"The Octopus was very scary" *

The Goonies.


In 1985 two movies came out that rocked my world. One was the afore mentioned Back to the Future. The Goonies has the honor of being the other film.

Sure, it's not perfect. It has some terrible moments of acting, blue screen work, storytelling, and character development. Sure, it's unbelievable at the best of times. Sure, its ending is the great and sappy happy ending. But you know what? None of that matters, because these kids were just like me. They wanted to go on an adventure. The only difference was, they did it!

"Be sure to drink to drink your Ovaltine"

Here were these kids, not too much older than me, and they were looking for lost treasure. Each one of the kids had a wonderful character trait, Mikey, the leader, had asthma. Mouth talked too much. Data was an inventor who didn't have working inventions. Chunk, the heavy kid, was the butt of jokes. 


But these guys weren't alone. They brought along Mikey's older brother, Brand, who wanted to stop them, the cute high school cheerleader, Andy, who Brand liked, and her friend Steph, the semi-plain looking, but fun companion. 
Unfortunately, the Goonies, named for the place where they live, the Goondocks, houses were being bought out by a wealthy land owner (and let's be honest, is there any other type?) . Living their last days in their homes, the Goonies found a map, a map to the lost treasure of One-eyed Willie, a local pirate legend story. This set them on their new adventure, for better or for worse.