It's gotten high scores on all the ideologically poisoned "review" sites and scores ultra high among fans.
Just came back from it just felt like a good, old school action flick with a Hero's journey type of story. It's great, and it does a proper "sendoff" with a character (Rooster) being a strong link between the previous movie and this movie.
This is one of those "turn your brain off and enjoy the ride" sorta deals. It just tries to be a good movie, and it's damn good. Lots of FUCK YEAH AMERICA tones to it as well.
I still want to know who the "enemy" they were fighting are though. Considering the wintery location it must be a reference to Russia, with the Su-57's kinda making an appearance as their opposition.
Regardless it's a great movie, even leftist publications are praising it. Go watch it if you have time.
They had a black recruit, a black rear admiral, and that big overweight black dude who was a bro to Maverick.
18% blacks in military, 16% Hispanics.
Slight overrepresentation, but at least it was somewhat believable.
Iceman was an Admiral, Cyclone was a white guy, the guy in charge (forgot his name) - that old fucking croon was a white guy. One of the new recruits was that cocky white guy stereotype (Iceman clone), etc.
I guess the best way to put it is it could've been WAY worse. They kept the socjus stupidity out.
If you guys have friends, you all knew of directly or know of guys in these groups who fit into these categories. That's what made it believable to me - I know a Hispanic vet and a black vet. My dad's a Vietnam Vet for the South Korean army and fought alongside the Americans against the Vietcong. Even the near Mary sue-esque female Latina pilot was believable, considering flying a plane doesn't require a similar kind of strength as lifting a ton of equipment.
looking at imdb, the new pilots: 5/12 white men, 2 black men, 1 Latino man that could pass as half black , one Latina woman, 1 Asian woman, 2 Asian men, i didn't mention the Asians because they disappeared after their 3 lines in the bar scene, but when they all walked in, one can't help but think hey diversity bingo
True, but they failed lol