I didn't detect any issues. As far as another Top Gun I doubt it. This is 30 years after the original and it made 1.5 BILLION at the box office. Tom Cruise was very strict about what the story would be. This was a love letter to the fans. In the theater Tom had an introduction about why he did this and how it was for the fans. Also to show that cinema and big screen motion pictures weren't dead. Boy was he right! This movie rocked in the theater! Thank you Leo for getting right into this. Other reacters might wait months to do a sequel. Doing movie series close together not only helps in remembering details but the fans love it as well. I appreciate you dude!
no worries Mr video it was fine great movie Mavrick was true leader and hero too I loved it hope you are feeling ok Mr video you are true mavrick too Mr video
not gonna lie they delayed this thing so much i was losing faith. But damn I didn't expect so many emotions and adrenaline sitting in that IMAX theater.
@@Rose-B612 yeah, I think this movie is the difference between throwing out sequels just for the money and delivering a sequel once you have everything in place. This movie was just brilliant.
@@johnbarraco5561 My daughter and niece (both 13) only agreed to see this if I took them to the new Jurassic movie first. They went back 4 more times for this.
I didn't grow up with Top Gun so I wasn't really all that hyped when this movie was announced and came out but after watching it I wish I had seen it in theaters. It's a legit 10/10 film, one of the best I've ever watched without a doubt.
If they did a second release, like they did with movies in the past a LOT of people would go see it in the theaters again or who missed it the first ime.
Yeah I watched the original the night before going to see this in theatre. My step father had never seen the original and I hadnt seen it in forever. I may not have even seen the whole thing before. So it made for a great couple days. Definitely one of my top 5 things to happen in 2022. Which isnt saying much since it sucked. What good you could get made it worthwhile for sure. One of the other good things being my biological father scored tickets to a transiberian orchestra concert during the holidays while I came up to visit.
Val Kilmer the actor who plays (Ice Man) has some very serious health problems in real life now. So, the fact that he's even in this sequel is incredible. I was in tears in the theater during his scene. All those years ago, I had such a crush on him in the first movie. ❤
He's suffered through throat cancer, just like the character. They used AI to recreate his voice for the speaking part. He's unable to speak in real life.
Yea he has a really good documentary out. Apparently he filmed behind the scenes throughout his entire career (when camcorders came out). It’s very cool.
From my understanding, the studios who produced "Top Gun: Maverick" rented US Navy jets for 11k per hour. It was well worth the investment as this film has some of the best practical effects I've seen in a while. CGI is really good these days but it can't replace the real thing.
@@MegaForrestgump The insurance would be astronomical to have Cruise pilot an F-18 or F-14 and to think they have 800 hours of footage to pay for. The only scene he actually was the pilot is the end. Where he is flying his actual plane.
It would’ve been a lot more, but they took advantage of the Navy’s training schedules. It’s cheaper to use scheduled flight hours than to set up a whole set of new ones. It probably also helped that Cruise, Bruckheimer and Paramount are on great terms with the Navy, a good relationship makes setting these things up run a lot smoother.
I love how Admiral “Warlock” Bates (Charles Parnell) is secretly rooting for Maverick the whole time. Warlock is meant to be another classmate of Maverick (in interviews he was meant to be in the background of the class in ‘86). Love the man’s voice!
Good job! Penny was in the first film. She was mentioned twice, once when Mav and Goose were being yelled at in the beginning and once by Meg Ryan in the bar. Also, did you notice in the bar scene that Hangman pushed 86 on the juke box? That was the year the original came out. Also, there was only 33 rounds left when Mav shot down his last plane. 33 was the total years from the original that the film was scheduled for release (2019). COVID of course delayed the release. Also, the plane in the end had LG on the side, initials for Lady Gaga who sang the final song. One more nugget. In the bar, "Let's Dance" by David Bowie was playing, who was in Labyrinth with Jennifer Connelly.
One other little thing about Hangman selecting the song on the jukebox… the song is “Slow Ride”, and that’s playing while he teases Rooster about his cautious flying style (a “slow rider” if you will).
So glad you watched these back to back. Fun fact... the actor who plays Bob is Bill Pullman's son (he played the President in Independence Day) and he looks just like his dad!! Keep being you Leo 💙
I find it Kool that 2 actors in this movie have Played Astronaut John Glenn...... (Admiral Cain) Ed Harris in "The Right Stuff" and (Hangman) Glenn Powell in "Hidden Figures".......
The stats of this film is crazy: The #1 movie of 2022. Best sequel of 2022. #1 movie of the decade. The 2nd film to gross over $1 billion in the movie theatre re-booming during Covid-19. Tom Cruise's biggest movie ever. A great story with so much nostagia of the original. The director, Joseph Kosinski has worked with Cruise before on the movie, Obilvion (2013). To be made and be made as real as possible makes this a great piece of work. Seeing Val Kilmer as Iceman again was so heartwarming, especially with knowing what he's really gone through. Top Gun has the longest running video game series, based on an film ever (1986-2010). The 18th and final game on PS3 subtitled "Hard Lock" (2010) and the plot is set years after the first film. Maverick as an instructor to a new generation of pilots and his best student, Lance Webb aka Spider taking on an elite special mission (predating the movie sequel's story, crazy). But in any event, the years of waiting for TG:M to was so worth the admission.
