Originally Posted by Bowser:
I am so looking forward to watching this in the theater, but I have zero expectations for the plot and characters in it (think The Force Awakens. I bet they all sing You've Lost That Lovin Feeling at some point *cringe* ). I will be there strictly for the F-18 dogfight and flight scene porn and nothing more.
Some saying it is better than the original. Imm excited and hope it's a good movie. [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
Ed Harris looks like he is gonna be a real son of a bitch in this. Thats when he is best but your right Tom Cruise Ill wait for the release Vudu.
Man, what a MASSIVE upgrade on James Tolkan.
Stinger just aged like shit. As a kid I thought he was a glass chewing badass but as an adult I just kinda cringe at what a caricature he is anytime he's on the screen.
Harris is going to steal any scene he's in. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Man, what a MASSIVE upgrade on James Tolkan.
Stinger just aged like shit. As a kid I thought he was a glass chewing badass but as an adult I just kinda cringe at what a caricature he is anytime he's on the screen.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Man, what a MASSIVE upgrade on James Tolkan.
Stinger just aged like shit. As a kid I thought he was a glass chewing badass but as an adult I just kinda cringe at what a caricature he is anytime he's on the screen.
Harris is going to steal any scene he's in.
A few years ago, I agree.
Harris might not have the juice anymore. Think Patrick Stewart. [Reply]
It's a must see entertaining movie. So much fan fare/nods to the orig movie. (Plot also makes some semi-connections to other aviation based movies, Behind Enemy Lines, Iron Eagle (kindof).
Some moments in climax of film are very "mehhh cmon man lol" but it's a movie. Very "Behind Enemy Lines"-ish.
Watched this tonight and was impressed. It had some great action scenes and did not take itself too seriously while connecting back to the original film.
Looks like it will be the Blockbuster hit of the summer. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Halfcan:
Watched this tonight and was impressed. It had some great action scenes and did not take itself too seriously while connecting back to the original film.
Looks like it will be the Blockbuster hit of the summer.
It's how a sequel should be done.
It paid homage to the original and gave you enough callbacks to and developments from those original characters to appreciate them as critical throughput.
Contrast that to Kathleen Kennedy's approach to Star Wars. Had Kennedy and Rian Johnson made this movie, Tom Cruise would've been a brain damaged homeless hermit suffering from PTSD and pan-handling in LA, Rooster would've had an awkward and unnecessary love interest and the main character would turn out to be Penny Benjamin's daughter, who learns how to fly in 2 weeks and ends up completing the mission on her own.
You can make a damn entertaining sequel without shitting on the original subject material and that's exactly what this did. At times it got a little heavy on the fan service but it was all fan service I LIKED. I mean the intro was completely shoe-horned in there and meant absolutely nothing, it was a blatant callback. And I didn't give a damn - it was still awesome.
And this is the first time I can remember Tom Cruise actually having romantic chemistry with the female lead. I mean Cocktail may be the last time I can think of him having a relationship in a movie that I actually bought. He and Jennifer Connelly work extremely well. [Reply]