I LOVED THE GOONIES but how is this a kids movie?!

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  • @MaryCherryOfficial
    @MaryCherryOfficial  2 роки тому +27

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    • @rickymoranjr9609
      @rickymoranjr9609 2 роки тому +3

      @Mary Cherry did you notice that Josh Brolin (Thanos) is in this movie? along with Sean Astin (Sam Wise) is little Mikey

    • @argentokaos2629
      @argentokaos2629 2 роки тому +2

      OK, so perhaps "The Goonies" isn't exactly a 'nice' kids' movie. But it's a *real* kids' movie.
      Definite influence on "Stranger Things." Yes, Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, and KH Quan have been around FOREVER. It's been so many years--- I actually forgot how they go full "It's a Wonderful Life" at the end.
      Respect your OutKast love.

    • @stevem.1853
      @stevem.1853 2 роки тому +1

      Us kids in the 1980s were tougher than kids today, I don't remember being that scared. This might have been before the PG-13 rating existed though...

    • @jason42080
      @jason42080 2 роки тому +3

      each gem was at least 80-90 carat gems that would go for 6 Figures at most but since it they are from One Eyed Willy's lost treasure then you are talking 1-2 million per gem since the gems have a historic story behind them... history of a gem can triple or quadruple the value of a gem/gems especially history tied to pirates...Yo-Ho Matey!! that is why Pirates are Awesome

    • @spatulagames9881
      @spatulagames9881 2 роки тому +2

      There's no vape in 1985!😂

  • @SherriLyle80s
    @SherriLyle80s 2 роки тому +605

    I watched this as a kid back in the day multiple times. We were built differently.

    • @windandcloudshadow158
      @windandcloudshadow158 2 роки тому +20

      Yea I miss being a kid.

    • @aminhaekal5709
      @aminhaekal5709 2 роки тому +28

      Oh yea, we built different. It is lot fun too. Throwing rocks and cycling through towns, and sometimes watching TV outside the shop

    • @benoitcecyre7081
      @benoitcecyre7081 2 роки тому +70

      It's not the kids that are built different, it's the parents.

    • @JBjopa8
      @JBjopa8 2 роки тому +9

      @@benoitcecyre7081 agreed

    • @squarewave808
      @squarewave808 2 роки тому +31

      @@aminhaekal5709 Yeah I rode bikes all day, and we didn't even know what a bicycle helmet was. We would have definitely made fun of any kid wearing one.

  • @randalthor741
    @randalthor741 2 роки тому +129

    As someone who was a kid in the 80s, we expected our kids movies to be at least a little traumatizing! Goonies, Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, The Secret of Nimh, all the best kids movies had things in them that freaked us out!

    • @RaderizDorret
      @RaderizDorret 2 роки тому +8

      Goes back to the old Fairy Tales. Used to be that we told those stories to kid (and they got dark AF) to prepare them for the world. Nowadays, kids are being a bit too sheltered.

    • @superman-rp5fu
      @superman-rp5fu 2 роки тому +4

      Watership Down....

    • @delbomb3131
      @delbomb3131 Рік тому +8

      ​@@RaderizDorret oofta Artax and the swamp of sadness

    • @tru3sk1ll
      @tru3sk1ll Рік тому +3

      Alien, Predator, Terminator, my childhood, we gave no fucks

    • @Joe-xo4yg
      @Joe-xo4yg Рік тому +3

      Anybody remember D.A.R.Y.L?
      Was it as good as I think I remember?

  • @coldflamebluedragon196
    @coldflamebluedragon196 2 роки тому +321

    This movie always gave me this gut feeling of adventure and wonder when I was a kid. The 80's movies rocks

    • @christopherbrown6049
      @christopherbrown6049 2 роки тому +1

      Yeeeeeeessssss! This made me so happy, i saw this on the big screen 8 yrs old😁😀

    • @WolfPlaysGames2
      @WolfPlaysGames2 2 роки тому +3

      School-age kids entertainment was different back in the 80's. They weren't afraid of showing death and bodies as long as it wasn't gruesome. Even cartoons had people dying.

    • @average-art3222
      @average-art3222 2 роки тому +1

      @@WolfPlaysGames2 plus, I think alot of cartoons had adult hidden inside jokes and pretty sure they can swear to as well

    • @jackmarshall3255
      @jackmarshall3255 2 роки тому +1

      Even the soundtrack had a bit of a mystery and wonder to it I wasn’t born in the 80s but my mom still put this on for me when I was a kid and I actually enjoyed this film but some parts scared me as a kid.

    • @jamesellis701
      @jamesellis701 2 роки тому +1

      I was 12 when it came out and I was so mesmerized by it I saw it 11 times at the theatre

  • @shawnlopez2317
    @shawnlopez2317 2 роки тому +123

    Mary: "These kids remind my of the Stranger Things kids."
    That's because the Stranger Things kids were inspired by these kids.

