TOP GUN (1986) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | (reaction/commentary)

Enjoy my reaction to Top Gun (1986) for the FIRST TIME. I was genuinely shocked that I enjoyed this movie as much as I did. Very charming 80's action film with our main man Tom Cruise elevating the story.
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[@thecocoacouch]

Had major copyright issues with this reaction so I apologise if some parts are choppy or muted ☺

[@robertg7396]

Hey Oscar, new subscriber here. Loving your channel, and your reactions to all these amazing movies. Question tho; how do we submit a request? I didn't see any place to do that? Thanks! 😁📽🎬🍿

[@thecocoacouch]

@@robertg7396 At the moment I am able to read all the comments and see requests there but pretty soon I'll let everyone know what the next step will be since I won't be able to read EVERY comment eventually. Also thank you! ☺

[@robertg7396]

@The Cocoa Couch Sounds good. Then I would humbly like to ask you to please react to "Patriots Day" starring Mark Wahlberg. It's a movie about the Boston Marathon bombing that took place on April 13th, 2013. I was there that tragic day, and I can't begin to tell you of the horrible things I saw, smelled, heard, and experienced. To this day, I still carry the emotional scars, and suffer from ptsd. Being at the scene of a terrorist attack, is nothing no one should ever have to witness, but I'll spare you of the details. This past April 13th, marked the 10th anniversary. I know that this is a deeply horrific subject matter, and it's devastating to react too on an emotional level. However, this movie doesn't so much focus on the senseless tragedy but, it respectfully honors all those who were affected. Not just he victims, (many of whom are now personal friends), but in particular, the heroes! First responders, police, emts, doctors, FBI, and every day citizens who jumped in, and did all they could to help. It's a story of triumph, not terror. Being that was the 10th anniversary, I think it would be a perfect time to honor all these heroes. As I said, I was there, and am forever broken because of it but, it's those heroes who saved so many lives, and continue to on a daily basis. They're my inspiration, and they are who I hope will inspire you as well. Thank you so much, and God bless! 😇

[@SailsOfSilverBy]

Tom Cruise IS a psychopath 😊 You have good instincts!

[@bryanprime3438]

This movie made me want to be a fighter pilot when I was a kid

[@namechamps]

Cocoa Couch: "I love goose. He is my favorite character." Everyone watching:

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Iceman is a very cool character. Beneath the icy exterior and arrogance, he is very much about risk management, being a team player and setting aside personal wants to accomplish the mission. I predict he will go far in the ranks.

[@EricksonEtc]

Every time you said "I love Goose", knowing what was coming, I died inside a little... :)

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah…..that hurt 😂

[@maryrichardson1318]

I first saw this movie in the theater, on a military base, in Munich, Germany. There is nothing like watching this movie in a theater full of soldiers and airmen. My friends and I went to the late showing, and our soldier husbands had gone to the early showing. When we all got back together at the end of the night, the question about our favorite scenes came up. All the guys could talk about were the jets, and military protocol, etc. All us wives could talk about was the volleyball scene!

[@GaryCain-qf5vi]

My first job in San Diego, Ca. at a Shell Gas Station on the edge of Miramar Navel Air Station, most every afternoon we could see 👀 the Blue Angel's practicing, if they were overhead they were a little off course 💙 loved watching them fly, Top Gun was a great movie Oscar your reaction was great 😄 Peace✌️ and Love your 70 year old forever hippie Gary😊

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Oh Tom Cruise can sing....watch Rock of Ages.

[@duckthuglife]

I've only seen the last year Top Gun Maverick. Also love Tom Cruise from "Edge of Tomorrow"

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah edge of tomorrow was a banger!