One of the greatest legacy films ever made. I was in HS when the first film came out. With this one, I'm in my fifties and facing many of the same uncertainties that Maverick did. It was a great story arc that needed over 30 years to be told...and it was worth it. The one thing you missed immediately was in the text intro. The original one never mentioned women, as they were not allowed to be in combat roles. That changed within a few years after the release of the film. Great reaction. You really got it all. :)
Tom Cruise who owns his own jet, helped put the cast in intense training you can look it up on UA-cam. The characters are great, I was curious how the story was gonna play out between Mav/Rooster. And was little iffy on it but after seeing the movie I loved it. The score/Soundtrack was great. And the actual effects are stunning. Side note shout out to Val kilmer (Iceman) who was actual sick, with throat cancer. That they used in the movie for his character as to why Iceman didn’t talk. They actually had digitize his voice. All in all this movie was worth all those years of waiting.
The Maverick and Iceman scene proved that despite being rivals in the past. Iceman always had his back after Goose dead. Iceman was Maverick's wingman outside of a plane and even in his last breath was drawn Iceman always had Maverick's back later in life. Also, one thing I love about this film. They succeed to make new characters interesting in just one movie. Rooster, Hangman, Phoenix and Payback are some of the best newcomers in this film. Hangman remind me of Iceman and his rivalry between Rooster remind of the rivalry between Iceman and Maverick. This is notalgia done right.
Before maverick split those first two planes in dog fight training you can hear Rooster say “guys,” and starts to put his mask on. Dude knew what was coming. 😂
I’m happy you mentioned Penny and having a good woman in his life. She didn’t tell him what to do, just the consequences if he didn’t find a way back. She had his back.
I'm glad you watched this one after. I was hoping you would. I had never seen the first one before. But my parents made me since I was taking them to the theaters to see maverick. It hit so much better being fresh. Funny since the first one came out in theaters when they were teens.😂
I hope you caught who "Penny was (Referenced as "Admiral's Daughter" three times in Top Gun), and the fact that in that last dogfight sequence Rooster and Maverick have dialog VERY similar to Maverick and Goose dialog in Top Gun. Also, "That museum piece" is a joke - the film production rented an F-14 from a museum to get these shots, so it really was a museum piece. Finally, the sailboat is a racing J-125 - last one made in 2003 and current on-line price of the cheapest one is $300,000.
As did I. It was well worth the wait. Tom Cruise held out for a fantastic script before he would agree to do it and he fought to have Val Kilmer return in some capacity. Tony Scott, the director of Top Gun had also passed away. Also, he wanted the flying to be real. The cast were in the rear or the jets and doing their own camera work as well as having to act their parts up there. They couldn't tell if what they had was good enough until they got back down and it was viewed. Loved all of the characters in this - everyone plays their role so well. Tom Cruise knows how to make a movie that really entertains an audience. He's been doing it for 4 decades with very few misses.
This is the best movie of 2022 for me. It makes me feel old asf cuz I remember seeing the first Top Gun when I was 6 years old and I’ve loved it ever since. The original was also released nearly 37 years ago!
So was I!!! Ended up seeing it twice in one day cuz my dipshit 12 year old big brother thought he could convince the workers that he was my dad so we could see R-Rated "Cobra" afterwards. They didn't believe him😂
So some fun facts, the plane Tom is flying at the end is his own personal P-51 Mustang, which was built in 1946, also all the crew you see on the carrier aren't movie extra but the actual crews of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), also all the scenes with them in the cockpit (the actors are in the backseat of a F/A-18 Super Hornet, and a pilot from the US Navy is upfront, I higly recomend wacthing the making of the First Top Gun, and how the sceond one was made as well,
So did I. My daughter was with me almost every time. She loves it too. She even has an F-14 Tomcat toy jet glued to the dash of her car. I bought her the Tomcat key chain like the one Maverick has in the beginning of this movie.
As the first one is my fav this was totally as good! A lot I think missed the small detailed dark Star had a skunk 🦨 on its tail fin Homage to the governments secret Skunkworks development section And also the Top Gun original scene in the bar with their supposed instructor They used the same “coy” in this as maverick was the instructor they didn’t know hence their reaction as he was introduced as their instructor Small awesome touch and homage to the original And both women paired with maverick drove a Porsche Kelly Mcgillis drove a 356 and Penny a 911
now imagine waiting 30 years in between and not even expecting a sequel and then this comes out. Alot of us were scared that they were going to fuck it up but they knocked it out of the park
Can’t say enough about this movie, it definitely had us on the edges of our seats 😂 As always a superb reaction and priceless commentary, this was gem 👏👏👏
Love how when dogfight training first starts everyone is having fun. As soon as Mav starts talking Roster immediately puts on his oxygen and lowers his visor. He knows everyone is about to get their ass kicked
Watching trilogy’s straight or at least close together makes them more exciting and understandable for sure. This made a BILLION DOLLARS at the box office, highest grocing movie in history so yeah,..there will be a third for sure. I could see Maverick playing either an instructor still or maybe an admiral or something and following Roosters career and the cast we came to know. They ALL went though very rigorous training to be able to ride in actual US Navy fighhter jets, learning to work the cameras and handle G’s etc, that’s a VERY expensive training that has never been giving for any movie by the Navy so I think they’ll take advantage of that and use the same group at some point . NO WAY it’d be the highest grossing movie in history and not make another one, hollywoods too greedy. I’d love to see it too.
