No 455 – Top Gun
Director – Tony Scott
Well... Really.....
I can't take the piss out of the homoeroticism, all the obvious targets have been addressed so many times before.
All I can say is that I really can't tell the difference between this film and Hot Shots! any more....
This is a ridiculous nonsense of a film. It is a film in which one requires nothing more than to sit back and watch the silliness and the pretty planes.
The planes are really pretty and there is some incredible choreography up in them there sky.
I don't mean to sound too dismissive – I love a big dumb action film as much as the next person. But there aren't any real character arcs amongst the flashy Jet porn and Tim Robbins in the background.
This is a film that really only made it in as the top 500's guilty pleasure – and that doesn't seem right.
Still its better than Superman Returns. Or Transformers.
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It also takes place almost entirely at sunset.
This is an important detail.
It is fun though, and a lot of dumb action movies are not fun. And I acutally quite like the way the buddy element plays out, and the competitive edge.
I prefer Will Young's homage to it though. It is actually no more camp than the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZrxBIo0OeY
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