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Summary: I AM A GOONIE
Review: Say what you want about all these modern day teeny bopper movies. The Goonies is the mother of them all and will always be in the top ten movies of the 80's. A MUST SEE FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE. CHUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this movie, i loved it as a kid, and i'll love it when i reach 100 too. By the dvd so it will last forever!
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Summary: The Goonies
Review: The Goonies to this day is still one of my avorites! This is just an awesome movie! It starts out that Mikey (a young Sean Astin) finds out that they have to move because a rich man is buying up their house and putting a golf course down in it's place. While haning out with his friends Mouth (Corey Feldman), Data (Ke Huy Quan) and Chunk (Jeff Cohen), they find a map of their town and on the map it says there is buried treasure. Mikey then gets the idea that if they found the treasure, they wouldn't have to leave! In a wild and crazy adventure from hiding from the criminal family the Fratelli's, who want that treasure too, to dodging booby traps to some good old laughs, this is a great family comedy movie that will entertain the entire family. Now there is some swearing and sexual humor in this movie but it's very minute compared to some of the things these days. It's almost a timeless classic that you'll never get bored of. Pick up this movie and enjoy!
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Summary: The Goonies is the best movie ever concieved!
Review: I first saw this movie a few months ago and I cannot believe that I have been going on so long without seeing it! Most people have either seen it when they were younger and have loved it, or haven't seen it yet, so if you're one of those people that haven't seen it, go buy it and se it, I promise it is great. First of all it is an 80's movie, second of all it involves pirates and hidden treasure and third of all, it's an adventure set on a rainy day! AAAND Mikey and Brand live in a really cool house:)! There isn't one bad thing that I say about this movie, it's such a classic! The DVD is especially cool since there are extra features including deleted scenes and (this is really great) a track with the all of the goonies talking over the movie, commenting on what they remember. This is deffinately one of those special movies that most everyone likes and if you haven't seen it I HIGHLY reccomend it!
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Summary: The Best Kids Adventure Movie Ever Made
Review: On a Saturday Weekend, Brothers asthmatic Mikey (SEAN ASTIN) and Bodybuilder Jock Brand Walsh (JOSH BROLIN) are depressed about leaving the Goondocks neighboorhood. When neighborhood friends smart aleck Mouth (COREY FELDMAN), complusive eater Chunk (JEFF COHEN) and gadget inventor Data (KE HUY QUAN), dedide to drop in for a visit they take a little stroll up in Mr. Walsh's attic and discover a three hundred year old treasure map made by a legendary pirate known as "One Eyed" Willie. Mikey knows the story so well he even recities about the events that led to a battle a long time ago.
From there this group called "THE GOONIES" later joined by Cheerleader Andy (KERRI GREEN)and Fishergirl Stef (MARTHA PLIMPTON) set out to Cannon Beach and embark on an adventure beyond their wildest imagination: their quest to find hidden treasure in need to save thier neighborhood and buy back their homes to stop a foreclosure from demolishing not only thier houses, but the Goondocks as well.
But it won't be easy, they're are two things that stand in their way which are: The Deadly Booby Traps and The Villianous Criminal Family trio called "The Fratellis" (ANNE RAMSEY, ROBERT DAVI and JOE PANTOLIANO). So now The Goonies must make it past the traps, solve the riddles and outwit The Fratellis in a game of Cats and Mouses in a race against time to save the Goondocks.
I have no memory of how I first fell in love with this classic, but I do know that it's the best Story from Steven Spielberg ever seen.
P.S. One of Richard Donner's best directed films.
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Summary: Old School
Review: The movie that started it all. This movie is more than a classic, it defining moment in cinema. This adventure filled movie, is excellent and needs to be owned.
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Summary: The Goonies shall NEVER DIE!
Review: When I first saw this movie on the Disney Channel late one night, I fell in love with it, though I only saw about 2/3rds of it. A few months after that I found a "What Goonie are you?" quiz on a site and decided right away I wanted to get the movie so I could see it all. I bought the VHS and when that didn't work in any VCR I was pretty upset. I returned it and about 3 days later I found the DVD ... so I *had* to get it. I ADORE the scene with the Truffle Shuffle and Mouth in Spanish. Heh, gotta love Corey Feldman :). The commentary is great! I loved seeing all the actors as they are now! Too bad Sean left in the middle of it. The deleted scenes are terrific, I actually saw the octopus scene on the Disney channel, I didn't know it was cut from the original movie. Hopefully they will put Goonies back in theaters one day, then I shall ...drag all my friends along when I go see it >:). I annoy them every day by quoting Mouth or by talking about my favorite scenes. I even memorised the Goonies Oath. Well, all in all, The Goonies is a GREAT, timeless movie that everyone should see at least once in their lifetime... or they can watch it everyday like I do. :)
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Summary: The Goonies R Still Good Enough!!