    • @TheShadow8771
      @TheShadow8771 Рік тому +9

      Literally Goonies never say die 35 years later Stranger things kids "friends don't lie"

    • @crash777burn
      @crash777burn 9 місяців тому +10

      And one of these kids became a Stranger Things adult!

    • @RealRabbit1124
      @RealRabbit1124 2 місяці тому

      Yup, apart of it.

  • @Belgian-Motorsport
    @Belgian-Motorsport 2 роки тому +70

    Watched this so many times as a kid.
    Still very fun to watch today.

  • @comedyriff5231
    @comedyriff5231 2 роки тому +193

    Haha. Children can handle more than we think. Where I´m from (Sweden), our most famous childrens author, Astrid Lindgren, (probably most famous abroad for Pippi Longstocking) dealt with quite dark themes in her stories. Yeah, it was scary sometimes, but I don´t think we Swedes were traumatized for life :)

    • @lostpompeylad
      @lostpompeylad 2 роки тому +4

      Roland Dahl was also know for adult topics in children's books...

    • @adamshepard5977
      @adamshepard5977 2 роки тому +1

      Heck yeah, The Children of Noisy Village!

    • @russellward4624
      @russellward4624 2 роки тому +7

      I saw Jaws, Halloween and Conan the barbarian before I was 6. Society has gone a bit off about this for me. People don't seem to get that it's not real.

    • @robertbryant8243
      @robertbryant8243 2 роки тому +8

      I started reading Stephen King when I was nine and I'm totally fine. (Starts burning the crotch area of a Barbie.)

    • @Stevarooni
      @Stevarooni 2 роки тому +2

      Any good children's book must flirt with darkness.

  • @nowthatisawesome5431
    @nowthatisawesome5431 2 роки тому +130

    Yes, the actor who played Data in this movie also played Short Round (Shorty) in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” 🙂

    • @benoitcecyre7081
      @benoitcecyre7081 2 роки тому +39

      Also worth noting, he has recently returned to acting in the movie Everything, everywhere, all at once. He plays the husband and has some great martial arts moves.

    • @celticson
      @celticson 2 роки тому +3

      @@benoitcecyre7081 For a while he worked as a fight choreographer I think.

    • @ShortyLongstrokin
      @ShortyLongstrokin 2 роки тому +15

      I definitely recommend "Everything Everywhere All at Once" for anyone that hasn't seen it. Ke Huy Quan is amazing in it, as is the entire cast.

    • @Patriiiiick
      @Patriiiiick 2 роки тому +4

      @@benoitcecyre7081 He deserves an oscar nomination for his role in that.

    • @misterprickly
      @misterprickly 2 роки тому +2

      @@benoitcecyre7081 I was just about to post *ALL OF THIS!*

  • @hpred97123
    @hpred97123 2 роки тому +8

    "Goonie's Never Say Die!" Greetings from Oregon where this classic was filmed.

  • @andre1999o
    @andre1999o 2 роки тому +160

    80's kids movies were always scary: Goonies, Labyrinth, Secret of NIMH, An American Tail (well, most of Don Bluth's early ouvre)

    • @drewfromyay882
      @drewfromyay882 2 роки тому +23

      Don't forget Gremlins

    • @Mansplainer2099-jy8ps
      @Mansplainer2099-jy8ps 2 роки тому +23

      Some scary stuff in The NeverEnding Story, E.T. and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids also.
      And some count Willow and The Last Starfighter.
      EDIT: And Return To Oz (which I thought was early 90s)!

    • @ecyobynot
      @ecyobynot 2 роки тому +16

      The Dark Crystal

    • @aminhaekal5709
      @aminhaekal5709 2 роки тому +7

      Jumanji

    • @andre1999o
      @andre1999o 2 роки тому +9

      @@aminhaekal5709 Jumanji is 90's, but the point still stands.

  • @bryanlangerud7953
    @bryanlangerud7953 2 роки тому +115

    Another good movie with Child actors is “Stand By Me”(1986). If you haven’t already reacted to it, I highly recommend you do so.

    • @adz_b
      @adz_b 2 роки тому +5

      Echo that, although would change good to be great, it’s in my top 10 all time 👍🇬🇧

    • @BDRmongoose
      @BDRmongoose 2 роки тому +10

      Stand By Me is a must watch

    • @mshippy19
      @mshippy19 2 роки тому +3

      PLEASE do stand by me 🙏

    • @chris-hz2wd
      @chris-hz2wd 2 роки тому +4

      Iconic 80s film along with The Goonies

    • @RealRabbit1124
      @RealRabbit1124 2 місяці тому

      Yes great movie.

  • @GilbertClark
    @GilbertClark 2 роки тому +47

    Samwise, Short-round and Thanos go on an adventure. This was a favorite of mine back in high school in the 80s. I never would classify this as a "kids movie", just a fun adventure movie with kids. Love your reactions Mary. Love that you know "They're Coming to Take Me Away".

