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The Goonies (1985) Retrospective / Review
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The Goonies (1985) Retrospective / Review
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I've just had an idea on what movie you could review: Romancing The Stone (1984). Romancing The Stone is like Indiana Jones and The Goonies.
And then review the sequel: The Jewel Of The Nile (1985)
and then War of the Roses
Kathleen Kennedy was one of the executive producers? Wow lol
One eyed willy... Dick.
This is child acting at its finest. Just immature enough to be realistic but they are all memorable enough to be seared into our collective memories and psyche. It’s a movie that’s very rewatchable. Great movie!!
Any kid growing up in a neighborhood with friends has had an "Goonie adventure" to some extent,still love it as an adult.
@Bob Saget's Ball Sack my god, this ain't no college thesis! This is an TH-cam comment! You sound like the grammar vampire police in that retarded Twilight movie.
@Bob Saget's Ball Sack Than, Not Then! What the hell?! What is your deal Bob Saget?! Shouldn't you be singing onstage with the Beach Boys and John Stamos?!
@Bob Saget's Ball Sack The hell you do! You love you some Kimmy Gibbler
This movie is one of the movies I've ever seen lol
Piece of trivia: Sean Astin had the original map that they used in the movie. A few years later, Sean's mom, Patty Duke, was doing a major house cleaning, came across the map in Sean's room, and threw it out thinking it was just some junk they didn't want or need anymore. Lost forever, probably in a landfill somewhere.
I loved this movie as a kid, and showed it to my niece a few years ago, excited to see her reaction. Not surprisingly, she was underwhelmed. I think this movie speaks to those of us who saw it as kids because we can so easily relate to it. Reading magazines, finding gems in old stories and tales, hanging out with friends in the woods or attics/cellars and whatnot. Kids today don't interact with each other directly outside of school. They interact through proxy ala cell phones. The movies that will give them the 'feels' in the future will be movies that also engage them by proxy, namely cgi movies like cars, or monsters. Which are also one step removed by not even being centered around kids but around inanimate objects or creatures. Not saying one is better or worse, just that it was a shock to realize how different their experiences will shape their tastes in the future.
+Chevron Lowery could you elaborate more on your nieces' reaction? i'm interested on how a kid would see this movie nowadays.
+Chevron Lowery Its just proving more and more, our generation (The same as these kids in this movie) was probably the luckiest and better imaginary and had more social connections with one another and fun. And we were the ones that got the first and earliest taste of what would become the technology of today. Today's kids are just proving to be a disappointment and less socially connected and are more cruel and less amused due to social media and distancing themselves from physical connection.
My Mum showed me this film years ago and I loved it
Chevron Lowery i talk to people face to face
I just saw this movie today and I love it it's my favorite 80s movie
Brings a tear to my eye every time I watch this. Movie simply times when playing outside was everything and all my friends were still alive
Goes to touch a skeleton "He's dead for sure!" OMG I break down into tears from laughter from that perfectly delivered line from Data aka Short Round. Or when one of the Fetteli brothers looks at the 50 year old skeletons empty wallet. "Niente. Looks like the kids cleaned him out Ma." "Sure right after they eat him!"
The Chester Copperpot skeleton scene was the most frightening scene in the movie.
I think it's the Chester Copperpot.
@@danielwilliamson6180 The transition to it is great with Andy losing her mind. "...before I look like him?"
Me and my friends growing up actually went on this amazing adventure growing up in our home town. The town had a big history in Morgan’s Raiders during the Civil War and we found old 1960’s silver dollars with an old journal a soldier left behind. Although the money only amounted to about 150 bucks we still felt rich 😂
I watched the film again for the first time in a long long time and I didn’t realise how good Chunks performance really was. He absolutely steals the film with his acting. It must of been like finding a diamond when they casted that kid. His timing and facial expressions is so good for his age, made me laugh to seeing it again.
One of my all time favorite movies. I'm happy to say I've met 3 of the Goonies themselves, Mikey (Sean Astin), Mouth (Corey Feldman) and Chunk (Jeff Cohen).
The Goonies is *the perfect 1980's film*, for all time. It is inherently quotable. It possesses some kind of magic that somehow makes me happy every time I see it. This film managed to capture the sense of wonder that kids these days can no longer experience. Video games made kids retarded. Raise a glass if you were a kid when this came out and spent your childhood going on "adventures".
you can definitely feel that Spielbergian magic even if he didn't direct it per se. I'm guessing, seeing as it was early on in his producing days, that he was on set more often than not and it wouldn't surprise me if someone revealed that, like Poltergeist, Spielberg had more of a hand in making the Goonies than we are led to believe.
