In a lot of ways Top Gun original is far superior. In TG2 The so called never seen before aerial scenes much vaunted by TC in promoting this film amounted to a fizzer compared to TG1. Some of flight scenes I dare say were embarrassingly boring. Basically it's just showing the pilots body swaying left to right while moaning and breathing heavy. The hillside or mountains in the background doesn't really portray how fast or how dangerously low the plane is flying so it's a dismal failure with all the cameras in the cockpit. In some ways it's a bit like the Emperors new clothes. Camera crew were probably too scared to say in front of TC, umm I don't think the scene or shot works...some of the dialogue was cringe worthy cheesy. None of the magic in TG1 has been replicated unfortunately. I think this movie would have been a lot better if TC was just the leading actor not also the producer.