Although I'm going to spew some thoughts down. If you're reading this and you haven't seen it don't say this thread doesn't say it's got spoilers...
First, the things I didn't like.
-Some of the lines were a bit on the nose. "Talk to me dad" while Mav is saying "talk to me Goose" was just a bit too much for me and some of the other nostalgia lines seemed shoehorned in.
-At the bar scene some more pilots come in and they address them by callsign but other than one guy, Yale, you never see them again. I thought they were part of the selection group? They can't have been that bad.
-Pulling 10g+ in the Hornet will make you not popular with...anyone.
Neutral:
-Other technical details I raised my eyebrows at but didn't have an impact on my enjoyment.
Liked:
-TOMCAT!
-The modern day recreation of the opening scene and credits with the same music. I was a bit concerned they'd do this but with a cover but they didn't and it actually worked.
-The CGI was excellent.
-TOMCAT!
-They made a lot of effort to get the details of the TOMCAT! radar and worked in the 800000 circuit breakers into it too. The startup checklist was good as well.
-Darkstar was SWEET. That was very very cool.
-The SU57s were modeled well. The pilots took their sweet time putting their nose on target though. I was sitting there thinking PULL when they were nose low on the TOMCAT! during that end bit.
-I mean, Jennifer Connolly.
-Gaga's song fit in well in the end. I was curious where they were going to put it and use it.
-More story than the last one.
-Aeroplanes.
-A Hind.
-My boss is going to hate me replying to questions with "that's one of life's mysteries" to any insignificant question.