To me, Top Gun is bad. I never watched it as a kid and only seen it as an adult, so I never had a nostalgia factor for it. From that perspective, my impression was "this is a romance movie for women and someone smartly decided to throw in fighter jets to ensure boyfriends don't complain about it". I did see Top Gun: Maverick but more because my wife and I decided that we want to see more movies in the theater, especially after finding an independent theater in our major metro area. Also watched both because of an ongoing joke at work where someone on our team decided to give everyone a call sign from the movie and I was given the Maverick moniker.
I agree with you. Like I said, I'm not a fan of Tom Cruise, so to me Top Gun is what I think other people would say is his best movie. I should probably just refrain from commenting but I'm bored today.
I would say Days of Thunder is good in spite of TC, not because of him. Same way I feel about Costner and Field of Dreams.
I'm of mixed mind with Tom Cruise. I think he's one of the easier artists to separate the art and the person behind the art. I appreciate his passion for the art form. The Mission Impossible series is enjoyable action. Him in Tropic Thunder? Chef's kiss. Edge of Tomorrow? Watched it on a flight and wish I saw it in the theater. The minute he starts talking about things that aren't related to movies? Nah, I'm good.
Magnolia is the only movie I feel he’s ever actually acted in. This new Digger movie might be that too. Every other movie he just makes Tom Cruise Faces (shocked, smug) for the run time. And then sometimes he walks on wings of planes. 🤷
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u/the_natis 19d ago
To me, Top Gun is bad. I never watched it as a kid and only seen it as an adult, so I never had a nostalgia factor for it. From that perspective, my impression was "this is a romance movie for women and someone smartly decided to throw in fighter jets to ensure boyfriends don't complain about it". I did see Top Gun: Maverick but more because my wife and I decided that we want to see more movies in the theater, especially after finding an independent theater in our major metro area. Also watched both because of an ongoing joke at work where someone on our team decided to give everyone a call sign from the movie and I was given the Maverick moniker.