Is Maverick Better Than The Original Top Gun?
Top Gun: Maverick is a follow-up 36 years in the making, being one of the most-hyped sequels of all time, but is it better than the original film? Top Gun was released in 1986, directed by Tony Scott and starring a young Tom Cruise, becoming a global phenomenon that stands as a modern classic. The film's soundtrack, performances, characters, oft-quoted lines, and aerial action sequences inspired generations of filmgoers to keep going back to the Top Gun well, even as a sequel failed to come to fruition for decades.
Director Joseph Kosinski took up the reins for the long-awaited sequel, which sat on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, but now audiences are finally able to get back in the cockpit with Cruise. Reviews for Top Gun: Maverick thus far have been exceptionally positive with lifelong fans and newcomers alike finding the film to be worth the wait and an exciting cinematic experience. While not as rock n' roll and stylistic as Scott's original, Top Gun: Maverick finds its footing in character and technical feats that mirror much of what the first film accomplished, taking it a step further by having all the key actors suit and fly in the actual F-18 Hornet jet planes for the film, making for a more immersive and awe-inspiring spectacle.
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Tom Cruise has been praised for portraying Maverick as an older, wiser, yet still cocky pilot, who is now faced with the difficult task of training the next generation of fighter pilots, as he struggles to remain one. As his career is coming to a close, Maverick must contend with his haunted past, as well as his uncertain future, which is a very different journey than the one he took in the first film. Still, Top Gun:
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