goose's wife says that Goose told her how Maverick "went ballistic" with Penny Benjamin. The bar owner in "Maverick" is Penny Benjamin.
Penny is the admiral's daughter that was mentioned in the first "ToGun"that he had gotten in trouble with when he was a younger pilot.
I was waiting for this. This movie had no business being as good as it was.
I laughed, I cried.. i peed a little
It was epic 🔥
@JynxRyl it was. I was lucky to see it in theaters opening weekend, and you could just feel the energy and anticipation. Worth every penny
Fr. This movie did an excellent job of capturing nostalgia, and not overdoing it with just repeating the same story, but with a different cast. They also did the ‘passing of the torch’ very well without having the older generation be a shell of himself. If only this movie could’ve came out the same time as Disney/Star Wars. lol. Because they definitely could’ve taken some notes from this movie. Haha.
Tom Cruise's love interest in this movie is the "Admiral's daughter" merely MENTIONED in the first Top Gun movie. She wasn't in it. She was mentioned as one of Maverick's sexual conquests early in the first movie. Great reaction, by the way. Always like watching your movie reactions. Peace.
By the way, you should do the Mission Impossible movies All of them. They are all real good, too. And this is just my theory but I think Ethan Hunt will die in Dead Reckoning, part 2. It's not out yet. They're still making it but I have a feeling Ethan's gonna finally get it in part 2.
"You've got a history of high speed passes over five air control towers and one admiral's daughter!"
Goose:" Penny Benjamin?"
Okay okay buzt Mission Impossible are garbage... maybe only the 1st one is ok. Rest is pure exponential BS.
That's a bit harsh. You do realize Tom Cruise does most of his own stunts. Crawling up that tower in Dubai wasn't garbage. I don't want to give too much away because I hope these girls will watch all of them but to say all of almost an entire movie franchise is garbage is a bit too quick to judge and not really fair. It also suggests that you might have had a bias because I can't see how 4 or 5 movies in a row could ALL be trash. That just doesn't add up for me.@@x_mau9355
This movie was the only one in recent memory that made me feel something positive about my country. It's the only one that made any attempt at that national feeling.
7:01, Fun fact Ed Harris here playing Admiral Caine and Glen Powell who played Hangman have both portrayed real life American space pioneer John Glenn in two separate other movies.The films were The Right Stuff and Hidden Figures and covered the early days of the American space program. The former told the story from the perspective of the original astronauts. The latter told the story from the perspective of 3 young Black women who functioned as high level mathematicians used to calculate flight plans.
Another fun fact, it's very ironic that Ed Harris is playing an Admiral who wants to replace human pilots with drones. Just before this movie came out he portrayed a misanthropic billionaire who funds a futuristic amusement park for 1%ers in a tv series called Westworld. In the Westworld amusement park, the ultra rich can live out their most base and perverse fantasies utilizing robot extras. The robotic extras are practically indistinguishable from real people. Eventually the robotic extras began to replace some of the guest. The show has an extremely dark and apocalyptic storyline.
Ed Harris also played Gene Krantz ,Space Flight Control Director, in Apollo 13
@@nathanmeece9794 Failure is not an option. Love that line.
Nice. Didn't remember Glen Powell in Hidden Figures.
The bar owner is Penny Benjamin. They never showed her in the first movie but she was mentioned. When they talked about the flyover of the Admirals daughter.
Love your channel. Great and fun reaction. Penny grew up nicely. It’s awesome Maverick took Goose son on his craziness. They are making Top Gun 3.
Probably 100 people have commented this, but the other pilot wasn't so talented as he was flying a fighter that was 30+ years newer.
Thanks both of you for sharing the movie. You are really good. :)
Another thing they got right in this movie is not making the enemy a particular country. It's all about teamwork, love, forgiveness, pride, humility etc. The enemy isn't really the story.
Thats Tom Cruise's car and plane at the end. Hes flying it. Check out when he took James Corden parachuting and flying. Both are great videos!!! 😂😂😂
Awesome 👍👍👍. Thanks for watching this one so close to the first one ❤. Her name was Charlie
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Her call sign was Charlie
"It's like he feels the need" yes..... "to always be flying" awww.
Such a great reaction and such an amazing movie!
