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Summary: best movie!
Review: When my sister and I were introduced to THE GOONIES about 10 years ago, by our dad, we fell in love with it. My sister and I have watched this movie literally 100 times, and no matter how many times we've seen it, we still continue to get captured into the excitement, adventure and fun the movie holds. For Christimas this year, we got the movie on DVD and its better then ever. Including the original movie, it has a commentary with the cast of the movie, a music video the cast did with Cyndi Lauper, outtakes, the orginial trailer and a look at the making of the goonies. Whenever our friends come over, we ask them, "Have you ever seen 'the goonies'?" And if they hadn't, we introduce them to our favorite movie.
When Mikey (Sean Astin) and his friends, the goonies, encounter a treasure map, they embark on the adventure of a lifetime. With characters like Mouth,(Corey Feldman), Data (Ke Huy Kuan), Chunk (Jeff Cohen) and Mikey's older brother, Brand (Josh Brolin), and the girl goonies, Andy(Kerri Green) and Stef(Martha Plimpton) the jokes are endless. As they out run the bad guys, dodge the booby traps, and find the treasure of One-eyed-Willy, its a thrill a minute adventure that will capture the hearts of young and old for generations to come.
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Summary: The Goonies, a must have movie!!!
Review: There is not to many "must have movies" but if you're a kid from the 80's and you didn't love "The Goonies" then something must be wrong with you. Who could forget such memorible characters as Mouth, Chunk and the mighty Sloth. This movie has it all. Drama, Comedy action and for being a teen movie some of the best non-computer aided special FX's. I mean I can remember plenty of times trying to rig up traps like One Eyed Willy had. If you've never seen this movie then get it!!! You'll fall in love with it instantly.
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Summary: what the reviews DID NOT TELL ME
Review: I ordered this movie because I am looking for movies for my kids that are more mature than the Disney cartoons but still wholesome. I read the reviews for this movie and it semed like a winner. Within the first 5 minutes of the movie there was foul language by the KIDS in the movie, reference to drugs, and a small stutue of a naked man with an erection. I turned it off VERY ANGRY that I had wasted my money on this garbage. This is supposed to be a kid movie -- there is no way I would let my 7 year old watch it. Wish there was less than 1 star to rate it.
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Summary: Fun ride
Review: The first thing I was thinking when "Goonies" really kicked into gear was: This is the daydream of an adventure-loving preadolescent boy, full of pirates, bloodthirsty villains, and exotic twists and turns in an underground maze full of booby traps. It's sort of "Indiana Jones" for the kids as well as the adults. The Goonies (a band of young boys) are spending their last weekend hanging around their hometown, before it's razed for yuppie developers. Then Mikey Walsh (Sean Astin) uncovers a treasure map hidden in an old painting, and becomes obsessed with finding the lost treasure of the pirate One-Eyed Willie. With that treasure, they could save their town. But the hunt for treasure sends the Goonies, Mikey's long-suffering teenage brother (Josh Brolin), and a pair of teenage girls (Kerri Green and Martha Plimpton) into dangerous proximity to the murderous fugitives, the Fratellis. With the Fratellis on their tail, the Goonies are determinedly navigating the underground, booby-trap-infested tunnels that lead to the treasure -- or to a very nasty demise. The stolidly mature among you may scoff at the improbability of the story, but who cares? This is obviously a fantasy story, harkening back to pirate treasure and childhood adventures, thwarting the evil guys. The classic formulae are what makes it so fun. "Goonies" is like "Indiana Jones" in the sense that it's action-filled, with nasty villains, elaborate booby-traps, and a plotline that is wonderfully improbable. This is just fun. The sets are amazingly complex, full of stone tunnels and enormous waterfalls full of money, thin little bridges and a bone piano that causes the floor to collapse. Sean Astin (yes, this is THAT Sean Astin, the guy currently starring as Samwise Gamgee in "Lord of the Rings") is endearing and very convincing as Mikey, the gutsy boy that could. Josh Brolin is also good as his overbearing but nice brother; the other Goonies include the incredibly funny Corey Feldman as "Mouth" (the scene where he weirds out the cleaning lady is priceless), comic relief Jeff Cohen as "Chunk" who bumbles from one misadventure to another, and Jonathan Ke Quan (who was also in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom") as gadget-obsessed "Data," a kid riddled all over with homemade inventions that occasionally save the heroes' behinds. Though this film was made in the 1980s, it's aged extremely well -- now there is affection on top of the original liking for it. It's a funny, entertaining thrillride with pirates, villains, treasure and a band of quirky heroes. Great fun.
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Summary: You can do much better.
Review: The dialogue was weak, too many swear words, bad taste in jokes, the kids were annoying. The characters went heavy on cliches. Most of the plot was predictable. The ending was sappy. There is nothing to like about this movie.
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Summary: Goonies Reunion! Entire younger cast is reunited.
Review: The entire younger cast of The Goonies are reunited on this DVD version in the Special Features/Commentary With Hidden Treasures. On camera is Jonathan Ke Quan (Key Huy Quan), Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Director Richard Donner, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jeff Cohen and Josh Brolin. The reunion and commentary is fun to hear and see. Also in the Special Features section are three outtakes, the original theatrical trailer, a short documentary "The Making Of The Goonies", and the Cyndi Lauper music video "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" Part One and Part Two. The first outtake is 3 minutes long. The second and third outtakes are about 2 minutes long. Watch out for that giant octopus! I enjoyed the reunion of the cast.
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Summary: Good family fun.
Review: Who would ever have imagined that a bunch of kids running from a mob family and searching for lost treasure would be such a hit? The Goonies is a film about a group of kids trying to save their home from a greedy bank president who wants to turn their neighborhood, known as the goondocks, into a golf course. Sean Astin and his pals find a treasure map and a "key" in the family attic and set off an adenture to find the treasure and save the family home. These kids will stop at nothing. They encounter a mob family, a disturbing humanoid that likes snickers, booby traps, and a piano made of bone that when you hit the wrong note opens a hole in the ground that looks like a bottomless pit. Once into adventure, the kids begin to lose faith, but as luck would have it, they find the ship. But will they find the treasure? and will One-eyed Willie let them have it? Or will the Fratelli family beat them to it? You'll just have to watch it and find out. This movie is great fun for all ages.
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Summary: Perfect for both the young and young-at-heart!
Review: I notice that a lot of young viewers have rated this film, which is GREAT! But, I want to underscore the point that this is a fantastic movie for adults too! I first saw this movie when I was twenty years old, and now at thirty-six years of age I own the DVD and return to it regularly with relish. And when I am old and gray, sucking my dinner through a straw in a convalescent hospital, THIS is the movie I want them to play for me! Even as an adult, if you have just an ounce of a kid's imagination left in you, you will fall for this film head over heels!
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Summary: DUSTY'S REVIEW
Review: This movie rock's. It's my favorite movie. I remember watching it as a kid and still love it, ive watched it atleast fifty times and i'll never get bored of it. I had it on tape it it's much better on dvd plus you get alot of extra features.
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Summary: Mr.R's review
Review: This movie has it all comedy,adventure,and romance. It's a movie that I could never get tied of it.
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