[@williamjones6031]

1. An old shipmate of mine was on the Enterprise when they filmed this. 2. Gooses death was not Maverick's fault. Iceman was bogarting his LOS approach and they got caught in the jet wash. 3. I spent 24 years in the US Navy. 6 on "bird farms" (Carriers). I have seen 1000+ launches and landings without a single crash. These men and the men working the flat tops are doing the most dangerous job in the world (for the good guys). Shout out😎 4. Kelly McGillis/Charlie was in a movie with Harrison Ford "Witness" that's seriously worth a first time/share HINT HINT 5. Tom Skerritt/Viper not only played Dallas in "Alien" he also played Strawberry in "Up in Smoke" with Cheech and Chong. 6. Val Kilmer/Iceman has a long list of movies including but not limited to: "Willow", "The Doors" and "Tombstone" 7. The officer(Goose) is the RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) radar, communications and navigation. 8. Onboard the ship the Squadron leader would not be smoking a cigar in that operation space. 9. Meg Ryan is my honey. A great overlooked movie with her is with Tom Hanks called "Joe vs the Volcano" She plays 3 parts. HINT HINT 10. Onboard the ship/aircraft all the perspiration is Hollywood(not the pilot). There is AC onboard. 11. IRL the AO can't tell if a pilot is engaging/disengaging. 12. The TOP GUN school is no longer located at Miramar near San Diego. It's now at NAS Fallon, NV. 13. In 1991 I was stationed on the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) and they made a movie onboard called "Flight of the Intruder". It was seriously cool. Brad Johnson, Willem DeFoe and Danny Glover. I'm actually in it for a very brief period of time. HINT HINT. 14. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seems like they were practicing. Better yet, it has a plot/mission. (besides Navy recruitment).

[@thecocoacouch]

Mate I really appreciate the thorough comment. Love learning new things 😁 I’ll likely give Maverick a watch fairly soon since I think it’s only appropriate after doing this. That’s so cool you got in a movie though for even a small moment 👌 glad there is AC in there 😂 and yeah for sure, one of this situations where the character may have contributed in someway to a characters death but it isn’t their fault hey. It’s like if I didn’t wake up this morning I wouldn’t have got hit by a car, like technically that’s true but it isn’t my fault, it was the driver.

[@williamjones6031]

@@thecocoacouch Just for shits and grins check it out. I like it better than this. Mostly because it has a plot.

[@jamesmarciel5237]

Actually, the accident wasn’t Iceman’s fault either. The early models of the F-14 were manufactured with an older model Pratt & Whitney jet engine. This decision was made to avoid delaying the deployment of the new jet instead of waiting on the newer jet engine intended for the F-14 that was still in development. The older Pratt & Whitney jet engines installed were known for compressor stalls. Quite a few F-14’s were lost to this issue before the new jet engines were ready and installed into new F-14’s and retrofitted into the older ones. There was also an issue with the ejection system that resulted in the loss of more than a few pilots/RIO’s. Considering this was in the 80’s and the engines compressor stall issues were known since the F-14’s deployment in the late 70’s, Maverick should have known as well about the compressor stall issue as well as Iceman to avoid a situation where he, could even possibly, flew through the turbulent air of another jets jet wash.

[@williamjones6031]

This was a "everything that could go wrong, went wrong. Iceman was partially at fault by not getting out of the fire zone.@@jamesmarciel5237

[@NevadaTrail]

This movie was flimed 30 minutes away from where I live. That's the land of Northern Nevada. It was filmed in Fallon, Nevada, at the navy base. Yeah, it gets really hot, dry heat. 🙂

[@josephvaughan2007]

I think this channel is a great investment. You make very high quality videos and you've only just started on KZbin & you've literally already got 1.3k after just 2 months. In a couple of months it will be a flex to say that I was here before 1k subs lol. All the best mate!

[@thecocoacouch]

Haha thanks my man!! Hoping the growth continues hey. Would love to be able to do more videos eventually ☺️

[@irenemichelleanne]

Charlie’s house has always been a tourist attraction here in Oceanside, CA, but a couple of years ago they restored the house and turned into a pie shop called High Pie. You can also visit the bar/restaurant in San Diego. It is actually a real place that you can eat at called Kansas City Barbeque.

