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  • Top Gun: Maverick

    ★★★

  • The Goonies

    ★★★★

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  • Top Gun: Maverick

    Top Gun: Maverick

    ★★★

    Originality: Sequels, by definition, have a hard time being original. Maverick does very little to dispel that notion. Maverick is tasked with leading the next generation of top aviators into an impossible situation that only they can complete. Not unlike his first foray into this arena.

    Structure & Pacing:  Movie’s pace was good overall, but there could have been longer segments setting up characters and the problem at hand.  The overly simplistic plot limited character development.

    Character Development: This is where…

  • The Goonies

    The Goonies

    ★★★★

    Originality: For its time this was an original plot. A group of kids taking on an adventure entirely self directed.

    Structure & Pacing:  Movie has a great pace to it and keeps moving from beginning to end. 

    Character Development: You really get to know these kids, both collectively & individually. Each one has a unique personality and encounters a challenge they must overcome. Each character is necessary to the group achieving their objective of saving the town. Even when they think they’ve…

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