Billy Heaning so fucking true it hurts.. the movie was always painful to me like the ending of an era
Billy Heaning I always thought that Ghostbusters was a perfect example of an 80's film but this comes close second!
Billy Heaning
How in the hell do video games make kids retarded? Stupidest I have ever heard
Billy Heaning that is a very crude way to put an otherwise engaging point
HEY YOU GUYYYYYYYS!
OwenBruch22 hahahhahh love this movie
OwenBruch22 hahahhahh love this movie
OwenBruch22 When Sloth shouts that he sounds like a drunk football fan. It always makes me laugh.
[rips off jacket as Superman plays] SLOTH! 🦸🏼♂️
Goonies inspired me to explore my town in the mid 80’s, i’m older now, but i still watch the movie now and again. It’s like visiting an old friend from back in the day.
In 1987 there was a rerun of Goonies at the cinema near my house, I was 7 years old and I was scared by the poster. It was simply a black and white poster with the logo but the skull said to me "horror movie" so I waited for the next movie.
I saw the movie on TV only in 2002, 15 years later.
I was 22 years old and I was immediately scarred by the coolness of this movie and I bought the DVD the day after.
I love your reviews, they are so professional and so magic, they are my favorite but I was surprised to hear that this movie is average if it hasn't the nostalgia for the childhood effect.
Maybe for me it wasn't average because I love the '80s and because I'm a child trapped in an adult body?
This movie to me is the best movie ever made. And that’s because though I’m a mid 90s baby, I had “Goonie” adventures and they’ll always be remembered. It’s a story of a group of friends who are all threatened and on the verge of losing their homes. Now I’m not here to say this movie isn’t without flaws. But this movie is perfect to me it shows the deep bonds we who grew up like that formed with our friends. It’s such a gem. Friends who love each other and their home and refuse to let it be taken from them. And of course you have your supporting cast. Which were amazing! Martha Plimpton, Josh Brolin, and can’t think of the others at the moment lol. But being a Goonie is beyond just being a group of kids, it’s standing up for what you love and believe in. This movie won’t resonate with the new generations unfortunately but this movie will always have a spot in my heart. This was an extremely crude review lol but I’m currently watching it and can’t take any longer on this lol, gotta watch my Goonies!
My childhood. Nothing like being 11 years old... Seeing it on the big screen in the 80s, and thinking ... Wow.
"Ruth! Baby...Ruth!" Best ad for a candy bar ever.
My childhood, I could recite every line by heart per scene lol, this movie definitely was underrated as to why it did so well afterwards and has now a cult following through different generations :) Goonies never say die! XD
The Goonies was released one month before Back to the Future. it was opened behind Rambo: First Blood Part II. they're other family-oriented film of 1985, D.A.R.Y.L. and Explorers.
all fantastic movies. DARYL, wow, people don't talk about that one much, but it was fantastic. As was Explorers, and one people rarely talk about: Cloak and Dagger.
Ryan Kadlec do some movies never make it to the UK like explorers or Interview with the Vampire.
@@ravissary79 DARYL sucked and was a flop at the box office.
@@serenaistheb.o.a.t as a child it was a very entertaining film, and now that it's 35 or so years later, status as a flop is less than pointless. Film history is full of cult hits and gems that lost money when they came out but got appreciated later.
Ryan Kadlec
I missed it at the theatre; didn’t get to see it (or even hear of it) until it was available on VHS in the summer of 1986. I was 8 and a half years old and still love it to this day.
33 years a Goonies fan... far out!
When my daughter is old enough I will definitely share this classic with her
Baelfire Jr found out from her mom at five my daughter does watch this and enjoys it.
Ok, she should be old enough by now. Did she like it?
@@ELEKTROSKANSEN yes and Raiders of the lost ark and Gremlins and ET as well.
@@russellj.s.257 awesome :)
This movie...was my childhood! So many summers spent watching this and pretending I was a goonie! I love it!
Being a child of the 80's, this was and still is my favorite movie of all time!
If you listen carefully at 12:12, director Richard Donner could be heard cracking up off-camera when Chunk gets the Ice Cream taken off him.
Cool
LOL Great find i've never noticed that despite as many times as i have watched it!
