The Goonies
HEY YOU GUYS! Today I met a real life Filmspotter. Her name is tinyholidays and she is super cool I also met her Canadian, and he's super cool as well.
We went to the Lightbox to watch The Goonies. Happy to say it was a packed house, and though there weren't too many kids, there were a fair amount. That was great to see. I don't usually like the phrase "they don't make 'em like they used to," but in this case it is totally appropriate. They just don't. Here you've got a kids movie where that opens on a scene in a prison where is looks like a man has hanged himself, and then during the title sequence there is a car chase/shootout and a young kid saying, "shit!" And parents, this is perfectly fine material for kids. Kids can handle it. There were several very young children who were audibly scared throughout different parts of the movie, but from what I could tell those same kids were also laughing and having a great time.
Of course, the reason is that The Goonies is a totally awesome kids movie, and it makes me really want Spielberg to start directing/producing this sort of kids flick again. I don't know much about Super 8, but it's very possible that will be a return to form.The movie is equal parts adventurous, silly, scary and heartwarming. It's very much told from the perspective of kids, and while the kids in the movie might be a little heightened, they come off as real. This is totally what young kids, especially young boys are like. It makes going through their adventure that much more fun. And seeing it on the big screen with an audience who are all in the exact same childish frame of mind is perfect.
PS. Sean Astin's character in this movie totes grows up to be Sean Parker from The Social Network. Several times in the movie he says the line "This is our time!" and he is constantly pulling out his inhaler.