It was a good movie, but is it better than "The Dark Knight Rises", "Braveheart", "Good Will Hunting", and "Star Wars Episode VI". I can not say it is. Again, it's a good movie, but if you have this movie rated as an 8 or above, I'm guessing you haven't seen a great movie in a while. I like Tom Cruise and Miles Teller, but the rest of the characters are pretty boring (I.e. Stereotypical military servicemen and women with one nerdy guy to spice things up). The movie is basically one giant promo for the US Navy (I'm sure they invested some pocket change to make this film). I will admit the flight scenes are amazing. But as movies from the past will tell us, just because a movie has a large budget with state-of-the-art technology, doesn't automatically make it a great movie. Some great movies were made on a budget a fraction the size of this film. I think people are a little too nostalgia-crazy for Top Gun that they are blinded from seeing the faults in this movie.