RAL Movie of the Week - Top Gun

Maverick, keeps'n it RAL

This week, http://www.ikeepsitral.com/ MOW will feature and oldie...but a goodie...TOP GUN. Released back in 1986, this movie has been watched by every self respecting guy on earth, and probably every girl who wanted to see what Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer looked like shirts optional. The film is based on a bunch of cocky young US Navy pilots going through their training in California...and acting as cool and macho as possible. This leads to some of the most RAL nonRAL scenes ever shown in an action film. The F-14 Tomcat fighter jet is certainly the star of this flick, with Val Kilmer (Iceman) and Tom Cruise (Maverick) running in a distant second, and maybe third goes to Goose...you know the dude who was that doctor on ER.

Goose

RAL Top Gun
First the RAL part of this movie, any dude who doesn't love seeing fighter jets ripping around and killing ruskies should not consider them self a man. A memorable scene in my mind has to be when Iceman and Mav have their first confrontation in the locker room...coming face to face discussing who's the best, and who's more "dangerous". This is where Iceman, with his bleached blonde hair, busts out the memorable "Bite" move to Mav. I personally try and use this move at least once a week, because it is so arrogant and RAL that the person who you do it to, instantly needs a shamwow to clean themselves up.



From here the movie progresses into a much deeper story, and where the concept of being a wingman comes from (you know...asking a dude to be a wingman at the bar...this is where it comes from). Goose proves himself to be the ultimate wingman in the history of the planet, while Iceman shows himself to be the opposite , no spoilers here but for those who've seen this flick, they know the scene I'm talking about. I don't cry during movies, I do pushups, but this particular scene, well if you don't feel a bit of a lump in your throat then you probably have no friends and just rewind the volleyball scene over and over again.

nonRAL Top Gun
For the most part, this movie is 90% RAL...but there are a few scenes that this movie could have done without...including a scene that has been coined "The Gayest scene outside of Gay Porn". Also this scene features the song 'playing with the boys' which in itself is homoerotic, so combined with the moustaches, tight jeans and baby oil featured in this scene, it's amazing that this movie is allowed for viewing in Texas.



Now I have no idea why this scene is in there...I would imagine its for the ladies, but according to Internet folklore this has become one of the most famous scenes in the Gay community, which almost cancels out any RALness Top Gun has. Another marginal scene would have to be the "Take my Breath Away" love scene where Mav finally puts the moves on his instructor. This is the standard 80's love scene...some type of blue light shining through the window and instead of ripping the clothes off and showing some NC-17 (nudity) action, the director opted to make it look like these were two virgins figuring it out for the first time with their parents in the next room...not RAL.


Overall...a film that I have probably seen over 50 times and can recite verbatim...should be in every guys DVD (or blu-ray for you RAL people) with the volleyball scene scratched out or deleted.