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[tcarchiverandom @tcarchive0220]

"The movie starts with Vincent arriving to LA
here he is, this guy who just looks perfect
Silver fox coming in the airport" (tom cruise)

#Collateral bts

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

When Top Gun: Maverick (🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟) first dropped in May of 2022, I gave the sequel to Tony Scott’s cult classic the five-star treatment. I walked out of the theater utterly shocked at the quality of this film: everything about Maverick exceeded my expectations, which, to be fair, were not exceptionally high. I revisited Maverick in light of Gladiator II (🌟🌟) to see if this sequel actually holds up as well as I initially thought. I’m happy to say it does- Top Gun: Maverick is the blueprint for legacy sequels done right.

We should never take Maverick’s technical mastery for granted. Director Joseph Kosinski & Tom Cruise knocked it out of the ball park when it comes to all the major flight sequences- whether the film’s climax or the training scenes leading up to the major moment. But beyond the technical mastery, which earned a few Oscar nominations, the reason Maverick works so well is the story blends the past with the future. This sequel doesn’t turn its back on Maverick’s arc but doesn’t make this entire film about Maverick.

That framework allows Cruise to thrive because he doesn’t actually have to carry this film. Miles Teller & Glen Powell represent the future while Val Kilmer & Jennifer Connelly represent the past. That sort of balance allows Cruise to travel between the known & the unknown. In other words, it’s the exact recipe that makes this film one of the best legacy sequels ever created.

It’s also undeniable that Cruise needed to be in this film. No, he didn’t carry this movie & there’s so much quality filmmaking & acting around him to make this work. But imagine if Maverick didn’t include Cruise at all but just revolved around Miles Teller or just revolved around Powell? This film would subsequently fail because Cruise’s presence looms too large. That’s why the key to unlocking these sequels isn’t to turn your back on the key figure that made the original, it’s to figure out a way to weave what worked in the past with something that might work in the future.

“It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot.”

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL was released 21 years ago today. One of the biggest blockbusters of its time - that led to one of the biggest ever movie franchises - the story of how it came to the screen is either madness, or brilliance…

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[Scott Leger @Scotterybarn]

a seemingly innocent mixup that allowed him to plant a thumbprint scanner on the door handle

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

@WCKitchen @CAIRNational please do something

show this to world

show this to everyone. this is horrific

https://t.co/hTpEmCOy8R

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Jonathan Glazer has donated a selection of signed THE ZONE OF INTEREST and UNDER THE SKIN posters to the @Cinema4Gaza auction.

See the auction listing here: https://t.co/jAFi5GvoSI

[kyle @Caol_MacCormaic]

man we were really looking at this one still for two and a half years huh

[Red Alert @RedAlerted]

My Response to The New Yorker article. https://t.co/vzWm51fUZw via @YouTube

[Tom Cruise @TomCruise]

Rome was an incredible backdrop for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. I can't wait for everyone to see this next month on the big screen.

[Mission: Impossible @MissionFilm]

Watch the official trailer for #MissionImpossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, starring @TomCruise. Only in theatres July 12.

Your mission is to retweet this trailer with #MissionImpossible and #Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to the World Premiere in Rome.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The new trailer for ‘MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING - PART ONE’ has been released.

The film releases on July 12 in theaters.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Florence Welch has an emotional reaction to “Dog Days Are Over” being featured in #GotGVol3

“Thank you so much for all the love for this moment.”

(https://t.co/K3Djy0qQKC)

[But With Raptors @ButWitRaptors]

I Will Survive (1978) but with a Velociraptor

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘THE BATMAN - PART 2’ officially begins filming in November.

[Red Alert @RedAlerted]

I need it

[Paris Saint-Germain @PSG_inside]

🆕⚡️⬛️ #PSGxJordan

[Red Alert @RedAlerted]

For real thought this was Spy Kids 3 before I realised 🥲
What is going on 🥲🥲

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First look at ‘CREED III’, starring Michael B Jordan and Jonathan Majors.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

14 years ago today, ‘THE DARK KNIGHT’ released in theaters.

[Red Alert @RedAlerted]

@lonearcherfilms Careful. Or this might become a habit…