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A very nice classic comedy
The movie is very nice. I have actually watch this movie more than 10 over years ago. But recently after I bought this DVD, it amuse me again. I like Val Kilmer in this show, he's damn cool.
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First saw this while living in Germany
Many of the Germans in the audience loved it too! One of my favorite films. I even like the music style and, yes, I take guilty pleasure in the awful jokes incorporated in the film: "I know a little German... and there he is!"
The visual jokes are great too. Overall, just a lot of fun!
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Val!
This is a fun movie...early Val Kilmer. I find it good because you get to see "How Silly Can He Get, Oooh Yeah".
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I wonder if Val Kilmer happily publicizes the fact that this is his film debut?
"Top Secret!" is a classic example of that wildly popular film genre, the "combination World War II spy movie and Elvis movie romance/ comedy/parody". I'm being silly, but my dumb joke essentially sums up what's good and bad about this goofy romp: if you're familiar with the genres being raked over the coals in the movie, you'll have a good time. If you're not so familiar with those types of films (in other words, if you're under 30 and only watch new stuff on TV), this movie will mostly leave you at sea.
Myself, I'm not so old but DO like to watch a lot of old stuff on TV and DVD, so I had fun with the jokes and the sensibilities being mocked. Having said that, though, I still would rank "Top Secret!" only somewhere in the middle of the Abrahams/Zucker film canon. There just weren't enough laugh-out-loud moments, and a couple of the gross jokes were a little too, well... gross (not that I was offended, just kinda nauseated). On that last point, let me share a bit of advice: you might want to scoot the kids and pre-teens out of the room before you watch this movie, unless you feel like answering questions about the outrageously-in-bad-taste "marital aid" featured in the prison cell scene with Val Kilmer. Or the "violation" scene when the two guys are wearing the cow suit. I admit I'm chuckling a bit now as I think of those scenes (see, I'm not a prude), but I'm certainly glad it was just me and my wife in the room when we recently watched the film on DVD.
Oh, and if you think MY comments about the movie are only lukewarm positive, wait'll you hear the commentary track. The Abrahams/Zucker folks, though dropping a few affectionate comments here and there and admiring a sight gag or two, essentially hate the movie and wonder what they were thinking when they made it. Myself, I think they were being a little harsh. If you don't expect the world, "Top Secret!" is a tolerable and moderately entertaining bit of silliness.
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Top Secret!
Top Secret!~ Jim Abrahams is a great movie but if people born after the fall of the Berlin Wall will not enjoy it as much. Being a child of the 70's I can clearly remember the cold war and always wondering what was hidden in the enemies camp. This is a great parody of cold war spy movies with witty dialog and a story line that is quite well written. Val Kilmer is doing a quite a good job and is a much better actor then I thought possible, and Omar Shariff is also doing a bang up job in the little role that he has. Val Kilmer plays Nick Jones who is supposed to be a parody of Elvis and all the less then stellar movies that he starred in. There are so many classic scenes in this movie, but if I have to pick one then then I pick the restaurant scene or the over the top prison scene. I would highly recommend this movie without a doubt. I definitely give it 5 out 5 stars.