Review: I was 4 years old when I saw this,I'm 21 now and could never tire of it.It was and still is one of the best movies of my childhood.And I still want that Purple Rain shirt(lol).We follow the adventures of Mikey,Brand,Mouth,Data,Stef,Andy and who could forget Chunk.NO ONE!!! It's one of Richard Donner's best films I think his first best will be and forever will be Superman.When I heard that this awesome classic was going to DVD,I ran out of the house to buy it,even though I did have it on video,DVD is way better.I wished they had more outtakes on it but I loved the DVD.But they have other cool stuff on the DVD,The making of the Goonies,Commmentary,The Goonies R Good Enough music video and theatrical trailer.Didn't we all want to move down to Astoria,Oregon after seeing this?I know I did,just so I could find that [great] waterslide.I hope like E.T.,that they bring back The Goonies to theaters for it's 20 anniversary,if they do,I'll be one happy kid to see my favourite kids movie in the theater for the first time.Have fun and remember for now and forever.THE GOONIES R GOOD ENOUGH!!!
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Summary: A Warner Bros. DVD couldn't get any better!!!
Review: Like most I have always been a big fan of the movie "The Goonies". It's just one of those movies you don't know exactly why you like it, you just do! Perhaps because its just a lot of fun! When it arrived on dvd I didn't rush to purchase it. Every other weekend when I took a trip to the super store I would always pass this one on the dvd rack. Because Warner Bros. has a reputation of releasing their cult-favorites on lousy dvds, I was too nervous to buy it. I read the back, but you can never be too sure. There's been times I've purchased dvds and they didn't include what the back descriptions said they would include. Finally after a couple of months, I walked past this dvd at the market for the last time. I made my purchase! As soon as I got home I watched it. Of course with any cult-movie dvd that one buys they always have to watch the entire movie first to relive all of those childhood memories, and then dwelve into the chok-full extras. As for the content of the movie itself, as usual there were no complaints. Still looked as good as it did before, but now it looked even better with the sparkling clear picture and widescreen format. When the movie opened, my heart raced. Those beautiful scull and crossbone titles right on my own tv and right in my own dvd player...Muahahahha!!!!!! And that beautiful jail house opening scene with the guard pacing down the corridor on his way to Goonie destiny...Love IT!! "Ha, ha, did you really think I would kill myself!?" Oh yes, you beautiful, beautiful Robert Davi. Oh, that glorious masterpiece of a score that opens with Robert Davi coming out that jail while putting his coat on, and Joe Pantoliano dousing the parking lot with gasoline.. YES!! And the quick rear view mirror and stick shift shots of that wonderful old lady Ma Fratelli in her beautiful black "ORV"! Oh yes, salvation has come at last! And who can forget the ugly but lovable Sloth, Data's inventive gadgets, Cyndi Lauper's music, and the beautiful shot at the end of the pirate ship coming out of the rock and sailing off into the unknown, making its final voyage. I love all of it!! Sure, the child humour does seem annoying now then what I thought it did, but never can a child's favorite movie be un-loved for the slightest reason. As for the extras on the dvd, excellente! Instead of the menu screen being a plain photo-graph, motionless and with no audio (which is what Warner usually has on their dvds), we are spoiled with the motion-full image of a deep dark pirate's cavern. With water falling in the background, firey lights shifting, a huge skull, and the faint sound of music. When you move your cursor over an option you get little titles like "Dont go in there!", or "Keep Out!". Although they are rather immature, so is the movie; besides one doesn't really seem to care about these. As for supplemental material, a great big five stars!!! We get a trailer, deleted scenes, Cyndi Lauper's music videos for the movie (I bet those reels had dust on them when they pulled them out of the vault), and the best commentary I have ever "Seen" on a dvd! The deleted scenes are really something interesting to watch. I had seen them once before on the Disney version. I do think that they didn't include every deleted scene, because they seem to cut short, but who cares; at least they show the main ones, i.e. the octopus scene and the quicky mart scene. Watching Cnydi Lauper fool around with a bunch of WWF wrestlers in the music videos is fun to look at, and I had never seen them until I purchased this movie. And last, but deffinately not least, that over-the-top commentary. Not only does it include every child actor from the movie and the director himself, but we also get to see them as well. Allow me to explain. When having the commentary on and viewing the feature, when the credits open up the screen with the feature turns into a little square at the bottom of the movie, and the rest of your tv screen shows you the footage shot from a recording studio with each actor of our favorite child character sitting at a long table with headphones on and talking into mics. And off and on they will cut to the movie full screen and then back to a little sqare. It is so COOL to see them so grown up now. Each one of them has a good story to tell. Corey Feldman is abnoxious as he interrupts every one else when they are trying to talk with his very loud, very deep voice. Either he didn't mean to be rude, or maybe he was just reliving his ex-character "Mouth". The only problem I had with the commentary is that the guy who plays Data hardly ever speaks. I think he says like only one sentence in the entire commentary. As one reviewer said, Sean Astin leaves the group about half-way through the movie. We never see him leave, and for a minute I thought everyone was pretending that he didn't go anywhere untill Richard Donner looked over and said "Where'd Sean go?". Too bad, but maybe he had a meeting to go to. My gosh, this is such a great dvd and movie to have. If you are a big fan as I am dont waste any more time; go out and buy it right this instant. You will not be disapointed, and I really dont think it will get any better than this!
