The Goonies | Is This Bad?

On this meeting of the Is This Bad? Movie Club, Matt, JD & Rachel re-watch The Goonies and discuss why this is an entire generation’s favorite film, what’s behind Sloth’s makeup, how the film predicted Sean Astin’s career, is this just Indiana Jones for kids, sequel speculation, being tricked by a movie’s poster, elementary school archetypes, The Gremlins exist in The Goonies universe, which character should be eliminated, the secret to directing rowdy children, an important scoop about Marisa Tomei’s brother, who’s the real villain here, the deleted octopus scene, why are they so mean to the housekeeper, and how piano lessons could save your life.

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