The Goonies Themes

At its core, The Goonies is a movie about friendship. You can tell from all the insults, snide remarks, and noogies. The Goonies may not all get along perfectly every second of every day, but guess...

When's the last time you had a run-in with armed thugs, had to avoid falling boulders, or came face-to-face with a bunch of dead people?The Goonies have to face stuff that would be daunting even fo...

Superman vs. Lex Luther. Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader. A bunch of kids from Oregon vs. three gun-toting criminals and a power-hungry businessman. The last of those three may not ring quite as man...

Money's awesome: we have dreams about winning the lottery and running off to Tahiti. But we stop short of counterfeiting fifty dollar bills in our basement, forcing people off their land, and firin...

The Goonies weren't born yesterday—a few of them are even approaching legal adulthood. But even so, this is very much a movie about youth. It's about the hopes, dreams and fears most of us share...