Among the many releases of 2022, there are some films that have been several notches above the rest when it comes to reception. This is the case with “Top Gun: Maverick”, a sequel to “Top Gun”. Idols of the air’, released more than thirty years ago. The film starring Tom Cruise triumphed at the box office, among the audience and among professional criticsfor which he received an award courtesy of one of the film industry’s leading websites.
Rotten Tomatoes, the US film and television review site, has announced that “Top Gun: Maverick’ is the winner of the Golden Tomato Award 2022, which is the most appreciated film of the year. With 459 opinions of specialized critics, ‘Top Gun 2’ has a score of 96 out of 100. The general public was also able to vote on the web and, after more than 50,000 reviews, the result was even higher, reaching the almost perfect score of 99 out of 100.
‘Maverick’ has accomplished something which is not easy to do, it is about pleasing both professional critics and the general public. There are many cases of films adored by critics but little appreciated by the public and vice versa. The enterprise led by Tom Cruise results in a An all-out box office hit, ‘Top Gun 2’ grossed nearly one and a half billion dollars globally. It finished 2022 as the highest-grossing film released that year, but early 2023 ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ snatched the title from it.
The Rotten Tomatoes podium with the best films of 2022 is completed by ‘Inisherin’s Banshee’, which won silver with a score of 97/100 after 310 specialized reviews; and ‘All at once everywhere’, which took bronze with 95/100 after 365 votes. Two nuances about ‘Almas en torment’: firstly, It has not yet been released in Spain, it will arrive in theaters in our country on February 3, 2023. Secondly, it has a better rating from professional critics than ‘Top Gun’ but with audience opinions it remains at 76/100 with around 500 opinions. The formula that Rotten Romatoes uses to name the winner also involves public approval, as well as the number of reviews received, thus “Inisherin’s Banshees” is one position below “Maverick”.
About a third film
The success achieved by ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ opens the doors to see a third installment, even if nothing is official yet. In an interview with VarietyJerry Bruckheimer, producer of both films in the saga, was asked when ‘Top Gun 3’ would be filmed, and he replied: “You tell me, I have no idea”. On the fact that the new episode is a reality, he replied that we hope, that we will see, that you never know. Mashed potato confirmed that he has not yet spoken to Tom Cruise about ideas for a hypothetical third film: “Not yet. He’s filming ‘Mission Impossible.’
Source: E Cartelera
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