"Top Gun: Maverick" faces "a do-or-die" weekend in Oscar best picture race...

[DGUtley]

"Top Gun: Maverick" faces "a do-or-die" weekend in Oscar best picture race...

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"Top Gun: Maverick" and Tom Cruise are aiming to hit Mach 10 in the Oscar best picture race this weekend.

The critically acclaimed "Top Gun" sequel earned an Oscar nomination last month after collecting nearly $1.5 billion in worldwide box office. But producer and star Cruise, receiving his first nomination since 2000 (for best supporting actor in "Magnolia"), isn't pulling off the accelerator.

Last week, Cruise turned the Oscars nominees luncheon into a schmoozing showcase. Saturday's Producers Guild Awards, where Cruise will speak and "Top Gun: Maverick" is up for the equivalent of best picture, will be a crucial test to see if "Maverick" can fly into serious contention to actually win the Oscar.

" 'Top Gun: Maverick' is enjoying a burst of momentum right now. The question is, will it be enough?" says movie historian Dave Karger, an awards correspondent for Entertainment Weekly. "This weekend, and specifically the Producers Guild Awards, is a do-or-die moment for its best picture chances."


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[Peter1469]

Oscars. Whoopsie do. The box office has spoken.

[Standing Wolf]

There will always be those who consider themselves to be cinema "purists" who scoff at the big budget action films being judged the Best of anything. Funny, though, I was just thinking about the very first motion picture to be awarded a Best Picture Oscar. It was the only silent film to be so honored, released in 1927. A big budget (a staggering $2 million) blockbuster action picture about aviation called Wings.

[RMNIXON]

Oscars. Whoopsie do. The box office has spoken.

Films like this often get a nomination so the Oscars do not look totally political, but chances they win anything but awards for special effects and such are not good.

[LWW]

There will always be those who consider themselves to be cinema "purists" who scoff at the big budget action films being judged the Best of anything. Funny, though, I was just thinking about the very first motion picture to be awarded a Best Picture Oscar. It was the only silent film to be so honored, released in 1927. A big budget (a staggering $2 million) blockbuster action picture about aviation called Wings.

That’s actually a decent movie.

[carolina73]

When Steven Spielberg was "caught" on a open mic telling Tom Cruise that he saved he movie industry, then I don't think anyone could ignore that signal.

[Tahuyaman]

How is a Hollywood awards show a “do or die” situation?

[RMNIXON]

Well it turns out this was the Chinese Oscars all along and who could have predicted that much crawling.....................

[carolina73]

Films like this often get a nomination so the Oscars do not look totally political, but chances they win anything but awards for special effects and such are not good.

Good prediction.



Tom Cruise saw your post and decided to not even show up for the event.

[Collateral Damage]

I saw nothing about the Maverick re-do that would make it Oscar worthy, or any award. While I'll give a nod to those who think the flying was great, the rest was dredging up from the original, and doing a poor job at it.

Personally, Clint Eastwood's Firefox was better.