Top Gun [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Top Gun [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Top Gun blu-ray
Summary: 4 Stars
Good sound and picture. Enjoyed it. Would recommend it for your blu-ray player.Movie Review: Aerial Antics With Cheese
Summary: 3 Stars
Recently released on Region A Blu-Ray, I watched this film again for the first time in several years.
Top Gun is not a movie that has aged well - particularly since release the novelty of seeing F14's in close combat and training exercises has been overtaken by flight sim games that let you do it yourself and the CNN/Discovery Channel imagery of real warfare in Desert Storm etc. Despite the premise that "Top Gun" teaches close air warfare, the real military doctrine is to avoid closing within gun range in the first place and rely on "Beyond Visual Range" methods to engage the enemy. If that fails, evade or retreat to save the plane (and pilot) to fight another day.
The plot and dialogue seems even more camp, cliched and dated than even just a few years ago, not surprising as they have been lampooned to death. Stand out cliche has got to be "Goose" - who really has disposable-comic-relief written on his forehead from the first scene.
I seriously doubt that any pilot with the attitude problem and disregard for orders that Maverick displays, would in reality be allowed anywhere near a Navy jet.
Focus on the flying scenes and make the tea when the cringeworthy romance interludes or oiled bare 'pecs are on. It's more camp than Priscilla, Queen of the Desert...
Three stars really for the cult classic status and the crystal clear Blu-Ray picture and sound but it's not hard to see why they never made a sequel. If you want a more realistic, down to earth story about naval aviation watch "Flight of the Intruder" - a much better movie.
Movie Review: The F-14 Tomcat and the cheesy plot never looked better
Summary: 3 Stars
The title has been reviewed zillions of times for more than 23 years so I am reviewing this title for it's release on Blu-ray DVD. Watching the Blu-ray disc reminded me of the first time I saw the film on the big screen back in '86. The colors were vivid, the details were sharp, and the picture bright on a Samsung 1080p 52" LCD. The sharpness is also a curse. Film grain is very apparent in the low light sequences, especially in the opening scene on the carrier flight deck. The "chopped" widescreen format does look odd at times. There is some definite cropping that detracts from what could have been a magnificent cinematic experience.
I found the audio in this release to be lackluster. The standard edition DVD and even a VHS copy lets loose with crushing bass that can be felt as much as heard through an older 5.1 w/subwoofer system. This Blu-ray audio weezes out the bass with the same sound system settings. If you're stuck with dolby 5.1, go for the standard DVD for acceptable sound.
One very annoying artifact is that the closed captioning is default "on." This is the only disc I have ever purchased or rented that required captioning to be turned off when attempting to play right out of the case.
Oddly, Blu-ray didn't seem to do anything for the cheesy sophomoric plot. But the flying sequences sure looked great!
Movie Review: Not much better than the original
Summary: 3 Stars
Top Gun was, and still is the benchmark for home theater viewing. I just recently updated my system with all high end components and new larger plasma screen tv.
Of course, the first thing I did was purchase Top Gun on Blue Ray. I guess since it was made so long ago, the video is somewhat limited as to how much better it could actually be. The audio is fantastic as ever.
Over all, there were a couple of spots where things seemed a bit clearer and made you feel more like you were actually part of it but over all, the upgrade from the original is marginal at best. Top Gun is still awesome, but the Blue Ray upgrade is just so so.
Movie Review: Top Gun's a classic, but save some money & get it on DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
One of my alltime favorite movies, I was hoping it would be worth having on Bluray, but as in most cases with films not just made there really is no big difference between the DVD & Bluray versions (at least, not so far as what I've come across).
The movie's a definite must have for any collection, but get it on DVD if you can find it cheaper.