Packed with nostalgia and heroism, “Top Gun: Maverick” is a celebration of cinema as a spectacle | #CineBuzzIndica

It is curious to think that “Top Gun: Maverick” is a film that has more of the face and personality of its protagonist Tom Cruise than the director Joseph Kosinskiwho had already signed the direction of “Tron – O Legado” and “Oblivion”, the latter a partnership with Tone who has already been ostracized. next to Jerry Bruckheimerprolific producer in the action genre, known for films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Armageddon”, “A Rocha”, among many others, Tone is more than just producer and protagonist, he takes on the role of hero of the genre.

It’s like he’s the John Wayne of contemporary action. A virile and heroic American who symbolizes and defends the interests of the imperialist country, even if his Maverick has a hint of rebellion. This rebellion, if in the 1986 classic was seen as irresponsibility and arrogance, now, 36 years later, gives it charm. More mature, Maverick has added to himself the charisma intrinsic to Tone, in top shape about to turn 60. Like a hero, he performs the most unlikely and unusual stunts for the average man: he is the one who pilots the helicopter that takes him to present the film at its first official screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Note how “Top Gun: Maverick” is presented and served as a rare dish. Something that should be tasted in the best possible way and at the right time. The option of Tone in not releasing the film in streamings it just shows it. if Vinicius de Moraes said “forgive me for the ugly ones, but beauty is fundamental”, Tone can declare “sorry for the streamings, but a movie theater is essential for a blockbuster”. And he is absolutely right to value this experience and is right to understand that his – yes, his – “Top Gun: Maverick” is cinema spectacle.

In the story, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) has worked for over 30 years as one of the Navy’s top aviators pushing the boundaries as a courageous test pilot. When called up for a new mission at the Top Gun Academy, Maverick must train the best pilots and prepare a team for a deadly mission, but the challenges of this mission in a nation that doesn’t even earn a name – matter? no – nor do they compare to the traumas of your past.

If, on the one hand, the film’s script is not original at all – not even close to it, as it reframes key moments of the original “Top Gun” to enhance the work’s impact on its viewer -, on the other hand, the plot gives Maverick of Tone. A huge hit. Unlike the original, a film that was much more concerned with the sunny aesthetic of Tony Scott and which fit the pattern of blockbuster than the 80s got used to producing, this new chapter is loaded with drama and more carefully developed characters.

It doesn’t take long to notice that the death of colleague Goose in the previous film still haunts our hero-protagonist, and it is personified in Rooster, son of Goose, played by Miles Teller. At first, the relationship between Rooster and Maverick is quite conflicted. Maverick feels guilt for the absence he caused the young man, while Rooster owns the same rebellious style that Maverick paraded 36 years ago. It’s a cyclical story that isn’t shy about emulating the classic. The volleyball game gives space to the “team game”. Maverick’s trip to the Top Gun gym again comes as a surprise. The bar scene with the love interest comes wrapped in a song.

In addition to the new names in the cast such as teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm and Glen Powell, the greatest freshness is in the action sequences that have progressively evolved in recent years and that are better suited to today’s cinema. Even better. Recent films like “Midway – Battle on the High Seas” and “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” have not even come close to what is accomplished here. If the action of the long predecessor was more timid, a sign of its time, now it is exuberant, tense and realistic. and have Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack makes it even more exciting.

Emotion is the right word to define “Top Gun: Maverick”. For the nostalgic, the word that best defines him is nostalgia. After all, there are memories of Goose, the ballads played in the previous film, the motorcycle ride with the girl on the back, and the return of characters like Ice, from Val Kilmerpresented in a very affectionate way and that may surprise those who didn’t know about the actor’s condition – for that, I recommend the documentary “Val”, available on Prime Video – all this is packaged in this package of blockbuster.

In short, “Top Gun: Maverick” may not be on par with “Titanic” and “Jaws” when it comes to blockbusters, but I would say that it is for the recent “Jurassic World” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: visit and re-signify the past adding new spices, one of them nostalgia, dramatizing situations and characters that once did not even exist and transforming the experience of check it out in a movie theater in show. It’s the perfect formula for blockbusters in the present day.