The Goonies: Hurawatch

The Goonies: Hurawatch

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The Goonies is a blend of recipes takeout from the usual Steven Spielberg action movies but has a twist thanks to the kid’s heart-pumping performances. The goonies is an imaginative tale of a pirate’s treasure explained through a lens of realism so that kids can dialogue using phrases that Bogart would be unfamiliar with in the movie Castillo “Casablanca” Bogart. There are two categories of films: children and adults. But, the current gap in the market shows that teenagers have started appreciating sophisticated horror, and Spielberg is the first to capture this opportunity. To ensure everything runs smoothly, he comes up with the blueprints and manages the project, while stylish action veterans like Richard Donner, known for Superman and Ladyhawke, take over the directorial duties.

“Goonees”, similar to “Gremlins” and other films, shifts rapidly from warm and cheerful undertones to dark and gruesome territory. Many themes that adults might not appreciate in the movie are in fact the same themes children appreciate the most: Heck, at some point, it looks like Spielberg just wants to commend them for their ability to endure the tough stuff. The film starts off with the group of fairly interesting boys which includes a nerdy kid, an Asian kid whose clothes hide a lot of inventions, braced kid, fat kid, and an older brother. In due course, they meet some girls whose role in the film is to change spit and get bats stuck in their hair. The narrative follows the quest of kids who stumble upon a very old treasure map and accidentally step into the lair of a desperately gullible gang of thieves–two brothers, one of which is your typical Ma Barker looking figure. The third brother is a weird looking Quasimodish hunchback who is chained down in the cellar full of a TV set. There are tunnels that lead to the treasure under their hideout. The kids grudgingly discover the tunnels while trying to run away from the bad guys, and set out in pursuit of the treasure while the crooks follow them.

There is a lot of special effects – including some classic Indiana Jones traps such as falling boulders and sharp spikes as well as a downhill water toboggan that calls to mind the runaway train sequence from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”

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Spielberg action films will be familiar to many and provided the inspiration for “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"" but the kids are inspired from elsewhere. In any Spielberg film, the most iconic “dialogue” is undoubtedly from “E.T.”: “Penis-breath, c’mon!” The use of the word “vulgar” is an understatement that does not do the phrase “penis-breath” justice. It is common for these words to evoke chuckles not make any serious objections which is why they became so widely accepted.

This time, his kids swear way more than I expected and it is a measure of Spielberg's insight that the word earns a PG rating; no doubt Spielberg argues that most kids use that type of language half the time, and he is right. What works for him is taking his thirteen and fourteen year olds in and letting them “act” a little older than their actual age. It’s a lot better than the old reset Disney approach, taking characters of all ages but making them act twelve.

Another trademark of Spielberg’s, faithfully achieved by Donner, is breakneck narrative speed. It is a guarantee that more happens in this movie than six ordinary action films put together. There is not just a thrill a minute, there is always a mixture of a shock, thrill, laugh, and special effects. The kids argue with one another all the time, and in some cases, especially arcade portion of the movie, part of the time it becomes really difficult to understand. The volume on this film needs to be cranked all the way up along with the treble.

While watching The Goonies, there were moments I found to be quite exhilarating. However, that has changed. The film is overtly manipulative, which wouldn’t be an issue if it had the uplifting charm of E.T. It has energy, but unfortunately, no sweetness. Unlike E.T., which provided children with thoughtful values, The Goonies, similar to Gremlins, focuses on overwhelming children for their enjoyment. With these two films, it becomes evident that Spielberg and his directors are spectacularly proficient at knowing how to excite an audience. In contrast to The Goonies, E.T was a lot more like Close Encounters of the Third Kind: rather than simply wanting us to feel something, they wish to inspire wonder and dreams.