If you remember the eighties, then you certainly remember The Goonies. This movie was a classic. On the other hand, if you still haven’t seen it for some crazy reason… Think Pirates of the Caribbean meets Stand By Me meets Indiana Jones meets The Sopranos meets… Well, it’s a whole lot of different movies all wrapped into one, really. It’s primarily an adventure flick, but it makes a lot of stops along the way, and stands as one of the all time classic kids movie downloads.

The movie follows The Goonies, led by Mikey Walsh, son of a museum curator. This gang of misfits hails from the Boon Docks of Astoria, Oregon. The movie really kicks into the story when the rich folks in Astoria decide they’re going to buy the Goonies’ neighborhood, tear it down, and build a golf course in its place. Boooo! That’s what we in the industry call a real Jerk Move!

So, the Goonies have to go get some buried treasure to save their neighborhood. They find a treasure map in dad’s attic, they go to a restaurant on the edge of town where it turns out there are some Italian gangsters known as the Fratellis hiding out, and keeping their little brother, Sloth, a gigantic, deformed monster with a heart of gold chained up to a chair watching black and white TV all day. So the kids have to somehow get into the caves under the restaurant and find the treasure without getting the Fratellis’ attention and…

Does the plot sound complicated? It actually isn’t, it’s just really fast paced. Don’t worry, you don’t have to keep all of this in mind. From moment to moment, all the booby traps, gangsters and grown ups are really doing is giving the Goonies something to run away from while they bond as friends and seek out the treasure to save their neighborhood.

Really, the movie’s all about fun. It’s a really silly, fun, exciting movie, partly because it doesn’t go all the way into fantasy territory. Unlike Monster Squad, everything that happens in The Goonies technically COULD happen in real life… It’s not very likely, but within the context of the film, it feels about as real as anything in Stand by Me. This really helps it inspire you with a sense of adventure in your every day life.

When the movie first came out, it was actually considered to be just a bit TOO wild and fast paced. Times have changed, and with the manic pace and constant chase scenes of modern family films, The Goonies feels downright laid back in comparison.

Anyways, it really is one of the quintessential eighties flicks. The style, the music, the genre, even, it’s all eighties, so at the very least, it’ll bring you back if you grew up in that decade.

However you look at it, the movie’s a classic. It’s sort of like Indiana Jones with kids in the lead. If you have fond memories of the film from your childhood, give it another watch, and keep it on your hard drive to share with your own kids one of these days.

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