Top Gun Essay

Essay Title Top Gun: One of the Best Naval Aviation Movies Ever Made “I feel the need, the need for speed”, a great movie line from the movie Top Gun uttered by Tom Cruise (Cash & Epps, 1986). Tony Scott’s Top Gun (1986) is an example of one of the best movies ever made that depicts Navy aviation at its finest. The film was directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures (Cash & Epps, 1986). The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article written by Ehud Yonay for California Magazine entitled “Top Guns (Cash & Epps, 1986).” The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer and Tom Skerritt (Cash & Epps, 1986). In the movie Tom Cruise plays Maverick who is a hot pilot (Vogel, 2009). When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks (Vogel, 2009). On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the Carrier (Vogel, 2009). When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval …show more content…
Movie reviews were mixed at the time, but did deliver according to Robert Ebert; known as one of the best critics within the movie industry. In his review of the movie Top Gun, Roger Ebert quoted: “Top Gun" settles fairly quickly into alternating ground and air scenes, and the simplest way to sum up the movie is to declare the air scenes brilliant and the earthbound scenes grimly predictable (Ebert, 1986). This is a movie that comes in two parts: It knows exactly what to do with special effects, but doesn't have a clue as to how two people in love might act and talk and think” (Ebert, 1986). The movie itself did not garner best actors and actress awards in terms of Oscars, however, as reviewed by one of the best critics in the movie industry, did produce records in terms of revenue and