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During a recent visit, our old friends decided the time was right to watch one of their longtime favorite movies, Roxanne (the 1987 romcom based on Cyrano de Bergerac), with their kids - ages 12, almost 9, and 5 1/2. After all, it was rated PG and was a comedy - safe, right? But then the language kicked in ('s-t' and more). And costar got locked out of her house naked. And, wow, the innuendo ('you know what they say about the size of a man's nose. We powered through, but there were definitely some blush-worthy bits for everyone. (And I think we all agreed that, today, it would most likely have been rated PG-13!)Movies we remember as being innocuous when we were young may have iffier stuff than we remember, from scary scenes to sailor-level language.
Or maybe it's just been ages since we saw anything other than the edited-for-TV version. I can't believe parents now a days give children access to online. They get cell phones with Data. Bugs bunny was good.
The old sesame street taught us lots of good character sharing,caring,getting along with others. Be kind, friendly, we are equal no matter race, creed, color, religion. So when did common sence get lost it politics (for adults ).Really people we are not all the same. Yet we are all the sameDon't let children suffer for our stupidityGod bless and keep them safe.
or to share your thoughts. I'm like Tony Saprano. With my children, it is always 1955. It takes real effort to ensure they watch age appropriate material. If I feel uncomfortable with something, I turn it off. That seldom happens because movies are usually reviewed before I let them see them.
Parents who sit through a two or three hour movie with their children-cringing and feeling uncomfortable -need to grow up. With effort, parents can find lots of great movies for children. The innocence of childhood is short and parents need to protect their children so they can actually experience being a child. Too much of today's entertainment for children is cynical and edgy, and exploits or damages the child's innocence. For this reason, I enthusiastically support sites like Common Sense Media.
or to share your thoughts. Honestly, I think there's another conclusion to draw from the movies past that parents watched as kids: we decided that today's kids can't handle what everyone else grew up with. Come on, who here has been scarred for life from watching 'that movie' at the same age as their child? Also, just explain the stereotypes and outdated ideas were just in a time where they were acceptable.
If you could handle the movie as a child, why can't the next generation? The real world isn't scrubbed down and censored to suit childish sensitivities.
Maybe the movie industry then realized that a little more. or to share your thoughts. Thank you for the list. When I watched a lot of these movies, I watched with my single person or married-no-kids point of view, but now as a dad to an 11 year-old and 6 year-old, and a teacher, I find this sort of resource very helpful, as it reminds me of aspects that I'd forgotten but now reevaluate. I appreciate your tone.
That you used the words 'might regret' is not lost on me. I hope you ignore the criticisms of political correctness. You've compiled a useful, thoughtful resource. What readers choose to do with it is up to them. or to share your thoughts. This is outrageous. Kids don't connect concepts like adults do.
If a naked woman is trapped outside, kids just find the humor in it as she is just naked, not staring out of lust. Language is different since kids repeat that. Most kids however don't remember or watch the movies for these moments, however just accept them.
I never realized what the drunk scene in Dumbo was until I watched it when I was older. These things don't click in a kids mind and to most kids it is just part of the movie. or to share your thoughts. First of all, for some of this stuff, I don't think it's always a good idea to shield kids from this sort of stuff. Showing kids scary imagery can actually help prepare them for the future. If you spend your life hiding death from them, they'll grow up disappointed when they see it happen for real. Secondly, to all the parents blaming film makers for this sort of thing, no, if you let your kids see stuff like this, it's your fault for not doing your research.
Sometimes parents even outright ignore a film's rating, which has always kind of irritated me as it tells me that these people don't actually pay attention. If you allow a kid to watch something like South Park just because it's animated, it's your fault for being judgmental and assuming animation automatically equals child-friendly. Third, not all anime has sex, swearing and gore in it. Seriously, there are tons of anime shows that are perfectly appropriate for kids. You just have to look in the right places for them. It pains me when people just assume all anime is the same.
No, people, it's not. There is variety. The only reason you don't know that is because you haven't watched enough. (Like most anime haters. Yeah, that's right, judge the ENTIRE medium off of a select few overrated titles.
It's not like millions of other anime shows exist). or to share your thoughts. I'm not exactly sure, why many people are talking about anime, but I will agree with some of the other peers on here. Anime is meant for tons of different age groups, from Pokemon to Space Dandy. It just depends on which type you choose. I wouldn't recommend the TV-14 and TV-MA for people under 14, especially boys.