  • @LordVolkov
    @LordVolkov 2 роки тому +58

    "Ooh, that's symbolic!"
    Sloth ripping open his shirt to the Superman theme, pointing to the S, and saying "Sloth!", is one of my favorite moments.

    • @mcgilj1
      @mcgilj1 2 роки тому +15

      I don't know about symbolic.. But it's a great in-joke from director Richard Donner who also directed the first Christopher Reeve led "Superman".. always put a huge grin on my face.

    • @elzar760
      @elzar760 2 роки тому +3

      @@mcgilj1 I think that’s part of how they were allowed to play the actual Superman theme even.

    • @mcgilj1
      @mcgilj1 2 роки тому +2

      @@elzar760 that... Warner Bros. plus having Spielberg as your producer definely can't hurt

  • @captainchaos3667
    @captainchaos3667 2 роки тому +27

    It's not a coincidence that so many things remind you of Stranger Things. It is inspired by exactly these kinds of iconic eighties movies, and The Goonies is one of the most iconic ones and a major influence on Stranger Things.

  • @jonathancathey2334
    @jonathancathey2334 2 роки тому +101

    Now this showing my age, but I went this movie as a kid. I had a great time in the theater. This movie is a great kids movie. Action, adventure, and a little bit of fantasy. Kids are a lot tougher than you think. If you decide to have kids. You need to realize that when raising children. You need to be raising future adults. Yes, you do want to shelter kids from a certain amount of real horrors in the world, but sooner or later you need to let go.

    • @Jiibay7796
      @Jiibay7796 2 роки тому +2

      I hear you on this one. I was a youngster when I saw this as well. Oh the memories.

    • @KeredCross
      @KeredCross 2 роки тому

      Saw it 2 times myself in the summer of '85. Different times.

  • @canadianscratcher7834
    @canadianscratcher7834 2 роки тому +29

    R.I.P Richard Donner who was a brilliant director. He told the kids when to look as the reveal of One-Eyed Willy's ship.

  • @jeanpaulmedellin
    @jeanpaulmedellin 2 роки тому +143

    Yeah, this is a kids' film. It was very different in the 80s, of course, it wasn't perfect, it had a lot of problems. But there are some things that definitely were much better, and kids' movies are one of them. They weren't afraid to show scary things, smoking, death, and many things that are now considered off-limits for kids, because they knew that kids were smarter and tougher, they knew they could handle it. It also helped that kids were literally playing outside until it got dark, having their own adventures.

    • @stanmann356
      @stanmann356 2 роки тому +23

      Growing up in the late seventies and early '80s, I would spend my summers walking alone in the woods, following creek beds for miles, walking along railroad tracks etc. I never knew where I would end up once I started walking. My mom would always joke about how she never knew where I was, but that I'd always be back at supper. Times were certainly different back then

    • @davidbeck7615
      @davidbeck7615 2 роки тому +11

      Kids soft af now a days.

    • @asdfasdf7199
      @asdfasdf7199 2 роки тому +8

      gremlins and temple of doom were PG-rated movies 💀

    • @brianherr2699
      @brianherr2699 2 роки тому +6

      @@davidbeck7615 no, their parents are just modified snowplows. It’s the current crop of adults who are soft.

    • @elzar760
      @elzar760 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah, we’d take off on our bikes and the rule was you had to be home by dinner time or else you were in trouble. Then if you went out after dinner in the summer when it stayed light longer, be home by dark.

  • @seanbumstead1250
    @seanbumstead1250 2 роки тому +67

    It's a kids film because the ratings for movies in the 70s and 80s was way more relaxed

    • @russellward4624
      @russellward4624 2 роки тому +10

      was the correct ratings back then

    • @christopherb501
      @christopherb501 2 роки тому

      @@russellward4624 Well, aside from what sexual or queer themes could be allowed in movies.

    • @JoveJoved
      @JoveJoved 2 роки тому +3

      @@christopherb501 Which should be zero.

  • @galandirofrivendell4740
    @galandirofrivendell4740 2 роки тому +62

    "Is this a kids' movie?!" Actually, yes. Too many "well-meaning" adults would probably banish all types of scary images from stories. TV and movies to "protect" children, which on the surface is OK. But exposing kids to such scenes -- and really, these are comparatively tame -- strengthens their exposure to The Real World. Besides, how do you determine what is too scary? A friend once remarked that the Haunted Forest scene in "The Wizard of Oz" is one of the scariest scenes for a young child. It certainly was for me when I was 6. But I turned out normal -- well, relatively so. This is why today's movies aren't as good as the ones we grew up with. Too many well-meaning officials thinking they know everything about storytelling.

    • @Metzwerg74
      @Metzwerg74 2 роки тому +13

      they don´t "Protect" the kids... they cripple them for life by overprotecting them...

    • @mog4993
      @mog4993 2 роки тому +2

      Basically the blue ribbon for everyone mentality. Kids have been neutered in a lot of areas.

    • @highlander31527
      @highlander31527 2 роки тому +3

      The Wheelies from Return To Oz.
      Absolutely horrifying to watch as a kid in theaters.

