Top Gun: Maverick (2022) REACTION

[@5trider29]

True story and sad about Val Kilmer having throat cancer and pretty much unable to act again, and Tom Cruise fought to have Val Kilmer to be in the film. Writing in his condition and his appearance in the film was absolutely beautiful.

[@trigjosh]

Val Kilmer went on to sign other acting contracts. He is going to be reprising his role in the 'Willow' sequel, from what I understand. Go Val... best of luck mate.

[@MrTech226]

Technology company had Val's voice. When Tom fought for Val. That company helped Val to emulate his voice. I read that both of his kids were there for his scene in the movie. Very emotional! Val is tough!

[@RussVerbofsky]

@Joshua A. Wegmann the treatment damaged his vocal cords

[@trigjosh]

@@MrTech226 Mmm hmm, I've read that also. Additionally, I've read that one of Val's kids sounds a lot like Val, so leant his voice to the production in place of Val's. In any case, it's good to see Val back, it must have been tough for him to come to terms with the finality of his acting career as a result of his health. Fantastic of Tom to insist on Val's inclusion, as a result, possibilities of Val continuing to act can be explored. I really liked this sequel, only gripe I had was that there were too many call-backs to the original.... which made it predictable. I understand why they did it (because it's been so long since the original, and a there needs to be that connection with the original for the younger audiences), but it just went a bit too far. I'm glad Kelly McGillis was not asked to return, she hasn't aged well, and I liked the inclusion of Penny Benjamin (the Admiral's daughter) character, to give continuity to the storyline. I thought that Ed Harris and Jon Hamm would good choices for their characters too.

[@carlosvasquezvasquez2845]

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[@christinejalandoni5919]

The fact that Tom Cruise fought to have Val Kilmer in this makes me respect him a lot more than ever 💘

[@trhansen3244]

What if I told you he once voted for a Republican?

[@LittleBoxXx]

@@trhansen3244 At least he didnt vote for old wimpy Biden.

[@devinwhite5064]

@@trhansen3244 what if i told you Abe Lincoln was a republican

[@trhansen3244]

@@devinwhite5064 He was really a Democrat if you go back and look into it more deeply.

[@stupid8756]

@@trhansen3244 I want to watch a silly plane movie not talk about Murica politics 😭

[@isaiahpavia-cruz678]

Penny Benjamin is the “admiral’s daughter” that was mentioned by both Goose and Meg Ryan in the first movie.

[@scottdarden3091]

Thanks, I went to the theater and watched but I didn't catch that!

[@edwinrangel9134]

That’s not entirely true. It never was mentioned. People just assume that to make her character have a meaning.

[@scottdarden3091]

@@edwinrangel9134 In the beginning when Cougar turns in his wings. Maverick and Goose are with the Wing Commander just before he tells them he's sending them to Top Gun. He talks about 5 flybys and one Admirals daughter. Goose leans over and whispers Penny Benjamin!! Watch it again. But please don't call me a liar until you do.

[@vodengc520]

@@edwinrangel9134 Her name in the credits is literally Penny Benjamin. The odds that Maverick was in a relationship with two women named Penny Benjamin is extremely improbable, especially since she also happens to be closely related with the Navy (since she owns/runs a bar near the base).

[@priscilabee583]

@@edwinrangel9134 It is true. First time she was mentioned by their Captain right after they saved Cougar and the second time was during the piano scene when Meg Ryan tells Charlie 'about the time Maverick went ballistics with Penny Benjamin,'

[@gazlator]

38:48 A sequel that deserves - and gets - a wonderful reaction from Mish & Ellie. The final half hour of this is a real emotional wringer no matter what - but it’s especially intense and all the more adrenalin-filled, if like Mish & Ellie, you’ve seen the first film already.

[@actioncom2748]

"I'm sorry, Goose." Maverick when he thought that he had killed Goose's son.

[@ChrisHaar]

One of my favorite lines is when Rooster says "Do some of that pilot shit Mav"....the same line Goose said in the original

[@angeltensey]

My best line is "No OF for you, thot"

[@ChrisHaar]

@@WheresWaldo05 check the movie at 1:52:35. During the 5th gen dogfight

[@bluesky2195]

@@WheresWaldo05 Then obviously he was talking to people who actually heard it

[@isaiahtapia287]

@@WheresWaldo05 deaf much??

[@isaiahtapia287]

@Elden Wolf Lord yeah okay kid lol. 🤣🤣 gotta love the internet sometimes

[@retireddadlife]

In the final scene: It really is Tom Cruise flying the plane and it really is HIS plane. He also owns and pilots a jet.