The amusing thing for me that almost no one seems to get is that Hangman is Maverick as he would have been if he had been flying one of the typical single-seat fighters instead of the two-seat F-14s used in the original Top Gun. The main thing that kept Maverick from being what Hangman was is that Mav always had Goose, who was his conscience in some ways, riding brakes on Mav's worst impulses and making them not so bad. Mav was responsible to and for Goose, and since Goose was his only family Mav usually held himself in check so he wouldn't let Goose down. Hangman didn't have a back seater to be responsible to and for, so he could go all out to prove he was the best he could be and better than everyone else, which justly earned him his callsign: because he'd always hang you out to dry to prove you weren't as good as he was. Luckily, and thankfully, Hangman learned the important lesson about teamwork through Mav, who uniquely understood Hangman's driven personality. Hangman's character development was a very well done part of the movie too.
In an early script, Hangman was to be Ice's son. I'm glad they scrapped that.
In the F-18 scenes, professional military pilots were doing the actual flying, but the back seat cockpits were set up to look like the real thing. The tech advances for getting us inside the cockpit with the actor were amazing! And the actors had additional duties to their usual acting as they had to test and make sure the cameras were set and focused properly, that their makeup was good, and that the shots were as near perfect as possible. The director had the toughest time since all he could do was stand around and wait until the day's flying was done, then collect all the day's filming out of the onboard camera systems and take it to watch for the first time then and make notes for the next day's flying.
The actors actually had to go through an intensive training program to prepare them for flying in the fighters. I imagine there was some vomit hosed out of the cockpit after some of those maneuvers. Even though the actors, from what I remember, were never taken above 4G, that's nothing to sneeze at. Especially over time. I know the Fury 325 roller coaster at Carowinds near where I grew up in Charlotte, NC is said to max out at around 4Gs, that's just for a short period of time.
The WWII plane Cruise was working on at the beginning and flying at the end of the movie is his own personal plane that he is licensed to fly. He took members of the cast and crew up in it for fun in between work. That had to be a blast.
Val Kilmer, of course, had been fighting throat cancer in real life, but it was important to have him in this movie and he wanted to be there. His voice in the scenes was a programmed synthesized voice, but it was perfectly his voice as it might be. It was so good to see them as such close friends, and to know that Ice had constantly been Mav's guardian angel, keeping him in the service no matter what Mav did to get himself dismissed. And it showed a lot of how well Ice really understood Mav, and explains a lot of Mav's behaviors in the early movie.
Mav is basically suicidally depressed when the movie starts, but he's not the suicidal type, so he looks for situations where he can go out doing what he does best, but he fights to survive anyway because that is his nature. Ignoring how he feels (typical man, I know) he focuses on something else that he can control: flying. All Mav has is the service. He has no family. Even Goose's family he's not close to, though we only learn why as the movie advances. The Navy and the people he works with, best shown in Hondo, are the only family he has. So he pushes beyond Mach 10 because the project is going to be shut down and he'll lose the team/family he's been working with and, knowing as he does that Ice has been fighting cancer, he is aware that his long-term guardian angel might not be able to keep him where he needs to be. His time is running out, and he's well aware of that, so if he stays in pure Maverick mode and pushes juuust a bit more, and a bit more again, then maybe he can go out doing what he loves before that is taken away from him too. So he does. But he survives. And his guardian angel is still able to shift him back to someplace he needs to be. And, whether this was Ice's grand plan knowing who all from Pete's history was there or not, Mav ends up where he needs to be to reestablish a will to live beyond the military. Reestablishment of his old family with Rooster. Rediscovery and, much more importantly, a new appreciation of an old flame (mentioned but never seen in the original movie). And suddenly Mav has every reason to not die in the cockpit. So, of course, he must go and do something that could very easily make him die in the cockpit.
In a Hollyweird full of shallow and dull movies and shows with shallow, poorly done scripts and no actual thought behind them and shallow, unrealistic characters who only change in shallow ways if at all, a movie of this great depth made me so happy to see. I can watch it again and again and love it still. So very well done. For all the concerns I've had for Tom Cruise's weirdnesses in the past, he is absolutely a glorious hero for making this movie happen.
The enemy pilot that performed a crazy maneuver was not a maverick 2.0. The enemy fighter jet is a newer generation fighter that has way more maneuverability than the f-18. The enemy fighter jet has thrust vectoring which allows for extremely tight turns which is why he was able to swing back and get on their tail extremely fast.
Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood was the name of the love interest in the first one. The love interest in this one is Penny "the admiral's daughter" Benjamin which is a reference to a scene in the first Top Gun movie, when the commanding officer is raving at Maverick and Goose before sending them to Top Gun.
Only two movies had me smiling like an idiot with joy past few years was TG: Maverick and SW: Rogue One. Both sequels/ prequels but they were done so well and gave the fans what they wanted while giving us something new at the same time. Great reaction ladies.
A good movie is when you don't want it to end.
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Just like a GOOD relationship,huh ??? Or a GOOD job ????
"On a scale of 1 to 10, Maverick is 10.4 crazy."
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Actually Maverick had three promotions from the rank of Lieutenant to Captain (Equivalent to Colonel in Army).
While Iceman rose to the highest rank...A 4-star full Admiral and ultimately became commander in chief of US Pacific fleet meaning he was the head of whole US Navy in the Pacific Ocean and also the Indian ocean.
Hello ladies shout out from the US Marine Corps! Loved you guys' reaction to this! You know, in the beginning when the roof blew off the little tower when Tom Cruise set the speed record, that roof wasn't supposed to blow off. But since it looked so cool, they left it in the movie. Anyways, love watching movies with you guys. Keep up the great work! ❤🤍💙💛
SEMPER-FI-Marine,I served with the Marines on my first of 4 deployments to Iraq ( I volunteered for all 4 tours,also did 2 tours back-to-back )with the Texas Guard. GO-GUARD !!! LOL. My first tour was with an infantry unit at Camp TQ ( it was a marine FOB at that time )there was also a PRC unit at TQ ( a marine reserve unit ) we had 12 KIAs and 8 people severely wounded from our battalion and no replacements.So,we had to use marines from that PRC to use for our missions. The regular marines lost 8 of their personnel,it was HELL on earth,the insurgents were no joke,but,it took a HUGE loss of our buddies to finally get them handled.
@@user-be7tc2bd6e Damn I'm lucky! I missed Iraq but have a friend that was in Fallujah. Semper Fi Brotha! I love your story! RIP Brothers! ❤🤍💙💛
@@chameleonvr4 Fallujah was HELL too !! On my 3rd tour to Iraq had a specialist ( E-4 ) who was an ex-marine,but,fought in Fallujah as a marine,then joined the Texas Guard after leaving the Marines. He put an end to lots of folks,I could tell after listening to his stories of that conflict. I have stories for DAYS. Thanks for taking the time to read my stories,I had a front row seat to a view of HELL,lots of our people ( marines,guard,reserves ) died over there,most folks don't know this. RIP: To our fallen brothers and sisters. SEMPER-FI Brother.
The enemy plane was a 6th generation fighter with trust vectoring which is what allows for him to do that maneuver.
This movie paid tribute to the first film. Tom Cruise wouldn’t film this movie without Val Kilmer. Maverick and Ice characters are legends. Great reaction girls.
The maneuverability of 5th generation fighters is amazing they have thrust vectoring
I saw Top Gun and bits and pieces of this one. Glad you are reacting to it!
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You'll be pleased to know a third one is officially in development, which doesn't guarantee it will be made, but it does increase the likelihood of a release sometime between now and the end of the decade
47:34 Well you gotta remember he was flying a 5ᵀᴴ gen jet and all we’ve seen our guys flying are 4ᵀᴴ gen jets, those newer jets are insanely more capable than the older ones.
(And tbh if I had the guess, probably a big reason as to why they chose to have them using 4ᵀᴴ gen instead of American 5ᵀᴴ gen jets is because it’d cost SIGNIFICANTLY more to film a movie with the 5ᵀᴴ gen ones vs the 4ᵀᴴ gen ones.)
As an Irishman i never thought I'd get to see a review of one of my favourite movies that included the term "Punani Shenanigans" 10/10
You both are so wholesome. Great reaction! I just watched this movie for the first time the other day, so I'm glad to get to watch this again with you guys.
Awesome! Hope you enjoy watching with us 💜💜
My nephew is a Air Force top gun pilot very proud of him
42:38 Glen Powell (Hangman) also portrayed a real life Korean War naval aviator named Tom Hudner in the movie Devotion. In that film his character Hudner was in a similar situation having to provide air cover for a downed pilot from his squadron.
32:39, despite his reckless nature Maverick is an awesome pilot. Look at all of the medals and ribbons on his chest. He may never make Admiral, but dude has been doing the job!!
