re: Official “Top Gun: Maverick” Thread - Spoilers Welcomed

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are you really in here acting like terminator 2 is some amazing movie?

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As far a summer blockbuster action type movies go, yes.

It would be ridiculous to compare this movie to There Will Be Blood or something.

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I think this is the best summer blockbuster movie, since Infinity War at least.

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If this was all people were saying I wouldn’t be nearly as worked up. I still don’t agree, but it’s not a completely insane thing to say.

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and there we have it.

You have to admit it- people react differently to different styles of movies. We can stumble into perhaps the greatest drama ever filmed, and leave the theater saying "that was a good movie. Thought-provoking. I'll probably watch that again, and try to see what that one part early on really meant, once I digest it".

Summer blockbuster is a different animal, we want to be thrilled, excited, made to say WOW and frick YEAH! a lot. Wandered into Star Wars films, MCU, etc, looking for that. A lot of times we get mildly (or more) disappointed... that was cool to look at but dry, or this built things up but didn't quite satisfy, etc.

This one took the hype, the expectations, and Tom Cruise put a product on screen that did it's damnedest to get you excited and keep you there. Gave us just enough humanity for Maverick that you feared he would die, and then he pulls one last trick out of his hat to finish it off. Then, he's done his job, and everyone can relax and smile for him.
Those are invariably our 'favorite movies ever' at the time, it might last a month or year. And it will always hold a spot in our hearts, even when we acknowledge it wasn't the best.

I didn’t realize anyone was forcing you to click on the thread

Yet here you still are

Totally, which is why I stopped responding to you after telling you exactly what you'd keep doing in this thread because you're a fricking loser

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I didn’t realize anyone was forcing you to click on the thread

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They aren't. I clicked on the thread because I noticed the thread had grown by several pages and so I wanted to read more discussion about the movie. yet instead I got to see you say the same thing over and over for the Nth time in a row.

But at least it makes sense with what LB said...if this is all for attention, then you've gotten exactly what you wanted. So congrats, I guess.

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Yes expressing an opinion you don’t like = looking for attention

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That's one hell of a leap. I'm fine with you expressing an opinion that doesn't match mine...NBD there. We can even discuss it and disagree and it's all good. The "looking for attention" part is you incessantly repeating yourself page after page. And I'm not the one that brought it up anyway...LB did. But what he said makes sense as to why you're still at it.

And personal attacks?

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They aren't. I clicked on the thread because I noticed the thread had grown by several pages and so I wanted to read more discussion about the movie. yet instead I got to see you say the same thing over and over for the Nth time in a row.

But at least it makes sense with what LB said...if this is all for attention, then you've gotten exactly what you wanted. So congrats, I guess.

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For real tho, I keep coming back to this thread to read other people's thoughts on the movie who may have just seen it and here he is constantly being a douche.

You're point has been made, can you please move on?

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T2 isn't exactly Citizen Kane, neither is Aliens. I don't see why it's such a big deal to compare this Top Gun sequel to them

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In fact, these are extremely apt comparisons. The later Alien and Terminator films dropped off significantly in quality and staying power, but that first sequel - T2 arguably as good as T1 and perhaps superior in some, limited ways.

Can't really say that about Aliens versus the OG Alien (other than it is more fun and rewatchable while keeping the tension and tone), but it was certainly a great movie its own way. I think that's where Maverick will be in relation to the original Top Gun.