Top Gun 25th Anniversary...Do You Feel the Need for Speed, Again?

So I haven't seen WFE yet. Not  kiTTing you either. I gotz the strep throat. You know those people that say 'not even strep throat could keep me away from seeing WFE'??? Well they can bite me. I want to go see it tonight but I'm dead on my ass. You might have to send flowers and words of sympathy to my mother at this rate. You raised such a nice h00r--she could be such a funny perv. Yeah, I think my mom would just love to hear that.

In the meantime, we will have a special guest post in the next day or two from HisBella *round of applause* with her wonderful WFE experience. In the words of Emmett...something to look forward to...

So while I was online this morning looking for showtimes for 'Water for Elephants' I came across a banner at the AMC site saying they would be showing 'Top Gun' in theaters for two special showings to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of this movie.

25 years ago? Really? Nut uhh!

Something about this upcoming event speaks to me! I was too young to see this movie in the theaters, and my parents were lame and sent me to bed when they watched a copy of it someone had recorded for them from cable. I think I finally watched the movie at a friend's house when I was a teenager. But I know to some of my friends that are only about four to eight years older than me that this was THEE movie for them (outside of the john hughes films). That one movie that still makes them sigh and comforts them. (Like Twilight is for us) It just struck a chord in them and spoke everything to them--1986 Tom Cruise, sex, shirtless guys on the beach, breaking the rules with a forbidden romance, friendship between guys, danger, legacy, hot bad guy, cool motorcycle rider, the bad boy with a good heart, the bad boy with a sad backstory, guys in uniforms, guys in sunglasses, the zest of a young married couple, and the heartache we all felt when Goose died. Not to mention a great soundtrack--this movie had a string of hits on the radio including introducing a whole new generation to The Righteous Brothers.

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With the flying of the jets and Tom's million-dollar smirk, I just think there would be something extra special to seeing this movie on the big screen. You know the beauty of 'Top Gun' was that it was a chick flick with appeal to men. Not that I think guys want to see it more than once, but in the previews it looked cool to guys.

I love how movies are brought back to the theater for these special anniversary showings. A few years ago my mom and I went to see 'Dirty Dancing' on the big screen and loved it!!! Not that we hadn't seen it already a gazillion and a half times but she had not seen it on the big screen and 'unofficially' I had not seen it on the big screen either.

My hubby and I went to see 'Pretty in Pink' on a big screen once and it was like a cute date for us since we didn't know each other in 1986, but we did both see the movie in the theaters when it came out. I do try to look around here and there for places doing something special. Someone was recently showing 'When Harry Met Sally' but that one just wasn't a must on the big screen. Cruises are another great place to see movies, if you can stay up late when they show them. The Disney cruise ships have their own movie theater built in and are a great place for watching movies since you can walk to the theater in your pjs.

Most of you know I missed seeing Twilight on the big screen the first time around, which was one of the things I most looked forward to the night Eclipse came out because I got to see all three movies on the big screen and loved seeing Twilight!

Not that I want the time to fly, but I can only hope that they will do a 25th Anniversary release of Twilight in the theaters and my daughter will want to go see it with me.

Here's hoping they RE-release 'Pretty Woman' in 2015! That would be a must see on the big screen--one to go see with your girlfriends! Viv? Howz 2015 sound?

Here's the site to check out to see if a theater in your area is showing 'Top Gun' and the dates and times.

http://www.amctheatres.com/topgun/

Have you gone to see any RE-released movies or special viewings of an older movie?

 If so, which movies were they?

What movies would you absolutely love to see in the theater if it were RE-released?

Was 'Top Gun' an IT movie for you? Did you see it in the theater the first time? Any interest in seeing it to relive that piece of your past or have you lost that lovin' feeling toward this movie?