If you have younger kids I would suggest Studio Ghibli, who produced Ponyo and My Neighbor Totoro. If you tend to claim that anime is total violence and sexual themes think about Pokemon and how inappropriate is that? It's up to you though, I obviously don't have kids, I'm not your child's guardian though, it's your decision. or to share your thoughts. To all of the parents complaining about anime, NO NOT ALL ANIME HAS SEX AND VIOLENCE.
Yes, there are a lot that do but those are mostly TV-14 AND TV-MA rated shows. Most of the shows that you people are complaining about are the ones on Adult Swims' Toonami which your kids shouldn't be up late enough to be watching anyways if they can't handle the content. These shows are only on after midnight. If they want to watch shows like My Neighbor Totoro and Angel Beats, LET THEM. If they want to watch anime that is PG or G rated LET THEM. If you don't want inappropriate content just don't let them watch anything TV-14 and above. or to share your thoughts.
MAJOR TIP FOR PARENTS WITH SCARED CHILDREN: Let them watch Face Off on Syfy. It is a show all about special effects in movies. It helped me get out of my childhood fears and it might help your kids too once they realize that its all just effects.Okay, I can understand how kids can be scared of movies like Caroline and Monster House, but my overall experience has been different. Depending on how your kids are raised and how mature they are, they will be more or less sensitive to different concepts in movies. Growing up I always watched 'creepy' movies like Caroline, Monster House, and Jaws, and Alien.
Quite honestly almost none of these movies got to me and overtime I got used to them since honestly my dad didn't care what I watched as long as it didn't have too much sexual content, nudity or extreme violence. The only movies my dad won't really watch at my age are the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series and #00:Rise of an Empire (I've already watched the original 300).At my age I'm still not really affected by many movies. Most recently I watched Silent Hill (not that scary but definite sexual content) and Saw. Saw is now one of my favorite movies.
I loved everything, especially the surprising and exciting development and plot twists. No bad dreams nothing. Also a tip to parents with scared children after watching some of these movies, it will be okay. For years I was traumatized after watching 'Alien' and always had fears of aliens coming to take me away or eat me. But once I realized that everything was just in my head, I was able to learn to love 'Alien' and other movies like it.
For movies with violence, if you thikn your child is mature enough, LET THEM WATCH IT. It will help them become more mature and accept that death is a part of life and that we have to accept it. Many movies they will want to see in the future will have violence but if you keep them a way from violence all of their life, they will never grow used to it. At 10 I watched Gladiator. Tons of violence but I loved it.ALOT! I'm just about to watch The Exorcist. Wish me Luck!.
or to share your thoughts. I am 10 I sleep with my grandma because I watched snippits of horror movies at my friends house but my dad lets me watch watch adults would think 'scary,' not scary, just thriller.
My parents know I can easily handle stuff like, 'f.k this s.t,' I'm not a repeater. If your child is immature, put Jaws in the bookcase for another year or two.
(10is a good age) and 9 for the classic Jurassic Park. Back in the bookcase for the Goonies (seriously? Drugs, p3n!s jokes) Spaceballs. Also maybe once your child is in middle school Dodgeball it is my favorite movie hilarious I just think Ben Stiller is really saying very rude things and sexual things in that movie and shows weight problems (0kay, he's morbidly obese) at the end, and says, even though it's sort of mumbled,' f.n Chuck Norris.'
. or to share your thoughts. Real quick, I want to put a bit of knowledge out there. Many people on here are freaking out over movies like 'Spaceballs' and 'Big' having very mature scenes for a PG movie.
And there is a reason behind that.Back in those days, most notably the 80's, there wasn't a PG-13 rating, and Parental Guidence actually meant, well, parental guidance. A movie from the 80's rated PG is today's equivalent of PG-13. Nowadays, Despicable Me is considered PG, but back then, Big, a movie with a surprising amount of sexual content, was considered PG.Here is the bottom line: When watching an older PG movie, make sure the parents review it, as the rating system was different and loose. PG didn't usually mean farting yellow twinkies, it probobly meant a character explicitly asking for sex, sprinkled with moderate swear words. I hope this clears things up a bit. or to share your thoughts. Finding NemoIn the first few minutes of the movie, Nemo's mom dies trying to protect her babies, she is eaten by a barracuda.
There is no blood, but it can be traumatizing to some kids, as a death in the beginning of a movie can be hard to take. Marlin says 'Coral?' Several times and then cries in anguish. Even though this movie is rated G, it should've been rated PG because in the beginning, when Nemo is kidnapped by scuba divers, the divers are extremely creepy, compared to the size of the fish. In another scene, Nemo's father Marlin and his companion Dory come across a shark named Bruce. Bruce's appearance is very scary, and he gets scarier when Dory is injured. Her blood travels into his nose, and his eyes turn black and menacing.