[@thecocoacouch]

I’ll have to visit there if I eventually go to the US!!

[@jonpoetzl126]

When he rides out of the gate it's the main gate to what at the time was RTC/NTC now just NTC San Diego on to Rosecrans St, also where the volley ball and You lost that loving feeling (USO club) was shot.

[@randeecarreno4289]

Great reaction! 😊 Hands down one of my top favorite Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer movies. I hope that you end up watching the 2022 sequel "Top Gun: Maverick". That's an excellent movie! Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah I loved their performances! Was such a fun film. Thank you as well! ☺️☺️

[@christopheryochum3602]

You made a GREAT point about the intros to movies. Today's youth have an incontinence problem with their brains...they just GOTTA have everything crammed down their throats yesterday. I find it irritating when a younger reactor makes a comment about credits they have to sit through at the beginning of a movie or about that fact that a dozen things haven't blown up in the first five minutes. Point is, I like your appreciation for setting the mood, which is EXACTLY what it does. And this movie is arm-hair raising, showing these incredible sailors doing their work on the mammoth deck of an aircraft carrier. You left more of that part of the movie in than any other reactor I've watched so far. I don't think I'm alone in really getting jazzed about that part of the movie because I found a video online of JUST the opening credits. And that music! Harold Faltermeyer!!!

[@andydorman2119]

Yes, this movie was about recruitment. But, this movie is also about character growth while holding on to your 'core'. Maverick corrected EVERYTHING he did wrong, except the fly-by, 🤣. ALSO, one thing I NEVER see mentioned is that TWO planes did the fly-by at the end indicating that Maverick may have learned to play by the rules, but Iceman learned how to break the rules. A match made in heaven beyond our beloved Goose.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Need to watch Maverick - Top Gun now, it's so good.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Need to react to Tombstone, it's a western, but not too old school (1990's)....it's fun. The cast is a who's who in hollywood.

[@thecocoacouch]

I’ll write that down!!

[@jeremiahrose4681]

@@thecocoacouch The story of Tombstone and Wyatt Earp/Doc Holliday is legendary and the gun fight at the O.K. Corral in the old west history. Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer are solid gold in this movie......but you'll know a lot more actors in this movie. One of my favorite movies. By the way I go to the real tombstone often not far from me.

[@jerrywalters8885]

The Captain on the carrier is same actor as Principal in Back To The Future. You will meet Penny Benjamin the Admiral daughter in Maverick movie. 34 years later lol

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah I picked up on that in the reaction lol 😂😂

[@WThomas66]

Top Gun Maverick book ends this so well.

[@thecocoacouch]

I’ve heard it epic

[@hunskyway]

You should watch Top Gun: Maverick too ;) It's a great sequel

[@jeremiahrose4681]

The sound track is amazing!

[@anderslowenstein5468]

Don't know if it's allready been posted here, but about this movie being an ad for the USN, it actually was. From what I've heard, recruitment jumped several hundred percents after this move came out.

[@mariaghiglieri78]

Interesting fact: Merlin is played by Tim Robbins who was Andy in Shawshank Redemption.

[@holyloktarw186]

I know it's over a year ago. You need to watch Top Gun: Maverick!!

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Common misconception, bald dude is not the captain of the ship, but likely the CAG, or the Commander Air Group. He is in charge of the all the aircraft, pilots and their operations. The captain of the carrier proper is usually a full O-6 Captain, wearing an eagle as rank, whereas the guy here is an O-5 Commander with silver oak leaves. That also said, a Rear Admiral is usually in command of the Carrier Group.

