Top Gun (DVD)

Advantages: Some great action scenes, Looks impressive
Disadvantages: The Story is a bit cheesy

...This is one such film. Top Gun has been a favourite of mine for years and although its only a recent addition to my DVD collection, its going to be a well watched addition. It didn’t strike me as my kind of film at first but after watching it for the first time back in the early 90’s I was hooked. On a regular flight through the Persian Gulf two US pilots encounter a couple of enemy MiGs. The MiGs separate and go after one of the US pilots each. ...
...attend the US Air Forces Top Gun flight school. Top Gun is for the best of the best and for Maverick and his Co-Pilot Goose (Anthony Edwards) it’s a big opportunity. Of course Maverick is trying to life up to the reputation of his Dad who had also attended the Top Gun flight School. The main problem with Maverick though is he is cocky and this makes him dangerous. Meanwhile out of the cockpit Maverick has fallen for a woman, one of the instructors, ... Read review

Advantages: Great fun, good flight scenes, chance to see famous actors before they were famous
Disadvantages: Cruise is just too cheesy for words, romance doesn't work too well

...the cheesy whatsit that is TOP GUN. ----------------------------- Top Gun is a film that's getting on a bit now, but it's still good fun and you can get the DVD version really cheaply now, so get a little bit of film history and enjoy. It's not brilliant but (for a Tom Cruise film) it's pretty close. DVD Extras ---------------- The DVD is feature packed with the film and… that's it! No extras whatsoever! Deal with it. (You'd only get smarmy Tom ...
...start to get the impression that I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan?) The Blurb -------------- The blurb n the back of the DVD is worth a mention since it could be the very worst example of blurb writing in all film history. Read it and weep with laughter. An unintentional must-have. "Kelly McGillis sizzles as a flight instructor who teaches Maverick things you can't learn in a classroom…".. oh boy… The Film ------------- "Hey, where's the film review?", ... Read review

Advantages: Great Action
Disadvantages: Bad Sub Plots

...school is known as the Top Gun. And there, I think, you have the basic ingredients of this film, except, of course, for three more obvious factors you get in all films about brave young pilots, these being the girl, the mystery of the fighter pilot father and the rivalry with another pilot. It turns out that Maverick's dad was a brilliant Navy pilot during the Vietnam era, until he and his plane disappeared in mysterious circumstances, it also turns ...
...in between take place at Top Gun school, where Maverick quickly gets locked into a personal duel with another brilliant pilot, Iceman (Val Kilmer). In one combat after another, the sound track resounds, as the impressive looking planes pursue each other through the clouds, in a rather exciting manner. But the love story between Cruise and McGillis is just completely unconvincing. Cruise and McGillis spend a lot of time exchanging unconvincing looks ... Read review

Advantages: A great film
Disadvantages: The film ends

Film Only Top Gun was released in 1986 under the directorship of Tony Scott, who has directed Days of Thunder, Enemy of the state, Crimson Tide and Beverly Hills Cops 2. The Film itself was written by Jim Cash, who also wrote The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and Secret of My Success. Even though a lot of people did not like this film, it did go on to win an Oscar, Brit Award, Golden Globe and Golden Screen Award. It was also nominated for many ...
...class they were going to Top Gun, which is really where the film really starts. During the film, we find out why Maverick loves to fly the way that he does but to me this is something that you should find out yourself in the film. To be the best pilot, Maverick does step on a few toes and does upset some of the other students at Top Gun. He also loves to do fly bys, causing the head of Air traffic control to spill coffee down him, this happens on ... Read review

Advantages: Great aerial action
Disadvantages: hardly any plot

Top Gun is a great movie. Tom Cruise plays hot shot Maverick perfectly as he oozes with confidence and charisma. Kelly McGillis plays his instructor and love interest excellently. There isn’t much story apart from following the ups and downs of Maverick and his partner Goose. It doesn’t matter about the story or lack of one because it is the aerial photography of the fighter aircraft that steal the show. This means it is never dull and the pace is ... Read review

Advantages: Excellant film
Disadvantages: Dated

...Top Gun Price and Availability Comes as the standard dvd, as a special edition with two discs or on many sites in a pack containing Ferris Buellers Day Off and Beverley Hills Cop. A quick glance around the obvious online retailers shows the standard dvd available from play.com (£2.99 delivered), amazon.com (£3.98 delivered) although hmv.com has the standard dvd for £13.99 it is often included in 3 for £15 / £20 deals and such. Overall due to the popularity and age of Top Gun it is available almost everywhere and represents a bargain in most cases. Actors etc Directed with Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys) and directed by Tony Scott (Days of Thunder, Man On Fire). Tom Cruise plays the main man (Maverick), Kelly McGillis (Ground Control and North) plays Charlie the love interest and also a lecturer as Top Gun. Goose, Mavericks sidekick... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic music
Disadvantages: Some things just really wouldn't have happened

...Top Gun was the blockbuster hit of 1986 and is still extremely popular today. It stars Tom Cruise in its lead role as and is one of those films that everyone is just presumed to have seen and if you tell people you haven't they don't believe you. Now I'm not one of those people, as I've seen Top Gun numerous times and still really enjoy it but if you are one of those people then why? It's a fantastic film that you really should see. Maverick Mitchell is a pilot in the US navy and really does live up to his name. He's a brash young man that prefers to work alone but when his wingman freezes on an operation and it is Maverick that has to guide him down an opportunity he never would have received falls straight into his lap. He and his navigator Goose are going to the Navy's most prestigious fighter weapons school to fight it out... Read review

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Advantages: Cruise and McGillis
Disadvantages: slighlty cheesy

...Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a hot shot, cocky Navy Fighter Pilot who flies by the seat of his pants. Along with his flight partner "Goose", he continually finds himself in trouble for his outrageous flying. This is brought to a head, when they disobey orders and go and assist a fellow pilot who is struggling to fly their plane after an encounter with some enemy aircraft. Although his flying escapades outrage his superiors, he is sent to the "Top Gun" academy in Miramar California, where they train the best of the best. Maverick's reputation goes ahead of him, and when he arrives at the academy, he receives a hostile welcome from other pilots who think he is a loose canon. As the competition to be the best pilot at the academy heats up, the rivalry between Maverick and another pilot, Iceman, reaches boiling point, both in the air... Read review

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