I loved this movie.
It obviously took the TFA approach to sequels but they nailed it. I thought it was "good" up until about the halfway mark but man the Iceman scene really hit me in the heartstrings and from that point on I thought the film was on a whole other level.
The original film is as iconic as they come with literally every aspect (the cast, soundtrack, score, cinematography, one-liners, action, etc.) being iconic in and of itself but Maverick was an absolutely unexpectedly worthy sequel in the tradition of BR 2049. SO much better than Ghostbusters Afterlife which I found to be decent but highly forgettable.
Amazing that the original Road Warrior/Thunderdome, Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, and Top Gun all came out within a few years of each other and each one got super delayed sequels over 30 years later but Maverick was the sole sequel that actually kept the main character from the original as the main character in the new one so kudos to the studio for having faith in Tom and kudos to Tom for pulling it off. In fact I'm not sure that this particular story would have even worked as well if they did make this film 10-20 years ago. We needed to see Tom age for the role and that hasn't even begun to happen until just the last couple years, lol.
Boy does it highlight what a miss it was for Miller to recast Max.
On a side note it was a real treat to see this movie with my kids including my 12 year old son considering I was 12 in 86 when the original came out.
It obviously took the TFA approach to sequels but they nailed it. I thought it was "good" up until about the halfway mark but man the Iceman scene really hit me in the heartstrings and from that point on I thought the film was on a whole other level.
The original film is as iconic as they come with literally every aspect (the cast, soundtrack, score, cinematography, one-liners, action, etc.) being iconic in and of itself but Maverick was an absolutely unexpectedly worthy sequel in the tradition of BR 2049. SO much better than Ghostbusters Afterlife which I found to be decent but highly forgettable.
Amazing that the original Road Warrior/Thunderdome, Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, and Top Gun all came out within a few years of each other and each one got super delayed sequels over 30 years later but Maverick was the sole sequel that actually kept the main character from the original as the main character in the new one so kudos to the studio for having faith in Tom and kudos to Tom for pulling it off. In fact I'm not sure that this particular story would have even worked as well if they did make this film 10-20 years ago. We needed to see Tom age for the role and that hasn't even begun to happen until just the last couple years, lol.
Boy does it highlight what a miss it was for Miller to recast Max.
On a side note it was a real treat to see this movie with my kids including my 12 year old son considering I was 12 in 86 when the original came out.
