I love Tom Cruise and Miles Teller and Jon Hamm. "Top Gun: Maverick" is watchable because they're in it. Otherwise, it's U. S. Armed Forces porn and propaganda. The Oscar nominations are likely deserved for sound, editing, and visual effects. But best screenplay? Yes, there likely was one, I'll give them that. But surely there was at least one that was better than this. And then there's best picture. I think the word "best" must mean something different to me.

Watching Maverick riding super-fast on his motorcycle, too macho to wear a helmet, is exciting when he's in his 20s, but when he's over 60-years-old? Kind of sad.