  • @SuperSCWorld
    @SuperSCWorld 2 роки тому +43

    Saw this when I was 10 years old back in the 80’s, best Kids movie!
    Also the pirate’s called “one-eyed Willy”. 🤣 went over my head as a kid😅

  • @ShyheimMcDonald
    @ShyheimMcDonald 2 роки тому +2

    The Duffer Brothers took some inspiration from this classic film when starting Stranger Things

  • @gaz_25
    @gaz_25 2 роки тому +3

    The reason they call themselves the Goonies, is in reference to the area of the town they live in, which is called the Goon Docks. It is subtly mentioned once or twice through out the movie, so easily missed.

  • @joseesparza7488
    @joseesparza7488 2 роки тому +2

    Now. The music. The score…wow!!!!

  • @Blazingstoke
    @Blazingstoke 2 роки тому +19

    Sloth shouting "HEY YOU GUYS!!" is a reference to the opening of _The Electric Company,_ a popular educational show in the '70s, where Rita Moreno shouted it. Apparently it's a line Rita keeps getting fan requests for to this day, so of course it got added into an episode of her more recent show, Netflix's _One Day At a Time._

  • @RyanPeterson23
    @RyanPeterson23 2 роки тому +18

    International maritime salvage law states that a lost ship and its items belong to the first person or group to successfully retrieve and bring back part of the find. This means that even if the gems in Mikey's bag aren't enough, they give him and the Goonies claim to all the treasure found on the entire ship. Probably enough to keep them from having to sell their houses.

  • @krispurdy78
    @krispurdy78 2 роки тому +36

    Most definitely a children's film and one of my most favorite as a child. But keep in mind, I was also watching Nightmare on Elm Street and Freddy was a favorite of mine. My childhood sweetheart and I used to love watching horror movies. It didn't seem to phase us back then as we weren't old enough to understand death. It was all just make believe in films so we weren't scared of it.

  • @davidr1050
    @davidr1050 2 роки тому +2

    10:20 -- The house is still there.. It's in Oregon. -- Currently for sale for 1.65 million.

  • @sammylane21
    @sammylane21 2 роки тому +17

    My favorite scene is the Cindy Lauper "The Goonies Are Good Enough". That scene is just a nostalgia bomb for me, takes back to a more innocent time in elementary school days.

  • @jean-paulaudette9246
    @jean-paulaudette9246 2 роки тому +1

    A friend of mine grew up in Astoria, Oregon and this was by far her favorite film growing up.

  • @apb672
    @apb672 2 роки тому +12

    Lady, the 80's and 90's were MUCH cooler about treating kids closer to adults than they are in our lameass days.

  • @cyberingcatgirls7069
    @cyberingcatgirls7069 2 роки тому +3

    Once flawless gems get beyond a certain size they increase exponentially in value due to the rarity, so it's actually fairly plausible that gems the size of the ones she dumped out from that bag would be enough to save the kids' houses. There are cut emeralds less than 20 mm wide that go for millions of dollars.

  • @victorzuniga233
    @victorzuniga233 2 роки тому +23

    Richard Donner also directed the first Superman movie, The Omen, and all the Lethal Weapon movies ☺️

    • @MLJ7956
      @MLJ7956 2 роки тому +3

      Richard Donner also did direct 85% of Superman II before being fired....

    • @NightRanger-lz6tp
      @NightRanger-lz6tp 2 роки тому +2

      And also Scrooged and The Toy.

    • @MLJ7956
      @MLJ7956 2 роки тому

      @@NightRanger-lz6tp - that's what I already said...

    • @JayPadrig
      @JayPadrig 7 місяців тому

      The first Superman? You know there were others before Christopher Reeve’s right 😅

  • @gdiaz8827
    @gdiaz8827 2 роки тому +3

    80s kids were made of steadier stuff, we rock and roll with best of them

  • @mickesmanymovies
    @mickesmanymovies 2 роки тому +5

    I grew up with this one. I was 11 years old when it came out, basically the perfect age.
    I've seen it countless times and know it by heart!
    It was SO FUNNY hearing you repeatedly say "How is this a kids movie?!", because thinking back at that awesome decade we did get a lot more adult topics in "our" movies back then... 😊

  • @leftofpunk
    @leftofpunk 2 роки тому +17

    The Goonies is my favorite standalone 80s movie hands down. You're right though, there is a LOT of Goonies DNA running through Stranger Things, particularly in season 1 to establish the main cast of kids.

  • @samwiebenga2512
    @samwiebenga2512 2 роки тому +18

    Hey Mary, glad you enjoyed The Goonies. I watched it in the theaters 3 times when I was a kid. Still to this day it’s my favorite children’s film. And, I was not traumatized when I watched it back in ‘85. 🤔☺️

  • @henrikeatworld
    @henrikeatworld 2 роки тому +8

    Although I'm an 80's kid, I missed this movie until I was in my 20's and when I finally saw it I was instantly brought back to my childhood biking around adventures lol. It's never too late to see great movies :)

  • @robertreichle1
    @robertreichle1 2 роки тому +11

    Ha. It never crossed my mind for a second when I was 12 (and this was new) that this might not have been a kids movie. Kids can handle plenty if you actually teach them to think for themselves and understand what's real and what's not.