[@zimvader25]

Yep. Thats his p51 mustang. They run for around $2mil in flying condition. And that's also the jet he owns and pilots so you didn't need to point it out twice with "he also owns" lol. He doesn't actually own a modern fighter jet. He keeps bugging the navy to actually let him pilot the F18 but they keep telling him no. Not gonna happen. He's in the back seat like everyone else for those scenes.

[@gregquinn7817]

@@zimvader25 the mustang isn't a jet. Cruise does however own a Gulfstream which is a jet which he sometimes flies. So Rick was correct and the statements weren't redundant.

[@zimvader25]

@@gregquinn7817 lol the mustang is absolutely more of a jet than the gulfstream iv is. It was literally the best fighter jet from the 1940s. The gulfstream iv that he owns isn’t a “jet”, any more than the basic a321 that American Airlines flies you to disney world in is a “jet”. It’s just a private plane with a jacuzzi that he owns that gulfstream and others add “jet” in the name to make it sound fancy like dodge does with “hemi”. He can’t even fly that without a proper certified crew. He doesn’t own a fighter jet and doesn’t have a listen to pilot one either. His pilot license is literally the same $15k instrument certified one i got my teenage daughter for her 16th birthday…

[@dalefisk7667]

@@zimvader25 you do realize that "jet" doesn't just mean cool plane right? Modern airliners are jets because they are propelled by jet engines. The Mustang is not a jet because it uses a propeller.

[@gregquinn7817]

@@zimvader25 mustang isn't a jet man. It has one engine, to qualify as a jet you will generally have two or more engines (although for safety reasons most jets are designed so can fly a bit on one engin). Jets by definition have encased turbine engines to give propulsion and do not have visible propellers. The Mustang clearly has a propeller. There were some jets in service during WW2, the Germans used them the most (Messerschmitts and Heinkels mostly). By the end of the war the US had a few in service...but the only one that saw combat was the shooting star.

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

I’m seeing it today in IMAX. Finally! I saw it while on vacation in El Salvador in standard format. I saw it when I came back to the US in standard format I couldn’t find a theater that still had it in IMAX or Dolby Atmos. I saw it today at Midnight on iTunes release on a 40 inch TV. Now I’ve finally found a local theater that just opened up that is showing it in IMAX today. I’m so happy 🤣

[@Zeppelinlv2007]

Great to hear! I saw it in Dolby Atmos auditorium and it was absolute thrilling experience.

[@dallasyap3064]

Ellie loves Goose a lot. Few times Goose was shown through flashbacks or mentioned, she was emotional.

[@brandonboi9465]

30:54 The numbers on the screen that were climbing was G-Force (G stands for gravity). 2 G's is 2x gravity. 7 G's is 7x gravity, etc. He pulled over 10 G's which means at that one particular moment he weighed 10x his body weight. The same goes for the aircraft. What he was saying to maverick was that he "put so much stress on the aircraft that it bent the frame itself" making it un-airworthy since you would have to replace everything anyway.

[@mikfhan]

For comparison a roller coaster is somewhere between 4 and 5G with anything higher probably requiring a pilot G-suit to prevent you going unconscious on the trip. Pilots train in G-chambers (cyclotrons or whatever they're called) and lots of pilots fail in that step alone, even if they are perfect in everything else. The g-suit inflates as you reach higher g-forces, to some extent squeezing your body, lungs, etc. to ensure your brain still receives oxygen and prevents greyouts (too little O2 while climbing) but can't do much about redouts (too much O2 while diving). "Pucker factor" is a slang for your b&tthole tightening in tense situations (extreme g-forces being one of them) :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJuYp42Ph91prsk

[@JedHead77]

Ladies, if you remember from the beginning of the first film, and later by Goose’s wife, *Penny Benjamin* was mentioned briefly as one of the reasons why Maverick got disciplined several times.

[@zimvader25]

She's the "one admiral's daughter" who Goose asks "Penny Benjamin?" when they're getting chewed out right before being told they're going to top gun.

[@BillKrayer12thMan]

Every reactor I've watched missed it!! I'm waiting for one to actually say,"OH,Penny Benjamin!!I remember her!!" I love how they brought her into this to bring everything finally full circle. "Now the circle is complete." (Darth Vader)

[@MovieSteve1999]

I never thought I would cry in a Top Gun movie. Dammit Val Kilmer!

[@Logan-ed4pu]

I've been waiting for this one since you did the first. I'm so conflicted. I spent most of my life using Top Gun as an example that not all great movies need a sequel, then the bastards made one, and then they added insult to injury by making it so fucking good lol.

[@bessarion1771]

Other than the Empire Strikes Back, this is likely the best sequel (and better than the original) ever made.

[@carolinaa.4407]

At least you admitted defeat and let yourself enjoy the movie 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻

[@pedronavaja4837]

One of the best sequels since Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, and T2: Judgement Day.