He chases Marlin and Dory around a sunken ship, and there is a brief reference to The Shining (an R-rated Stephen King adaptation), in which Bruce says, 'Here's Brucey!' Near the middle of the movie, when Nemo tries to escape the fish tank, he is trapped, and a fan is getting close to chopping him up, but he is saved when a fish blocks the motors with a pebble. or to share your thoughts.
The movie Noah is a movie that families should stay away from. My parents,brother, sister and I was expecting it to be like the story, but instead it was WAY violent for us.
The beginning was good but then it got darker. The fallen angels were the described as good when they were the bad guys and evil.A girl gets trampled by soldiers and she screamed for someone to save her.
My siblings and I repeatedly had to close our eyes during the movie. I could hear screaming and after the movie I couldn't sleep. We were expecting it to be a family friendly Christian bible film but instead we got a movie that's over the top violent and incredibly dark and scary.It was too dark and it wasn't like the story we heard of in church. We are Christians and after the movie we read the story and didn't like it as to how dark it was.
Watch God's Not Dead, Heaven Is For Real, and the ones from the creators of Facing the Giants those are cleaner and less violent. Stay away from Noah and watch these titles instead. or to share your thoughts. It depends on the child. I have two daughters, now ages 12 and 10. A few years ago they saw 'Coraline' at their summer day camp.
My older daughter fell in love with it, and it STILL ranks among her favorites. She wanted me to see it with her. While I was watching, I couldn't believe how disturbing it was, but also how visually stunning and beautifully written it was. I, for one, will willingly watch it again. As for my younger daughter, she wants nothing to do with it, ever again (she did something else while her sister and I watched it). If a child has a taste for the dark and/or macabre, I HIGHLY recommend it; if a child is the sensitive type.not so much.
or to share your thoughts. We just recently went to an outdoor movie night at a friends house where the feature film was Spaceballs. It was rated PG but the content was definitely PG-13. It had sex and language. I realize that kids are going to be exposed at some point and time in their life but I believe that they have their entire lives to grow up. I prefer to simply use caution when choosing movies/shows that my kids will be watching.
Lets just say that Spaceballs will never be watched in our household. or to share your thoughts. Here's a common sense question: doesn't forgetting about the 'adult' content imply that is was not that upsetting.
If you see or read something really awful it is burned into your memory for life. (a scene in the Day of the Locusts will haunt me until I lose my memory.)Sitting through a movie with your mom and suddenly a breast pops out on screen, that's just a tiny silly part of life. There's a lot more going on in this world than worrying about your kids hearing the f-bomb yet again. (I hear that one every time I am on a bus, in the library, the supermarket, etc,).
or to share your thoughts. I remembered 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' as being a fun romp when I first watched it not long after high school.
I forgot the language, and the negative flat and stereotyped portrayal of the vice principal, the fact that the main character got away with deceiving his parents and in the end his sister who was so angry at his ability to pull off the deception, turned down the chance to betray him in the end, because he was just too charming to resist. Seeing it from the other side of adolescence, his manipulation of his best friend, and deception of his family made me cringe. I felt awful showing it to my 11 year old, and now he wants to see it again. or to share your thoughts. I can relate! My daughters saw the episode of the TV show 'Victorious', titled, 'The Breakfast Bunch', which was a spoof of 'The Breakfast Club'. They loved it and thought it was hilarious.
I hadn't seen it in years, so we picked it up. A little voice told me to watch it alone before letting the girls (who are now 9 and 11) see it.and I'm glad I did. First of all, I had forgotten that it was rated R. Second, it isn't a lighthearted comedic romp, but a pretty intense, angsty drama. I've told them that they can see it.when they're a little older. or to share your thoughts. I am having difficulty finding the list of movies you would regret letting your children watch.
I would ignore it because I have an extremely high level of maturity for my age, but I am curious.In previous comments, people mention Jaws not being scary. They are right, but it is by opinion. It would have been rated PG-13, but the MPAA did not have that back then.
And it is extremely gory and filled with shark attacks that could happen it real life. I have seen people afraid of the ocean because of that movie. I would understand why parents would want to be cautioned. or to share your thoughts. First off, those children have a right to be afraid.
