Filmmaker reacts to The Goonies (1985) for the FIRST TIME
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Had a massive brain fart and thought this film was directed by Steven Spielberg. Richard Donner, was the director, while Spielberg was the screenwriter. Though I see pretty on point parallels through Steven’s writing, and the commentary is reflective on that…gotta give proper respect towards the Richard Donner. This film is so much fun and he captured that perfectly through his vision in my eyes. Again, complete brain fart, but wanted to update you guys on it and not mislead!
You're not the first to make that mistake, a lot of people assume Spielberg directed this, though I didn't realise that Spielberg had a story credit until just now; I knew he was a producer and his fingerprints are all over it.
If you haven't seen it, you should watch Superman 1 and Superman 2 the Richard Donner Cut. Both were Directed by him. Great Movies.
Pretty much everybody remembers it as a Spielberg movie. Nice to see that someone in 2021 seeing it for the first time mistakenly thinks the same. Welcome to the club.
Chris Columbus wrote it. The same guy who wrote Gremlins. Directed Home Alone 1 & 2, along with the first two Harry Potter movies, and Mrs. Doubtfire.
Yeah, a lot of movies you think that are directed by Steven Spielberg you come to find out that they're only either written, produced or both.
I'm about to be 41 in a few weeks and this is still one of the only movies that truly awakens my inner child. Such a fun adventurous wholesome movie.
I was 41 three days ago. I was obsessed with goonies as a kid. My mum would take me to our local blockbusters every Friday after school and we'd get goonies and monster squad. Happy days indeed.
❤️👍
@@drakocarrion great wasn't it.
This is probably controversial to many, but I love monster squad just as much as the goonies. If not more.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage there is not a single thing wrong with the monster squad either. Heck that should be on James's list of movies to watch. Fred Dekker also made another great horror flick called Night of the Creeps that is totally worth checking out
@@jstratton1981 I've suggested that to james so hopefully he catches at some point during the year. I said if he loves goonies he should love monster squad.
I actually have a signed vhs copy of monster squad that fred did years ago at a convention. Wish I could get the rest of the cast to sign it, although obviously I can't get Brent's (Horace) signature as he passed long time ago.
Thanks for the tip about night of the creeps.
I thought I'd seen that. but i think I'm mistaking it for night of the demons.👍
One of my all-time favorites. Filmed in and around Astoria Oregon. Very beautiful. About 15-20 years ago a DVD came out with all the behind the scenes and Donner included tons of great tidbits about how wonderful it was working with kids in general, but specifically to this film. Really great.
Gotta go there some time!!
Except for the final scene where One Eyed Willy's ship is sailing away, that was shot at Cauldron Point at Goat Rock Beach west of Santa Rosa, California.
Astoria and cannon beach. Cannon beach is beautiful.
Same with Kindergarten Cop
@@JamesVSCinema Me too. I have always wanted to but haven't been to Oregon yet. Everyone I've ever met who has been there raves about it. Love your channel, btw. You do a great job.
Character development was the best for me.
When I watched Tyrion confessed all his sins while on trial in Game of Thrones I immediately thought about how Chunk spilled all his past deeds to the Fatelli's.
You nailed it, it’s Indiana Jones for kids. Shaped my childhood and made me see adventure everywhere
Yup yup!! Has that brilliant adventure texture on it!
Yes. This is literally an Indiana Jones adventure with kids.
A feel-good innocent film with no underlying adult themes, just a kid's movie. One of the best.
I'd put it in the same category as "The Princess Bride." A "kid's movie" that everyone falls in love with regardless of age.
For me it was everything in this movie. The music/theme was probably the main thing for me. Then the acting/actors. Then the sets and last was the location. Everything just works in this movie lol.
Agree Justin!!
Just about the time that this movie came out, I kept hearing people saying "Hey you guys!" and was curious what that was from. And then I saw it on video tape and instantly fell in love with this movie. For me, it's everything...Chunk doing the Trouffle Shuffle, Data doing his impression of Inspector Gadget, Ralph telling Rosalita that the house was full of drugs and the gang solving the mystery of One-Eyed Willie. Even the Fratellis were hilarious...that was Joey "Pants" Pantiliano...Cypher from the Matrix. And you're right, each character had a time to shine in this film and the chemistry with the kids was spot on. It's all those things, and then some, that makes this movie a classic. I never tire watching it over and over again. I had fun watching you getting a kick out of this movie. Someone mentioned Anne Ramsey and "Throw Mama from the Train" that sounds like a great idea.
