The Goonies was based on a true story

[Just Jack]

Legendary Spanish galleon shipwreck discovered on Oregon coast

 

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As white settlers came to this dramatic, craggy coast, the Native American accounts became embroidered with increasingly fantastic tales of hidden riches. By the late 19th century, local legends of treasure and galleons—and the hunt for them—appeared regularly in the pages of Oregon newspapers. Those reports caught the attention of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and likely inspired his idea for the 1985 film The Goonies, a Gen-X cult tale of treasure-seeking kids and a mystery galleon on Oregon’s wild Pacific coast.

 

 

[The Poojer]

Story probably sucks as much as the movie.  One of my list of opinions that could cause me bodily harm.  Not getting Radiohead might be tied for the top position 

[LeGOATski]

I've never seen The Goonies

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Great movie.  My kids love it too.  I guess I always wondered about the whole pirates in the pacific NW thing.  

[Gugny]

17 hours ago, The Poojer said:

Story probably sucks as much as the movie.  One of my list of opinions that could cause me bodily harm.  Not getting Radiohead might be tied for the top position 

 

You've inspired me to start a thread about unpopular opinions.

[US Egg]

The Goonies were g’enough for me.

[Nextmanup]

11 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

I've never seen The Goonies

I would recommend a viewing, but it would be better if you were still a teen and it was still the 1980s.

 

 

[LeGOATski]

11 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

I would recommend a viewing, but it would be better if you were still a teen and it was still the 1980s.

 

 

Yeah, I feel like it's too late. I should just leave it be.

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, LeGOATski said:

Yeah, I feel like it's too late. I should just leave it be.

That's how I feel about: Titanic & E.T. , I have never seen those movies.  Simply too late now. BUT, I have seen The Goonies.

[The Jokeman]

Great movie yet I'm glad they ended up cutting out that whole Octupus scene yet the editor's missed a reference to it which can cause confusion when watch the movie more than once. 

[Gugny]

6 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

That's how I feel about: Titanic & E.T. , I have never seen those movies.  Simply too late now. BUT, I have seen The Goonies.

 

I've never seen Titanic and don't plan on it.  E.T. is a timeless classic.  Never too late to see it!!!

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

 

I've never seen Titanic and don't plan on it.  E.T. is a timeless classic.  Never too late to see it!!!

You swayed me.  Will download it after I see the new Minions movie! 😃 

 

[Gugny]

5 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

You swayed me.  Will download it after I see the new Minions movie! 😃 

 

 

Let me know when you watch it.  The funniest scene in the movie (to me) is a scene in which no one speaks.  Good stuff!!

[LeGOATski]

Apparently Disney+ is doing a spinoff of The Goonies

 

https://collider.com/goonies-spinoff-series-gail-berman-comments/

[aristocrat]

So there is no treasure just wood?

[LeviF]

On 6/25/2022 at 6:12 PM, The Poojer said:

Story probably sucks as much as the movie.  One of my list of opinions that could cause me bodily harm.  Not getting Radiohead might be tied for the top position