The movie contains very realistic events. The special affects is so exemplary that it could make the viewers jump out of the seats. Majority of 11 year old children would be afraid to see blood and sharks devouring people before their very eyes. I am different, though, but I have a high level of maturity which allows me to appreciate movies like this. It sounds like you are making fun of these children because it is rated PG. I understand the movie is rated PG, but I bet you didn't know the following: the MPAA didn't invent PG-13 until the fourth jaws.
Basically, it couldn't be rated PG-13. Ad how do I know it wouldn't be rated PG? Jaws 4 is rated PG-13 and isn't as gory, meaning jaws 1 should be rated PG-13. I really hope this was neither elusive nor disconcerting, so that you understand what my exemplary contradiction is.:). or to share your thoughts.
I don't know. There are some movies for sure kids should avoid. But I wasn't always so careful. I let my oldest when he was 3 or 4 watch Jurassic park 3, he loved it. I really think it depends on the kid.
Some are just more sensitive to things than others. And there are great family movies that can move you to tears. Yes it hurts the heart but it's a great time to teach a life lesson. Sometimes when you guard you miss a lesson. My kids loved Goonies.
Yes it's inappropriate in parts but it's funny and the kids all work together to help save the neighborhood. or to share your thoughts. My dad watched a lot of inappropriate movies with me in view. Some gave me nightmares and I still feel traumitized by them. Movies like The Omen, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hide and Seek, and Paranormal Activity were common occurrences. My mom hated it but never seems to be able to put a stop to it.Mind you, I'm the kid who at 7 years old screamed/cried and ran out of the theatre during 'Honey I Shrunk the Audience' at Disneyland.Parents please be mindful of what you show your kids or watch while they're around.
It might scar them emotionally. or to share your thoughts. The absolute worst movie by far was Coraline.
I took my very young children to see it, after my mother-in-law told me she had read a review saying it was good for kids. It was a cartoon to boot. But it was really an animated horror film, playing on a child's worst possible fears: when a child finds a duplicate 'perfect' mom in a parallel world, she must agree to have her eyes removed and buttons sewn into place instead.
Of course the 'perfect' mom turns out to be a monster who entraps children, and she must escape and save her real family. We contemplated leaving half-way through but decided to sit through it for the 'resolution.' I was so shaken up that when we got home, even though it was late, I had us all sit down and watch Sponge Bob for an hour just so we could calm down. Horribly inappropriate. or to share your thoughts. It's a movie, true a scary one for younger children, about being grateful for what you have.I remember seeing it in theaters when i was 9 and I was enthralled by the pure quality and wonder put into the film. It had a great story, and I feel like it's truly a great dark adventure for children 7 and up.I think it's interesting however.
Among the many people I've met who've watched this, the children seem to love this adventure, yet the adults seem truly horrified. or to share your thoughts. My parents took me to see Disney's 'Fantasia' when I was about 5 in the mid 70s in the big dark movie theater. It was so dark and loud with all the crazy orchestral classical music.
I think this kind of Mickey Mouse took us all by surprise. I remember the crazy 'dancing brooms' and I just could not deal. I think we bailed early. I still have not seen much of it over the years since.
Kids today don't get as scared as we did I think. We were more sheltered and didn't have the constant stimulation they have. But I would be careful with young ones on that one.
They probably wouldnt be too interested anyway. Not a regular Disney movie. As I just looked it up and found out that druggie people used to enjoy doing psych drugs and going to trip out on it. So I'm assuming that's an indication it's not the most fun for little ones:). or to share your thoughts.
One movie that should be listed under 'Traumatic' for the death of an animal is the yearling. My 6 year old has seen many of the 'regrettable' movies listed and handled them very well. However, the movie 'The Yearling' - the 1946 classic - was horrifyingly traumatic. I didn't recall the ending, so my daughter and I fell in love with the little deer and thought the boy would have to set it free in the end.
Instead, he is told to shoot the deer since it keeps eating the family's crops and they are nearly starving. The dad is injured so he can't do it, the boy refuses, so the mother tries to do the job - but only critically wounds the deer. Now the boy has no choice but to shoot his beloved pet as it lay bleeding. Very, very disturbing. or to share your thoughts. While I agree that too thick a filter on kids' viewing is not desirable, there are a few that we have not pre-screened that turned out not to be appropriate.