  • @bf5175
    @bf5175 2 роки тому +4

    "That must mean Josh Brolin is really old cause 1985 was a long time ago." Having seen the movie in theaters as a teenager I now feel really old. Thanks Mary!
    And Josh is only 54. He was 17 in the movie.

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan 2 роки тому +9

    Martha Plimpton was in this (teen with glasses). She was in a number of good movies and the long running sitcom Raising Hope after this.

    • @Hortonfantastic4
      @Hortonfantastic4 2 роки тому

      And Running on Empty with the late River Phoenix

    • @wheelmanstan
      @wheelmanstan 2 роки тому

      @@Hortonfantastic4 and the mosquito coast, that's a lesser known but very good film also, she and river were in both..I think they were dating at the time

  • @parallaxnick637
    @parallaxnick637 2 роки тому +19

    The kid who played Data ( Jonathan Ke Quan) also played Short Round in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", then disappeared for decades before finally reappearing in "Everything Everywhere All At Once".

  • @candicelitrenta8890
    @candicelitrenta8890 2 роки тому +7

    The fact that they were from a buried treasure so many centuries ago would make them worth it for sure

  • @Witlash101
    @Witlash101 2 роки тому +14

    Love this movie!! At the part where the kids seen the pirate ship, those were the kids real reactions. When they were making the movie they never told them about the ship.

  • @reesielovesyou
    @reesielovesyou 2 роки тому +10

    i watched horror films as a kid, this was light hearted for me lol, i have NO IDEA what my parents were thinking but i also have a great and loving nostalgia for this movie :)

  • @diegorodriguez974
    @diegorodriguez974 2 роки тому +44

    If you're ever in the mood for another 80s movie, Big Trouble in Little China is one of the best made movies of the 80s. My personal favorite.

    • @xentheman878
      @xentheman878 2 роки тому

      Me too it's my childhood movie the goonies with Steven Spielberg

    • @N_Jones
      @N_Jones 2 роки тому +1

      ha, I just got home from a party, and am currently dressed as Rain from Big Trouble (I took the hat off)

    • @diegorodriguez974
      @diegorodriguez974 2 роки тому +1

      @@N_Jones Tell me you had the backscratchers

    • @N_Jones
      @N_Jones 2 роки тому +1

      @@diegorodriguez974 Damnit! I knew I missed something. :)

    • @tru3sk1ll
      @tru3sk1ll Рік тому

      She just reacted to it, if you're reading this!

  • @frankhumphrey9898
    @frankhumphrey9898 2 роки тому +3

    I'm impressedthat someone your age not only knows the title to " They're Coming To Take Me Away " , but can sing it too .

  • @Parklarblick
    @Parklarblick 2 роки тому +10

    When this movie came out i was about the same age as the kids in it. It was amazing! Recreating this and Indiana Jones made up half of our play time in the back yards! And incidentally, always nice to find another Dr. Demento fan!

  • @brianlafrazia8237
    @brianlafrazia8237 2 роки тому +10

    By the way, I was 12 when this came out and it was EVERYTHING. We loved it. And it stands up today. Super funny. And the kid who played Mikey is Sean Astin, who played Sam in Lord of the Rings.

  • @JamesMPalmer
    @JamesMPalmer 2 роки тому +1

    41:30 Mary, those gems were all cut, of decent size, unfixed. With that bag full of them. In the 80's? Worth millions, easy.

  • @Dracounguis
    @Dracounguis 2 роки тому +66

    "How is this a kids' film?", you say. Kids weren't as pathetic and wimpy back then as they are today. 😆

    • @rickdeleon7386
      @rickdeleon7386 2 роки тому +9

      This comment deserves a thousand thumbs up.

    • @iwillroam
      @iwillroam 2 роки тому +8

      grandpa! how did you get out

    • @Dracounguis
      @Dracounguis 2 роки тому +3

      @@iwillroam 👴🏃💨

    • @thane9
      @thane9 Рік тому +1

      Only because we were shamed for crying, punished for being afraid, and overall neglected and raised ourselves as an entire generation. It's not something to be proud of.

    • @paulchavez3039
      @paulchavez3039 Рік тому

      Yeah kids these days can hardly take a roundhouse kick to the head. Weak!

  • @jean-paulaudette9246
    @jean-paulaudette9246 2 роки тому +2

    18:27 of ALL the things I did not expect to see, today, this one has made me happiest. Thank you, Mary, for giving me a fine stroll down Nostalgia Lane.

