Maverick’ Will Be A Meditation On Tom Cruise’s Career

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On Thursday, the Top Gun: Maverick trailer was launched to the world and, truthfully, it seems fairly good! The first Top Gun is just not a great film, however it’s extremely entertaining. If this sequel can no less than be that, nicely then I’m in.

Look, this film doesn’t come out for an additional 11 months, so who is aware of, however I do assume there’s one thing else at play right here. I believe there’s going to be a subtext to Top Gun: Maverick that this trailer sort of lays out for us: I get the sensation Top Gun: Maverick is a film about Tom Cruise’s profession.

Remember when Tom Cruise used to get nominated for Academy Awards? He’s obtained 4 nominations, however none since 1999, a supporting nomination for enjoying Frank T.J. Mackey in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. Since Magnolia, Cruise has eschewed meaty, Oscar sort roles (save for a supporting position in Lions For Lambs, which didn’t get nominated, but it surely does qualify as “meaty”), as an alternative opting to go the blockbuster route and, ultimately, get to a degree the place he has now turn into recognized for doing all his personal loopy stunts. Cruise, at this time, is nearer to being the following Evel Knievel than he’s to getting one other Oscar nomination. (That’s not a dig, his latest output has been exhilarating.) And now, right here he’s, starring in one other Top Gun film 34 years after the unique.