4 Reasons Why Top-Gun was an instant classic

1. It told a good story. Never underestimate the value of just telling a good story. We have been CGI'ed to death. We've been force-fed heaping plates of woke tripe and we've gagged until there's nothing left. As a movie, TOP GUN Maverick is a perfectly cooked Tomahawk steak (look it up) of speed, power, force, action, brotherhood, insane maneuvers, intense grit, and cockiness that are calling cards of America dominance. Top Gun Maverick has a simply powerful story-line that is a continuation of a man's life and how his experiences have shaped, hurt, and even haunted him and the people around him. It has a father-son element to it that just gets me every time. There's romance, there's self-doubt, there's the element of freedom vs control, control freaks vs. freedom fighters, and America vs. yet another foe who's plotting to do serious harm.
2. Shout-worthy action scenes from beginning to end. This movie literally made me sit up in my reclining seat at the local movie theater. I was locked in ready to fly wing-man during the most of the movie. I'm a former 20-year Air Traffic Controller and this movie made me giddy with rekindled eyes to my old career flame. Even the phraseology was close to spot on in the movie and that was exciting to an aviation nerd such as myself. The maneuvers that they made the jets do during the movie were just....(insert inappropriate word here)....amazing! Raw power and on the very edge of control. I can't describe how raw and forceful and exciting these scenes were. Insane. I want to be a fighter pilot now.
   
3. There was no forced SJW, LGBTQIA8590ir02029u, Anti-America, Anti-Patriarchy, Anti-Success story line. The main romance was between a likable dude and a likable chick. Well, I guess a dude, the chick, and the fighter jet but that's a wholesome threesome that won't get you ex-communicated...probably.
4. America wins! I know it hurts all of these new-aged writers and producers who lust for the death of America and animate their fantasies through their scripts and productions. In Top Gun, the American, cocky, pro-military, pro-power, pro-speed, pro-air superiority, pro-dropping a bomb right down the roof vent of your enemy half-way across the world... crowd won. The Americans in all of our jet flying, fossil fuel burning glory, WON! I wonder how many electric fighters jets were used in the making of this classic. Oh yeah, none. American wins. They spy on the bad guys. They find out the bad guys are doing bad things and they proactively do something. They launch a mission to kill the bad guys and utterly destroy any tools the use for current or future weapons. This movie was a win for America!

Go see it as soon as you can. Yes, Tom Cruise is absolutely nutty in real-life. Go see it anyway and pretend he's Maverick all the time.

BR