Let me be clear: I don’t like 1986’s “Top Gun.” I think it’s macho-military propaganda with a schmaltzy script and a semi-good beach volleyball scene. So when I tell you the sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” is worth seeing in a theater, you know I mean it. Yes, it’s still a propagandistic fantasy — a dogfight simulator preloaded with an unnamed enemy somehow possessing better technology than the U.S. military — made from a script melting with cheesy one-liners. But the beach scene (football, this time) is pretty good. And the flying scenes? I’ve never seen anything like them. While F-14s and MiGs …
