I went in with high expectations, which were quickly dashed when Maverick resorted to the old trope of trashing the flight manual (NATOPS) on the first day of training with his class.

The flight scenes, which I had read were so much better this time around, were similarly disappointing. (Btw, you don't just "bail out" of an aircraft doing Mach 10 above FL600. That whole thing was glossed over in typical Hollywood fashion).

The interplay with Rooster was formulaic to say the least. And the rest of the hot shots were just big bags of ego.

Color me extremely disappointed.