[@e_man_nyc0158]

Fun Fact: This movie made Ray Ban Aviators sales go up by 40%

[@otter011]

I’ll never stop thinking they’re hot 🤣

[@drkushajagadeesh6347]

10:45 Literally everyone watching: "Uh oh"

[@Jinxx9081]

As someone in the army who works with aviators every now and again, they really are cocky, but they’re good people, just hard to like personality wise, but I would trust them all with my life. (Just not with my car, because they’ll go street race and do donuts in a Walmarts parking lot at 2 in the morning because they’re adrenaline junkies 🙄

[@katiem9644]

Great reaction....so wheres the reaction to Top Gun Maverick????

[@sodawolfy]

Would love to see your reaction to the sequel- Top Gun: Maverick! It is such a good movie.

[@dannygreenland4853]

This was another 80's classic a great movie Maverick may have been a hothead but he was still an awesome pilot losing Goose messed him up, Iceman was a worthy Rival for Maverick, u should check out Top Gun Maverick.

[@jerrywalters8885]

Fyi the black back seater after Goose died is a great actor who recently passed. He was in several movies and series. The original DIE HARD and the Chuck Norris Texas Ranger series and the LEFT BEHIND original movies

[@thecocoacouch]

Dang dude really?! He looks so similar to the guy that plays his son in the new one.

[@SweeranSwift]

Classic movie

[@jerrywalters8885]

Navy recruiting went up like 300 percent after this movie great

[@thecocoacouch]

Well it did feel like an advert for it at times like the montage 😂

[@mariaghiglieri78]

Late to the party on this-the reason the movie had so much leeway and involvement with the Navy was specifically as a recruiting method.

[@tyranusfan]

The crew sweating in the carrier's command center kinda makes me laugh, since all those computers need air conditioning, and most modern Navy ships are cold inside because of that.

[@roguechevelle]

Well I'm not sure about in the 80's but yeah it was exaggerated lol. Although I don't know what bothers me more this or people who look pristine all the time not a drop of sweat ever during highly intense action scenes. Someone in the middle is more realistic.

[@youtubelvr]

You need to watch Top Gun: Maverick next!!

[@serenitytoepper]

I liked this one better than the second movie this is a classic

[@thecocoacouch]

Ah okay!

[@sparkequinox]

Hey Oscar, have you ever seen "Days of Thunder"? Its basically this movie in Nascar also with Tom and its a real guilty pleasure.

[@adrianjimenez5827]

I never watched this before, only the sequel (which I thought was great in more than one way). All I had seen and heard about this one was from "Tarantino Explains Top Gun" ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/handqJmQZ7yUb5Y ) 🤭🙈😂 I immediately remembered it when you said "There was some hostility there, either that or a different kind of energy" 😆 Another fun watch! Loved the video! Have a great rest of your weekend!!

[@thecocoacouch]

Hahaha that’s hilarious! I thought there was something there 😂

[@kck9742]

Please do the sequel "Maverick" -- it's better!

[@karybooks]

I feel you! I feel soooo awkward during sex scenes also, I hate them in movies LOL Even at 40 years old! When I was a kid and a sex scene came up, I just made it look like I'd fallen asleep lol

[@butterflyjessica1]

lmao😂

[@e.m.rivera8948]

pleeeaase react to the sequel!!!

[@kaylaadams465]

you should watch Top Gun :Maverick

[@kristianberg4264]

If you loved this movie, you must react to the sequel that just came out, it is actually better.

[@thecocoacouch]

I likely will pretty soon dw! Maybe within the next few weeks we’ll see.

[@meszykriszti]

@@thecocoacouch Hey! I'm pretty new to this membership thing, did you react to maverick somewhere and I just can't see it or did you changed you mind? Not trying to rush or anything I'm just new and honestly a bit lost. Loved the reaction btw! 😊

[@tallbeen1990]

Oscar try Apollo 13

[@thecocoacouch]

Yeah I’ll add that to my list!

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Fighter pilots really are that arrogant and bitchy. It goes with the territory. Plus the US Navy and US Air Force aviators are pretty coddled compared to the others in the military. They lead lives of luxury compared to the Marine or Army combat soldiers.