[@bessarion1771]

@@pedronavaja4837 100% agree

[@MrHws5mp]

Michelle: "It's a privilege to fly with Maverick." Ellie: "Tell that to his dad..." Legit spat tea & choked at that one...🤣😂😅👍 Re Mav's F-18 being unable to fly again after his 'demo', pulling Gs damages the structure of aircraft. Too many Gs will break the airframe immediately, but even pulling less than that limit will still do damage: microscopic cracks that build up over time, invisibly weaking the airframe until it breaks, sometimes during normal non-extreme flying. To combat this, all aircraft have a rated 'G-life', that is the maximum cumulative number of Gs they can pull in their lives before they're retired as a precautionary measure. Mav's extreme maneuvers during the demo may not have broken his F-18 immediately, but they may have used up so much of it's G-life that it's effectively scrap anyway.

[@Mwoods2272]

That means all the other aircraft would have ended up broken if they had succeeded in their practice run. They wouldn't have one scrap plane but 8 planes scrapped even before the mission.

[@hunterspadaro290]

@@Mwoods2272 correct, but that's why John Hamm's character (forgot his name) told them to slow down and take the shot from higher when he took over. Maverick was training them in the only way where they could realistically make it home as opposed to caring about the aircraft. It's true that 8 aircraft would've been scrapped but they would've still had pilots that were trained and ready for a critically important mission, which takes priority. The issue wasn't so much the damage done as opposed to the fact that Maverick pretty much stole the aircraft - and in doing so put it under those G loads and cost the plane it's structural integrity.

[@XRos28]

@@hunterspadaro290 LOL, good point there...

[@vainguymarz477]

FYI.. the actors were really inside the fighter jets experiencing the G FORCES and strains during tight turns.. they are all experiencing real life flying and their facial expressions are not mainly acting but what theyre really feeling..

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

The actors strapped into actual fighter planes are in their early 30's and Tom Cruise is doing the same s**t while pushing 60. That's insane!

[@dizzyfell6]

Ladies, Penny Benjamin was mentioned in the first top gun. The part where Maverick and Goose were being yelled at before they were told they going top gun. Also, the part where Goose is playing the piano.

[@ReeseMacalma]

C'mon Mav, do some of that pilot shit! - Goose, in Top Gun (1986) and Rooster, in Top Gun Maverick (2022)

[@basecode8]

27:45 The Missing Man Formation. A decades old salute performed at a soldiers funeral.

[@christianhernanalancamaren1582]

It's the best action movie seen all year, and it's understandable why Tom Cruise went out of his way to get this movie seen in theaters. That feeling of watching a movie and feeling all the adrenaline was almost gone. Good reaction, girls.

[@logandarklighter]

If you saw it in theaters - his prologue THANKING folks for seeing it in the theater was a wonderful touch!

[@dariusparks3954]

Not just best of 22 but maybe all time! It's such an adrenaline rush I've watched it 5x!

[@trhansen3244]

@@logandarklighter I remember he was out in LA promoting a film. Might have been The Edge of Tomorrow. But he took so much time to meet and greet the fans. Had to be well over an hour. I think he genuinely cares for the audience and wants to give them a great film each time.

[@BammerD]

Penny is the “admiral’s daughter” referenced in the first film by Goose and Meg Ryan.

[@projectdelta50]

The first aircraft getting hot is normal, when he pushed past mach 10 problems started, when flying hypersonic theres so much air friction that it causes the aircraft to heat up. The Sr 71 also heated up during flight but not as much. They fly super high where the air is super thin to lessen the effect. Btw, when Rooster went over the mountian top he wasnt strapped in all the way in the jet so he almost hit the canopy with his head, like father like son, lol

[@astoraan6071]

If you eject at those speeds and that high up will you survive?

[@projectdelta50]

@@astoraan6071 youd be lucky to survive supersonic. Hypersonic, probably not. When you're in the cockpit you're protected by the canopy from the hard buffeting, when you eject you're still traveling as fast as your aircraft goes, and you have no canopy to protect you from the wind, it's like hitting a wall almost.

[@scorp77snake]

@@astoraan6071 not a chance of survival , maybe if the whole cockpit was ejected so you didn't get ripped apart or turned to jelly ,i think about Mach 3 is the highest speed someone's survived

[@jasonmanley7815]

Favorite line of the movie was when Maverick thanked Rooster for saving his life and Rooster replied "It's what my Dad would have done".

[@darkphoenix2]

It's really cool to compare the leap in cinematography when it comes to filming the action with the fighters. In the 80s it was amazing, but now it looks pretty calm, and the shots in this movie taken from inside and outside the planes are amazing.

[@JuanFromH-Town]

penny was actually mentioned in the first movie by meg ryan’s character.

[@theresaherman]

Actually Penny was mentioned Twice in the original.

