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to think Top Gun was a bag of arse?

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ChampagneTastes · 11/10/2014 21:42

Having a discussion with DH who is properly appalled that I fell about laughing when he suggested that Top Gun was a "brilliant" film. He has now banned me from discussing it with DS in case I "spoil" it for him.

Is it me??

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CMOTDibbler · 11/10/2014 21:44

I think its mostly rubbish, but I love the planes and ship views

bodhranbae · 11/10/2014 21:46

No.
It is the worst kind of 80s trash.
Strange homoerotic subtext. All that wing man crap.

ChampagneTastes · 11/10/2014 21:46

Oh yes, there are pretty scenes but it's basically bollocks, no?

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ThursdayLast · 11/10/2014 21:48

Biggest bag of arse

ChampagneTastes · 11/10/2014 21:48

bodhranbae Oh my DH is getting VERY defensive now you've brought that up!

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Aeroflotgirl · 11/10/2014 21:48

Top Gun was ace, all those lovely Migs and the dogfighting. Nit fir getting the gorgeous Tom Cruise

ThursdayLast · 11/10/2014 21:48

But I didn't see it in it's era. Still.

HeySoulSister · 11/10/2014 21:48

I feel the need, the need for speeeeed.....

Idefix · 11/10/2014 21:50

Total bollocks but loved it anyway! Important not to think too hard when watching lol! Making me feel v nostalgic for my teen years!?!

DameEdnasBridesmaid · 11/10/2014 21:50

What? Arse? It's bloody fantastic. I feel the need..... Grin

kippersmum · 11/10/2014 21:51

it is totally rubbish, I still love it though :) & yes I saw it when it first came out

duhgldiuhfdsli · 11/10/2014 21:52

Quentin Tarantino's cameo in the film "Sleep with me" nails Top Gun.

Sid: You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest fucking scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.
Duane: Oh, come on.
Sid: Top Gun is fucking great. What is Top Gun? You think it's a story about a bunch of fighter pilots.
Duane: It's about a bunch of guys waving their dicks around.
Sid: It is a story about a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It is! That is what Top Gun is about, man. You've got Maverick, all right? He's on the edge, man. He's right on the fucking line, all right? And you've got Iceman, and all his crew. They're gay, they represent the gay man, all right? And they're saying, go, go the gay way, go the gay way. He could go both ways.
Duane: What about Kelly McGillis?
Sid: Kelly McGillis, she's heterosexuality. She's saying: no, no, no, no, no, no, go the normal way, play by the rules, go the normal way. They're saying no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? That is what's going on throughout that whole movie... He goes to her house, all right? It looks like they're going to have sex, you know, they're just kind of sitting back, he's takin' a shower and everything. They don't have sex. He gets on the motorcycle, drives away. She's like, "What the fuck, what the fuck is going on here?" Next scene, next scene you see her, she's in the elevator, she is dressed like a guy. She's got the cap on, she's got the aviator glasses, she's wearing the same jacket that the Iceman wears. She is, okay, this is how I gotta get this guy, this guy's going towards the gay way, I gotta bring him back, I gotta bring him back from the gay way, so I'll do that through subterfuge, I'm gonna dress like a man. All right? That is how she approaches it. Okay, now let me just ask you - I'm gonna digress for two seconds here. I met this girl Amy here, she's like floating around here and everything. Now, she just got divorced, right? All right, but the REAL ending of the movie is when they fight the MIGs at the end, all right? Because he has passed over into the gay way. They are this gay fighting fucking force, all right? And they're beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it's over, and they fucking land, and Iceman's been trying to get Maverick the entire time, and finally, he's got him, all right? And what is the last fucking line that they have together? They're all hugging and kissing and happy with each other, and Ice comes up to Maverick, and he says, "Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!" And what does Maverick say? "You can ride mine!" Swordfight! Swordfight! Fuckin' A, man!

ChampagneTastes · 11/10/2014 21:52

Is it like the testosterone answer to Dirty Dancing?

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duhgldiuhfdsli · 11/10/2014 21:54

Here's the clip:

GlitterIsJustVampireAsh · 11/10/2014 21:55

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ChampagneTastes · 11/10/2014 21:56

I tried to show this to DH and he put his hands over his ears and went "lalalalalalala".

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HeySoulSister · 11/10/2014 22:04

What 'grove in the floor' is that?

LeBearPolar · 11/10/2014 22:07

I am on the fence. Yes, of course it is rubbish and the homoerotic subtext yada yada yada.

But...I loved it as a teenager and anyone who doesn't cry when Goose dies is made of stone. And then he died again in ER.

HappyGirlNow · 11/10/2014 22:09

It's BRILLIANT!!! And I so wanted to be a fighter pilot after I watched it...

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anonacfr · 11/10/2014 22:12

Yes but Iceman.

Trills · 11/10/2014 22:13

I think there was more chest than arse.

dogscatsandbabies · 11/10/2014 22:14

Wash your mouth out! Love that film.

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