fun fact, the last scene between Mav and Penny in the plane is Tom Cruise's plane and him actually piloting the plane. The fact that this movie has more footage shot than the whole trilogy of Lord of the Rings is incredible. Approximately 800 hours of footage
Bro we have the biggest most advanced Air Force on the planet. I’m hella grateful that we really do have pilots like Maverick and have so much respect for the pilots and crew
i remember watching the first Top Gun as a kid with my mother who loved the movie, I do enjoy watching it over again. When i heard that they were making another Top Gun movie i was also a bit excited for it but not as much as my mother was who went to see it in theaters though do wish had have but its not often i get to the movies. when i did eventually watch it dang did the memories come back of the first movie with the callbacks.
The character that played/plays "Iceman" is going through throat cancer (in real life). Most considered his acting career to be over. Tom Cruise would not accept a substitute and found a way to get him involved. That he actually had a speaking part was pulling off a miracle.
44:37 fun fact, the F-14 they used to film the ground scenes is in fact a museum piece… it’s the F-14 that is on display at San Diego Air and Space Museum. They shipped it to location and even got the canopy working. But with it being a decommissioned aircraft, it has been stripped of most of its components, including its engines… so Rooster’s question is very apt, how do you get a museum piece in the air? The answer of course is CGI. They whole final sequence was CGI, and they did it so damn well. I first saw Top Gun when I was 2 years old, and for 3 decades it sat at the top of my favourite movies… then I went and saw this sequel, and it took that spot away. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did, but it seems like anything Tom Cruise works on these days is golden, and this is no exception.
Did you get the Easter egg? When Maverick first meets Penny(Jennifer Connely) in the bar!! Music by David Bowie plays in the background, with whom she filmed Labyrinth when she was 16.And Hangman taps 86 into the jukebox, the year of the first Top Gun movie
I can't believe that's never occurred to me. Literally never. Having said that, did Penny think her daughter had night blindness??? Had an old man jumping off the roof for nothing😂😂😂😂😂
@@phil-1115 Believe me, I know. I was just wondering if Penny already knew she was busted, and had Maverick unnecessarily jump off the roof for her own personal amusement. If you haven't seen his latest big stunt for an upcoming Mission movie, it's definitely worth looking up. 👍👍
Clarence Gilyard "Sundown" in Top Gun, passed away Nov 2022 after a long illness. Dont know if that kept him out of the reunion in Maverick, but he'd retired from acting years earlier. Props to Jennifer Connelly for taking sailing lessons for the sailing scene. The real deal, not CGI. Have yo agree with Rooster on the F-18's chances. It's certainly more agile than the F-14, particularly in the high angle-of-attack, low speed aspects of air combat, which is all the more important against a 5th Gen fighter. You can't take them out at a distance because of their stealth, so it has to be up close where it inevitably becomes a "knife fight in a phone booth" where the F-18 is lethal.
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Crazy that Tom's like 56 in this, Jenny Connely is 50 - she's still as hot as ever. How they still look so good blows my mind. What a great freakin' movie. I was worried the sequel, 35 years later, would fall short. It surely didn't, in fact I think it is better than the original. And that says a LOT. They truly did it well, and right. Mad props to all involved. And what a feel-good story too. No bullshit, no wokeness, just a great story with great actors (all of them), and a fabulous ending. As it should be.
There are times in the military when the rules and regulations don't cut it and you have to adapt and improvise and overcome as Clint Eastwood put it in Heartbreak Ridge. I love the expression on Hangman's face when Cyclone introduces Maverick. You have to love Phoenix and Bob. It's worth bearing in mind that the carrier deck crew are not actors but serving sailors doing their day to day job.
He did "Rooster" a favor there. Rooster ended up having to go to a normal school then OCS after that. Set him back a whole 13 weeks not 4 years. The academy is not the only route to become a naval officer and aviator. I went through OCS myself after getting through college.
Hey LEO! Watch an old movie "The Right Stuff" from 1983 - about test pilots and the first Astronauts. There are great, GREAT actors in that movie. TG2 has a lot of Hommage to that movie.
Admiral Cain is correct. There is no way we would have sent pilots on this mission. We would have used those Tomahawks or Drones armed with Paveway II bombs.
Tomahawks to take out SAMS and runway, 10 F-117 Nighthawks pick up the pieces, and 10 F35s and F22s as support to protect C-130 drop of MOAB on target. All executed in under 5 minutes. Bunker would collapse on itself and bury nuclear material preventing collateral damage. Where the target sits makes the MOAB the go to. Daisy cutters would not send the right message. My two cents as a retired weapons contractor.