For me and the millions of kids born in the mid to late 70s and was in elementary school by the 80s, these movies were magic. This was lightning in a bottle for your childhood to see these in the theater. Goonies, Ghostbusters, E.T., Back to the Future, Return of the Jedi, The Last Dragon, the Neverending Story, Top Gun... I can go on and on. This was like a rare sweet spot in movies. The 70s were going through some kind of emo period with dark Sci-Fi like Logan's Run or deep thought adult experiments like Taxi Driver. The 90s films were transitioning into new technologies and a finding a new footing in a post-Cold War world, just look at Timothy Dalton's run in James Bond. But the 80s, even the most mediocre of film is still remembered and has that guilty pleasure effect tacked on it.
This was filmed on the Oregon coast; Astoria is the town they live in, and then the coastline you see is Cannon Beach. The jail from the opening is a film museum you can visit now, because Astoria was used in other movies too: Short Circuit, Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy, Ring 2…
I grew up in the 80s in Oregon, and this movie pretty much defined my childhood. I had a group of friends on my cul-de-sac, and we always were trying to recreate our own adventures like the Goonies!
the Goonies is one of my top favorite movies!!! im so happy you got around to watching it!!!!
Also, are we gonna talk about how Mask won Best Makeup and The Goonies wasn’t even nominated??? like i mean…. i mean… look at the material
Their reaction to the water set is 100% genuine. The day the kids saw it was the day they filmed it.
Okay, but this cango hat is giving what it's supposed to be giving! 🥰 Loved this reaction! 🤎
Y'know, it's re-watching these through other people's eyes as first-timers, but especially in your case as a filmmaker, that I can appreciate how well-constructed the story progression is in many of these scenes, like the back and forth of tension when Chunk jumps into the street stopping the next car, and the light clicking on showing it's the Fratellis.
This is one of the best kids movie ever. It has everything, adventure, friendship, love, stupid criminals, pirates. I will forever love this movie!!
The 80s had so many great "kid adventure" movies. This is probably the best. The Explorers is also really good. And The Last Starfighter (more "teen adventure").
Now we’re talking… The Goonies!!!!
This movie is special to me because I was born in a small Oregon town and I even used to wear the denim outfit like "Mikey" does in the movie back when I was like 7 or 8.
Once you said, "I grew up on the Sandlot," I immediately thought, "Oh, he's gonna love The Goonies."
Finally!!!!!! I've been waiting for this. Appreciate the good vibes brother 🙏🙏
I love how much fun you had watching this movie! I saw it in the theater when I was 5 years old with my dad and my cousin. I'd just been bitten by a dog a few hours earlier, so I remember my finger throbbing throughout the movie, but still I was enthralled by the action despite the pain ^_^
I am the same age as the kids in this movie. I was blessed to have this and Indiana Jones in my childhood. No matter how boring a grind my work weeks might get, I will always have memories of exploring pirate ships with a group of exuberant friends. I will always have memories of adventure and fun with people that felt like family, even though we never met. I hope you all have similar memories of movies and entertainment.
It was Filmed in Astoria Oregon.
A fantastic movie (among the greatest in kids and sports categories) that really depicts 70s kids well, is called The Bad News Bears. I highly recommend it. Watch the original, 1976 film. I've suggested this to so many reactors and no one else has done it. Don't be afraid to be a trendsetter!!
He would love it!
This is a classic from my childhood. I was 6 when this came out. Never gets old. I have though lol.
Last time I was in Astoria part of me wanted to do a goonies film tour lol. Most of the film was filmed in Astoria Oregon. I grew up a sandlot kid too. But I remember coming across the goonies and I loved it.
Yup the can’t hug a photograph always messed me up 😂🤦🏻♂️
11:31 YOOO, I thought I was the only one who called out 'mrballen situation' in videos. My guy!
Another childhood classic, great reaction. Digging the hoodie
appreciate ya fam!
After rediscovering this movie in my twenties I joined an online Goonies forum and then travelled from the UK to Oregon for the 25th and 30th anniversary events, making a ton of lifelong friends and amazing memories along the way. So glad you enjoyed it!
I get teared up when i see that pirate schip in the sea.......topnotch
Give "Hook" a watch. One of my favourite childhood movies of all time!
Goonies is my Rainy Saturday Go too movie when I want to feel warm 🥰
One reason i loved this movie so much is these kids are my age group when this movie came out. Could really identify with them as they were my age going on adventures i could only imagine.