  • @jedparker2855
    @jedparker2855 2 роки тому +6

    This is one of the best films of the 80's!!! I used to watch this all the time when I was little, and I've always loved it every time! The Goonies is probably one of the best works by director Richard Donner, who also did Superman, the Lethal Weapon movies and The Omen. I also love how this movie was originally conceived by Steven Spielberg and he never ceases to amaze audiences with the stories he tells in film.

  • @loganfinke6686
    @loganfinke6686 2 роки тому +1

    as a kid, this movie, on a rainy day, at my grandmas house, on her old vhs player…those were the days

  • @Matisaro
    @Matisaro 2 роки тому +10

    The 80's just hit different.

  • @simonbeaird7436
    @simonbeaird7436 2 роки тому +1

    18:30:'They're coming to take me away ha-haaa!' I haven't heard this song for at least 30 years! Thank you Mary you wonderful crazy girl! 😊
    And, yes, this movie is a classic kids story.

  • @mumm-ratheeverliving2288
    @mumm-ratheeverliving2288 2 роки тому +14

    "Hey you guys!!!"

  • @Colin-bowser
    @Colin-bowser 2 роки тому +1

    Solving a pirate mystery, does put a smile on his face

  • @candicelitrenta8890
    @candicelitrenta8890 2 роки тому +8

    I think he screams daddy because it is the country club his dad owns, and he is freaked out and calls to him to help

  • @adamantyr
    @adamantyr Рік тому +1

    Love this one, it's a classic!
    The term "Goonies" comes from "Goon Docks" which is a fictional area of Astoria located at the waterfront that is lower income with a lot of blue collar families. The rich people who live in Hillside use it as a pejorative.
    To answer your questions about HOW this is a kid's movie, well, I watched a guy's face melt in Raiders of the Lost Ark at age six. :) Goonies is a light-weight in comparison. Some of the humor is pretty crude but it's nothing compared to "Stand By Me". I do like the random banter and riffing they do, it's really thanks to Richard Donner who encouraged them to just be kids on set. (Fun fact: he made sure the pirate ship wasn't seen by any of them until the day of shooting. They were so awed that Josh Brolin said "Holy shit!" by accident.)
    The actress for Mama Fratelli was Anne Ramsey, who after a long history in television had some fantastic film roles including Goonies and Throw Momma from the Train. You may recognize Data because Ke Huy Quan was also Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Jeff Cohen, the actor for Chunk, actually got out of acting after childhood and became a lawyer. (He even acted as Ke Huy's agent.)

  • @nothingmusic42
    @nothingmusic42 2 роки тому +10

    true story from an 80's kid:
    my parents were going to the video store and asked if i wanted to rent anything. i asked for The Goonies. for some reason, they thought i wanted to rent schlockey b-horror movie The Ghoulies. instead of the movie i had been dying to see, i got evil Tribbles.
    why the hell my parents would think i wanted that instead of, ya know, the biggest kid's movie on the planet at the time, is beyond me.

  • @Patriiiiick
    @Patriiiiick 2 роки тому +2

    I never, ever get tired of watching this. Everyone is perfect in it.

  • @klarthailerion
    @klarthailerion 2 роки тому +3

    Goonies, Clue, Back to the Future, Real Genius (with young Val Kilmer)... what a year for movies in 1985.

  • @tomyoung9049
    @tomyoung9049 2 роки тому +5

    double extra points for you for knowing so much of the lyrics to "They're coming to take me away", a fun song to sing along with. A fun, silly movie. But I still can't help thinking, get that ship. They just stand there watching a shipload of gold and treasure just sail away with no one aboard.

  • @warriorpitbull1170
    @warriorpitbull1170 2 роки тому +12

    Thanos and Samwise look quite different as this age, eh? xD
    I saw this in the theater as a teen. It was never billed as a kid's movie which were rated 'G' for 'General Audiences'.
    Goonies was rated 'PG' for "Parental Guidance'.

    • @TheMimiSard
      @TheMimiSard 2 роки тому

      Oh, I thought it was Cable.

    • @Seth-fg4ho
      @Seth-fg4ho 2 роки тому

      @@TheMimiSard It is. Brolin played Cable and Thanos.

    • @mcgilj1
      @mcgilj1 2 роки тому

      I just think of him as the dude in "Thrashin'"...

  • @lesliedaubert1411
    @lesliedaubert1411 Рік тому +2

    Kids movies of the 80s were fun. I was born in 1982. Fun movies then. Guess different generations grow up with different styles.

  • @onemanreactionfaction7636
    @onemanreactionfaction7636 2 роки тому +5

    Hell yeah! I've been waiting for this one! I hope you enjoyed this flick. This is literally a piece of my childhood.

  • @Paul77ozee
    @Paul77ozee 2 роки тому +1

    Jeff Cohen (Chunk) stole every scene he was in. I especially love the way he’s says “ok I’ll talk”.

  • @squarewave808
    @squarewave808 2 роки тому +20

    Yep it was a kid's movie, that's how we rolled back then. Even Jaws had a PG rating! But this was around the time they introduced the PG-13 rating for movies that were a bit too much for a PG rating.

