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Top Gun: Maverick - Movie Review

 

Miles Teller

I want to start off by saying I almost passed on this movie simply because Miles Teller has not played a character that I could like. I found a speck of reason to tolerate his character in The Divergent movies. In Fantastic Four, I felt his Reed Richards was one of the main reasons this movie was panned. I started to feel it was his acting and not the writing that made his characters unlikable.

As Goose's son in this movie, I knew he would be a main character in this movie. For this reason alone, I really thought I would pass on this movie. To my greatest surprise, his character was one of the better parts of this movie. I would have never of guessed.

Review

It is very hard to review this movie spoiler free but I will do my best. Not sure what they could have done differently about the plot. The movie is definitely a continuation of the original 36 years later. Part of it did feel more like a remake than a sequel. Don't get me wrong, the original still is good even today and this movie is definitely a conclusion to some story elements from the original movie. For those extreme few who may not have seen the first movie, they do provide content that gets you up to speed with the current movie.

I won't lie. I had to do a little research into Jennifer Connelly's character, Penny Benjamin, which explained her story better than the movie did. They could have done a much better job explaining her past with Maverick. There are several other characters I would have liked to have learned what happened to but many were addressed in dialog.

Overall, the movie was very enjoyable. I was surprised to see Miles' character develop throughout the movie. I was even more surprised to find this was one of the best parts of the movie. It was definitely a great movie to see over the Memorial Day weekend with my cousin.

Rating

I will give this a HD rating. I will be adding it to my collection someday when it is under $10 but since it is a Paramount movie, I may want to get the disc. Really wish Paramount would join Movies Anywhere but that is a discussion for another day.

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