Nice one, Lades! Such a good movie, isn't it? Thank you for sharing both of these films with us. I enjoyed rewatching them with you. 🙂
This was a great sequel and the parallels to the original were great. Great reaction!
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My sons and I must have watched this every weekend for like 3 months. Such a cool movie.
The move you never saw before is courtesy of 5th Generation aircraft with design and electronics that make it capable of maneuvers never-before possible. The Navy was a lot more open this time with footage of the aircraft.
Great reaction! I flew attack helicopters in combat and now fly jets. When he said you have no one to mourn you when you burn in hit home…I’m single with no wife or kids…
Love this reaction! This really was a great sequel. As much as they mirrored the first one it really shouldn't have turned out this good but it really all works without being corny. Thank you guys!!!
Every reaction I just want to hug Ryl, and I feel like if I tried the same with Jyn I'd get punched in the face immediately. This is why you're a good duo.
Hahaha 😂 you’re so spot on 👍🏾💜
What a great review! And the Su-57 “Felon” really does that maneuver. Called a Kvochur’s Bell. Look forward to watching more!
Really enjoy you two!
Much love from Baltimore MD!
there is a theory going around that is not confirmed or denied by the director of the movie. All he said was that he likes the theory when heard about it. The story goes that nobody who ejects at mach 10 (thats 12348km/h or 7672,69miles/h) is going to survive that. So in this Theory Maverick dies in that prototype plane. And all we see as the rest of the movie is playing out in his mind in the last split seconds before death - he going on a final impossible mission, paying Iceman a last visit and coming to terms with Gosses Son. All those loose ends that he had no time to resolve , he resolves for himself in his final moments.
When you think about it, Hangman was a lot like Maverick and Rooster was more like Iceman (and of course Goose). I think Maverick chose Rooster because of this. Hangman was talented, fearless, cocky and seemed like he wasn't a team player; yet proved he was by saving the day in the end. I loved Phoenix in this movie. She was actually the best pilot, and she knew everyone's strength's and weaknesses.
Because of nostalgia (the first Top Gun came out when I was a teenager), I will likely always love the original more, but this is the objectively better film.
Great reaction as always, Ladies. Cheers and salutations from Canada. 🥃☮❤
I love the movie, I love your regret that you 'watched it too soon,' and I love two. I don't enjoy all the movies you react to, but I always enjoy your reactions. Your special bond, your intelligence and your sense of humor are all 'Top Gun' level. Keep 'em coming, please!
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Note that the opening card mentions 'men and women'
You two are just the sweetest.
"Put that in your Pentagon budget" that's his career down the pan. The little boy in the diner only said one word but it made the right impact. Remember though a navy captain is the equivalent of an army full colonel. So for all his disobeying orders he's not doing too badly. Hangman's face when Maverick is introduced renders words unnecessary. Considering the deck crew on the carrier are not actors but serving sailors doing the job they are trained for they deserve respect for that. Miles Teller plays his part part so well, that said so do the rest of the cast.
I wasn’t even a huge fan of original and this still got me when I saw it. Saw it 4 times. One of the best sequel’s ever!
The other girl is about 70 now . I’m sure they needed a lil younger actress to play the love interest this time to make it realistic😉They do mention Penny in the last movie but she was never shown .
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Beautiful, First time watching, nice job 😉
Great reaction. I am a 14 year US Navy Veteran, it would be cool if yall could react to real Military vids from all branches but me being bias, Aircraft Carriers and Pilots that fly from them. Real Life Top Gun Pilots.
girls melt when the hangman saves the day :)
Great reaction!
Great reaction. "Get over it" 🤣
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Hi Jyn Ryl , thanks for watching Top Gun Maverick your reaction was the best😇🛩✈️
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@@JynxRyl thx I appreciate both of you to !!!! ❤❤
You two are smart , funny lovely young ladies nice reaction too .
When you're on the highway to the danger zone you know ish is about to get real.
Penny was the admirals daughter that goose’s wife referenced in the first movie.
One of few great sequels. 💯💯💯👏👏👏 love your channel and enjoy the movie.
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A little trivia. In the first Top Gun, Maverick rode a Kawasaki GPZ 900R or simply Ninja 900, which was one of the fastest motorcycles on the market at that time. After the movie, the company saw a huge spike in sales for that bike. In this movie, he is on the Kawasaki Ninja H2R, which is one of the fastest motorcycles on the market today.