@@megantaylormichaels we don't fly f-117 nighthawks in combat missions anymore. Our current stealth planes operating in the air force and navy are the f-22, f-35 and b-2. We wouldn't drop a MOAB either the MOP (massive ordnance penetrator) is better suited for taking out an underground hardened target.
Man I might of screwd up the Audio on this a lil I suck at volume control!! I’m trying to work on it guys my apologies
No worries Leo, it was fine, of course I had the volume way up 👍🤣🫶🏻
I didn't detect any issues. As far as another Top Gun I doubt it. This is 30 years after the original and it made 1.5 BILLION at the box office. Tom Cruise was very strict about what the story would be. This was a love letter to the fans. In the theater Tom had an introduction about why he did this and how it was for the fans. Also to show that cinema and big screen motion pictures weren't dead. Boy was he right! This movie rocked in the theater! Thank you Leo for getting right into this. Other reacters might wait months to do a sequel. Doing movie series close together not only helps in remembering details but the fans love it as well. I appreciate you dude!
dammit leo don’t think just do! 😂👍🏽
The sound is fine Leo 🙂.
no worries Mr video it was fine great movie Mavrick was true leader and hero too I loved it hope you are feeling ok Mr video you are true mavrick too Mr video
This movie was 100% worth the years of waiting and delays
not gonna lie they delayed this thing so much i was losing faith. But damn I didn't expect so many emotions and adrenaline sitting in that IMAX theater.
@@Rose-B612 that’s the thing the studio and Tom had faith that it was going to do good in theaters. They knew that they had an amazing movie
@@Rose-B612 yeah, I think this movie is the difference between throwing out sequels just for the money and delivering a sequel once you have everything in place. This movie was just brilliant.
Yes it was 💯….. .. 34 yrs later .. I felt the need …. The need for speed again 🤘❤️
@@johnbarraco5561 My daughter and niece (both 13) only agreed to see this if I took them to the new Jurassic movie first. They went back 4 more times for this.
"It's what my dad would have done."
Man this still hits hard.
I didn't grow up with Top Gun so I wasn't really all that hyped when this movie was announced and came out but after watching it I wish I had seen it in theaters. It's a legit 10/10 film, one of the best I've ever watched without a doubt.
If they did a second release, like they did with movies in the past a LOT of people would go see it in the theaters again or who missed it the first ime.
Don't worry. I made up for it for you. I saw it 6 times in the theater.
Yeah I watched the original the night before going to see this in theatre. My step father had never seen the original and I hadnt seen it in forever. I may not have even seen the whole thing before. So it made for a great couple days. Definitely one of my top 5 things to happen in 2022. Which isnt saying much since it sucked. What good you could get made it worthwhile for sure. One of the other good things being my biological father scored tickets to a transiberian orchestra concert during the holidays while I came up to visit.
@@kissmy_butt1302 they released it in theatres again start of December 22 and Feb 23, lol.
@@phil-1115 I saw it 9 ;) hahah
Val Kilmer the actor who plays (Ice Man) has some very serious health problems in real life now. So, the fact that he's even in this sequel is incredible. I was in tears in the theater during his scene. All those years ago, I had such a crush on him in the first movie. ❤
Right? So hot lol. He could totally get it back then ;)
He's suffered through throat cancer, just like the character. They used AI to recreate his voice for the speaking part. He's unable to speak in real life.
Yea he has a really good documentary out. Apparently he filmed behind the scenes throughout his entire career (when camcorders came out). It’s very cool.
Tom Cruise said that he wouldn't do the sequel without Val kilmer
From my understanding, the studios who produced "Top Gun: Maverick" rented US Navy jets for 11k per hour. It was well worth the investment as this film has some of the best practical effects I've seen in a while. CGI is really good these days but it can't replace the real thing.
They also filmed on active carriers, which the Navy and US Military loves doing because its free recruitment advertising
And Tom Cruise even learned how to fly one of those jets. Some scenes are actually him in control.
@@MegaForrestgump the navy never let him fly, all the scenes showing his helmet from the back are Cmdr. Frank “Walleye” Weisser, USN (Ret)
@@MegaForrestgump The insurance would be astronomical to have Cruise pilot an F-18 or F-14 and to think they have 800 hours of footage to pay for. The only scene he actually was the pilot is the end. Where he is flying his actual plane.
It would’ve been a lot more, but they took advantage of the Navy’s training schedules. It’s cheaper to use scheduled flight hours than to set up a whole set of new ones.
It probably also helped that Cruise, Bruckheimer and Paramount are on great terms with the Navy, a good relationship makes setting these things up run a lot smoother.
I love how Admiral “Warlock” Bates (Charles Parnell) is secretly rooting for Maverick the whole time. Warlock is meant to be another classmate of Maverick (in interviews he was meant to be in the background of the class in ‘86). Love the man’s voice!
