First comment ever and motivated by the eyeroll rating of 8+ on this.

The Top Gun: Maverick I saw was incredibly predictable and horribly cringe-worthy. The piano scene, the torn relationships, the overacted looks between actors, the dialogue, even Lady Gaga's tune that was featured. All cringe.

In my opinion, boomers needed something from their past so desperately, that they held on to this and must have focused on only the great cameo by Val Kilmer, and wiped all the bad about this film from their minds.

3/10 at most.

Never mind. Now I see why it is rated so highly. The comments about being non-woke speak loud. It isn't that this is a good movie, because it really isn't. It's because the group that fills other pages with complaints about wokeness finally found a film they can use as a springboard for their message. While I don't disagree with it (House of the Dragon was the straw that broke the camel's back for me), don't fall for Top Gun Maverick being as good as the rating says.