Top Gun Sequel

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  1. Paddy Murphy

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    Either the nostalgia for this is so overwhelming for every 30-45 year old movie reviewer that they have lost their minds, or this is going to be fucking epic.
     
  2. Corch

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    I was pretty skeptical although I was always going to watch it but I've seen enough that I'm totally bought in.
     
  3. THF

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    In honor of the original.

     
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  4. WhiskeyDelta

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    Got tickets for Wednesday
     
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  6. Aussie

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    Very much agree on that last sentence.
     
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  9. Lt. Pete Mitchell

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    I’m gonna have to stay out of this thread this week. Got tickets for Friday and haven’t been this excited for a movie in a long time.
     
  10. Paddy Murphy

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  11. DuffandMuff

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    What’s the better AMC viewing experience? IMAX or Dolby?
     
  12. dblplay1212

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    Got 4DX tickets, not sure if that was the right move or not. Worried the seats and extra stuff will take away from the movie.
     
  13. Doyle McPoyle

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    Dolby
     
  14. Aussie

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    Definitely Dolby.
     
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  15. Doc Louis

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    Nah a little spray of ill timed water and air shouldn't mess it up
     
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  17. The Goat

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    Got my tickets for Tuesday. Cannot fucking wait.
     
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  18. War Grundle

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    Got tickets for this Friday in IMAX. First time going to a normal theatre in about 8 years.
     
  19. sc_chant

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    Got tickets with my dad on Friday morning at a regular theater. Going to go with my fiancee to a 4D theater later
     
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  22. laxjoe

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    tickets purchased and ready to go on Monday
     
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  23. The Goat

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    Just got out. That was all I wanted and more.
     
  24. WhiskeyDelta

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    Mostly liked it but I think I'm a bit close to how the sausage is made so I'm just sitting there going "well that's not a thing". But over all really enjoyed it
     
  25. dblplay1212

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    Going to see it tonight. :popcorn:
     
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  26. Love Tractor

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    Got my imax tickets with the kids for Saturday.

    I am excite
     
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  27. War Grundle

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    Tomorrow night can’t come fast enough.
     
  28. Nostradumass

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    Sames
     
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    Here 30 mins early...IMAX already half full
     
  30. Biship

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    It’s incredible met/exceeded all expectations.

    ALMOST cried
     
  31. bigred77

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    Bout an hour and 15 till tip off here
     
  32. War Grundle

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    I’m picking up take out and I’m listening to the intro of the first movie.

     
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    Best theater experience I've ever had
     
  34. poor paul

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    going to the early afternoon Sunday matinee. excited.
     
  35. War Grundle

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    Wow
     
  36. Charles DeMar

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    Just sat down for the 735 RPX showing :feelsgoodman:
     
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    I'm the perfect age range to be a mark for this already, fwiw. But...


    The fan service never feels out of place or forced and the story is great. The visuals/sound are as expected, but it's an actual good movie on top of all of that.

    They made the right call to keep holding it until they could have it in theaters. It's an experience
     
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  38. The Goat

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    Damn near got pretty dusty when "It's what my dad would have done."
     
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  39. Biff Bridges

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    Hell I almost started after the first scene of credits and Maverick riding his old motorcycle 3 min in.
     
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  40. Andy Reocho

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  41. dblplay1212

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    I cried. Last line is perfect. I don't remember being as immersed in a movie as I was the last 30 minutes of this one. Like I really really cared what happened and I wasn't sure what was going to happen.
     
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  42. GoS

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    this is the only thing that can make me happy anymore and i sure hope it's good
     
  43. Nostradumass

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    fuck
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    Biggest takeaway: Jennifer Connely is an ageless smokeshow.
     
  44. Nostradumass

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    If you don't have tickets reserved, find the biggest and best theater you can. Get one with the best sound and sit in the best seat you can.

    Best audible experience I've had in a movie in I don't know how long.
     
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  45. Biff Bridges

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    The Penny Benjamin callback is awesome.
     
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  46. dblplay1212

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    We did the 4DX and no regrets. During the previews, they kind of showed off what the seats can do and over did it, felt like a Disney ride. Had be concerned that it was going to be too much. But once the movie started, it was great. I swear I smelled sweat one time and jet fuel a few times. Wouldn't work for all movies but it did foe this one.
     
  47. mal630

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    That was just amazing.
     
  48. Nostradumass

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    Every possible mistake a movie like this (sequel to a decades-old movie) could have made was avoided. As a microcosm of that: Early in the movie, there's a scene when Maverick first sits down at the local bar, and we focus on Cruise as he's sort of sitting back, watching the new Top Gun fighter pilots enter the room, banter, and basically remake a scene from the first movie. It's like Maverick is watching "the cheesy, unnecessary Top Gun remake movie" playing out before his eyes, and he's smirking at how silly it is. The scene lasts only for a minute or two, before the movie goes back to being HIS movie, and it's all the better for it. He's the star. He carries the film. He makes it great.
     
  49. The Walrus

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    My expectations were high, and it exceeded them. That was the most fun I've had at the movies in a long, long time.

    Hit every note I wanted to hit, and did it without forcing anything. Really just a superior film to its predecessor in virtually every way. Funny, heartfelt, well acted, and had a much more coherent story than it even needed to. The last act, in particular, is absolutely gripping.

    10/10
     
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  50. Nostradumass

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    The last act was amazing. Right up there with the past three Mission:Impossible movies' third acts, which are some of the most "edge of your seat" sequences ever put to film.
     
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