[@scorp77snake]

Maverick considers Rooster like a son there was no way he wouldn't sacrifice his life for him. They had their helmets attached at their hips as they ran to the F-14.

[@jesserochon3103]

Rooster was prepared to give his life for Mav

[@ru_7833]

In the first half Elle was a nervous wreck and Mish was trying not to cry but you kept it together in the end! Top Gun… Top Movie! Even better on a movie screen!

[@Youkai_Andres]

I like that sentimental touch in the last scene when Rooster looks at the photograph and gives it a double touch, it is the confirmation that he finally understands the Goose-Maverick friendship and the suffering that Mav carries for what happened, that he (Rooster) has misjudged him and they have reconciled.

[@blackpowder99]

This was a amazing sequel that I waited so long for and yes there was zero disappointment.

[@leerose6772]

To make a sequel to a movie 30+ plus years later, it had to be special. And this truly was. I felt it would be tough to surpass the original but I believe this does. Awesome reaction from you both Ellie & Michelle. Thank You Both.

[@JedHead77]

Ladies, not sure if you realized, but the plane Maverick and Rooster stole is an F-14, the same plane he flew in the first film.

[@isaiahpavia-cruz678]

“I feel the adrenaline and I like it.” Michelle knows what’s up.

[@daliilars3350]

42:25 "To steal a plane?!" in unison. Lol 😄

[@CypherSpectre]

Love how sweet ellie is. Her tender visceral reaction to Maverick getting shot down (39:18) is an example of her empathy and consciousness.

[@LPJack02]

I’m 19 years old and never in my life has a movie made me cry so fucking hard. Iceman’s funeral hit me like a bullet.

[@reynaldolorenzo8409]

If you wanna cry I know a lot of good movies that will make you cry: Schindler’s List, Forrest Gump, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Green Mile, The Pianist, 12 Years a Slave, The Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, Her, The Social Network, La La Land, etc…

[@LPJack02]

@@reynaldolorenzo8409 I’ve seen all of them.

[@dallasyap3064]

@@LPJack02 I recommend Saving Private Ryan

[@conker206]

My father-in-law is a retired Apache pilot from the Army. He spent 30'ish years in the Army. To this day, my wife has an extremely hard time watching any war movie because she imagines her dad being in combat and she can't emotionally handle it. We went to see Maverick thinking for the most part it wasn't a traditional war movie like Saving Private Ryan. However during the scene when the pilots are preparing to board their aircraft at 32:05, my wife had tears streaming down her face (as did I). She told me later that she knew her dad had to board his Apache many times with the thought he might not come home. He had to put on his helmet just like these guys did and prep his Apache for liftoff. Also the solemn soundtrack at 32:38 just added to the intensity and emotion to this scene.

[@theylied1776]

The same where Mavericks playing is destroyed and then he walks into a restaurant, that actually happened during the testing of the first supersonic Jets in the United States. One of the test pilots playing disintegrated and after he hit the ground he walks to a local bar in orderrd whiskey.

[@Caseytify]

That scene is nearly a copy of the final scene of The Right Stuff, where Yeager takes up a special rocket assisted F-104. I do like the diner scene in this movie! LOL.

[@theylied1776]

@@Caseytify No, it wasn't Chuck Yeager. It was one of the (X-1Test Pilots in 1946) that started that tradition. Chuck Yager was one of the (XS-1 pilots in 1947).

[@papabear_cdxl4699]

Another cracking reaction 🙂 I loved it where you both said “TO STEAL A PLANE” at the same time 😂

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

Jinx! Oh my God I loved that part

[@AxelHjort]

The funeral scene of Iceman almost made me cry in the movie theater, knowing that Val Kilmer have the throat cancer in real life

[@catbug5255]

This may seem weird, but when I first watched the movie I kept thinking of how similar it was to Cars 3. Both have protagonists that were once the “best of the best”, but are now getting forced out due to age/changing times. They both revolve around training arcs, and end with an older protagonist and younger protégé working together to defeat a newer model. It has been years since have seen cars 3, so if anyone can correct me, feel free. Loved the movie though, great sequel.

[@csw3287]

There's a theory that Maverick Died in the test flight explosion and the rest of the film is His afterlife...

[@markwang77]

i read that and the more i thought i about it, the more likely that scenario seemed to me. it would be like a happier 'jacob's ladder' twist

[@csw3287]

@@markwang77 Absolutely

[@Airplane_Willy]

That was SO MUCH FUN to watch you ladies enjoy this movie. There are so many good lines, but I'm glad you liked the one towards the end......"Don't tell me the engine quit"......"Alright, I won't tell you that".....totally something a pilot would say to another one. I LOVE THIS MOVIE.