I used to think it was Chunk making that noise.
@@nicodemus369 I figured it was Richard Donner.
Daniel Williamson why wouldn’t you, since they admitted in various interviews over the decades.
Missed seeing this one at the theatre in 1984. In the summer of 1986 (age 8) my dad brought this home as a rental from Cactus Video in NW Houston (before we had even heard of Blockbuster).
Like most of you, instantly fell in love with it. Having never even heard of the film it was a complete surprise. I remember asking my dad to rent me “an adventure movie with kids” and he brought this back.
Man I miss those times
I'm really enjoying your reviews. They seem thorough and to the point. Thank you for bringing back to my childhood. Awesome!
Its one of those situations where they extended scenes for TV. Happened a lot during the 80s. Superman I & II got extended for broadcast. Rarely happened in the UK.
I totally agree with you - watching this movie again is like time-travelling. There's so much in it that ties it to the era. I remember seeing an ad for it in the comic 'Buster' (remember that?) but didn't see it until it came out on video a year or so later. I don't really know why this film is so powerfully nostalgic when compared to lots of other childhood favourites, but it does seem to be for many people. Another film I loved from that era is Explorers (review please!) It's imperfect, and not as well-rounded a movie as Goonies, but the first half of the film is sensational. When watching these movies together it really does seem like they don't make 'em like they used to!
I recall when this was first shown on TV, day after on the park we were all talking about it, our fat mate turned up and was christened Chunk and it stuck. Fond memories of this film.
"Mikey cmon its getting dark it's dinner time.." Words of Wisdom Chunk Words. Of. Wisdom
The greatest pirate movie ever made!
A movie that inspired me as a child. It just doesn't get old. Great review.
not sure if you consider requests, but i feel these two films must be mentioned, and are more than deserving of your stellar retrospective reviews: "Monster Squad" and "Short Circuit".
considering the excellent 80s films that youve already reviewed (most of which are perfect choices from our childhood i might add), i think these two films would fit nicely with your growing list of nostalgia-fueled, cult classics we all love. monster squad and short circuit... any takers?
and once again, thank you mr. harper for these amazing reviews. im sooooo addicted.
This was yet another amazing review. Thanks a million for doing it. You had me in stitches, and brought back a piece of my childhood.
Corey Feldman was good too as Mouth in the Goonies. a year later, He was in Stand by me with Wil Weaton of Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Late River Phoenix who previously co-starred with Ethan Hawke in Explorers and Jerry O'Connell who later star in both TV Series, My Secret Identity and Sliders.
Don't forget the adventures of young Indiana jones tv series
Fantastic work again Oliver. That was a fantastic nostalgia trip
Great stuff! :-)
Watched this the other Sunday and it never disappoints me
GRUSS Newton heh, I found once watching the waterslide scene on repeat for an hour straight. I honestly can't find anything about this movie I don't still love and adore (well, except maybe the octopus scene, lol)
Oliver...this is the second review of yours I have watched. Subbed. You review movies like I envision doing them in my head. That's the best compliment I can give. Well done.
a sequel would only work if its an adventure based on the kids of the original goonies.... i would really hate an all new reboot!!
Thank You so much Oliver for another outstanding review of one of my childhood favorites!
this was THE kids film of my generation lol i loved it
I laughed the hardest of my life at the end when the dad throws up the property ownership papers in pieces. You can see other paper thrown in with what the dad throws up. Laughing my ass off writing this!
Oliver Harper does the BEST movie reviews on TH-cam! By far the best.
And if you like the group of kids banding together to solve a mystery then you should review the horror verson of goonies caled "monster squad" it has all the classic horror monsters in one movie !
The creators of Stranger Things pretty much did just that as well. I feel like, if the Goonies got a modern remake, what we'd get would be very similar to Stranger Things.
You could watch the Goonies, then watch Monster Squad to give it a little edge and cap it all off with The Gate- THAT actually sounds like a pretty good Halloween movie marathon. Might give it a try.
Or the kids in E.T. Banning together w/Elliot and his brother to help E.T. get to the forest to get picked up to go home.
Josh Brolin is killing it in 2018.
Half of the known universe in fact.
I love this movie so goddamn much.
I don’t know what it is but there’s something about watching this movie on a rainy, overcast day that just feels right.
