moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (07/14/85)
Went in to see GOONIES on a double bill yesterday, and was very pleasantly
surprised after all the nasty reviews I had been seeing. I have to admit
that in the field of real-life adventure, I should probably wait for
_The_Emerald_Forest_; but for an adventure for kids, I think you could
hardly do as well, these days, as GOONIES. I laughed a good deal through
this, as many of the one-liners provoke chuckles; and I think that what
GOONIES loses in credibility (with Sloth, etc.), it gains as a film that
kids will enjoy. If you go in with total suspension of belief, I think
you'll like it. Also, two of the complaints I heard -- the kids were hard
to understand because they talk at the same time, and that all the kids were
one-note stereotypes -- strike me as completely bogus; I had no problem
following the dialogue at any time, and many of the kids came through
emotionally on several levels. Besides, as an ex-Oregonian, it's worth it
to see California real estate developers thwarted any way they can be.
PS Donner's use of the music from _The_Sea_Hawk_ was a brilliant idea. I
just wish he had credited Korngold for the sources (every time I hear the
theme to _The_Sea_Hawk_, I'm ready to grab my cutlass and board those
corporate swabs right out).
"He was sweet and sincere and giving and good... AND A
CHERISHED NEIGHBOR UNDESERVING OF SUCH A FATE!!
"Nevertheless, better him than me. Amen."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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