If you like Tom Cruise, consider the Mission Impossible franchise. It’s a fun Tom Cruise franchise rabbithole to fall into!
they could've just named him "Sundown" and he could've been the classmate that Clarence Gilyard Jr. played as Mav's backseater after Goose died.
Good job! Penny was in the first film. She was mentioned twice, once when Mav and Goose were being yelled at in the beginning and once by Meg Ryan in the bar. Also, did you notice in the bar scene that Hangman pushed 86 on the juke box? That was the year the original came out. Also, there was only 33 rounds left when Mav shot down his last plane. 33 was the total years from the original that the film was scheduled for release (2019). COVID of course delayed the release. Also, the plane in the end had LG on the side, initials for Lady Gaga who sang the final song. One more nugget. In the bar, "Let's Dance" by David Bowie was playing, who was in Labyrinth with Jennifer Connelly.
Great job and attention to details! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙂
Wow man! Thanks.
One other little thing about Hangman selecting the song on the jukebox… the song is “Slow Ride”, and that’s playing while he teases Rooster about his cautious flying style (a “slow rider” if you will).
So glad you watched these back to back. Fun fact... the actor who plays Bob is Bill Pullman's son (he played the President in Independence Day) and he looks just like his dad!! Keep being you Leo 💙
i suspected when i was watching the film that he looked so much like bill pullman. when i saw the end credits, i was like, ok, he's his son.
I find it Kool that 2 actors in this movie have Played Astronaut John Glenn...... (Admiral Cain) Ed Harris in "The Right Stuff" and (Hangman) Glenn Powell in "Hidden Figures".......
The stats of this film is crazy:
The #1 movie of 2022.
Best sequel of 2022.
#1 movie of the decade.
The 2nd film to gross over $1 billion in the movie theatre re-booming during Covid-19.
Tom Cruise's biggest movie ever.
A great story with so much nostagia of the original.
The director, Joseph Kosinski has worked with Cruise before on the movie, Obilvion (2013).
To be made and be made as real as possible makes this a great piece of work.
Seeing Val Kilmer as Iceman again was so heartwarming, especially with knowing what he's really gone through.
Top Gun has the longest running video game series, based on an film ever (1986-2010).
The 18th and final game on PS3 subtitled "Hard Lock" (2010) and the plot is set years after the first film.
Maverick as an instructor to a new generation of pilots and his best student, Lance Webb aka Spider
taking on an elite special mission (predating the movie sequel's story, crazy).
But in any event, the years of waiting for TG:M to was so worth the admission.
One of the greatest legacy films ever made. I was in HS when the first film came out. With this one, I'm in my fifties and facing many of the same uncertainties that Maverick did. It was a great story arc that needed over 30 years to be told...and it was worth it.
The one thing you missed immediately was in the text intro. The original one never mentioned women, as they were not allowed to be in combat roles. That changed within a few years after the release of the film.
Great reaction. You really got it all. :)
Damn I might of screwed up the volume with this one … I suck at volume control I’ve been trying to work on it guys sorry!!
Volume sounds fine to me brother, thx for the upload 👍
It was perfect. Usually can't hear much of the movie cause it's too low lol
Tom Cruise who owns his own jet, helped put the cast in intense training you can look it up on UA-cam. The characters are great, I was curious how the story was gonna play out between Mav/Rooster. And was little iffy on it but after seeing the movie I loved it. The score/Soundtrack was great. And the actual effects are stunning. Side note shout out to Val kilmer (Iceman) who was actual sick, with throat cancer. That they used in the movie for his character as to why Iceman didn’t talk. They actually had digitize his voice. All in all this movie was worth all those years of waiting.
I never thought the sequel could be as good as the original. But it really was. That is very hard to do. 🙌
That's TC magic right there!
The Maverick and Iceman scene proved that despite being rivals in the past. Iceman always had his back after Goose dead. Iceman was Maverick's wingman outside of a plane and even in his last breath was drawn Iceman always had Maverick's back later in life.
Also, one thing I love about this film. They succeed to make new characters interesting in just one movie. Rooster, Hangman, Phoenix and Payback are some of the best newcomers in this film. Hangman remind me of Iceman and his rivalry between Rooster remind of the rivalry between Iceman and Maverick. This is notalgia done right.
You forgot Bob.
What about Bob?
(That was also a pretty good movie)
@@Justin.Franks baby steps, paint the target…
Before maverick split those first two planes in dog fight training you can hear Rooster say “guys,” and starts to put his mask on. Dude knew what was coming. 😂
I'm 53. There's an old saying, but I've come to realize it's very true....
Youth and vigor will always lose to old ages experience in treachery❤😂👍
As a 60 year old, USMC Veteran, I heartily concur!
:-D
I’m happy you mentioned Penny and having a good woman in his life. She didn’t tell him what to do, just the consequences if he didn’t find a way back. She had his back.
Best sequel ever!!! It was unreal In IMAX theater. Glad you liked it👍🏻👍🏻
1000%. The first film was a classic but just.. not good lol. This sequel came out of NOWHERE and just ripped it off the charts.
