Top Gun: Maverick and Skyfall are the SAME Movie...kinda

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🎬 In this FilmSpeak video essay we discuss why Top Gun: Maverick and Skyfall are the SAME Movie...kinda and How THIS James Bond Movie Inspired Top Gun: Maverick
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Top Gun Maverick is a masterpiece and it's no coincidence that it shares a lot in common with another masterpiece in the James Bond franchise. The first time I watched the absolute masterpiece that is Top Gun Maverick I stated that it was the Skyfall of Tom Cruise movies and if you've seen Top Gun 2, I bet you can figure out where I'm coming from with that declaration. Since that initial viewing, I've been trying to figure out and put into words my feelings about the dichotomy between the Top Gun sequel and Daniel Craig's James Bond masterpiece Skyfall and a recent rewatch of Skyfall only further defined the parallels between the two films. They share a core critique of what progress is not. Skyfall - and Craig's era of Bond in general - argues that the person holding the gun is what matters, not the gun itself; Top Gun: Maverick even affirms this in the text, that "it's not the plane, it's the pilot." Hell, they even have the same story! There’s a synergy between stories here that’s close to the level you’d normally find in a remake.

But both films are also about time. Bond and Maverick both enter the frame in these stories surrounded by challenges about their age. Is there a place in the 21st century for a Cold War hero? Will the old ways be erased entire by technology? Combined with automation threatening to take over their positions or, worse, those positions simply being deemed unnecessary outright and erased entirely, both of these heroes have something to prove: that there is a place and need for what they do, that it MUST be done by a human, and - most of all - that they are THE best man for the job regardless of how many birthdays they've had. They answer a challenge that they might be better off retiring with a resounding “absolutely not.”

But is Top Gun Maverick merely a vehicle to explore a bit about Tom Cruise? Or does it take a page out of the James Bond franchise to explore the relevancy of national heroes in today's age? Is Skyfall just an elaborate celebration of a half-century of the cinematic James Bond? Or is it an affirmation that technology and time might march on endlessly, but human resolve and heroism will never fall to either? Well, buckle up, because Griffin (@griffschiller) is going to explore how Skyfall inspired Top Gun Maverick, how Top Gun Maverick and Skyfall are the same movie, why Top Gun Maverick works, why top gun maverick is perfect, and why Top Gun Maverick is actually a James Bond movie. Enjoy this Top Gun Maverick video essay, James Bond analysis, and Top Gun Maverick analysis!

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After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it. Top Gun 2 is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, and Val Kilmer.
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