Letterboxd — Your life in film

 “Every rejection, every disappointment has led you here to this moment”

This was an experience I never expected, at its heart it has such a beautiful message full of emotional depth that everyone can relate to cause who hasn’t at least once in there life felt like crap and depressed that maybe if they did things differently it could be better and we often take out lives for granted and not appreciate the hood we have. 

And through all that…

“Top Gun: Maverick” has lost that lovin feeling, but become an altogether better film in the process. 

I will defend in any dogfight that the original “Top Gun” is a romance. The entire arc of the film is more “Dirty Dancing” than “Red Dawn.” Instead of tango techniques, the main couple of Maverick and Charlie teach each other aeronautics. But the tenderness - and the sexiness - are all the same. 

“Top Gun: Maverick” is no romance. 

It’s the high…

An undeniable masterpiece from Wes, this may be the sweetest and most harmful movie I’ve seen in a while.
Wes Anderson literally never misses, this man with TGBD, The Royal Tenenbaums and this is in a 8.7+ streak.
Fantastic Mr. Fox essentially has 2 elements for which I consider it the best Anderson film and one of the best animated movies: the character study and the animation hit different.
They were something else, they brought some unique gems to this movie.

It’s deep.…

Top Gun: Maverick is a film that headbutts the concept of the so-called "legacy sequel" right in its fucking face.

What filmmaker Joseph Kosinski has assembled here is a film that has taken my breath away.

What could have easily been another uninspired studio-produced piece of filmmaking destined to cruise (see what I did there) entirely within a low altitude level for the duration of its flight has instead turned out to be an utterly stunning cinematic gamechanger that all…

"I don't like that look man."
"It's the only one I got."

Full disclosure - I've never been the biggest fan of 80s 'classic' Top Gun. It's far from Tom Cruise's or the late Tony Scott's best film, but is a fun enough diversion, and there's no denying the impact it had on pop culture. A re-watch one day prior to the new sequel did however give me a lot of appreciation what makers try to achieve with the long…

A sequel that comes out 36 years after the original, pays homage and tribute to the original and is better than the original in my opinion.

It's been a two year wait but it was worth it to see it in IMAX and in a packed theatre on the big screen. I could maybe find some nitpicks if I dig hard enough but otherwise I had a complete blast the whole time watching this and the climax is edge of…