@@Rose-B612 What do you mean not good???
Now THIS is how you make a sequel! What a ride, just as memorable and fun as the first!
This was my s*** 🔥 let’s go!!!!
The world needs a Top Gun: Phoenix & Bob spinoff. Could be fun.
Saw this film in Dolby Digital center aisle, I was gripping onto the seat so frickin hard I was SWEATING
Great reaction Leo! I LOVE that you called Goose Maverick's guardian angel. Seems obvious now but never occurred to me until you said it.
Just in time. I'm bored n baked af
you HAVE to watch the Mission Impossible series. Tom Cruise is an absolute legend.
I'm glad you watched this one after. I was hoping you would. I had never seen the first one before. But my parents made me since I was taking them to the theaters to see maverick. It hit so much better being fresh. Funny since the first one came out in theaters when they were teens.😂
I hope you caught who "Penny was (Referenced as "Admiral's Daughter" three times in Top Gun), and the fact that in that last dogfight sequence Rooster and Maverick have dialog VERY similar to Maverick and Goose dialog in Top Gun. Also, "That museum piece" is a joke - the film production rented an F-14 from a museum to get these shots, so it really was a museum piece. Finally, the sailboat is a racing J-125 - last one made in 2003 and current on-line price of the cheapest one is $300,000.
mentioned twice, not three. did you notice Hangman pushed 86 on the juke box during the bar scene, the year of the original?
@@megantaylormichaels My birth year haha :D
@@megantaylormichaels Well, in two scenes, but by 3 people (Stinger, Goose, and Goose's wife Carol)
Love this movie! I saw the first one in theater when it came out, I had to wait 36 years for this sequel! Worth it!
As did I. It was well worth the wait. Tom Cruise held out for a fantastic script before he would agree to do it and he fought to have Val Kilmer return in some capacity. Tony Scott, the director of Top Gun had also passed away. Also, he wanted the flying to be real. The cast were in the rear or the jets and doing their own camera work as well as having to act their parts up there. They couldn't tell if what they had was good enough until they got back down and it was viewed. Loved all of the characters in this - everyone plays their role so well. Tom Cruise knows how to make a movie that really entertains an audience. He's been doing it for 4 decades with very few misses.
This is the best movie of 2022 for me. It makes me feel old asf cuz I remember seeing the first Top Gun when I was 6 years old and I’ve loved it ever since. The original was also released nearly 37 years ago!
This is the best movie of the decade.
You're not old: I was 21 when I saw Top Gun when it came out!
@@Britcarjunkie Exactly the same here! It was Wednesday.
So was I!!! Ended up seeing it twice in one day cuz my dipshit 12 year old big brother thought he could convince the workers that he was my dad so we could see R-Rated "Cobra" afterwards. They didn't believe him😂
The goat of reactions is back 💪👏🔥
facts. i been waiting.
Digging the reactions! You get me excited about movies I love and curious about ones I haven't seen. Rock on and be proud of yourself today!
So some fun facts, the plane Tom is flying at the end is his own personal P-51 Mustang, which was built in 1946, also all the crew you see on the carrier aren't movie extra but the actual crews of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), also all the scenes with them in the cockpit (the actors are in the backseat of a F/A-18 Super Hornet, and a pilot from the US Navy is upfront, I higly recomend wacthing the making of the First Top Gun, and how the sceond one was made as well,
Of course they were, i doubt Theye'd allow civilians to learn the work on a carrier deck, that's months, if not years of training
This movie is one of my favorite ever improved on its predecessor in every way also the darkstar scene is absolutely gorgeous especially the score
“Maverick make her soakin’, boy” 😭
Trivia - the guy who said "I appreciate it" when she rang the round bell is actually one of the real Top Gun pilots who flew the F18's in the movie.
Ha! Yeah both Tom and Maverick don't die since Tom does all his own stunts!
Leo you on one lately! Bangin these movies out! That’s what I’m talkin about! My Man!!!
46:26 "Come on, Mav. Do some of that pilot sh*t."
Like Father, 36 years later Like Son
33 years later. there is a few easter eggs in this movie one is where the tomcat's ammo counter stops at 33 rounds.
Thank you for watching this ❤❤❤❤️. I saw it six times in theaters.
So did I. My daughter was with me almost every time. She loves it too. She even has an F-14 Tomcat toy jet glued to the dash of her car. I bought her the Tomcat key chain like the one Maverick has in the beginning of this movie.
As the first one is my fav this was totally as good!
A lot I think missed the small detailed
dark Star had a skunk 🦨 on its tail fin
Homage to the governments secret Skunkworks development section
And also the Top Gun original scene in the bar with their supposed instructor
They used the same “coy” in this as maverick was the instructor they didn’t know hence their reaction as he was introduced as their instructor
Small awesome touch and homage to the original
And both women paired with maverick drove a Porsche Kelly Mcgillis drove a 356 and Penny a 911
“Talk to me dad…” 😢Gets me every time.
now imagine waiting 30 years in between and not even expecting a sequel and then this comes out. Alot of us were scared that they were going to fuck it up but they knocked it out of the park
You’ve gotta do “Sicario” and “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” back to back. Such a hardcore franchise
Can’t say enough about this movie, it definitely had us on the edges of our seats 😂 As always a superb reaction and priceless commentary, this was gem 👏👏👏
The P-51 Mustang they fly at the end is owned by Tom Cruise.