[@cobykenobi]

One of the best movies ive ever seen! Honestly i wasn't even a big fan of the first top gun so i had no expectations with this one but it blew me away!

[@dariusparks3954]

Oscar worthy!!!!!!! Best I've ever seen!!! 1.4 billion so far in box office! Tom better not be snubbed again

[@reynaldolorenzo8409]

@@dariusparks3954 Elaborate by snubbed? If you mean with an Oscar nomination then I am sorry but you’re crazy. In Magnolia he deserve it and that’s why he got nominated but not in here. It wasn’t a bad performance, but it isn’t an Oscar worthy performance. Not even top three of his performances.

[@ctmdarkonestm]

used to work for a guy who'd been a fighter pilot who had to eject...it does so much to your body that you can lose an inch of height and there's a long medical and administrative process before they consider letting you fly again

[@bagboy1942]

But it didn't stop Phoenix and BOB from going on the mission.

[@ctmdarkonestm]

@@bagboy1942 thats hollywood for you

[@scottirvine121]

One of the best movies I’ve ever seen, perfect combination of action and emotion

[@jarrettenaope7038]

This Sequel was AMAZING..Training His Actors to Be Pilots..Seeing Val Kilmer(Iceman)❤️🙏😱..Sooo Much Dedication to make the Film

[@michaelperry1735]

I have seen Maverick six times since July 3rd. This has me now thinking about #7. Turn and burn everybody !

[@bambamnj]

You two ladies are so adorable. I really enjoy your reactions. Keep up the good work, both of you.

[@ryangiles5174]

I just saw the new movie last with my aunt and her boyfriend. I cried twice: first when they had the flashback of goose and maverick singing great balls of fire and the 2nd the funeral of iceman

[@JedHead77]

Ladies, Penny Benjamin is played by Jennifer Connelly, the voice of Spider-Man’s suit in the MCU. Her husband is Paul Bettany, who was the voice of Jarvis and played Vision in the MCU.

[@warre1]

Penny is a girl they talked about in original movie. In case you forgot.

[@MoviesAndTvShowsAreSubjective]

Penny was under age in first movie

[@Milleniumlance]

Admirals daughter

[@batbrick3949]

@@MoviesAndTvShowsAreSubjective No, Jennifer Connolly, the actress, would have been underage. There is no way a Navy officer could chase after and underage girl, the daughter of an admiral, and not end his own career.

[@timothyhedrick5295]

Not a dry eye in the theatre during that Kilmer / Cruise scene. I know mine weren't.

[@lexwells4763]

I'm not 100% sure, but I've heard that the Porsche in the first and second Top Gun are both Tom's cars. The P51 Mustang is also his own plane. Tom got his pilot's license after making the first movie.

[@TheCoreyd1086]

Very happy to see you ladies react to this one. For me it was absolutely breath taking. The term wash out means kicked out of the unit or thrown out all together. The F14 Tomcat from the first movie was retired by the Navy because of the issues it had stalling out or jet wash. Plus it didn't really have good mobility and the accident that killed Goose based on a real life tragedy. The FA 18 which we saw in this move were the replacement. I know they did use an actual F14 Tomcat in the end. I don't know if Tom Cruise was allowed to actually fly it. The actor who played Goose's son was a perfect image of Anthony Edward's. His wife after the movie made him shave the mustache.

[@Caseytify]

The F-14A had the engines liable to compressor stall. Later B & D versions had different engines, and were much more capable planes. They also addressed the canopy issue. A former naval aviator did a very good KZbin video on the real world issues with early Tomcat ejections. An F-14 stunt pilot was killed in that very manner during filming of the first movie. No, Cruise never flew an F-14 or F-18.

[@drewmp05]

@@Caseytify mostly correct, except that Art Scholl, the stunt pilot who died filming the flat spin for the first movie, was never an F-14 pilot.

[@Pupda]

