The movie is supposed to come out on commercial video (yes, I know it's streaming, but if I'm gonna pay for it, I don't wanna watch it any time I want
without buffering or connection issues) very soon, and I'm for sure going to get a blu-ray disc of it.
p51 wrote:
From the filming photos I've seen online, here's my take on the plot:
It starts with Maverick is testing some high-altitude aircraft and he decides to take a stab at the record for the "World deepest landing" by lawn-darting it somewhere. We then get the exposition scene with Ed Harris accordingly (hence, the pressure suit and mussed look for Cruise).
Soon, the Navy identifies some unnamed rogue nation and gives a reason why they must be attacked. They can't just use the people they have, so they get Maverick to train a batch of younger crews for this attack with F-18s, including the son of his long-dead RIO and best friend, Goose.
Meanwhile, he falls for a local woman (Jennifer Connelly) with in some well-photographed scenes.
Either somewhere along the way, he encounters Iceman, maybe as the bad guy pilot for said rogue nation as a mercenary, but most likely as a contractor stateside.
With the group now trained, they board a carrier and go on the mission to attack the unnamed nation, going up into mountains.
Maverick and Goose's son both get shot down and manage to find each other, neither badly hurt in the process.
They find an F-14 at the enemy base and with Goose's son unfamiliar with such an 'ancient' plane, Maverick of course gets one final chance to fly a Tomcat with (sort of) "Goose" in the back seat. Coming back to the carrier, confusion ensues and Mav has to land the F-14 under duress. They step down from the FINAL F-14 landing aboard a US Carrier, and Maverick then returns to Connelly stateside in a sunset shot before the credits roll.
Wow, I just went back and looked at this, i got awfully close except for how Iceman factored into it.
But that said, I'm sure most of you would have guessed the same.