3.6.22
After seeing The Queen and Me exhibition we went into Palace Electric to see Top Gun: Maverick.
It was quite a last minute decision, so I never had time to go back and watch Top Gun beforehand. Not that I really needed to. I've seen it enough times to remember the gist of it. And there's flashbacks as well to help.
Bottom line is, it's a remake.
But a great one!
The action is spectacular, using pretty much all real effects.
There's some great trivia on IMDB about how the actors basically had to be their own directors and camera operators because they were actually up in aircraft doing the stunts!
Amazing stuff.
And an F-14 Tomcat!! Wheee!!
So yeah, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Only gripes: I'm sure they never would have allowed someone who wears glasses to pilot a fighter jet. And the only people that would get into a programme like Top Gun would be A-type personalities. Anyone with lack of confidence would likely never have made it in. And he never would have survived that high speed ejection...
Of course we then watched Top Gun again the next weekend :)
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