Love your reactions. Great film. You had me cracking up in this reaction.
“It’s in his blood. Give me a vial.” Lol. That was too funny!
Love how when dogfight training first starts everyone is having fun. As soon as Mav starts talking Roster immediately puts on his oxygen and lowers his visor. He knows everyone is about to get their ass kicked
Ed Harris is a fantastic actor.. I love him in this movie. Of course, Tom.. well.. ya know we love us some Tom. Great reaction!
We need a Whiplash reaction now. The guy who played Rooster was great in it. One of the best films made man
I’m so proud of myself today!
Penny Benjamin has it all great looks, Admirals daughter, owner of a bar, sailboat and Porsche 😂
And Maverick
Watching trilogy’s straight or at least close together makes them more exciting and understandable for sure. This made a BILLION DOLLARS at the box office, highest grocing movie in history so yeah,..there will be a third for sure. I could see Maverick playing either an instructor still or maybe an admiral or something and following Roosters career and the cast we came to know. They ALL went though very rigorous training to be able to ride in actual US Navy fighhter jets, learning to work the cameras and handle G’s etc, that’s a VERY expensive training that has never been giving for any movie by the Navy so I think they’ll take advantage of that and use the same group at some point . NO WAY it’d be the highest grossing movie in history and not make another one, hollywoods too greedy. I’d love to see it too.
fun fact, the last scene between Mav and Penny in the plane is Tom Cruise's plane and him actually piloting the plane. The fact that this movie has more footage shot than the whole trilogy of Lord of the Rings is incredible. Approximately 800 hours of footage
Bro we have the biggest most advanced Air Force on the planet. I’m hella grateful that we really do have pilots like Maverick and have so much respect for the pilots and crew
i remember watching the first Top Gun as a kid with my mother who loved the movie, I do enjoy watching it over again. When i heard that they were making another Top Gun movie i was also a bit excited for it but not as much as my mother was who went to see it in theaters though do wish had have but its not often i get to the movies. when i did eventually watch it dang did the memories come back of the first movie with the callbacks.
What a movie! Just watched your top gun 1986 reaction and now this one top gun maverick!
2 absolute bangers! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The character that played/plays "Iceman" is going through throat cancer (in real life). Most considered his acting career to be over. Tom Cruise would not accept a substitute and found a way to get him involved. That he actually had a speaking part was pulling off a miracle.
that wasnt him speaking, that was his son
Your reaction video has been the best I've seen. Well done.
When you looked at Maverick's calendar and said "March 9th" that made my morning lol.
it wasnt March, it was Mach, the speed of sound
@@julieeverett7442 that's why it made my morning when he said March 9th.
"brotha" you are thinking of is Clarence Gilyard, he passed in 2022
this other one I think worked on the Carrier deck
44:37 fun fact, the F-14 they used to film the ground scenes is in fact a museum piece… it’s the F-14 that is on display at San Diego Air and Space Museum. They shipped it to location and even got the canopy working. But with it being a decommissioned aircraft, it has been stripped of most of its components, including its engines… so Rooster’s question is very apt, how do you get a museum piece in the air?
The answer of course is CGI.
They whole final sequence was CGI, and they did it so damn well.
I first saw Top Gun when I was 2 years old, and for 3 decades it sat at the top of my favourite movies… then I went and saw this sequel, and it took that spot away. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did, but it seems like anything Tom Cruise works on these days is golden, and this is no exception.
Did you get the Easter egg? When Maverick first meets Penny(Jennifer Connely) in the bar!! Music by David Bowie plays in the background, with whom she filmed Labyrinth when she was 16.And Hangman taps 86 into the jukebox, the year of the first Top Gun movie
We're gonna have to pretend the daughter didnt see Maverick's motorcycle parked right in front???
She probably did. That is why she was waiting for him when he jumped out of the window.
I can't believe that's never occurred to me. Literally never.
Having said that, did Penny think her daughter had night blindness??? Had an old man jumping off the roof for nothing😂😂😂😂😂
@@clevelandcbi, although, that old man still performs his own stunts. He is in excellent shape for his age.
@@phil-1115 Believe me, I know. I was just wondering if Penny already knew she was busted, and had Maverick unnecessarily jump off the roof for her own personal amusement.
If you haven't seen his latest big stunt for an upcoming Mission movie, it's definitely worth looking up. 👍👍
@@clevelandcbi, I saw the video with the motorcycle jump for MI. He is a fearless guy.
After watching top gun when I was a kid, I made it my goal in life to live like maverick. This movie was a dream come true.
Fabulous movie I salute the men and women in our military putting there lives on the line to keep us safe
I'm a very proud uncle of a nephew who is a Air Force top gun pilot .
