Oh puhleeeeze! Top Gun? Yeeeeech!

Thu May 03, 2007 11:32 pm

http://www.airventure.org/2007/news/070503_movie.html

Website · Fri May 04, 2007 12:15 am

Even though I'm not going to Oshkosh I voted for Memphis Belle

Fri May 04, 2007 4:01 am

Fri May 04, 2007 4:28 am

Top Gun??? :vom:

Fri May 04, 2007 5:17 am

It cold have been worse....

ConAIR, for instance?

Fri May 04, 2007 5:27 am

You have GOT to be freakin' kidding me! Everybody knows it's
"Twelve O'Clock High"

Dave

Fri May 04, 2007 6:10 am

Time to scratch that off my "things to see" list while I'm there. :roll:

John

Fri May 04, 2007 6:40 am

Yeah, the story line is weak, but it does have it's redeeming qualities. JET NOISE (sorry, I'm used to yelling around them) Tomcats, Skyhawks, and two good looking blondes ! Oh yeah, the soundtrack is pretty good, too !

It also sparked Tom Cruise's interest in aviation which has led him to put some of his fortune into preserving warbirds.

So, it can't be all bad.

Fri May 04, 2007 6:52 am

zeamerb17 wrote:You have GOT to be freakin' kidding me! Everybody knows it's
"Twelve O'Clock High"
Dave

It could never be a Black and White film.
They're just not as good as the color ones with the cool music! :cry:

Jerry

Fri May 04, 2007 7:31 am

If it hadn't been for the awesome flying scenes in that movies, it would have been relegated to "B" movie status. I really enjoyed the scenes with the F-14s and the F-5s, but skip through the rest anymore. We need an aviation nuts version of the film with just the flying scenes!

12 o'clock high was WAY better! Although I think I would have voted for One Six Right.

Fri May 04, 2007 7:36 am

Yeah, I thought 'The Final Countdown' was so much better too

F-14s AND Zeros. How cool is that? :shock:

Fri May 04, 2007 9:27 am

Why not just skip the bull and show the greatest aviation movie ever...

"AIRPLANE!"

Rumack : Captain, how soon can you land?
Oever : I can't tell.
Rumack : You can tell me, I'm a doctor.
Oever : NO, I mean I'm just not sure.
Rumack : Well, can't you take a guess?
Oever : Well, not for another 2 hours.
Rumack : You can't take a guess for another 2 hours?
Oever : No, no, no. I mean we can't land for another 2 hours
fog has closed down everything this side of the
mountains. We've got to get through to Chicago.

Fri May 04, 2007 9:35 am

Come on all, Top Gun is a classic. While it may not deserve the #1 spot for aviation nuts like us, there really is no other aviation-related movie out there that is as popular or had as big an impact as Top-Gun has. It was the #1 blockbuster of 1986 and is possibly the greatest recruiting tool the Navy/military has ever had. No other aviation film comes close to it's success - if that's what you want to base it on.

Fri May 04, 2007 9:40 am

Well, at least it wasn't Pearl Harbor!

Fri May 04, 2007 9:46 am

FlyingFortB17 wrote:...there really is no other aviation-related movie out there that is as popular or had as big an impact as Top-Gun has. It was the #1 blockbuster of 1986...

HeII's Angels? Probably a greater contemporary effect on the public than Top Gun.

Porco Rosso - grossed more (in Japan) than Titanic in the same year.

Certainly the best flying-boat-movie-starring-a-pig...

http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/porco/

Fortunately Miyazaki's vision prevailed (and earned his highest box office gross in its native country to date), allowing him to continue expanding the limits of feature-length animation with his later masterpieces like Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004). Despite its success, Porco Rosso took over a decade to widely reach American audiences, with Disney commissioning a new dub track (featuring Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Brad Garrett, and Susan Egan) rather than using an unsatisfying previous English dub.

http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.js ... eId=114160