    • @Little1Cave
      @Little1Cave 2 роки тому +5

      Yep! If I remember correctly it was a combination of Gremlins and Temple of Doom that resulted in the creation of the PG-13 rating. Lol

    • @michaelross1452
      @michaelross1452 2 роки тому +4

      @@mohammedashian8094 Red Dawn was after Temple of Doom.
      Temple of Doom released in May of 1984 and Red Dawn was August.
      Gremlins and Temple of Doom helped the MPAA create the new pg 13 rating.

    • @Little1Cave
      @Little1Cave 2 роки тому +1

      @@mohammedashian8094 Ahh okay I looked it up. So the two films I mentioned were the crux of the discussion around the creation of a PG-13 rating, and that resulted in Red Dawn becoming the first movie to have that rating when released.

    • @michaelross1452
      @michaelross1452 2 роки тому +2

      @@mohammedashian8094 It shows decapitation, dismemberment and a melting gremlin.....

    • @squarewave808
      @squarewave808 2 роки тому +1

      @@mohammedashian8094 Red Dawn was the first movie with the new PG-13 rating, but Gremlins was definitely one of the movies that prompted creation of it.

  • @seanmahoney2671
    @seanmahoney2671 2 роки тому +2

    I always love watching this movie. I grew up on it and it takes place right near where I grew up. Just total nostalgia.

  • @WraithWTF
    @WraithWTF 2 роки тому +8

    "There's no way this is a children's film" LOL...kids in the 80s were a very different breed than the cream puffs of today, most 80s kid films dealt with scary or dark topics that would be considered "too much" for kids nowadays.

  • @grifmaximus
    @grifmaximus 2 роки тому +1

    One of my favorite movies ever! I’ve actually been to the Goonie’s house in Astoria, I live only about 100 miles away

  • @snorpenbass4196
    @snorpenbass4196 2 роки тому +8

    So the thing about adventure movies is that they used to be aimed at everyone, from kids to adults. The kids enjoyed the thrilling ride, the parents enjoyed the adult themes. And usually you went with the entire family (hence the later term "family movie" for certain kinds of movies). But that was long ago, and we're all old and grey... (waves walker at you young whippersnappers)

  • @chrisleebowers
    @chrisleebowers 2 роки тому +2

    "Director Richard Donner who I don't know"
    Superman: The Movie
    Superman 2 (With Richard Lester)
    All four Lethal Weapon movies
    Ladyhawke
    Scrooged
    Maverick (1994)
    Assassins (1995) Written by The Wachowskis

  • @inarar5334
    @inarar5334 2 роки тому +4

    Goonies has this kind of surreal tone it was easy as a kid to pick up on (I was 9 when it came out) that what we're seeing is more cartoony than real.

  • @rajaatthewarbringer2504
    @rajaatthewarbringer2504 2 роки тому +2

    The 80's were a wild time!

  • @billbabcock1833
    @billbabcock1833 2 роки тому +3

    I can't believe you even know the "They're coming to take me away" song, much less were singing it. I actually had the 45 when I was about 12. Yes, I'm old.

  • @davidr1050
    @davidr1050 2 роки тому +2

    Mikey is played by Sean Astin who shows up in the series Stranger Things.

  • @stephengill745
    @stephengill745 2 роки тому +5

    Love this film brings it back to my childhood. It was such a tragic ending for John Matuszak who played sloth he was 38 when he died so sad.

    • @charleshays5407
      @charleshays5407 5 місяців тому

      And he played for the then L.A. Raiders.

  • @alexbailey5211
    @alexbailey5211 2 роки тому

    I also discovered this movie this year. And I'm definitely in the same boat of knowing that this is likely going to be a new favorite. Glad to see I'm not the only one who hadn't seen it til now. Great video

  • @Little1Cave
    @Little1Cave 2 роки тому +8

    If you enjoyed Ke Huy Quan as Data and Shortround, you should TOTALLY check him out in his latest movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once. One of the best films of this year. ❤️

  • @nickperkins8477
    @nickperkins8477 2 роки тому +1

    Richard Donner was a very accomplished director, across TV in the 60’s to movies from the 70’s to the 2000’s. He directed The Omen (1976) and Superman: The Movie (1978). In the 80’s, in addition to The Goonies, he started the Lethal Weapon movie franchise, directing all four movies that have been made so far.

  • @sammylane21
    @sammylane21 2 роки тому +9

    I crack up everytime I see Chunk's re-enacting his puking story.😂

  • @RyGuy42089
    @RyGuy42089 2 роки тому +2

    No green screen at all in this movie. This was 1985. Green screen didn't exist. The pirate ship scene was all on a Hollywood set. The kids reactions to seeing the ship were all genuine, because it was the first time they had seen it.

