Jun 162013
Top Gun (Widescreen Special Collector’s Edition)
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Collector’s Edition; Color; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; DVD; Widescreen; NTSC
In Top Gun, Tom Cruise stars as Maverick, a talented training pilot in an elite U.S. school for fighter pilots. When he stumbles upon some MiG’s over the Persian Gulf, and his wingman panics, Maverick cleverly talks him through the situation to safety. Consequently, he is moved up in rank and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he has several conflicts with other students while trying to live up to his deceased father’s reputation. Unable to cope with the death of his best friend, and
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Top Gun never claims to have epic scope, emotional gravitas, or a deep plot. I imagine that those who criticize this movie for its supposed shortcomings also look upon the Three Stooges with disgust for not exploring the depth of Moe’s antagonistic relationship with Curly. The fact is that only about 10% of films released in general circulation attempt to have the depth of a Citizen Kane or Godfather. Among the other 90%, Top Gun is the best of the best.
Top Gun’s obvious strength is the aerial visuals. Not since perhaps Howard Hughes’ Jet Pilot has there been such an ambitious attempt to capture the look and feel of high performance flight. The F-14′s photogenic qualities combine with Tony Scott’s signature backlighting to create a terrific sense of energy and screen presence for the Grumman bird. The tactical realism may suffer, but the tight spacing and resulting packed frames of the ACM sequqnces are uniquely energetic and fast-paced. It is a shame that this may be the last time that anyone goes to the expense and hassle of using real film to capture such manuevers. The footage still compares favorably to state of the art CGI 20 years after its release.
The non-flying scenes are remarkable only for the collection of young talent that would eventually drive box office returns for a good part of the ’90s. But the greatest compliment I could give the plot and acting is that they don’t detract from the pacing and cohesiveness of a visually-driven movie.
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|I demand re-release of this dvd.,
4:3 ratio screen is very good transfer. However, wide-screen isn’t really wide screen. it’s a 4:3 screen chopped off from top and bottom. in other word, instead of having a whole theatrical picture, what you get is picture that’s been chopped up both vertical and horizontally. what we are seeing is only 1/3 of what’s filmed, which is even smaller than 4:3. somebody cheated big time from paramount. setup menu is false leading. I want to see entire wing span on F-14! It does make huge difference on impact in fighting scene. movie this good must be done right. and while at it, make it a anamorphic enhanced.
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|Top Gun,
I own the VHS version and now the DVD. The flying scenes are among the best I’ve ever seen in any movie. If you have a DVD player in your home theatre system with surround-sound, don’t miss out on this action packed movie. The sounds are incredible! I’ve watched this movie 30 times and still haven’t grown tired of it!
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