Many will disagree with me, but note my 8-year-old son is very, very sensitive and easily spooked. Was far more frightening than I remembered; Karate Kid much more teen-level in theme and language than my recollection, and something about the ongoing peril in Spy Kids also made him ask not to watch it (the freaky Thumb-Thumbs, perhaps)? My point is that I recommend pre-screening films you have any doubt about, even those you think you remember fondly from your childhood. Side note: What's up with the relentless poop and fart jokes? Will Hollywood ever get tired of cramming every kids' movie full of such lazy writing? (I think it was Despicable Me I where we felt they were the most forced, of late.) What an insult to a viewer's intelligence - including the kids.
or to share your thoughts. Kids reactions can be hard to predict. My daughter ended up watching Kill Bill at one stage (nothing I could do about it) and I was worried abut the effect of the violence on her but she was unperturbed. She rationalized the whole thing as the good Mommy getting all the bad Mommies. However when she saw the third prequel of Star Wars later she was deeply upset by Anakin killing the young Jedi trainees. None of this was shown directly.
There was just a scene showing the empty robes on the ground of the school. It was the change in Anakin at bothered her.
How could a good kid turn into a bad man?. or to share your thoughts. As a self-admitted TV and movie junkie, my kids have been watching the same from an early age and they were taught that it's entertainment and pretend. I had to roll my eyes at the 'scary scenes' and 'traumatizing events' lists. Let me throw a twist on that one for you: my husband, who has hunted since he was old enough to shoot straight, didn't want our son (now 17) to watch it as a toddler because he felt it was anti-hunting, not because he thought he'd be frightened. I finally won the argument, and now it's a family favorite.I'm also surprised Jurassic Park didn't make the scary list. Our son was a dinosaur fanatic - probably still is, but won't admit it; ) - and saw that movie and the sequels at a much younger age than probably most people think is appropriate.
But he understood that dinosaurs + people would probably = a few getting killed.Sex and language is one thing (I didn't see Grease until I was an adult, and thought wow! I had friends in elementary school who saw this?), but I have never denied my children access to good entertainment or a classic because a character or its parent or friend dies. Death is a natural part of life, and should be a part of children's education just as letters and manners. or to share your thoughts. Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. I saw this with a couple families in the room and forgot about the car rental scene where Steve Martin’s character screams the F-word about a half a dozen times and uses a few other expletives. By the time I found the remote to skip forward the scene was over.
Too bad for the movie and awkward for us. That type of dialogue wasn't needed at all. It was rated ‘R’, but I couldn’t remember why until that scene came up. Because it was made in the 80’s I thought maybe it would be a PG-13 today. Wrong!I was at a movie theater recently with my family and saw the film trailer “Meet the Miller’s. In 3 minutes we saw a movie that was about drugs, drug runners, sex, swingers, strippers, violence, and potty jokes.
I asked my daughter, who is in high school, if she had any interest in seeing this film. I didn’t ask my 13 year old son, but he knew I was uncomfortable.
What Warner Brother executives or producers gave the ok to make this film? It’s the first time I felt like walking out of the movie theater because of the trailer. or to share your thoughts. I agree Shivanicat - I was like going.WHAT? The truth to the metaphor that several people were killed and implied that some were eaten to survive? I was drawn in that it was a magical Disney like movie, etc., but I was upset that I watched it with my young daughters, and as an adult, I was left with a knot in my gut as the real plot unfolded. I think of how many kids sat through that going - what's going on here?
Definitely not a kids movie, at all. Even without what I've mentioned, the discussion of religion and his journey is for a much more mature audience. Sorry to offend, but this goes into the category of The Emperor's New Clothes'. Everyone says it's great, so no one will disagree.
or to share your thoughts. You have to be kidding.Life of Pi was an amazing, wonderful film that was a fantastic adaptation of an even better book.Yes, there were some scenes that could be a bit scary, but to even think it should be rated 'R' is crazy. It was far less terrifying than a lot of cartoons.
It's summer in the small seaport town of Astoria and The Goonies are restless. Big developers threaten to take over the town.
Then Mikey finds an old pirate map and the kids take off to find the loot that can save their neighborhood. But they never counted on skeletons with swords, a booby-trapped underground passage and the murderous ex-con, all of whom want the Goonies' It's summer in the small seaport town of Astoria and The Goonies are restless.
Big developers threaten to take over the town. Then Mikey finds an old pirate map and the kids take off to find the loot that can save their neighborhood. But they never counted on skeletons with swords, a booby-trapped underground passage and the murderous ex-con, all of whom want the Goonies' head.
Take the oath. Join the adventure. The Goonies is the best film EVER! And I will not listen to anyone that dares tell me differently!My whole childhood consisted of adventures trying to replicate the film.
