Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
It starts off with a meta awareness of the ridiculousness of a Top Gun sequel being made 30 years later but that tongue in cheek understanding quickly fades away to make way for a great movie. They go all in and fully embrace what made the original so good.
It just feels genuine despite it most likely opening pandoras box for studios to make even more remakes/sequels to popular 80's movies.
This movie was setting itself up to be amazing. It had an interesting premise and interesting characters and the entire time you can tell something wasn't right with the hotel. However the good first half was followed by a third act that dragged on for what felt like half the movie and the rip off Manson family was a horrible way to wrap up all the subplots. So much missed potential. There was also the extremely strange choice of making…