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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) film

Discussed in 12 episodes · 13 film takes
PKA Score 7.0/10
Kyle
6.8/10
11 takes
Taylor
5.0🦉/7
2 takes
IMDb 8.2 RT 96% Metacritic 78
PKA rates this 1.5 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 369PKA 444PKA 520PKA 596PKA 671PKA 369: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 448: +0.85 (1 take)PKA 450: +0.10 (1 take)PKA 600: +0.75 (2 takes)PKA 602: +0.85 (1 take)PKA 641: +0.35 (2 takes)PKA 646: +0.68 (2 takes)PKA 671: -0.11 (3 takes)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 369 @ 22:36 — PKN 369
Upcoming Tom Cruise film expected to be profitable and successful
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Tom Cruise doesn't fail. okay i kind of buy into what you're saying and i'm certainly not dumb enough to bet against top gun but um shit what just failed recently”
▶ PKN 450 @ 20:45 — PKN 450
Discussion of how the film leans heavily on nostalgia from the original; plot about Goose dying in training and his son
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I watched Maverick, the Tom Cruise movie. I thought it was okay.”
▶ PKA 448 @ 2:17:35 — Painkiller Already #448
Taylor enthusiastically describes the trailer for the sequel, praising visuals and Tom Cruise's performance
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Visually it looks fucking incredible. It looks great. There hasn't been a movie like that about fighter pilots. Fighter jets since Top Gun maybe and the visuals looked incredible. Tom Cruise is great in everything he doe”
▶ PKA 671 @ 1:23:52 — PKA 671 W/ H3CZ: Kyle Got Hit By A Car, Amouranths New Beer, The
Discussion of 2022 film with Tom Cruise, piano scene, and mission plot
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I also thought that it was a little silly that they made it seem like you had to do this hot dog maneuver that only one man on the planet could do to get a bomb in a hole”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I thought L it I thought that that uh piano scene was overthe top cheese when they're singing the song that uh that goose sang back in the day”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I love Tom Cruz I love the music I liked him on that motorcycle I like the roof blowing off at the beginning but I didn't love it”
▶ PKA 646 @ 1:50:25 — PKA 646 W/ AquaFPS: Onlyfans or Boxing?, The Death Of Marvel, Yo
Tom Cruise's aging and physical conditioning compared to other cast members; quality of the film
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love those movies they're really [ __ ] good”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I watched that that Maverick movie the other day it was really good too he just makes amazing movies has his own jet like you talk about traveled I bet this guy pops over to France when he feels like french food right”
▶ PKA 641 @ 3:53:05 — PKA 641 W/Ed Bolian: Cop Disarmed By EMT, Does Taylor Have A Bab
Extended discussion of new Tom Cruise film, streaming availability, box office performance, and theory that opening involves Maverick's death
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's so cool to see I don't know 60 year old Wharf 70 year old dwarf I don't know it's uh I really enjoyed it”
Woody · likely▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“it's on Paramount it's probably on Plex then I think it's all Paramount”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“I still need to watch that I still need to watch the new [ __ ] um Tom Cruise the the fly in the jet”
Unknown · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I love this you're like yeah how much does that cost a month you're like oh well I'll just steal this”
▶ PKA 603 @ 3:39:20 — PKA 603 W/ Josh Pillault: Halfway House Wedding, Woody is a Cow
Brief mention that the film passed a billion dollars in box office earnings
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“i haven't seen it either i feel like an [ __ ] but with the move and everything i've just been i mean i'm working every day like it passed a billion so it's pretty good”
▶ PKA 602 @ 35:00 — PKA 602 W/ Matt Farah: Kyle Moves, Matt's Mental Health
Kyle and Matt discuss the film's success, cinematography, and theatrical experience
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“it's his biggest movie ever like like tom cruise this year i was just saying like it came out at times with other movies that you would think would be big and i saw some chart and it's like not even any two movies put to”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i really want to i i i've been moving you didn't see [ __ ] top gun yet i've been i haven't seen the first one week i haven't been able to see it but i really no it was good everybody says i think tom cruise might have s”
▶ PKA 601 @ 1:13:31 — PKA 601 W/ Josh Wolf: Josh Changes Woodys Life, Sky King, Taylor
Josh discusses Tom Cruise's commitment to stunts and the appeal of watching action films
Josh Wolf · unverified▲ positive
“as soon as he hung off the airplane i was like are you hanging off an airplane for my entertainment i'll buy a [ __ ] ticket to that”
Josh Wolf · unverified▲ positive
“if you're doing that for my entertainment i'm buying the ticket you have earned the ticket”
▶ PKA 600 @ 2:29:10 — PKA 600 W/ Sam Hyde: Punking iDubbbz, Tinder Advice, The Joker M
Hosts discuss the new Top Gun sequel and Tom Cruise's performance and aged appearance
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's unreal how good tom cruise looks after this many years it's unreal”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the new one and so it's making me feel like i have to watch the original watch the gay scene”
▶ PKA 557 @ 2:20:47 — PKA 557 W/ Wolf: Kyle's Boxing offer, Taylor Swift is Jerk, Only
Kyle discusses the theatrical experience and how certain movies demand cinema viewing
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“i just went to the theater for the first time like a year and i saw the trailer for top gun too and yeah i saw uh when you see it on um your your computer but when you i saw that trailer in the theater holy [ __ ] that j”
▶ PKA 486 @ 1:20:56 — PKA 486 w/ More Plates More Dates - Trump Pardons Tiger King, Ge
Woody expresses interest in watching the new Top Gun movie and discusses Tom Cruise's willingness to perform real stunts in films.
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“I really want to see the new Top Gun movie with him in it the visuals with him in the cockpit like we were watching that trailer with him in the cockpit for Top Gun 2 and I was my dad and I was like if it weren't Tom Cru”