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Summary: I'm takin' 'em ALL back!
Review: Well, gee-whiz! Looks like I'm not the only one who waxes nostalgic about this flick! Of course, having grown up in the 80s, gettin' sentimental over The Goonies is pretty much a given. How can any self-respecting Gen-Xer NOT be taken back whenever he/she watches this bad-boy? Yeah, see what I mean? Heck, I even remember re-enacting my fave Goonies moments with the few friends I had way back when. I was always stuck with havin' to play 'Chunk' for obvious reasons (I still do today!) but that's cool, 'cuz he had the best lines anyway! Now I'll admit that doin' the Truffle-Shuffle was sorta lame. But the guy you really hadda feel for was the one who was picked to play Sloth !
All right, enough nostalgia now; time for me to break out a proper review. Now if you're lookin' for a synopsis of the flick, take a look at the top of the item page. That having been said, I'm goin' to comment on the picture quality (pretty good, but not quite tops compared to other DVDs in the Warner Bros. catalogue) and sound quality (above-average; but like the picture quality, Warner has done better with their other video discs). Now it's on to the special features, of which there are a decent amount. To me the most notable extra feature is the commentary audio track, featuring director Richard Donner and the six Goonies adventurers, all grown up! Just about everybody throws in an anecdote or two as the flick plays on, except for 'Data ', who had to be prodded into talking by the others on occasion. Sean 'Mikey ' Astin throws in his two cents every once in a while for about the first forty minutes, then mysteriously disappears for the rest of the presentation. And Corey 'Mouth ' Feldman spends quite a few moments takin' shots from his castmates regarding his character's VERY 80s fashion tastes, which included parachute pants and a Prince Purple Rain T-shirt! Then there's the behind-the-scenes mini-doc featuring Donner getting things going with the kids, and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg throwing in a few comments about the flick and how it relates to his childhood memories of old-time adventure flicks and stuff. Also of note are the outtakes. The showcase cutting-room scrap: a scene at the local convenience store featuring the fab four of Mikey , Mouth , Data , and Chunk . Personally, I felt this particular bit should've been restored to the movie itself, but then again, it's probably best that they left well enough alone. The rest of the excised snippets include a giant octopus attack in the hidden pirate cove, and a few scene extensions. Last-- and least-- is the two-part Cyndi Lauper Goonies 'R' Good Enough video, which has to be one of the weirdest and dumbest music videos ever produced. It's basically a fifteen-minute-long mini-movie featuring Cyndi going on her very own Goonies -style adventure, with a few of the mo-pic's principals and a lotta WWF stars roundin' out the cast. If you ever thought that Captain Lou Albano, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Classy Freddy Blassie, or Andre The Giant had no acting ability, this unfortunate little ditty-drama will prove you right! Now if only Warner would put their discs in PLASTIC keep cases instead of cardboard, this bad-boy would be near-perfect! 'Late
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Summary: Hey you Guys!
Review: Like any true child of the 80's, the Goonies holds a special place in my heart. It's a rare person of a certain age who wouldn't immediately know what you were talking about if you said the words "One Eyed Willie" to them. In these days of CGI special effects, increasing violence, and sadly, decreasing innocence in children, a film like The Goonies is a real gem. It's a classic Good-versus-Evil yarn, where even the Evil isn't really all that bad. And what's more, it showed us that a bunch of goofy kids like us could take on big business & organised crime, and win. In the Goonies we join Mikey, Mouth, Data, Chunk and Co. on an adventure to find the lost treasure of the pirate One Eyed Willie, which, bless 'em, they want so that they can rescue their home town from being razed to the ground by greedy developers. This film is more or less an Indiana Jones for kids, with some brilliant "booby twaps" and many genuinely funny moments. This DVD isn't avilable in Region 2 encoding until Septemer (2002), and I'm just short of marking off the days on my calendar til it's released.
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