“The great thing that you see on the F/A-18, the wings actually bend,” said Miranda.
But since Tom stays mainly in the middle of it, it doesn’t hurt and looks kind of bad ass to see all this ground around him,” he said. “Normally it’s not a flattering lens because if people get off to the side, they get stretched in a funny way. A wide-angle lens mounted on an inward-facing camera was perfect for showing the ground on both sides of the jet, with Cruise centered. “It was great to have foreground mountains and canyons, whatever made it feel exciting,” said Miranda.
Ground rush, flapping wings and the thrill of low-altitude flightĪnother element Miranda played with in his own test flights was how speeding vistas visible in the background during low-altitude runs - like the dangerous route Maverick trains his hotshot class of aces on, below the safety standard “hard deck” - enhanced a sense of cinematic excitement. Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ sequel remembers the original with plenty of nostalgic callbacks. Movies 17 ‘Top Gun’ callbacks to watch for in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
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