Ive never seen The Goonies...

I guess it never made it into my childhood or collection so i dont have any nostalgia. Is it actually worth seeing? Or am i going to underwhelmed like Vinny with "The Thing" due to seeing it too late?

goonies is a must watch! just like gremlins. showed it to a friend of mine few yrs back who hadn't seen it either and she totally fell in love with the movie.

I've never seen it either.

Hell, I've never seen a lot of things that people talk about.

At one point I had the same thought "I never saw Goonies" and a bunch of friends all decided that I had to watch it because it was like "Super awesome" and "pretty funny".. 
After watching it I can safely say that it was terrible. 
 
Different tastes and all that

Same here. Never seen The Lion King either.

@believer258 said:

I've never seen it either.

Hell, I've never seen a lot of things that people talk about.

I'm the same way. Never seen the goonies, and if someone had a top 10 movies list it would probably have Citizen Kane, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Casablanca. I haven't seen any of those all the way through or at all. I have seen 2001 but i think that movie is super boring.

You will forever be cursed by One-Eyed Willy.

I... probably wouldn't bother now. Not if you're a kid seeing it first. As an adult it probably doesn't have that amazing of an effect.

On one hand, it actually is a very entertaining movie on its own merits. On the other, without nostalgia or very specific tastes, it'll probably leave you cold. Definitely give it a shot, but keep your expectations in check. It's not exactly a masterwork of cinema.

That seems fair.

It's not as good as people remember it.

Never seen it either. It seems like a movie that is an American classic. I don't think a lot of people have seen it in Europe.

Fun fact: I had my first sexual urges while watching The Goonies. I didn't know that's what they were at the time, as I was young, but looking back on it later I figured out that is totally what happened.

Moving on...

The Thing is fucking awesome (Vinny is crazy).

Goonies is just a silly kids movie. If you're not a kid it definitely won't be that great. It'll be a silly kids movie. But if you find yourself in a position where you have kids and want to sit down and watch a movie with them that they'd like and you'd find tolerable (maybe even amusing), Goonies is alright.

Thats ok, its a bad movie

The Goonies is one of those movies that's all about the age you first watch it. After a certain age is just doesn't click with most people.

First go see The Monster Squad.
 
Then see The Goonies.

Haven't seen the Goonies, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, or even Star Wars.

Mind blown, I know.

@GunstarRed said:

It's not as good as people remember it.

This also applies to The Princess Bride. And most live action movies meant for children.

Didn't like it much as a kid and it's no different as an adult. It's really not that good of a movie, people just have nostalgia for it for whatever reason. Strange because I saw it as a kid plenty of times and never developed any love for it at all. I just don't see much to like about it...it's not like Home Alone where there's a lot of nostalgic love behind it but it also is backed by fantastic John Hughes writing and that wonderful John Williams score.

@SlapHappyJesus said:

Haven't seen the Goonies, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, or even Star Wars.

Mind blown, I know.

What?! There is no reason for this.

Never seen it, never even heard of it growing up but I did play a bit of the Nintendo game The Goonies II.

Same here. I also have never played a Zelda game.

You're not missing out on a whole lot.

Not sure why you decided to post this up instead of just catching the first 30 minutes of the Goonies to see if you'll like it. Pretty good film in the same young adult range of films like Harry Potter in the writing (where they didn't try to write the kids as too childish or idiotic for their age). I wouldn't recommend buying it but it's better than a lot of other adventure films from that decade.

I have also never seen this movie, but then again I have never seen..

• Indiana Jones.
• Godfather.
• James Bond.

Raiders is awesome. Godfather 1 and/or 2 are awesome. Well, there are soon to be 23 Bond films...so no reason you couldnt watch at least 1 of them!

@BraveToaster said:

You're not missing out on a whole lot.

It's better than The Brave Little Toaster at least

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@lemonlateralus: Do. Not. Watch. It.

I had three co-workers demanding I see it, so one day I caved and Netflixed (Ha! Fake words!) it.

They grew up with it. I did not.

It was awful.

The Thing, however, is still a great movie. I saw it the day after watching The Goonies, and it really helped to clean away the cheese that The Goonies left in my brain.

@Hizang said:

I have also never seen this movie, but then again I have never seen..

• Indiana Jones.
• Godfather.
• James Bond.

The Godfather, you can skip. The films are more important than they are good. James Bond, you can skip. They vary from incredibly campy to competent action. But the original Indiana Jones trilogy is going to be released on Blu-Ray soon. Watch them.

You should go watch it still is ok.

Goonies never say die

Me either. It seems to be one of them things where it has to hit you early on in childhood so it seems pointless to watch it now.

I saw it when I was in 6th grade on a field trip and didn't like it but remembered a lot of other kids liking it.

No. Don't watch it now. It's only best remembered as a childhood movie while it is quite awful to watch as an adult.

@Spoonman671 said:

First go see The Monster Squad. Then see The Goonies.

Good call! That said, The Goonies is still a great movie. You should definitely see it, OP.

And if Vinny didn't like The Thing, I'm not sure I'll be able to visit this website any more.

Edit: And I won't hear another word against The Princess Bride! You people disgust me.

Drop everything and go see it.

Its an epic.

Me either. Looks kinds shitty.

I love the goonies! Much of the humour is childish, so it probably will be lost on you.

i've never seen the entire thing, but i've seen most of it. barely remember any of it though.

The best part of The Goonies is when they find the treasure. I love seeing big rooms full of shiney treasure.

It's still worth watching. It's good enough.

It's a great movie for a specific age group but it doesn't hold up that well.

I've only seen parts of it on TV. I don't watch many movies.

@GunstarRed said:

It's not as good as people remember it.

A lot of things that I loved as a kid seem to be like that. Bought a bunch of movies a DVD a while back that I absolutely loved (The Love Bug, Pete's Dragon) and watching them, I still enjoyed the bit of nostalgia, but also questioned why the shit I was so enamored with them.

Goonies is alright though, I go back and watch it now and then and dig it still.

I enjoyed Goonies. One of the movie theaters 3 or 4 years back was showing a screening of it and had a scavenger hunt beforehand. It was fun in a nostalgic way, but I guess if you didn't grow up with it you wouldn't really enjoy it now, as it does have an enormous amount of 80s cheese to it.

@lemonlateralus: I actually just watched The Thing about a month ago for the first time and thought it was an ok film. I didn't think it was amazing or anything, but it held up way better than I thought it would.

@SlapHappyJesus said:

Haven't seen the Goonies, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, or even Star Wars.

Mind blown, I know.

Didn't see the Goonies, fine, but the other three are sort of staples of modern popular culture... You should feel ashamed and remedy this ASAP.

I like The Thing, its Vinny who thought he had come too late to it. He did enjoy the puppets though. XD

See that shit. Immediately.

@thevigilanteoflove said:

It's good enough.

Read IT, watch The Goonies, wonder if Steven King likes all his characters being the equivalent of Muppet Babies. I hope he does.