Favorite movie growing up. Made me want to move to Oregon. While I never got to, I did find out I live only 5 minutes from where John Matuszak is buried. RIP
I had this on video for years and got it on DVD the second it was released. Loved the menus special features and couldn’t believe the amount of swearing, I used to hide when I heard sloth scream… and funny enough I thought that too about them talking over each over. Data is my fav! Love this dude its nostalgia at its best. Well done.
Yet another magnificent review! A true favourite of mine! Another Superman reference is Sean Astins bed duvet! THANKYOU OLLY once again!!!
I remember me and my brother going to see this when I was 15. I thought it was great and it still holds up today IMO.
I do have Dreamscape somewhere, I may do it for the next series of retrospectives!.
Glad you did this as I thought you would a few months back. Just seemed like the kind of direction you might go in for a review. What is strange to me is that scene that was cut out with the Octopus with Data. When I was a kid in the early 1990's and this was being shown on television in syndication, they actually didn't cut that scene out. But in later syndicated showings they had it removed. It wasn't until I saw the DVD release years later that I found out it was supposedly a deleted scene.
Great review there Oliver!
This is one of my favorite movies still to this day. Thanks for the video :)
Ha ha ha! I find that hilarious but it makes sense, of course. -- I am happy to say that I have now see every single one of your reviews. It took me a while but it was a great experience. I would love to see a vlog about your process creating these. How long does it usually take you to make one of your reviews and what software do you use? Please keep up the great work!
Im gonna watch this now. I haven't heard the theme in years and remember it being a regular on my Ipod when I ran. Going back on.
One thing I will say about certain kid/young adult films of the eighties, and Goonies is a particularly good example of this, is that they might be imperfect but their scope is so vast. They don't allow limitations to get in the way of story telling or style as so many movies do now. Having said that more recent films like Wall-E and Up I think do have that timeless quality to them also.
As someone who has worker on set multiple times I can attest to the fact that it is incredibly difficult to find good child actors. I've seen productions stop, because the kids weren't pulling their weight, or were acting unprofessionally. Happens when they are in a group especially, because they will tend to socialize with eachother, apart from the rest of the crew, and that will affect the emotional tone of the scenes. You'll be shooting something dramatic, and kids were just telling jokes to eachother, so they're practically giggling. With kid actors there isn't much previous record to go by. They don't have decades-long resumes. You're essentially rolling the dice on every new kid you hire, but the moment someone stumbles upon gold, the child actor balloons in popularity. Everyone wants an actor with a proven record that won't upset studio schedules.
love this movie and great review..
As a kid I remember seeing the song title '8 arms to hold you' in the credits of the movie and always wondered if they cut out the octopus Data mentions. thanks for clearing it up : )
The score of the Goonies was done by Jazz Pianist Dave Grusin. Grusin did themes on TV in shows like Good Times, Maude, St. Elsewhere and One Life to Live. a year after the Goonies, Dave Grusin made his fully electronic score for Lucas along with his brother Don.
I loved this film as a kid and still love it to this day, I showed it to my kids when they were younger and they loved it as well.
The bonkers traps never bothered me as a kid and still don't now that I'm a lot older, this is the kind of adventure I'd go on with my friends when I was that age, the only difference is that we would be making everything up :)
LOVE YOUR REVIEWS MAN, KEEP IT THE HELL UP
A sequel wouldn't be difficult at all to do. You'd bring back the original cast, sure, except now they would have to have kids of their own! Their kids set off on their own Goonie adventure, and the parents have to go after them and join in! See, easy!
Yes, but does anyone really want to see a Goonies 2? It wouldn't add anything, and It would be depressing to see the Original cast all grown up.
Well, that's just like uh, your opinion, man. Myself and millions of other people around the world DO want to see Goonies 2. It only wouldn't add anything if it's badly done, and it wouldn't be depressing to see some of the actors return, especially if it's in a big, GOOD movie. Add a couple hot new YOUNG stars to play their kids… It could work. Don't be so pessimistic! :)
Double- Jay I'm not being pessimistic, I just don't want too see a fun kids film turned into a film about their kids.
To each his own! If they do make it, I just want them to do it well...
I'd watch that!
I watched "The Goonies" again for the first in a long time about two months ago, and it is still a wonderfully charming and endearing film. That score is indeed beautiful. It really does enhance the intrigue and mystery of the movie. Great job, as always!
Thanks Ollie Ive been hanging for this review for months now :) Im going to the states for a holiday next year and one of my destinations is Astoria. Ive wanted to go there since I was a kid. My friends think Im a dork. Im also stopping past Santa Cruz where Lost boys was set. Cant wait :)
How did you trip go?
