The Goonies 1985

Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course and thats quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the famed OneEyed Willys hidden fortune Mikey Brandon and their friends Lawrence Chunk Cohen Clark Mouth Devereaux Andrea Andy Carmichael Stefanie Stef Steinbrenner and Richard Data Wang calling themselves The Goonies set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood. The treasure is in a cavern but the entrance to the cavern is under the house of evil thief Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake Fratelli Francis Fratelli and the severely disfigured Lotney Sloth Fratelli. Sloth befriends the Goonies and decides to help them.

Review

There was a time when boys would spend a whole day watching their favorite heroes dreaming of riding a crusade against Darth Vaders Empire or fighting the enemies among the Knights of the Round Table. Just like in the Fantasy Island where Mr. Roarke and Tatoo would make all ones wishes come true The Goonies has the special talent to bring our childhood fantasies back and remind us how great those years were.

In this 1985 movie a bunch of kids find a map which indicates the spot where the evil pirate OneEyedWillie buried a big treasure stolen from English ships in the 1500s. As we can predict they decide to seek for the gold and precious stones to help their parents who are about to be expelled from their homes because they cant make ends meet and also because some wealthy men want to put their houses down to build a country club on its place. Dangers traps and even a family of thieves the Fratelli are after them.

As the film goes on we can see how closer the friends get and how supportive we all should be. They would always be there for each other no matter how deep their problems are. Even a rich girl Andy is accepted by the group in a very politically correct act where no distinctions are made. The scene in which the guys are stuck in a hole is very touching and really digs our sense of aid.

Richard Donner directed this movie and another famous director Chris Columbus wrote the screenplay based on a Steven Spielbergs story. Matt Sweeney was responsable for the special effects and the main theme ( They r good enough ) was written and performed by Cindy Lauper.

After the film none of the kids became famous actors. Corey Feldman and Kerry Green took part in some teenage comedies while Sean Astin showed up in "Memphis Belle" and Ke Huy Quan was the young Indiana Jones chinese taxi driver in "The Temple of the Doom". The only one who joined some serious projects was Martha Plimpton.

But these are just technical details. What really counts in "The Goonies" are the two hours of humanity pleasure inocence friendship and even the first love that only children can show in their eyes. In fact its a small journey to our past to a time when your deepest worries were about the girl (or the boy) on the next chair.