His dad was a pilot too so inheriting the plane isn't out of the realms of possibility either. I'm sure P-51s were almost affordable in the 60s. Bit of an odd choice for a navy family to buy an army air force plane though but then again Tom Cruise doesn't own something like a Hellcat, Wildcat, or Corsair as far as I know.
If he bought the car / plane at the start of his career in the 80s, they were worth a fraction of what they are worth today, I remember air cooled 911 going for around €15k even as recently as 2008
unheard of doesn't mean that he comes from money so wouldn't really assume it with no evidence or mention.
his bank card was declined as it couldn't cover the bar tab for some beers - that we did actually hear of.
We don't really know much about Maverick's family, an American naval officer coming from money isn't unheard of.
Nah you were supposed to think that Elon Musk just gave him a loan of it!
I agree - seemed to be "his" very much - there was no suggestion otherwise
You get this a fair bit in movies with punters who have fairly low-paid jobs - but happen to be driving a mint condition Porsche 911 964 or something similar worth 200k
I thought that was the implication too since he had a lot of personal stuff in the hangar it was kept in
We saw him working on it and flying it - did he say he owned it?
I watched the original for the first time at the weekend and it was great. Much better than I thought it was.
I had always thought Kilmer’s Iceman was supposed to be some nasty asshole who gets redeemed towards the end but he was the sensible guy and Maverick was the jerk.
I thought knowing Goose does would ruin it but not knowing when or how balanced it out.
I had no idea Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins were in it.
Looking forward to the new one next week. I know Teller plays Goose’s son and I hope Ryan makes an appearance. And McGillis too.
Is Maverick supposed to be older than Cruise was at the time? There are a few moments where Cruise looks like a teenager.
Seen it in the Imax in parnell at the weekend.. great cinema movie.. could never repeat the experience at home..
Enjoyed it immensely from the first few notes of the opening Top Gun Theme to Cruise showing off his own P-51 Mustang in the final scene.
TBH: the notion that a captain in the US Navy could afford a $4m vintage plane was one of the biggest stretches of the imagination for me in the entire film!
There's always one bad apple.
That was a damn good movie, very entertaining..
for such a good actress, if Jennifer Connolly's scenes were cut, it wouldn't change the movie.
I enjoyed it greatly. I watched the first one last Thursday for the first time and that bored me. This while silly in places was just brilliantly entertaining.
Nearly fell asleep watching it tbh. 5 out of 10. Woeful plot and no real twist to it... Poor enough I thought.
That's after watching it in cinema, reckon I'd have turned it off if at home.
Thought it was super entertaining and Tom Cruise puts in a good turn. It's cheesy but in a very positive way, well paced as well. Solid action scenes.
It's funny the lengths they went to, to not name any specific country, I assume it's supposed to be Iran or maybe Syria. The idea of either having this world-class air force in terms of equipment and pilots is kinda comical.
Pulling in bank! $548m worldwide ($291m USA, $257m World) after two weekends
Putting it number 4 for the year so far. Could go number one. Probably depends on what impact Jurrassic World has when it gets released this weekend.
Is it worth going to the imax in blanch to see this? Vue is my local cinema but if its worth the trip over I might try the imax instead.
OH and I saw it yesterday and thought it was great. It shouldnt have worked, the plot elements should have been too cheesy and the lack of character development of the young pilots should have detracted from it but somehow it was just incredibly exciting and enjoyable.
That was great, saw it in the Point last night and it looked effectively near sold out. I believe if it makes over $450m in the US it will have outsold the original film inflation adjusted and its nearly at $300m now. The film flew by , the Val Kilmer scenes were touching and there were some genuine laughs. A great action hero movie and it wasnt woke!!!
That was just a great **** movie.
Just brilliant.
Only negative was that Danger Zone was not playing on a loop over the full 2 hours, but I'll let it slide.
You're kind of right, Maverick says it one more time just before the mission begins (so 3 times in total)...
One thing that was overdone were the 2 instances of Deus Ex Machina in quick succession
Rooster blowing up the helicopter just in the nick of time and then Hangman doing the same with the enemy fighter.
But still, both sequences had lots of tension and I can personally forgive it.
Saw it again earlier, it's even better the second time. They really nailed it I have to say, not that it's in any way perfect but it's such a blast of a movie with just the right amount of nostalgia and lots of heart, the time absolutely (pun intended) flies by!
Yes, he subsequently clarified for the dunces in the audience. 😀
I think he means that none of the pilots died on the near suicidal mission and the almost as dangerous training when usually at least one would be killed off to show the stakes. I thought that's what they were doing when Payback(?) blacked out during the high g climb in training.
Ah, you mean none of Cruises team died? That would have reflected badly on Maverick, considering he was going along to make sure they all survived... the more I think about it... i think the less I should think about it!
I guess like in the first movie they killed Goose to show how risky flying is.
Now, you couldn't have actors upstaging Cruise, now could you? Don't get the first bit about not wanting to kill Americans.
For a movie with high stakes I was kind of disappointed and how reluctant they were to kill those on the american side. And all the yoing actors were instantly forgettable and not a patch on Cruise and Kilmer in the first movie. Still was an enjoyable movie.
Thought it was brilliant , Tom Cruise is superb in it, its incredibly impressive how real the whole thing felt opposed to be full of CGI. It has its flaws of course, some of the dialogue is incredibly cheesy but I wasn't bored for a second.
Also refreshing to see a blockbuster that wasn't comic book related or just another CGI fest.
Saw it this evening and it was much better than it had any right to be. Knowing those stunts were almost all practical, though I'm sure there were a few perspective tricks, really added to the whole thing.
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