Great Movie and great reaction! Laughed out loud several times, thanks to you, you made me experience the movie as if I saw it again for the first time.
That’s awesome!! Glad to give some laughs to this already, awesome film!
if you love the kid who plays data, he's actually been gone from hollywood since the 80s
but he's coming back this year in an insane looking film called 'everything everywhere all at once'
recommend checking out the trailer
The movie where Samwise and Thanos are brothers. I was invested in this movie so much as a kid. #gooniesforever #gooniesneverdie
goonies to the end!
@@JamesVSCinema btw Feelin' the sky blue drip... Love the saturation
My dad was a teen when this came out so idk if he saw it in theaters or what but he liked the movie and I was born in 1990. My dad got it and showed it to us as kids probably on vhs tape. I loved it. The Stranger Things tv show reminds me of this movie the most. It has that same sort of feel.
Love the content man brings nothing but good times and vibes 🤙 (one of my favorite classic movies)
Love this movie as a kid, still do.
Saw this opening weekend at a drive-in. I was maybe 12, it never gets old. Really hope that a sequel doesn't happen. A reboot sure, but leave this story with the kids on the beach forever.
I remember watching this in the summer of 04 I was 10 going on 11 and always day dreamed about riding bikes around the neighborhood going on a adventure with friends
It's being shot in San Francisco, California. My mom grew up there.
Heard some of it was shot in Oregon too!
I always use "HEYYYY YOU GUYYYYS!" to get people's attention.
This, Stand By Me, and Now and Then. Best movies about childhood friendship there are.
Honorable Mention: The Sandlot
PS: I’m sure there are more.
Thanks for this! They just don't make them like this anymore. Shot on film, all practical effects, no CGI, great cast, great writing and directing, a true classic. Their probably working on a not-as-good remake/reboot as we speak. Great reaction man, I wish I could watch this movie for the first time again!
Also, the great orchestral score was like the icing on the cake!
Glad you're doing well man. Things aren't the best for me at the minute.
Sorry to hear that brother..take whatever time you need for yourself. We here for you homie.
Hope things get better for you dude!
@@TransitOfMarsOfficial Cheers guys, I think it's wrapped up now.
Anne Ramsey plays the rotten old lady so well. Did you see Throw Mama From The Train Yet?
Goonies never say die! 🤗
The expression on the actors' faces when seeing the ship was geniune from one take. They never saw it before they filmed.
The one that played the mother of the fortelli bros also played Danny DeVito's mother in the movie with him and Billy Crystal called Throw Momma from the Train. Danny DeVito hires Billy Crystal to kill his mean mother
Richard Donner: "Am I a joke to you, James?!"
😂😂😂
I remember being a little kid in the mid/late 80s and watching this on Betamax with my younger brother. Still holds up as a great adventure film for both kids and adults, IMO. Glad you've now experienced it for yourself. Great reaction as always, James :)
another pretty much perfect movie. there were quite a few on them in the 80's.
18:03 seriously how did they do this shot? Was there a cameraman riding down behind them the whole time?
I got a laugh at the "this is a great set up for a Mr. Ballen video" comment. 😂
Hahaha he’d have a field day with this one lemme tell ya.
This movie, Adam's Apples (Mads Mikkelsen) and Donnie Darko are my Triforce.
Great to enjoy your reaction on my day off. I'm sure someone has mentioned it but when the kids see the pirate ship that's a initial first reaction. I completely got Uncharted 4 vibes. First time aging Uncharted 4 when you first saw Henry Averes ship.....I felt like a Goonie
YESSSSSS JAMES!! Thank you for doing one of my ALL TIME favourite movies as a kid (may or may not have had to do with my Sean Astin crush 😂). Can't WAIT to watch!! P.S: Your laugh is so contagious, James. Anyone having a bad day, watch James watching Naked Gun 1 or 2 and thank me later 😊
Hahaha happy you dig the vibes Caroline!!
@@JamesVSCinema Alll the way! Naked Gun movies were one of the fav comedies my dad and I shared when I was (probably too young hehe) and I hadn't watched them since he passed 11 years ago. Seeing you watch them was like watching for the first time again and your laugh + Leslie Nielsen's deadpan humour/sight gags just made it so much funnier (if possible!). John Candy was also a comedy great we adored 😍
Such a great movie - I was lucky enough to be in the target audience age range when this came out (as well as many other of the kids classics) - It has everything a child would want, booby traps, water slides, skeletons, action, gadgets etc
I was always hoping to find a lost treasure map, even made a few (burn the edges with a match, soak in tea to make it look old, lol)
This is a top tier film. Because it feels so genuine. Despite knowing full well it's a movie you do go on the adventure with them. We all became Goonies. It somehow managed to capture exactly what childhood groups are like. To this day it feels authentic in a way very few films every do. Plus, it is just ludicrously cool. It's dripping with cool. Who the hell didn't want to find treasure as a kid?
