The other day, I watched the movie The Goonies for the first time on my television set. I had not known about it except for the theme song sung by Cindy Lauper until then. The kid adventure movie was released in 1985.
The story describes the adventure of a children's
group called the Goonies that is formed of Chunk, Mouth, Data, Mikey and
Mikey's big brother, Brand. The Goonies and Brand's two female friends search
for the treasure hided by a legendary pirate named One-Eyed Willy.
The scene of the chubby Chunk's appearance and
the relationship between Chunk and Mouth reminded me of the one between Vern
and Teddy in Stand by Me that I have
watched many times. Plump and funny kids like Chunk and Vern might often be
seen in the United States. Come to think of it, child actors like them are sometimes
seen in Japanese dramas and films. I feel overweight children to be charming
and amusing. Corey Feldman played the talkative Mouth and Teddy. He was a
popular child actor those days and costarred with River Phoenix in Stand by Me the next year. The two child
actors appearing together must have quite interested the movie fans at the time.
It has increased the enjoyment of watching the famous flick again.
The scenes of the boys, the Goonies, riding their
bicycles and the relationship between the brothers Mikey and Brand reminded me
of E.T. that was directed by Steven
Spielberg and released in 1982. Spielberg is the executive producer of the 1985
movie and created the story of it. I think that the story is enjoyable thanks
to that. The movie was good but it actually was not my taste because I am not
interested in ancient civilizations and legends centuries ago. I, however, would
have enjoyed myself watching it the other day due in part to nostalgia if I had
watched it for the first time when I was a child or at least in my teens and twenties
when I still remembered my childhood. I believe that the film entertains fans
of the Indiana Jones series directed
by Spielberg anyway.