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[Ocean Dweller]

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When GOONIES wrapped, Richard Donner needed a vacation after working with the kids for an entire year, and went to Hawaii to finally relax. As a prank, Steven Spielberg flew the entire cast out (including The Fratellis!) to surprise Donner at home. Here's that footage. Amazing.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

dangit, wrong thread. sorry! reached out to a mod

 

[GymWolf]

I love this movie so much.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

dangit, wrong thread. sorry! reached out to a mod

Nah man. Goonies 2 is a great game.

 

[DeepEnigma]

One of the best movies of all time. The 80s was truly the golden era of cinema.

 

[jason10mm]

Donner: "Damn, I"m sooo tired of this film, I just need to unwind."

Cast: "Hey Richard, we are all here on your vacation!!!"

Donner: "Goddamnit!"

And I hope some parents came out, lotsa young kids in that cast.

 

[Dr. Claus]

One of the best movies of all time. The 80s was truly the golden era of cinema.

Equal parts light hearted with legit dark moments that required parents to talk with thier kids. They rarely treated kids like morons. Focus on special effects and well-done artistry, instead of having it all done post-production.

the 80s and 90s were so much better than the majority* of modern films.

 

[Kilau]

Young Thanos there to snap his vacation time out of existence.

Sean Astin sounding just like Mikey in real life is great too.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

In his mind:

DOnner: I'm finally going to rest and get rid of these bastard children.

Children: SURPRISE!!!!

Donner: The Devil takes me ... I SAY WOW!! THAT NICE SURPRISE

Spielberg: What a nice surprise right? Now we are going to be on vacation with you.

Donner: ooh i like the idea
that nice surprise

Donner:

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Donner: "Damn, I"m sooo tired of this film, I just need to unwind."

Cast: "Hey Richard, we are all here on your vacation!!!"

Donner: "Goddamnit!"

And I hope some parents came out, lotsa young kids in that cast.

He won my thoughts xDDD

 

[Billbofet]

Love Richard Donner and this movie. Thanks for this OP.

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Love Richard Donner and this movie. Thanks for this OP.

You bet!

 

[MastAndo]

Aw man, thanks OP, this is great. I was lucky enough to have The Goonies on VHS as a kid and must have watched it a good 200-300 times, no exaggeration. It was pretty much an obsession and I could basically recite the whole thing beginning to end. Favorite film of all time on sheer sentimental value.

Jeff Cohen rambling on and on just like Chunk and getting under Donner's skin is pretty hilarious, lol

 

[Darkmakaimura]

One of my all-time favorite movies.

 

[Sephimoth]

Absolute classic. Wish they'd make adventure movies like this now.

 

[NeoGuff]

Best kids movie ever made!

 

[AJUMP23]

A timeless classic. I should have my kids watch it.

 

[Batiman]

Ha just watched this again last week. Damn the kids are super annoying in this.

 

[Big Baller]

Josh Brolin the ultimate gigachad

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Wish they'd make adventure movies like this now.

It seems so obvious, right? I know it's easy to point at some of the most beloved films of the past 40 years and say "that! Do that" but man, it seems like there were so many cool ideas around in the 80s and 90s, and part of the charm was that films were a self contained story.

Now, it's got to be a trilogy minimum, preferably with a universe, and everything is cgi. And it has to be a comic book. And if it's from DC and isn't Batman, it's got to be awful.