To watch a more modern homage to The Goonies, check out Super 8. Does a really good job with the group vibe.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a MUST MUST watch for you.
Also, give Real Genius a watch. They'll all tickle your funny bone just right.
Damn time fly , i remember watching this film , wauuu 1985 😂great reaction
Another great reaction to one of my favourite 80's classics. It's interesting that you mistook this for a Spielberg-directed film, but it's an understandable mistake to make. Back in the late 80's I made a similar mistake in thinking that The Lost Boys (1987) was directed by Richard Donner. I found out later that he was the producer and was originally going to direct it. And after working with Corey Feldman in The Goonies, he'd already cast him in The Lost Boys...As David (the part Kiefer Sutherland plays) because it was originally going to be somewhat of a spiritual "sequel" or successor to The Goonies, with younger kids playing the vampires.
But then Richard Donner chose to direct "Lethal Weapon", and gave Joel Schumacher the job of directing, at which point it was changed from a kids vampire movie to a teen vampire movie. So Feldman was recast as one of the Frog brothers. But the similarities between The Goonies and The Lost Boys were still maintained to some extent, especially the scenes with the kids riding around on BMX bikes, and the general sense of adventure. So it would be interesting to see you react to The Lost Boys :)
Your clothing sense is amazing. I love that hat that looks like it's a floating cloud. Peace from Geelong Australia.
Ayyy much love Chris, definitely vibing in a good place at the moment.
I was born 86. I didn't appreciate this movie till I was older cause my two older brothers
I feel like this went unmentioned. I feel like you didn't noticed that the main goonie, Sean Austin, was a Young Samwise Gangee of LotR.
This movie will always be iconic because it doesn't matter what age you are, everyone loves a good treasure hunt. I once watched a debate over which was better, gold or bitcoin, and in a statement that caught everyone off guard, but was pure truth, the gold guy said The Goonies hunting for bitcoin would be the worst movie ever!
Love the appa inspired hat James...
Ayyyy thank you!
The cave and ship set was off limits to the kids during most of the production. The first time they saw it was when they filmed that shot when they came out of the water slides so that they could get their true reaction to the epic set.
Uncharted 4: kids bop killed me
The drip is undeniable
Great reaction as always, this channel rules
Ayyyy you know the vibe 🍃
Lovin the reactions ! Love this movie glad you finally watched it ! Its a good one for sure haha and damn when you were like "is that a young" and then you said thanos i was like aww damn i thought you were gonna say young Sam from Lord of the Rings haha none the less :P good eye
They don't make movies like this no more. :(
If you love this movie and the actors in it, watch the 30th anniversary edition with the video commentary turned on. It is fucking hilarious especially Richard Donner's comments.
Time to watch Stand By Me.
10/10 on the hat game today! 🙂👍
My friend! Good looking out!
I just realized that you are wearing an Appa bucket hat…. I didn’t realize how much I needed something like that in my life until I saw you wearing it but now I NEED IT!!!!!!! Where did u get it? Online or at a convention?
Online brotha!! Go get it!
I'm sure I'm not the only person who was thinking "Goonies never say die" when Samwise had to do the thing in ROTK. 🌋😉
Anyways, my friend Kelly had a sleepover for her birthday. The next day we were all going to the movies together. The choices were GOONIES and SHANGHAI SURPRISE. Because I was still only 12 and SS was a PG-13 movie, her mom decided we should see GOONIES. In retrospect I saved the day but at the time I was the most pissed off because I really wanted to be Madonna when I grew up. 🤭
When I saw this thumbnail, I decided I'd go make a cup of tea before I sat down to watch. Without thinking I started singing the theme song "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" from memory. Now ask me what I did this morning. 🤷♀️
😂😂😂
Also a young Sam Wise (Sean Austin) from The Lord of the Rings.
Uncharted 4 .. but the kids bop version 🤣😂🤣 .. Such a good movie. Data is also in the Netflix movie Finding Ohana, which is like a budget Goonies haha, still a fun watch imo.. and his character is "Keoki" 😊 (though credited as "George" 🙄)
The game Sea of Thieves used the ship cave area as inspiration for the Pirate Legend cave/hideout
I’ll have to check that out!!
