Top Gun

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 16, 1986

7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 261 Ratings

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ggoldingJul 8, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Out of all the films that came out in 1986, why was Top Gun the most popular? Regardless of my own personal opinion of the film (which is quite obviously a low one), I kind of understand the draw. If I had reviewed Top Gun at the time it came out I would have probably been taken aback by the stunning aerial cinematography done during the dogfights. At the time I would have praised the film much more heavily than I am now due to our current ability to do these shots with much more ease than we had before. The film was impressive due to the limitations of the time. A factor that would move it up to a one out of 10 for me if that was all I liked about the film. I have to admit that the film's soundtrack is, for the most part, well done with suiting music for each scene. Kenny Loggins provides the film's main theme with the song "Danger Zone" (which would later rise to fame again through the animated show "Archer"). But this is where my praise for Top Gun ends.

Top Gun is a terrible film when watched as anything other than a two-hour-long advertisement for the US Military, more specifically the air force. The script is a male power fantasy that over-glorifies war. It portrays all women as emotionally weaker than men, even those that hold positions of power over men. Maverick got the girl by not taking no for an answer and being over-confident in himself. The script was terrible to the point where I started laughing halfway through the film because of how forced some of the lines were. There was an overly forced romance between Maverick and his instructor while most of the chemistry was focused on Maverick and Goose to the point where they play what I can only describe as a porn song over a serious scene of the two talking. I thought they were going to get it on because the moment seemed so right for it to happen.

There are better military films. There are better military academy films. And there are better actions films. The only reason I'd suggest watching the film is to see what a hilariously terrible blunder it was in the careers of all three Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and Tim Robbins… Expand

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raporgiOct 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. boring sappy frustrated gay movie that doubles as a recruitment ad for the Airforce. Some nice songs but it feels so dated cheesy and shallow now. Story is your typical Tom Crud vehical. cocky guy gets life lesson blah blah blah. Ice Man and Maverick have more sexual chemistry than that coma-inducing whore of a flight instructor.… Expand

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gameareforfunOct 17, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. new in metacritic all thought ik this is a game rating platfrom for prefreing and a worse version of rt..but still wellnow about movie i didnt like it xd… Expand

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DeelaxsJan 21, 2023

It is ridiculous, how boring this piece of Moviehistory turned Out. Please kill me!

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