Some misses... The F-14 was not retired because of issues with jet wash. As Caseytify posted the first F-14s (F-14A) had issues with compressor stalls in their TF-30 engines that had nothing directly to do with jet wash (although that could also trigger compressor stalls), but rather due to disrupted airflow at the engine inlet at high angles-of-attack and/or abrupt throttle movement, both things that are common in fighter jet operations. While the TF-30 was successfully used in other military aircraft, it was only intended as an interim engine for the Tomcat (a legacy of the TFX program that led to the F-111). When replaced by the F-110 engine the compressor stall problem disappeared and was not an issue at the time the F-14 was retired. Only about a quarter of the F-14 losses were due to engine failures, though that was still way too many. The F-14 also had great maneuverability - in some parts of its flight envelope it was superior to the other "teen" fighters even though it had a lower G-limit. There is an excellent video by Grumman engineer Mike Ciminera on KZbin discussing some of the engineering decisions (obviously at an unclassified level) that gave it exceptional maneuverability. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaS4dJyudsqNZqM The F-14 was retired because it was becoming difficult and prohibitively expensive to maintain - at the end of its service life it took approximately 30 man-hours of maintenance for every hour the aircraft flew. As well, the older airframes were approaching the end of their service life, and Grumman no longer had the tooling to produce new-build F-14s. Next, they did not use an actual F-14 in TG:M; there are no flyable F-14s in the western world and only a handful in Iran. A museum F-14 (San Diego Air & Space Museum) was used for some ground shots, but all remaining F-14s are either in museums or were destroyed (other than ten in storage at AMARC) in order to keep unique parts from reaching Iran through the black market to help them keep their Tomcats flying. Most significantly most if not all museum F-14s had their backs "broken" - specifically they cut the titanium wing box apart (the center of the airframe where the wings join the fuselage); this part was produced in a unique vacuum welding facility (see the video above) and is irreplaceable. Other clues that the F-14 in the movie was not real include the lack of a nose tow (also known as a launch bar) on the nose gear strut and the lack of a tailhook - every F-14 including those of the IIAF have a tailhook (even though the Iranian F-14s were never intended to be operated from an aircraft carrier) as does every recent American fighter - F-15s, F-18s of course, F-22s and F-35s all have tailhooks. The nose tow may have been removed by CGI (the museum F-14 used on TG:M like all remaining F-14s had no engines and was towed out of the hangar by a tractor, which was removed by CGI) but there is no reason that the tailhook would be missing off a real F-14. (The hook was removed in order to have an excuse for making a barricade landing. (By the way if you look at some of the aerial carrier shots - specifically the first one when they go aboard for the mission, you'll see the barricade arms are raised, which almost never happens). The barricade landing was obviously CGI, since again there are no flyable F-14s, but even if there was a flyable Tomcat they would not have intentionally done a barricade landing. The movie The Final Countdown (1980) includes an actual barricade landing by an A-7; the film crew just happened to be there and recorded it; later they re-filmed the rigging of the barricade). Also on KZbin is a clip of "Bug" Roach waving a barricade landing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoO4g3Vte8mmf6s) Also the lights on the tail fins are wrong - the white taillight (also known as a position light or a navigation light) should be steady while the red anti-collision light would be the one flashing (actually on the Tomcat, rotating; the flash effect was mechanical while on the F-18 it's a red strobe). As well, there should be another red anti-collision light on the front corner of the left vertical stabilizer that would also flash - in the movie it's steady. The is CGI (Fun fact: The F-14 got 360-degree coverage by having one light on the front of the left fin and the other on the back of the right fin: the F-18 put a light on the outside of each vertical stabilizer). For Caseytify - when mentioning another KZbin channel it's always nice to actually link it. I'm assuming you're referring to Ward Carrol's channel (kzbin.info). By the way, Ward was a Naval Flight Officer, specifically a Radar Intercept Officer or RIO; only Pilots are Naval Aviators. Trivial, but.... And Art Scholl didn't die in an F-14 - he was out spinning over the Pacific filming cockpit views in his Pitts S-2 that would have been used as cockpit views or projected as background for the flat spin scene when he failed to recover from a spin (which unlike an F-14 is non-event in aerobatic plane such as his) for reasons that still are unknown.

[@fedr39]

Fun fact: Tom Cruise does actually fly planes and is a licensed pilot.

[@scorp77snake]

The plane at the end is Tom's actual plane

[@frankgesuele6298]

@@scorp77snake P-51 Mustang is the one to fly🦅

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

sweet ellie. she always gets emotional when the characters get emotional

[@jackdalton3451]

One of those rare sequels that’s even better than the original

[@asmita-virgogoldenknight7045]

The Mach number is a measure of how close you are from the speed of sound. So, a Mach 10 is ten times the speed of sound. The woman on the right is highly emotional. And although my essense does not allow me to be emotional, I can sense it, and empathize with her. This movie is in perfect harmony with what real cinema is supposed to be. No CGI and green screens, marvelous shots, spectacular aerial sensation with real flight scenes, well developed characters, spot-on colour palette, and amazing commitment from Tom Cruise. Best movie of the year by now.

[@rbrtck]

Tom Cruise and Maverick are both about 60 years old, so they're not young, either. Maverick simply has the best skills and the most experience.

[@blackknight1013]

Pretty sure the diner scene after Maverick crashes the Darkstar is based on a real event where a test pilot crashed a plane and walked into a nearby diner. Can't recall when it was, but it was a few decades back I think.

[@jordanpeterson5140]

A similar breakup happened in an early SR-71 test flight. Pilot survived but the backseater was killed, broke his neck as the plane disintegrated around them if I remember right.

