Antonio wrote:
should we open a new thread on the matter ?
Sure, brilliant idea!
… on the other hand I’d have to watch both of them Top Guns again, and life’s really too short to loose more time on those, Kelly present or Kelly gone
I sense in the forum a certain preference for Kelly McGillis vs Jennifer Connelly…should we open a new thread on the matter ?
Dan wrote:
Top Gun #1
Good story, good music, Kelly
4.9/5 thru my beamer with the surround full blast, popcorn and a cool oneTop Gun #2
Bad story, average music, Kelly gone 😢
1/5
Certainly appreciation of movies is a matter of taste. I would give the original movie 2/5 and the second one a 3.8/5. But I also did miss Kelly — or rather her character, Charlie.
Antonio wrote:
If Cruise just wanted to make some more business he did not need to get so involved…
That he is a dedicated aviation person is well known, so are his exploits using his private planes like the Mustang, which he used to get the actors used to high G maneuvers.
Appears like whatever he does he knows no half measure. And I guess the military pilots who flew for the movie got to do some interesting stuff too.
Agree 100%.
But I still wanna know what he puts on his hair
I have not read the BBC article…yet, but before I get dragged into the day’s business, I would like to say I appreciate a lot the personal dedication Tom Cruise put in getting real aviation across to people by producing this movie:
-The obsessive push for minimal CGI
-The drive to make all acting pilots actually fly…and to fly with them
-The numerous additional real F-18 flights at his cost to ensure the right scene
-Taking the financial hit of the delayed debut to ensure the right reach (which resulted in financial return too)
Yes the story is mediocre but in exchange you get a lot of real flying scenery together with a communication of a passion for aviation transpiring all through the movie, both in a way you rarely see nowadays …
IN general, we could use a lot more of that in (general- pun intended) -aviation nowadays.
If Cruise just wanted to make some more business he did not need to get so involved…
Peter wrote:
CH can be crazy-expensive. I have a Kjus ski jacket, £700 in the UK, €350 mail order from Germany, CHF 1699 in Zermatt
Just on a whim I looked up the price of a lift ticket at Vail, Colorado for mid January – $248 for one DAY. Insane!!!
Same ticket for top Swiss resort, 4 Vallees – ie Verbier, $70.
eurogaguest1980 wrote:
Between 20 and 30 euros.
Yea, and add 20-30 Euros parking for the car. So for a 3 head family, a night in the cinema costs something like 100-130 Euros. Nope, sorry. The DVD’s usually are around 20 Euros or, if you wait a few years, you can pick them up for 2-3 Euros used.
Dan wrote:
Good thing you can still afford the airplane then
I can’t really. Not unless other people fly it.
Peter wrote:
CHF 1699 in Zermatt
Yet to meet anyone buying anything in Zermatt
Mooney_Driver wrote:
way too expensive for a family to go and see a movie these days…. I certainly can’t afford it, not since many years.
Good thing you can still afford the airplane then
Top Gun #1
Good story, good music, Kelly
4.9/5 thru my beamer with the surround full blast, popcorn and a cool one
Top Gun #2
Bad story, average music, Kelly gone 😢
1/5