Abandoned building sites, clay pits, getting inside those giant cable wheel things and rolling each other down hills (don't tell my Mum). Who needed Barbie dolls when there was so much fun around with danger.But, now I find myself quite ashamed, that at 32 years of age I have never read the book it all came from. I'm ready toThe Goonies is the best film EVER! And I will not listen to anyone that dares tell me differently!My whole childhood consisted of adventures trying to replicate the film. Abandoned building sites, clay pits, getting inside those giant cable wheel things and rolling each other down hills (don't tell my Mum).
Who needed Barbie dolls when there was so much fun around with danger.But, now I find myself quite ashamed, that at 32 years of age I have never read the book it all came from. I'm ready to rectify my poor decision.
Being a Goonies fan(atic), when I realized (only recently) that there was a novelized adaptation of what is one of my most beloved films, of course I had to read it. Now-in general, it seems to me that someone who picks up a movie that was made into a book should not do so out of any desire to find something new to read, nor expecting high prose and superb character development beyond what existed in the original screenplay, right? At least, thats my take on it.So, I started reading. And at Being a Goonies fan(atic), when I realized (only recently) that there was a novelized adaptation of what is one of my most beloved films, of course I had to read it. Now-in general, it seems to me that someone who picks up a movie that was made into a book should not do so out of any desire to find something “new” to read, nor expecting high prose and superb character development beyond what existed in the original screenplay, right? At least, that’s my take on it.So, I started reading.
And at first I got hung up on the opening scene (told via news article instead of a “live action” description) of the Fratellis’ prison escape/car chase through Astoria. I counted six inaccuracies between the book and the film, little things that only the most die-hard Goonies fans would balk at, such as the warden calling the prison inmates to come to breakfast when the line in the movie is obviously “The longer you animals bark, the colder your.lunch.
gets.” Nit-picky? Yes, admittedly so.
But I know that movie front to back, and how could anyone have missed something as obvious as this, right? Yet something nagged at the back of my mind.
Some of the dialogue was spot-on, other bits only half right, and a few interchanges completely out of left field. That’s what intrigued me: how could parts be right on the money yet others, not?So I kept reading. And halfway through the first scene with Mikey and Brand, it dawned on me-oh. The book was written before the final script rewrite and movie edit. What I was reading was the novelization based on an earlier version of the script, one which, as a crazy Goonies fanatic, I also have a copy of, of course.
A couple of quick checks confirmed that this was the case. So: for any other die-hard Goonies fans.don’t expect this to read exactly like the movie we all know and love, because the book goes off an earlier script (though thankfully leaves out that ridiculous nonsense with the gorillas, which honestly- why did the writers of the original script even think that was a good idea in the first place? Often I yearn to know all about the deleted scenes in scripts and film.sometimes they fill in gaps which were glaringly evident in the finished product, but then every 1 time in 10 there’s something like the gorillas which leaves absolutely no question, or argument, as to why it was cut.)With that out of the way, I was able to enjoy the book a lot more. It’s not high prose, as I said before. But it does add a new dimension to the overall story of the Goonies.
Kenneth EllmoreApril 10, 20135RThe GooniesThe goonies are a group of kids who try looking for treasure. There are a group of kids who are best friends there are 4 of them and their names are Mickey, Mouth, Chunk, and Data. They call themselves the goonies. They are hanging out one day in Mickeys house and then they decide to go upstairs where there dad has all of his belongings, thats where they stumbled upon a map for One eyed willies treasure. Thats when Mickey was explaining to them about the Kenneth EllmoreApril 10, 20135RThe GooniesThe goonies are a group of kids who try looking for treasure. There are a group of kids who are best friends there are 4 of them and their names are Mickey, Mouth, Chunk, and Data.
They call themselves the goonies. They are hanging out one day in Mickey’s house and then they decide to go upstairs where there dad has all of his belongings, that’s where they stumbled upon a map for One eyed willies treasure. That’s when Mickey was explaining to them about the map and the rest of the guys did not believe him, then they found an article about Chester copper pot saying “that I have the key to One eyed willies treasure” all of the boys gasped and looked at Mickey in shock.The boys then want to go looking for the treasure but the older brother Brad said no because the mom of Brad and Mickey said “that if Mickey steps out of the house you are grounded” and he has a date on Friday with the hottest girl in school. The boys want to go and look for the treasure because their houses are about to be foreclosed on and they need money to get the houses back. So the boys plotted a plan and tied up the older brother and left the house on their bikes. They go to this old run downed restaurant that has not been opened in years.