[@rickjohnson9558]

I saw it yesterday on Amazon Prime. Surprised at how much I liked it. A real nostalgia trip, and a pretty good story.

[@mvillevaliant]

This is a movie that needs to be watched on a big screen in IMAX..... it was a totally different viewing experience!

[@onni8326]

Bullshitt

[@iamBlackGambit]

exactly!!! some movies need to be experienced on the big screen and this is definitely it!!!

[@Sir_Lauchboy]

Fun Fact: Tom cruise was the only person from the whole cast who actually got to fly a real F18 Super Hornet by himself. He had intensiv training before and he had to promise the navy he wouldn't do risky maneuvers and not to scrap it. The scene where he was launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln was actually real but he had to land on a nearby airfield due to the fact only very skilled pilots get to land on an aircraft carrier and he just wasn't skilled enough. An actually Navy pilot had to bring it back to the carrier over and over!

[@rbrtck]

This movie apparently pretends that "Charlie", Maverick's love interest in the first movie, never existed. Instead the filmmakers took a name mentioned in the first movie, Penny Benjamin, and made her into a character in this movie, Maverick's "new-old" love interest. I don't like saying this, but I think they looked up the actress who played Charlie and found that she looks like Tom Cruise's grandma now, so they decided to simply replace the character.

[@Zeromus10]

Loved this reaction, dear Ellie and Mich!! It was very funny how you guys were calling some of the stuff that was going to happen, like Maverick over pushing at the beginning, the front landing gear getting clipped, and others. You could feel Ellie’s tension at the mission, particularly in the Coffin. You two almost dropped your eyeballs when the explosion happened. I could see how Mich was fighting tears and Ellie was in the emotional roller coaster, like when you get the flashback scene of the Goose accident, the Coyote and Phoenix training, or when the last fighter was about to shoot them down. Hehe! Loved it! Big kiss, Mich and Ellie! 💋💋😘😘

[@DonaldPK51]

It's standard procedure to climb during an engine failure, that way you gain as much altitude as possible and increase the distance you're able to glide back to a runway if the plane can be controlled.

[@fredm.9031]

That’s not Lady Gaga guys. Her name is Jennifer Connelly.

[@SHVRWK]

44:17 they carry their helmets on their belts. They don't have to hold onto them. There are inaccuracies and exaggerations in the film but they're not amateur mistakes like that.

[@javix2013]

The actors were actually flying in planes, there is no green screen, no CGI in those shots. see behind the scenes, very interesting how they filmed those scenes.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Plane at end of the movie is Tom's real plane! He also has licenses for bikes, real estate, 1 and 2 propeller planes, and single engine jets!😮😮

[@rbrtck]

Well, Maverick didn't have the hundreds (or thousands?) of dollars on hand to pay for everyone's drinks, and when you can't pay, you get thrown out.

[@kevinmatthew1050]

This movie blew me away. So much better than I could have ever expected. Super emotional and better than the first one.

[@nikaluss5946]

I have never been so enthralled by a scene in a movie more than this one

[@resathe6760]

Don't know if something has already mentioned it, but in the training scene where Phoenix and Bob have to eject you asked why they are going up instead of down. In a case like this the pilots are taught to climb higher because it will improve their chances of survival when they eject. And they did carry their helmets before they stole the f14. They had them strapped to their right side somwhere on their gear.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Awww... I always feel bad for crying Ellie and I love her smile when she's happy. A great reaction to an awesome movie!

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Tom Cruise is truly the embodiment of megastardom! One of the best films in decades

[@lordkingguru2458]

Love the reaction ladies. But how is, Ellie not married or engaged to be? She is one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen and she is so authentic. So many quality attributes.

[@ephennell4ever]

A great reaction-vid to a great movie! Watching your faces during the really intense scenes was _so_ *very* good! You said "You are old enough." But it's not about being "old enough", it's about setting a good example for your kid. And as someone who was 'caught' by my GF's kid, I can assure you ... I've *never* been so embarrassed in my life! I think I spent 5 minutes straight apologizing to my GF! Although we did laugh about it later. It was both wonderful and sad that Val Kilmer had throat cancer for real ... but still did an amazing job reprising his character! 🙁 👏

[@Patriiiiick]

I am so bummed out I didn't get to see this on a big screen. It's looks amazing.

[@MrTech226]

I read that Val Kilmer's kids were there seeing their dad doing the scene with his close friend, Tom Cruise. There were no dry eyes prior, during and after the scene. I am curious if the actor, Anthony Edwards who portrayed Maverick's co-aviator, "Goose" was there too. Because all of them, Tom, Val, and Anthony were very young in Top Gun.

[@cuckoonut1208]

42:23 was the "Swat Kats" moment. Remember Swat Kats?