I told you in the comments of the first one to remember Penny Benjamin the Admirals daughter 😊
We had already recorded Top Gun Maverick when you made that comment.
Penny, was the Penny Benjamin he went ballistic with in the first movie. They didnt show her, but thats who this Penny is representing. Charlie and Mav didnt work out.
Still one of if not the best sequel I’ve ever seen
Who the heck is George?!?! Lol. You guys are too awesome. That was fun.
Great reaction..
So, Penny's daughter isnt gonna notice Maverick's motorcycle sitting right in front of the house???
30:06 yea he passed out because he was pulling 8/9 plus G's which multiplies the weight of you head times for example 9gs is 9x your heads weight. Great reaction 🔥🔥
Jyn would have enjoyed being in the military. In fact I feel jyn would thrive in there.
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The actor that played "ICEMAN" Val Kilmers really does have throat cancer and needs to use an electronic device to be able to talk. For the movie they had to use the actors own son for the voice of "ICEMAN" because fortunately his voice is very close to how his father's voice was when he was in the first "TOP GUN".
Penny Benjamin is mentioned in Top Gun a few times by Goose and his wife. She is the Admiral's daughter he has taken up in the jet. It isn't key to the first film but they used it for the love interest in the second.
You two are so lucky to see these movies back to back on first watching. Love your reactions. If you want to start a collection of Tom Cruise movies, you have a major task in front of you. He goes back to 1981. Those were supporting roles in '81. "Taps" would be preferable to watch over "Endless Love". His leading roles really took off with "Risky Business".
Well , the story continues, Paramount anounced that Part 3 is on the drawing board.
My two favorite lines: Earth. Nice.
41:40 - These "fireworks" are called flares. There are 2 types of counter-measures, "flares" and "chaff". Flares are used for heat-seeking missiles as they burn hotter than the engines. So they throw off the missile by producing a bunch of heat sources. Chaff is made up from hundreds of pieces of metal that sprays out like confetti. Chaff is used for radar-guided missiles.
Hang Man is Maverick; leaving your wing man is a Maverick move. Not Ice...
Rooster is Ice... Text book flying and never leave his wing man.
Maverick in the 1st movie was sort of a dog. He was having sex with Penny (the Admiral's daughter). Then he went into the women's bathroom to try and nail his flight instructor Charie.
I am glad they did not have that parallel in this movie.
MVP of the movie was Phoenix
Match 10 is like 10xSonic speed ;)
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Mission Impossible Fallout is an outstanding recent Tom Cruise flick
Great reaction, Peggy was there name of the Admiral's daughter he was getting yelled at in the Original Top Gun.
Girls, I think it's actually totally fine that she wasn't mentioned. He was like 20 something when he met her, she was supposed to be maybe 30? Now he's 37 years older and since she's not in the movie, it obviously didn't work out. Which means, he doesn't really think about her at all anymore. Which is totally realistic, especially when this movie shows us time frame of about 3 weeks? How many times you thought of your ex from long time ago in the last 3 weeks? 😛 Luckily, they mentioned Penny in the first movie, so for the second movie they were able to use the name and make up a story of their on and off relationship so she's not just some random replacement for Charlie, she's special for him.
Remember, the first one Maverick got in trouble with a girl that was her before he met Charlie
I adore u you two so much..” remember they were kissing with their souls “…..😂☺️
He was proposing in his dress white uniform. It's a tradition among Naval officers.
You're thinking of Bizarro world Top Gun starring Gaverick and Moose 😆
Phoenix is gorgeous and was the MVP. Hangman definitely had the savior over their heads. The cast was able to pick their own call signs.
17:42 - Ah, young kids, forgetting a cardinal rule of the military: "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young". Maverick telling them 200 was a lot of push ups was not a complaint. It was a warning.
There wasn’t really a role for Charlie and no reason to mention her. Tom Cruise said he wanted to acknowledge Top Gun enough to fill the back story and Maverick could stand on its own, but not relive Top Gun. That’s also, at least partly, why Meg Ryan (Rooster’s mother) wasn’t in Maverick. IMHO it can stand on it’s own but without knowing the first movie a lot of subtleties are missed. For example, I’ve seen many people who didn’t get the Penny connection.
Phoenix ❤
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