So, we rallied up our male/female contributers to sit on the couch and comment hilariously on the awesomeness that is TOP GUN, or the perfect date movie (as we also like to call it). There is something for everyone! In honor of Maverick, our team donned matching white shirts and aviator glasses. Yes, it was that kind o’ night.
She said: I love the intro music! Can’t beat Kenny Loggins. I really need to download his music. A lot of key life lessons can be learned from the lyrics “Highway to the danger zone. Gonna take a ride into the danger zone.” Really, my mind is blown!
He said: Yeah, I dig the beginning. Twilight all around, awesome slow music at the beginning and the Loggins starts to jam! I’m 12 all over again and ready to see Kelly do her thing.
She said: I love that everyone is sweating bullets in the control room all the time. Is it the stress of having to look stressed out? Or just really hot in there? I get that it’s stressful trying to pretend to fight the fake bad guys/save your wing, but really, they are sweating all over the place. Now I’m wondering if they are covered in body oil. Body oil…
He said: Hmmm, body oil? Doubt it, that’s definitely sweat. Maybe it’s because they are supposed to be in the Indian Ocean. Hmmm, body oil…seriously, I like watching movies with “She Said,” but sometimes she creates her own movie with her fantasies.
She said: “She’s lost that loving feelin’?…I hate it when she does that” Best line in the movie. AWESOME!
He said: Any guy who tells you he didn’t love that scene growing up and didn’t think about how to actually do some variation of that is lying. Yes, lying! That scene is great and I still hope one day to pull that off on some lucky lady (I have one in mind). However, I didn’t know that P Diddy/Puff Daddy was old enough to be the advisor on the set so everyone could wear their sunglasses in the Officer’s Club at night. Yeah, sunglasses at night.
She said: Ok, Charlie (Kelly McGuiness) is just not that pretty. I don’t get it. What’s the deal?
He said: Good thing we have different taste in women. Not that pretty????? What are you talking about? Kelly was every kid and man’s fantasy after that movie! I think I detect the smell of jealously in the air.
She said: Naked hot men in towels. I remember why I like this movie. More!
He said: Umm…no more please…really…although these scenes justify Slider being in the movie as he just can’t act. And Iceman’s efforts to look cool make him look like a fool. Maybe that worked in the mid-1980s, but not now…not even close.
She said: VOLLEYBALL SCENE.
He said: Why are we watching this in frame-by-frame in super, super slow motion for the 15th time?!?
She said: Hell yeah Slider! Flex for us some more. Also, Goose with his shirt on = hilarious. That scene is also way too short. Sighhhhhh.
He said: Ok, honestly, these guys are really not that good. I mean who plays beach volleyball in blue jeans? C’mon! Also, how many times do we have to see Slider flex? He looks constipated!!! Slider must have ended up as a batchelorette party dancer or some zombie horror movie because he had NO acting skills whatsoever. Goose is awesome in this movie because he represents 95% of the male population out there with his shirt on. Way to go, Goose! You rock. I was motivated to go to the gym after seeing Mav, Ice, and Slider, but after watching you, I’m sitting here with a Klondike Bar singing Great Balls of Fire with some Jack in hand while the Dominoes guy is ringing the doorbell!
She said: I feel the need for speed! I do I do! Oh wait–the temperature is 110, perhaps that explains the sweating? Thanks Viper!
He said: One of the best scenes and lines of all time. Also, how can you not love “Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full.”
She said: Seriously, I want to thank the director of this movie for having so many plot points occur while the men are all wearing towels. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
He said: Umm…no comment.
She said: Oh Goose. So sad. But what I like about this movie (despite the sadness of losing Goose), is that it has a strong plot, good action (but not overly long–I’m looking at you action movies of today. Seriously!) sequences, some comedy mixed in with the drama, and some outstanding theme music. All of that together make Top Gun stand the test of time. Well, that and Kenny Loggins!
He said: The scene with Goose dying gets you, especially the part where his lifeless body is plunging to the ocean and also where the diver says, “Sir, you have to let him go.” It’s touching and you can feel the emotion. I’m a man, so clearly I love this movie, but I’m thinking the ladies will like it as well if you choose it for a night at home.
She said: Darn tootin’. Rent it TODAY!