[@rbrtck]

Phoenix climbed when she had the bird-strike emergency because during any emergency altitude is your friend. The farther away you are from the ground, the farther away you are from hitting the ground. Greater altitude gives you more time and safety, including more time for your parachute to open and slow your fall, in case you have to eject. Phoenix definitely did the right thing very quickly. Like all of them, she is well trained.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Breaking apart at mach 10 would be instant death. The wind would literally shred you to pieces. This is what happened with the Columbia shuttle and it's crew.

[@zachboyd4749]

That prop plane that Mav works on and flies in the end is a legend of aviation, the North American P-51 Mustang. In fact, that’s Tom Cruise’s personally owned P-51! Other aircraft include: Boeing F/A-18E (single) and F/A-18F (tandem) Super Hornets Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning II Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye Grumman F-14 Tomcat Sukhoi SU-57 Felon. Lockheed-Martin SR-72 Darkstar (Fictional) Mil Mi-24 Hind

[@RedmoonIndustries]

at 44:18 you talk about their helmets, watch again.... they have them clipped about belt height on their right hip... I thought I missed that too when I first saw it, but you see the helmets as they are running to the hangar.

[@rbrtck]

The F-14 is still a deadly dogfighter. In real life, it could go up against that newer plane.

[@woooster17]

Love Ellie’s reactions.. her emotions there for all to see..so lovely 🥰 This was such a great film, especially watching on a large screen..

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Don't trust people who smile constantly.

[@andyarvai3199]

luv you girls. Thank you for the review. Every time Eli cry's i want to give her a big ole hug. Thanks for what you do 🙂

[@adamrussell9389]

For perspective the SR 71 blackbird crossed from London to New York in 1 hr 54 min, at average speed of mach 2.35 with stops for aerial refueling. It also crossed coast to coast in 64 min. This darkstar can go 3 times faster

[@philmullineaux5405]

Ironically, Bob real dad is Bill Pullman. Who plays the president and pilot in independence Day!

[@isaiahwelch8066]

I just wanted to say that the scene where Coyote passed out is very real. When I went into the Navy, and talked to my recruiter about possibly flying an F-14 Tomcat back in 2000, one of things we talked about is what pilots call "G-loc." What it refers to is the idea that your body is under so much gravitational force that you pass out. You can also suffer from G-loc if you have bad teeth. The reason is, under high stress such as pilots go through, bad teeth can actually cause a person to pass out, by causing so much pain in the mouth that it overloads even the autonomic nervous system. It is a tremendous safety risk, to both the pilot and the aircraft, to let people who aren't in perfect peak physical health fly an aircraft. Edit: By the way, ladies, first, the F-14 technically could be considered a museum piece, since the Tomcat has since been retired. However, what you're missing is that the F-14 Tomcat is what Maverick flew in the original Top Gun movie in 1986. Edit: Fun fact, ladies! The prop plane is a P-51 Mustang from World War II that Tom Cruise owns -- and not only does he own it, he's an accomplished pilot in his own right.

[@mikeaninger7388]

Side note: That’s Tom Cruise’s P-51 Mustang.

[@Runz32]

52:06 they were talking and not paying attention to the most emotional moment in the movie.

[@rbrtck]

Speed doesn't feel like anything--only acceleration, which includes turning, can be felt. The Earth is traveling in its orbit around the Sun at about 67000 miles per hour, and we're on it, but we can't feel the speed at all. This is 10 times faster than Maverick was flying in the DarkStar prototype, or about Mach 100. The main difference is that Maverick's plane had to go through the air, while the Earth travels in a near-perfect vacuum, and that air is going to heat the plane's skin up a lot.

[@JamesASharp]

Let's go! I have not yet watched a film that is better than Top Gun: Maverick in 2022. Great reaction Homies! 👍🏿

[@TurntBucket]

The enemy was defending an agreed upon illegal nuclear stash. This is all fiction of course but the film makes it as justified a mission as possible. This also makes it so that any enemies that die are not that sympathetic. Even then they dont show them kill that many enemies. They even left the enemies faceless and nationality unkown to not offend anyone. You cannot ask for a more non-offensive military movie. They could have easily made iran, russia, or china the enemy and it would be more realistic from a geopolitical perspective but they didnt want to offend anyone.

[@philmullineaux5405]

The actors flew 90 minutes a day during production, and had to be in charge of all their own makeup helmets gear volume cameras etc, while in flight!

[@jaygeeeeee]

"TO STEAL A PLANE" "TO STEAL A PLANE" 😆

[@tbexecutioner5392]

Just gotta say I love you ellie, you never fail to make me smile.

[@tfpp1]

42:25 - That's the "cutest" moment I've seen from you two in any of your reactions. XD

[@sactyb]

That museum piece was the same fighter jet he flew in the first movie..which is now retired