  • @adamclifton29
    @adamclifton29 2 роки тому +3

    This is a kids movie I saw a lot of growing up. Much better than what passes as kids movies today

  • @SBaby
    @SBaby 2 роки тому +1

    20:02 - Yeah, that place is filthy and a mess. Nobody WOULD want to come to that place. That's why the Fratellis used it as their hideout. If you don't want anyone in your hideout, make it unappealing.

  • @tomtaylor3197
    @tomtaylor3197 2 роки тому +8

    Goonies never say die!

  • @hannahsummerhalder486
    @hannahsummerhalder486 2 роки тому +2

    Fun fact: this movie was filmed in Astoria, Oregon, you can visit the county jail from the opening scene. Although, you cannot tour the goonies house anymore. Also, the rock formation is on the oregon coast as well.
    I love this movie probably because I live in Portland, Oregon and have travel to Astoria with my family. I have been to some of the filming locations of this movie. That and I love the story line, the characters, the plot, and the adventure and the music. It is one of my personal favorites to watch.

    • @squarewave808
      @squarewave808 2 роки тому +1

      Another 80s classic filmed in Astoria: Short Circuit

    • @Osprey850
      @Osprey850 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@squarewave808 Kindergarten Cop was also filmed there in 1990.

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan 2 роки тому +6

    "Goonies" because the area they lived in was referred to as "the Goon Docks".

  • @SBaby
    @SBaby 2 роки тому +1

    19:03 - Back in the 80s, they could do all of this in a PG rated film. 'Airplane!' was a PG rated film. For a short time in the early 2000s, PG rated movies were slowly drifting back to being able to get away with these kinds of things again, but they kind of just stopped at some point.

  • @matthewtimmerman3643
    @matthewtimmerman3643 2 роки тому +4

    We had some hardcore kids movies in the 80s. "The Goonies" is tame next to the Disney trilogy-of-terror: "The Watcher in the Woods", "Return to Oz", and "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

    • @Osprey850
      @Osprey850 2 роки тому

      Finally, someone who appreciates how messed up The Watcher in the Woods was for a kids movie. I remember having nightmares about it for 2 months, especially the blindfolded girl in the broken mirror scenes. Thanks, Disney. Return to Oz was messed up, as well, but I believe that it came out the same year as The Goonies, so I was a little older and a bit desensitized at that point, so it only creeped me out (but it probably traumatized my younger brother and sister).

  • @samswords9993
    @samswords9993 2 роки тому +1

    I love that you did the finger snapping thing! We did that all the time when I was in high school in Peru.

  • @jish55
    @jish55 2 роки тому +1

    What made this movie such a great film is that it portrays kids LIKE KIDS. Seriously, kids are clumsy, mean, and try to get away with crap even though they'll always be caught. They're vulgar and always shit talk each other.

  • @hulkslayer626
    @hulkslayer626 2 роки тому +8

    When she said "the parts of you that don't work that well will catch up" she was talking about his lungs! Get your mind out of the gutter Mary! 😝😈

  • @sageortega-scott9454
    @sageortega-scott9454 2 роки тому +1

    CREATURE FEATURE!!! I love that song! That and The Greatest Show Unearthed

  • @nimblehealer199
    @nimblehealer199 2 роки тому +4

    The kid who played Data in this movie, also played Short Round in Temple of Doom.

    • @scorp77snake
      @scorp77snake 2 роки тому +2

      And is in Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022) which mary should check out if she hasn't already

  • @CChissel
    @CChissel 2 роки тому +1

    I adored this movie as a kid, my friends and I quoted this movie so much. We still might quote it occasionally for old times sake when we see eachother. This movie is just one big nostalgia trip for me now, how I wish I could go back to those simple days

  • @michaelmorina8791
    @michaelmorina8791 2 роки тому +7

    This is a great 80’s film. Might as well rewatch “Stranger Things” since it’s based on the 80’s and the new season was soo goood🔥

  • @8bitarcade
    @8bitarcade 2 роки тому +1

    ahhhh the 80's. I was born in 80. In those days, movie ratings actually meant something. This movie was rated a PG in the UK in 1985, it was then reclassified to a 12 in 2004 then 12A in 2019. I guess things were just a lot simpler back then.
    Some of the cult classics would blow your socks off from that era and were all intended for the family. Never Ending Story, Monster Squad, Stand By Me, Labyrinth, E.T., Explorers, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Princess Bride... I could go on, and my point is, so many of the best movies are the oldies I watched as a kid.

  • @CannonRaw
    @CannonRaw 2 роки тому +8

    Growing up at the tail end of this age. Kids were allowed to get into mischief and adventures with their friends. Now people are having less kids they are more protective of those fewer children. You also can't raise older siblings to look out for their younger siblings.
    Malcom in the Middle.
    Duey is being bullied and the dad says "Reese" and all he says "I'm on it Dad." You can bully your siblings but Hell to the no for someone going after your own.

  • @lisaprince6996
    @lisaprince6996 9 місяців тому

    Omg, you really took me back to my childhood when you started with the funny farm song! Thanks for that!