<p>One MSNBC editor is actively rooting against the adrenaline-fueled and Best Picture-nominated &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top Gun: Maverick</a>,&#8221; complaining that it paints too positive a picture of the United States military.</p>
<p>MSNBC opinion writer and editor <span class="byline-name">Zeeshan Aleem explained in a Saturday <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/top-gun-maverick-oscars-2023-rcna73773" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column</a> that the movie, while an entertaining break from CGI and animated content, was sending a message that he called &#8220;insidious&#8221; and &#8220;poisonous.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span class="byline-name">&#8220;&#8216;Top Gun&#8217; is as insidious as it is entertaining. It does not merely revive a forgotten human-centered spectacle; it also beckons for a return to accepting the American war machine as a beacon of virtue and excitement,&#8221; Aleem wrote, claiming that the movie glorified the excitement of battle — which in turn, glorified war in itself. &#8220;It’s a poisonous kind of nostalgia, one that smuggles love of endless war into a celebration of live action.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Aleem referred to the summer blockbuster as &#8220;literal propaganda,&#8221; noting that the military had given filmmakers access to real aircraft in exchange for some oversight.</p>
<p>&#8220;In exchange for access to military aircraft, the producers of the movie agreed to allow the Defense Department to include its own &#8216;key talking points&#8217; in the script. Perhaps equally important, the script had to be written in a manner that flatters the military in order to secure the buy-in of the Pentagon,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>Aleem went on to argue that the 2022 film and its predecessor were used to &#8220;rehab&#8221; the military&#8217;s image, after periods of waning popularity. The original film, he said, helped the military&#8217;s reputation recover after Vietnam — and the sequel &#8220;diverts from the failed war on terror, and comes as defense officials eye the rise of China.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t object to anyone’s enjoyment of the film, but I hope it tanks at the Oscars,&#8221; Aleem concluded. &#8220;It’s possible to make thrilling action without so brazenly priming the public for warfare.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick,&#8221; the other 2023 Best Picture <a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominees</a> are as follows: &#8220;The Banshees of Inisherin,&#8221; &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once,&#8221; &#8220;All Quiet on the Western Front,&#8221; &#8220;The Fabelmans,&#8221; &#8220;Avatar: The Way of Water,&#8221; &#8220;Elvis,&#8221; &#8220;Tár,&#8221; &#8220;Triangle of Sadness,&#8221; and &#8220;Women Talking.&#8221; The ceremony will take place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.</p>

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