Review of Top Gun (1986) by Compi24 — 14 Apr 2020
80's action cheese done so, so right. Tony Scott's "Top Gun" is as well constructed on a technical level as it is from a pop culture standpoint. So many quotes, moments and images seem almost ready-made for cultural reverberation, it's almost not even fair, but I can't say I'm cynical about it.
Like Pete Mitchell himself, the film is so unrelentingly sure of itself that, as an audience member, you kind of just acquiesce to the plucky earnestness of it all. It's been a while since I've seen a movie that's this one with its time without feeling dated in any critical ways.
It's an 80's time capsule for all of the most evocative and enjoyable reasons (tone, tropes, music, etc.) The cinematography, though, impressed me the most, with so many shots leaving me asking myself, "they could do that in 1986?" Genuinely surprised that this one ended up impressing me as much as it did, but the hype is -- in a way -- real.
This review of Top Gun (1986) was written by Compi24 on 14 Apr 2020.
Top Gun has generally received positive reviews.
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