This has to be up there with one of the greatest action flicks ever created.
A masterful homage to its 1986 predecessor, Top Gun: Maverick delivers on just about every checkbox one would want in an action movie. A grounded, yet likable, supporting cast, with Cruise leading the pack with his trademark charisma.
The final act is easily some of the greatest action I've ever seen, and my friends will tell you that I enjoy just about every kind of…
The final installment of a perfect trilogy.
The continued theme of Messianic allegories continues, as the very action of "Return of the King" has the Bible written all over it. Also present is the very clear parallel of the Prodigal Son, with Aragorn returning to his ancestral land of Gondor.
Just an all-around incredible film, perfectly encapsulating an epic tale from start to finish. The final moments of the film of Sam and Frodo at the gates of Mount Doom…
(see review for Fellowship of the Ring).
Messianic parallel in this one: When Gandalf gets taken by the Balrog and then returns to Middle Earth as Gandalf the White. Literally resurrection.
The Two Towers is actually my personal favorite of the trilogy, as the entire Helms Deep battle sequence is just perfection. Aged so well, and still blows my mind that this movie was made in 2002. The makeup/costume for this film especially - the intricate details of the Uruk-hai…