Such a fly hat
I love the brothers Samwise and Thanos.
If you want to see more of the set - and a like to second Goonies movie: ua-cam.com/video/VhPujiA9BRY/v-deo.html
Ba-by Ruuuuth!
Dude Spielberg only wrote the story, Richard Donnor Directed and Chris Colombus wrote the script
To this day this is still my favorite adventure movie.
Goonies was never part of my childhood unfortunately. Even though I was about 13 when released, my childhood mostly consisted of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner, Monty Python, Spaghetti Westerns, etc by this stage of my life. It is a great film though, even to this day. Also the 80's seems to be a time when children's movies seemed to become a bit more mature, and less childish, tapping more into what kids were really like at the time.
Your hat is giving me Appa vibes, and I hope it’s supposed to!
Edit: Yay! Lol yip yip
Speaking about appa, avatar the last airbender is the best animated tv series
YESSSSS MY FUCKING GGGGGGGG!!!!!!!! CMONNNNN big classic
WOOOOOOOOO!!
@@JamesVSCinema not sure if you only take suggestions from Patreon but Enemey at the gate is a sick film. love for the content tho bro
Well, now that you've seen this, you can appreciate this:
Goonies of the Caribbean Trailer
ua-cam.com/video/O67Xdnu6GMs/v-deo.html
We're enjoying the ride.
Classic! You should check out Legend with Tom Cruise and Tim Curry.
Did you catch that that's Sam from LOTR?
I did now!
Need to watch the hidden treasures commentary though, very good, although Sean Austin shoots off and dosnt come back, still the best commentary except the Tropic Thunder commentary
For me, the joy of this movie is the cast. I LOVE these kids so much. The chemistry is pure magic, but you were so right to point out that the magic is captured, partially, by the terrific editing and mixing of the audio. The writing also allows each of the characters to have a moment. FYI, Mama Fratelli was played by Anne Ramsey, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Throw Mama From the Train, a retelling of Strangers on a Train that also stars Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal. Highly recommend that film too.
The cast killed this movie! Loved each and every one of them!
As far as I know from all the director's commentaries that I've seen, that 'chemistry' between the child stars was one-hundred percent organic. They really had a blast on the set of this movie. Each and every one of them treasured it as a childhood memory shared between friends. That kind of makes Goonies all the more beautiful in my opinion.
When I was a kid I saw this and Ghostbusters as a double feature at the drive-in with goofy childhood friends. Probably my favorite theater experience
That is an INSANE lineup. Wow. I can't even imagine.
I know that had to be a fun time.
Damn this is iconic
had to be the best of times
@@JamesVSCinema please react to encino man 1992.
Grew up with this movie, and for the longest time could never articulate why the scene where they start to take the treasure then Mikey goes "Except that. That's Willie's." gets me welled up a bit. Now watching your reaction I think it has to due with the integrity this kid shows. He's about to get his home taken away so he understands possessions that are meaningful beyond materialism.
A childhood classic. I grew up on this movie. Love all the characters, but Data is tops.
Sean Astin has always been phenomenal, and his 'Our time' speech is one of the best scenes. When I heard he was cast as Samwise, I knew he was perfect for the role.
Sean Astin has had my heart since childhood 🖤
Hobbits never say die!
RIP, Richard Donner. He gave us this film, Lethal Weapon, Superman, Scrooged, The Omen, and Ladyhawke.
RIP, loved this film!
Oh man Ladyhawke. It's been close to 30 years since I've seen that. Well looks like I know what I'm gonna find next
Ladyhawke was my jam! Lol
Great childhood movie. Funfacts: they leave the line in the end about them seeing a giant octopus, even though that scene was deleted from the theatrical cut. R2-D2 is on the deck of the pirate ship at the end. And this movie takes place in Astoria, which is the same town where Kindergarten Cop would later take place.
And short circuit too
@@matthewgraham2619 Thought that was in New York
@@stevewhite8178 2nd one was
The (deleted) octopus scene: ua-cam.com/video/8hXmqpExeZU/v-deo.html
Last year they did a virtual reunion with the cast and Spielberg and Donner. Everyone loved Donner and when they wrapped he told Spielberg he was heading to his house in Hawaii to get away from kids….Spielberg flew all the kids to Hawaii and had them wait in Donner’s house for him to arrive.😂😂😂👍
Funny, because I heard that Donner actually was not happy at all directing kids and kinda hated dealing with them