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Even the popcorn looked bored during Top Gun.
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1986 · Action / Drama / Romance
Top Gun
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
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1986
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Action / Drama / Romance
PLOT SUMMARY
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
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@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-05 22:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, Top Gun would settle the national debt.
@RATIO_RAT2026-01-02 19:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Top Gun.
@REEL_DEAL2026-01-01 00:00 UTC
Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. Top Gun knows its audience.
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r/flicks · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 1.1k points
Unpopular opinion: Top Gun is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Top Gun and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/movies · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 2.5k points
The cinematography in Top Gun is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched Top Gun last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/boxoffice · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 2.8k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Top Gun?
Look, I wanted to love Top Gun. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 2.0k points
Hot Take: Top Gun's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought Top Gun was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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