Clarence Gilyard "Sundown" in Top Gun, passed away Nov 2022 after a long illness. Dont know if that kept him out of the reunion in Maverick, but he'd retired from acting years earlier.
Props to Jennifer Connelly for taking sailing lessons for the sailing scene. The real deal, not CGI. Have yo agree with Rooster on the F-18's chances. It's certainly more agile than the F-14, particularly in the high angle-of-attack, low speed aspects of air combat, which is all the more important against a 5th Gen fighter. You can't take them out at a distance because of their stealth, so it has to be up close where it inevitably becomes a "knife fight in a phone booth" where the F-18 is lethal.
You should react to:
American Gangster
"Harlem drug dealer Frank Lucas(Denzel Washington) rises to power in corrupt 1970s New York, equalling and surpassing the notorious Mafia families with the reach of his empire. On the other side of the law, honest cop Richie Roberts(Russell Crowe) dedicates himself to taking down `the most dangerous man walking the streets'. Lucas acts with impunity, smuggling heroin into the US in the coffins of American soldiers killed in Vietnam."
Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe
Josh Brolin
Cuba Gooding Jr
Crazy that Tom's like 56 in this, Jenny Connely is 50 - she's still as hot as ever. How they still look so good blows my mind. What a great freakin' movie. I was worried the sequel, 35 years later, would fall short. It surely didn't, in fact I think it is better than the original. And that says a LOT. They truly did it well, and right. Mad props to all involved. And what a feel-good story too. No bullshit, no wokeness, just a great story with great actors (all of them), and a fabulous ending. As it should be.
He was 58 was this was filmed.
@@TheBTG88 he turned 60 last year, but they filmed back in 2017/18, so he would’ve been 55/56 when filming.
@@CoffeeMatt10 Principal photography wrapped 3 months (April 2019) before his 58th birthday.
There are times in the military when the rules and regulations don't cut it and you have to adapt and improvise and overcome as Clint Eastwood put it in Heartbreak Ridge. I love the expression on Hangman's face when Cyclone introduces Maverick. You have to love Phoenix and Bob. It's worth bearing in mind that the carrier deck crew are not actors but serving sailors doing their day to day job.
Loved it! Grew up with the first one and this did not disappoint! Great movie and reaction!! 👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Idk how you don't have 100k subs. Your reactions are top tier...I'd say top 3 on UA-cam.
I'm a simple man. I see Mr. Video post; I watch, and I'm never disappointed. Well done, brother.
Well done.
He did "Rooster" a favor there. Rooster ended up having to go to a normal school then OCS after that. Set him back a whole 13 weeks not 4 years. The academy is not the only route to become a naval officer and aviator. I went through OCS myself after getting through college.
' I can't read!! I can't read!!'
We all did the same thing in the theatre. ;P
I needed this 🙌!!! Thank you! You my man ❤
Saved this to watch tonight. Think you'll love this
Super-fun watching these with you. Keep it up.
If it's ever in the theaters again... go see it... when the seats shake from the jets, it makes seeing it there worth it. 😁
Hey LEO! Watch an old movie "The Right Stuff" from 1983 - about test pilots and the first Astronauts. There are great, GREAT actors in that movie. TG2 has a lot of Hommage to that movie.
In the movie "Hidden Figures", Glen Powell, aka Hangman, Played the part of Astronaut John Glenn.
Top Gun Maverick was a Worth of years to make. I enjoy this movie 🔥🔥💯
This was great! so glad i found this channel. Subscribed!
That plane at the beginning is the SR-71 Blackbird. The best looking plane ever....
Great video! Damn the man for trying to keep you down!!
Tom did his own flying,
No CGI in film.
respect for watching topgun back to back. Take my sub, mate!
One of the few truely good and succsessful sequels out there. Possibly the best 2nd movie of all time.
It's the perfect movie for it's kind! So good. Btw your Eagles are stacked after that draft!
Best movie I’ve seen in a long time, I’ve been waiting to see your reaction
“We know you a piece of shit!” that got me 😂😂
Admiral Cain is correct. There is no way we would have sent pilots on this mission. We would have used those Tomahawks or Drones armed with Paveway II bombs.
Tomahawks to take out SAMS and runway, 10 F-117 Nighthawks pick up the pieces, and 10 F35s and F22s as support to protect C-130 drop of MOAB on target. All executed in under 5 minutes. Bunker would collapse on itself and bury nuclear material preventing collateral damage. Where the target sits makes the MOAB the go to. Daisy cutters would not send the right message. My two cents as a retired weapons contractor.
@@megantaylormichaels we don't fly f-117 nighthawks in combat missions anymore. Our current stealth planes operating in the air force and navy are the f-22, f-35 and b-2. We wouldn't drop a MOAB either the MOP (massive ordnance penetrator) is better suited for taking out an underground hardened target.
First time watching you, i lived your reaction man keep it going.
This movie is legendary. Tom Cruise never fails.
im dyingggg at ur reactions, as someone who has seen the film LOTS this is so funny lol
Such a good movie!!!
Man you are hella entertaining. Keep this up I see good things coming my guy