They are counting the steps that they need to because of what the map says and all of a sudden they hear gun shots coming from the restaurant. Chunk was the only one who had paid attention to it and he was telling the other guys but the ignored him.The boys then had broken into the restaurant and then there was a lady and her two sons and they are fugitives. They kick the boys out and the boys just hid outside and waited for them to leave. Then the people left and the boys broke back into the restaurant. The boys were just looking around and trying to find the lowest point of the floor to go underground and find the treasure.
Then they find two dead bodies in the freezer and they tried to put them back in there and Chunk gets stuck in it with the bodies. The other guys tell Chunk to go and get the police for help.Chunk runs to get help and he gets caught by the fatellies. They then bring Chunk back to the restaurant and make him start talking and asking him all kinds of questions. They asked him “where are your friends at and he goes on telling them about his whole life and all of the mistakes he has made. Then they finally hear a loud noise in the basement that was coming from the fire place and there were bats coming from it.
Then the Fatellies start chasing the boys and the eventually catch up to them once they reach the ship. Then the boys get away and the police are waiting at the beach for the Fatellies and they take them into custody.After all of the trouble the boys and their families got to keep their houses. They turned the ship and everything they found in the ship and they got reward money for it. That was the end of the Goonies.
A classic that's just as fun and easy a read as watching the film. This was my first time reading the book; it's been a while since I saw the movie, and I was really surprised at how familiar I was (usually I'm pretty inclined to forget plot points and story lines).The book is told solely in the voice of Michael, or Mikey, Walsh. I actually really enjoyed the perspective of reading this adventure story from a single storyteller's perspective instead of just watching all of the action.Reading A classic that's just as fun and easy a read as watching the film. This was my first time reading the book; it's been a while since I saw the movie, and I was really surprised at how familiar I was (usually I'm pretty inclined to forget plot points and story lines).The book is told solely in the voice of Michael, or Mikey, Walsh. I actually really enjoyed the perspective of reading this adventure story from a single storyteller's perspective instead of just watching all of the action.Reading the book just made me want to watch the film again!
The Goonies is easily my favorite movie of all time. It never got a sequel which is sad but according to Stephen Spielberg and Richard Donner they just never found a script that wouldn't tarnish the first film. From this it is not a far leap to say that Donner and Spielberg aren't concerned with cashing in the name for a paycheck.This book however, is just that.It has differences from the movie because it is based on an early draft - I am fine with that.It has differences from itself because The Goonies is easily my favorite movie of all time. It never got a sequel which is sad but according to Stephen Spielberg and Richard Donner they just never found a script that wouldn't tarnish the first film. From this it is not a far leap to say that Donner and Spielberg aren't concerned with cashing in the name for a paycheck.This book however, is just that.It has differences from the movie because it is based on an early draft - I am fine with that.It has differences from itself because the 'author' paid no attention to the source material and no one ever took the time to proofread it - I am NOT fine with that.Example: Chunk pulls out an Almond Joy and drops it on the floor. In the very next sentence Sloth picks the Baby Ruth up off the floor.Or in the epilogue we are given a series of newspaper articles and though the headlines read Astoria the kids are referred to in the article as coming from a different town.
Also, it should be noted that in the headlines Tuesday is the 26th of October and Monday is the 27th.These things, as well as the 32 typos I noticed in the book, are easy to fix. It just needed a proofreader.
If it was based on the first draft of the script then there was plenty of time while filming to proofread and error check and still get it out at the same time as the film.Also, why once the action starts getting good does Data take 3 pages to tell us about an underground city he wants to create (especially since we were told 2 pages earlier that Data is scared of water)? And then Stef, who is apparently a Slut in this book and likes her men on the young-side, tells us about scuba-diving. Finally Mouth bores us with a retelling of The Monkey's Paw.
He tells the whole thing. Stef even stops him and points out that he is telling us The Monkey's Paw and he should stop saying it is his own story and that we already know the story but he just plows right on through until it is done and the reader is bored.My final complaint is that the author does NOT know his audience. He has Mikey talk down to us and sometimes he knows things a kid wouldn't and sometimes he doesn't.
1st person narration was a BIG mistake.There are some positives in the book. Chapter 6 switches to Chunk narrating the story to Mikey and although he forgets that he is Jewish for half a page it makes for a great read. Chunk comes alive more vividly than in the film and we get to see why he and Sloth are so close.We get to read a couple pages of One-Eyed Willie's diary which is interesting - though some words are missing.That is the other thing that bothers me though. I wish the 'author' had explored the relationship between Mikey and One-Eyed Willie as he hints about reincarnation or that Willie knew Mikey would come for the treasure (which is never called rich-stuff in the book) but he never follows through on it.He does tell us that Willie was the first Goonie and we get to hear about his backstory, although only minimally. I wish it had been developed more.All in all, I thought for a Goonies' fan this might be worth a read. I was mistaken. The Goonies happens to be my fav.
