Customer Reviews
Incredible 80's Classic - By: Ted, 05 Mar 2007 
I remember seeing this film about [...]and being blown away by the aviation photography. I came home last friday evening & found out that that there was a special edition of the film that had been made. After watching modern & boring films I thought 'Ok, I have to order Topgun from amazon'. I put it on my widescreen mac with full volume & after just 10 minuites of seeing the planes, acting & hearing the music I just thought 'Wow, what an amazing classic'. This has to be one of the best 80's films ever made & Tom Cruise portrays an extremely cool & legendary character. He's top stuff in this movie. The concept of the top 1% of fighter pilots going up against the best of the best to learn aviation combat is just so amazing which you don't see in films today. The cinematography is superb, the music is just so thrilling it gave me tears in my eyes with hapiness.' The scenes of Iceman Interacting with maverick & Goose is just great to watch. The aerial footage is breathtaking & and fighter pilots are just the coolest people you'll ever meet. Like I was saying, this film is an absolute classic with great peformaces. Tom Cruise is just such a legend with an unforgattable elite personality. If you wanna see some serious jet action with legendary music then Topgun is for you. Defently recommended.
Best Present I could have bought him... - By: Ms. R. Barnes, 29 Jul 2006 
I never would have watched Top Gun, but my boyfriend (who just happens to be into planes) was shocked that I hadn't & immediately rented it out for us to watch!
I was pleasantly surprised to be honest!
Tom Cruise was excellently cast in the lead role as the cocky, yet loveable, Maverick. And Kelly McGillis isn't the typical leading lady- she doesn't play a bimboish young girl that we so often see in films these days.
Her character is a smart, sassy lady, in a position of authority at Top Gun. (Although she does sport a rather fetching Eighties hair-do!)
The films scenes of dogfighting are so well choreographed. Anybody with a remote interest in planes will appreciate it & men generallly probably would be impressed!
The love story throughout however, keeps the film from appealing only to a certain audience. Women- you will be able to sit through the fighting scenes knowing that they did not make up the entire film!
It is fun. It is a classic. It is not as predictable as you might have first guessed, trust me. I was surprised!
Not flawless obviously. There's no such thing. This Special Edition has an improved quality etc. of the actual film & loads of features on the second disc which are great if you enjoyed the film.
Worth a look & this is actuallly quite a good price (£5.97) for a DVD. (This also has 2 discs.)
I will end by saying that I bought this edition for his birthday... after seeing how he leered after the rental, I had to!
He's watched it around 16 times... Enough said.
Stands the test of time - By: Neil Butler, 25 Jul 2006 Oddly enough I didn't like this film the first time I watched it, or even the second. Quite how I ever came to watch it a third time I'll never know, but somehow I suddenly "got" what everyone else was seeing. There's something here for everyone. Great characters, great action scenes, wonderful music, tragedy, romance, humour & above alll else, entertainment. The story isn't as obvious & formulaic as one would expect from this sort of flick. The characters are well rounded, not alll good, not alll bad, often a little of both. It's easy to see why Cruise went on to become such a big star after this, & it's also easy to see why so many people still obsess about it. Let's face it, you only have to drop one of the "calll signs" into a conversation these days (20 years later) & people still know what you're on about. Great fun.
the best film - By: , 06 Mar 2006 This film is the best film i have ever seen. I have seen it god knows how many times & it gets better & better every time i see it. I see more & more of the little underlying things that you pick up from it, the soundtrack to it is awesome too which just puts the icing on the perfect cake for me.
Mav-tastic - By: Sinisa Mihaijlovic, 10 Feb 2006 This film is incredible, it makes me want to be a pilot & it will do you aswell mark my words. The explosive action & awesome sound track combine to give a breathtaking movie experience. I'd say the only bad thing about this film is the leading girl who is an absolute minger!! & lets face it maverick could have got any women he wanted & she is horrendous. Having said that it is only a smalll drawback for what is in truth an amazing film.
