"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:hyc9d.349380$Fg5.93046@attbi_s53...
If you like fake, it's great.

Of course it's not 100% accurate -- it's Hollywood.

(What, you mean you never flew canopy-to-canopy with the enemy while
giving
them "the bird", Big John?? :-)

But what makes the movie great is:

a) Lots of flying, afterburner flame and thunder (on a home theater, it's
awesome)
b) Enough of a love story to keep the women interested.

It's a movie that women and men can both watch -- even though it's mostly
a
movie about the F-14.

And my buddy's kid who did four years on the USS Carl Vinson cringes then
goes ballistic at the mere mention of the movie. :~)