THE GOONIES An Adventure like no other, a completely unique and a one of a kind movie. The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, is a family classic, from the great character development, to the great storyline, and to the great cinematic techniques they had especially for a film made in this period. The Goonies has all the elements of an action/ adventure film, they even have some romance in there for the lovers. The Goonies is also a humorous film with a much different adventure story plotline then your ordinary adventure film. It shows the characters go through their journey together, and how they all develop a relationship with one another. They all work super hard together during their journey and become close friends, more so like family.
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Everything about it was exquisite, the special effects they used in this film for the giant octopus looked as if the octopus was real! Something you didn’t really see in the 80’s. From the amazing scary caves the kids walk through to fin the treasure, to the dangerous booby traps they must watch out for made you get on the edge of your seat. Also near the end of the movie you see a pirate’s ship. The pirate ship they used in the movie was an actual full sized model. The production designer by the name of “J. Michael Riva” created the realistic pirate ship for where the actors look for the treasure on. Director Richard Donner forbade the actors from seeing the ship at all, the first time they saw the ship was during their final take of filming. Donner wanted to get the actors surprised reaction from their first glimpse to make that moment a more realistic performance for the movie. Towards the end of the movie all the characters from the movie are standing on top of a cliff with the beach in the back hugging one another because they made it out safe. As they are doing this you see the Pirate ship sailing away in the background. That part of the movie was also made with CGI and cinematic techniques. The ocean, along with the boat sailing away made a great ending to a wonderfully edited film. It’s
Everything about it was exquisite, the special effects they used in this film for the giant octopus looked as if the octopus was real! Something you didn’t really see in the 80’s. From the amazing scary caves the kids walk through to fin the treasure, to the dangerous booby traps they must watch out for made you get on the edge of your seat. Also near the end of the movie you see a pirate’s ship. The pirate ship they used in the movie was an actual full sized model. The production designer by the name of “J. Michael Riva” created the realistic pirate ship for where the actors look for the treasure on. Director Richard Donner forbade the actors from seeing the ship at all, the first time they saw the ship was during their final take of filming. Donner wanted to get the actors surprised reaction from their first glimpse to make that moment a more realistic performance for the movie. Towards the end of the movie all the characters from the movie are standing on top of a cliff with the beach in the back hugging one another because they made it out safe. As they are doing this you see the Pirate ship sailing away in the background. That part of the movie was also made with CGI and cinematic techniques. The ocean, along with the boat sailing away made a great ending to a wonderfully edited film. It’s