Nice review. Richard Donner began his career directing a Goonies like tv serial called Danger Island. Which starred a very young Jan Michael Vincent. These were shown in short episodes on the Banana Splits Cartoon Show. I’m sure both are viewable on TH-cam.
4:49
now he's won an oscar.
Every time I watch one of your videos makes me want to rewatch the movies
No problem Larry, glad you enjoyed it. :)
Thank you Isaac!
One of my of childhood's defining movies. Chunk's dialogue still cracks me up to this day.
haha no need to get nervous my friend. A new video is here once a week. Plus commentaries and podcast on my other channel. :)
Hi Noah, thanks for your feedback. Mario Bros will be coming in a couple of weeks so look out for that!.
Thank you very much for the nice review. :^)
Totally correct when you say if you grew up with the film it stays with you. Heck my parents even lived it a lot and my dad ended up buying a Ford Bronco shortly after
It's a *STIFF*!!!
Excellent retro review once again Olly .
This is one of those films that i saw at a time when i was slightly older than the demographic i'm assuming they were trying to appeal to but i still loved it, it's something that makes you feel like a kid while watching it because it celebrates how silly and wondrous that brief time in your life can be .
Another brilliant review. Thank you so much for doing these.
...and Josh Brolin?? lol I had no idea!
It was only a matter of time before you reviewed this film, it was a 'must do' for a retrospective. The movie is iconic, I loved it as a kid but I'm not sure if I could re-watch it these days, maybe if it was on tv .. maybe lol.
It's always cool to see what movie you'll do next, I'd love to see you review either Maximum Overdrive or They Live both great 80's movies that'd fit in well with your series :)
Excellent reivew and one I agree with, and one point I like to add the reason this film was work is because it can be enjoyed by people of all ages, Its got great humor, The early scene with "mouth" Corey Feldman who was ask to translate for the house keeper had me in snitches... Top review again Oliver :)
You really right! I have seen the film in 1985, I was then 13 years old ... Those were magical times and the strip is just wonderful!
Hey buddy, they live will covered in the upcoming horror season. :) thanks for your feedback, always appreciated.
For anyone interested the UK PG version removed most of the fake hanging in the jail cell, Chunk cursing when he spills his shake, him cursing again at Mikey’s mother and Mouth’s references to drugs and torture devices in Spanish were toned down in the subtitles. A further tweak was made to the video to remove an apparent f-bomb.
Good job ! This movie bring back very good memories
Mouth is my favourite out of the bunch
His translation jokes on the Spanish was hilarious
Seen this Movie yesterday for the first time (i'm 35 now) and it was SO MUCH FUN!
Yes - in the beginning i noticed it too with the overlapping action when they are all together...there was very much going on there - but the whole opening really showed good how everyone is a unique - and on there own - lovable character!
What the movie does for me, even if it sounds a bit smaltsy, it was like - feeling like a little kid again. With all these Adventurous thoughts etc. this Movie really got some magic vibes!
About these criminals...wouldn't wonder me, if that is, what they took as inspiration for the Naked Gun 33 1/3 movie-criminals :D
Excellent take on this classic.
So looking forward to your review of Dark City. Thanks Ollie love your channel mate :)
Some scenes were cut from The Goonies, it was shown on HBO and later on NBC and Disney Channel.
"California Man?" It was called "Encino Man" in the states. Encino is a town out side of LA and I guess they figures British people wouldn't know that. But I don't think most people here knew what Encino was either.
I saw it as a really little kid in America and watching it i kinda knew were Encino was but by the end of the movie easily understood the double meaning name, its interesting to hear the different names of movies in other country's
watched this so many times as a kid
This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Back when this movie came out, I had some Goonies action cards and there was an octopus on one of them and I always wondered where that came from...I obviously didn't see it in the film.
It was a cut scene
I remember, for some weird reason, being afraid of Goonies when I first saw it in theaters (I was 3) only began to enjoy it when I hit my 20s. I also read that Goonies was HUGE in Japan, which is where the movie apparently made most of its money. My favorite was also Data but also Brand and Stef.
Data has now won an Oscar
Yeah check it out mate!. Bizarre but enjoyable fantasy film.
good video so far Oliver. 3 stars. haven't watch that movie in a long time. but still good. #37.
The Goonies is one of the best films in the 1980's.
So much nostalgia.