So when I realized it was a novel as well I had to get it. I enjoyed a more in-depth look into each characters personalities and background. There is also a lot more Mouth/Stef sass and Data's Gadgets moments that I LOVE. There was a wonderful part where The Goonies are on a river and they spend the time bonding and talking about their fears. I thought that was a very touching moment.
One thing about this novel that bugged me a lot at first was getting The Goonies happens to be my fav. So when I realized it was a novel as well I had to get it. I enjoyed a more in-depth look into each characters personalities and background. There is also a lot more Mouth/Stef sass and Data's Gadgets moments that I LOVE. There was a wonderful part where The Goonies are on a river and they spend the time bonding and talking about their fears.
I thought that was a very touching moment. One thing about this novel that bugged me a lot at first was getting used to it being told from Mickeys POV. It made the writing feel more like reading a child's journal and it kind of messed with the flow. But, I was able to overlook it b/c of moments like being able to get more background on One-Eyed Willy and the Epilogue was great as well. Overall, if you are a fan of The Goonies I really think you should add this to your shelf. The Goonies is my all-time favorite movie, so after discovering that there was a novel version of it, I had to read it. It follows the movie almost exactly, but there are extra scenes and dialogue that wasn't present in the movie.
The book is written in first person in Mikey's voice, and the narrative is true to how a young boy might talk if he was telling you his adventure about finding a treasure map, running from escaped fugitives, discovering a long-lost pirate ship, and saving his beloved The Goonies is my all-time favorite movie, so after discovering that there was a novel version of it, I had to read it. It follows the movie almost exactly, but there are extra scenes and dialogue that wasn't present in the movie.
The book is written in first person in Mikey's voice, and the narrative is true to how a young boy might talk if he was telling you his adventure about finding a treasure map, running from escaped fugitives, discovering a long-lost pirate ship, and saving his beloved home from being torn down to become a golf course.I still prefer the movie, but the one thing I truly loved about the book was short news articles at the end of the book to catch you up on what became of the Fratellis and how fan favorite Sloth fared with his new family. Definitely a must-have for anyone who's ever wanted to be a Goony. The novelization is a lost art of the twentieth century. I guess with the advent of home video, there was no need for a book version of a movie that you could pick up and watch at home on television. When I was a kid, I'd devour adaptations of movies I liked, but they seem to have gone away for better or worse.I was intrigued to see that Amazon had a Kindle version of this little book, and it is one of the better novelizations I've read. James Kahn solves the POV problem with some ingenuity, and The novelization is a lost art of the twentieth century. I guess with the advent of home video, there was no need for a book version of a movie that you could pick up and watch at home on television.
When I was a kid, I'd devour adaptations of movies I liked, but they seem to have gone away for better or worse.I was intrigued to see that Amazon had a Kindle version of this little book, and it is one of the better novelizations I've read. James Kahn solves the POV problem with some ingenuity, and overall, it's a breezy read. James Kahn is an ER doctor, novelist, TV writer-producer, and singer-songwriter. In addition to many original novels (including the sci-fi trilogy World Enough and Time, Times Dark Laughter, and Timefall) he authored the novelizations of Return of the Jedi, Poltergeist, The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.His television credits span the genres, from St. Elsewhere, to William James Kahn is an ER doctor, novelist, TV writer-producer, and singer-songwriter.
In addition to many original novels (including the sci-fi trilogy World Enough and Time, Time’s Dark Laughter, and Timefall) he authored the novelizations of Return of the Jedi, Poltergeist, The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.His television credits span the genres, from St. Elsewhere, to William Shatner’s TekWar, to Xena: Warrior Princess. He was a Supervising Producer on Star Trek: Voyager, Co-Executive Producer on Melrose Place, Emmy-nominated for his work on All My Children, medical advisor on Spielberg’s ET: The Extraterrestrial; and produced the feature film The Bet, which won Best Feature at the LA Femme Film Festival, 2013.He’s previously released four Americana music CDs, including Waterline, The 12th Elf, Man Walks Into A Bar, and The Meaning of Life. Matamoros is the first simultaneous novel and CD release, and his first foray into deeply researched historical fiction.