Mike Collar (ledfut360)

What can I say about Top Gun that hasn't already been said. Great pacing, amazing soundtrack and incredible flying sequences. Someone probably said that somewhere, didn't they?
I know. The enemy planes aren't really Migs. They're just F5 Freedom Fighters. Today, we have a Mig 23 on static display at the local air museum (I live near a Canadian airbase) and I have seen a Mig 29 Fulcrum in action. We also have had Antonov and Ilyushin cargo planes flying over the house. But that is today. If I had seen those sights when Top Gun came out I would have screamed "red dawn", run for the woods and joined the Wolverines.
Still, it's about high time for a remake of this movie. One where Maverick and Goose are pitted against actual Migs instead of run-down Northrops that were already almost 30 years old when the movie came out.

I'm going to enjoy this movie like it was the last one on earth!

Several years ago, while travelling through a Saskatchewan thunderstorm, I was surprised by a sudden and complete reversal in direction by the gale force wind. This was followed by rain lifting from the overflowing ditches and blowing across the road like drifting snow. Even though I feared for my continued existence, the first thing on my mind was "Belcher! We got upflow!" The only movie I have seen more times than this one would be Top Gun. But like a cold front on a hot August afternoon, this one is getting there fast. Let me say something right up front. There are some elements of this movie that I find exceedingly annoying. Foremost would be that these are the most intelligent tornadoes ever created on our little green and blue ball. They relentlessly chase down people and then dissipate after having caught them. Also CGI has grown incredibly since this movie's release but some sequences were hokey even back in '96 when I originally sat in the theater. A particular example would be the tanker truck as it is dragged into the storm. It is too shiny, bright and clean for all that dark sky and stormy weather. What keeps me coming back to this movie are the characters. This goes beyond the tornadic love triangle that is the vortex of the movie. Philip Hoffman's Dusty is a classic study in its own right and one of the most likeable characters to come out of any movie. Scott Thompson is perhaps the most unusual of the group as "preacher", but he and Sean Whalen as Sanders or Alan Ruck as "Rabbit" add as much to the movie as the four primary characters. However this takes nothing from Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton Jami Gertz and Cary Elwes, who work magic together. Dialouge is generally short, snappy and believable while editing moves the story faster than a falling Jeep Honcho. One thing I find most endearing is that for a movie where characters regularly spout lines from other films -- "that's no moon. It's a space station" -- it has left its mark with a few quotables of its own. "Dusty. We got Debris" and "Cow. Another Cow. -- Actually, I think that was the same one". Even though the group leaves Jo's aunt's house as one and is seen bouncing through the cornfield together, seconds later they are separated by miles as they track one of the storms. Despite this and other flaws, Twister will always remain on my list of favorite movies of all time.

It's got all the key elements to make a great movie -- cars and women. Did I mention plot? yeah, there's some of that too