Top Gun(1986)- User Reviews

I first saw Top Gun when I was a High School freshman.After almost twenty years of viewing it regularly,I could probably write the script!!!It was a film that clearly defined what is COOL IN THE 80's.It is about Navy jet fighter pilots or should I say ARROGANT NAVY JET PILOTS.It is ARROGANCE PERSONIFIED!!!!Tom Cruise starred as Lt.Pete "Maverick" Mitchell,an extremely COCKY NAVAL AVIATOR who was selected to train in the prestigious Navy school called TOP GUN.It is a school that provides training in dogfighting skills and air combat manuevering.The movie has all the elements to make it a great popcorn flick.It is a story about jet fighter pilots who gives a movie a macho feel and makes rock stars out of them.It has romance.It has great rivalry between two of the best pilots in class namely Maverick and Ice.It talks about friendship among these pilots especially that of Maverick and Goose.There are great memorable lines that is clearly identified with the film such as "I feel the need,the need for speed" and "Your ego is writing checks your body cash.Also,there is a mysterious death of the main character Maverick's father.WHO COULD FORGET THE DOGFIGHT SCENES AND THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY?And finally,it has great soundtrack especially with songs such as "Highway to the Dangerzone",which essentially describes the lifestyle of the pilots and the romantic love song "Take my breath away" as well as the instrumental "Top Gun Anthem" gives the movie its MTV feel.This is a feel good movie considering it talks about an jet fighter pilot who later loses his confidence after his friend/co- pilot dies in a dogfighting accident and how he gains it back.This film is for everyone who feels down.It is a film that helps me personally to gain confidence in life whenever I feel incapable of overcoming problems and challenges in life.Watch it and enjoy it.Or why don't you buy the DVD.Watch it to keep your confidence in check.For we will see these ARROGANT CHARACTERS in the movies again.