Mad Max scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and frankly, Mad Max sucked.
Rotten Tomatoes isn't really a good indicator of anything.
Lot's of people love The Goonies, guess you ain't one of 'em.
Posted on 06/06/2015 6:54:33 PM PDT by Perdogg
Sunday will mark a tremendous occasion in the world of pop culture and cult classic movies. June 7 is the 30th anniversary of the Richard Donner-directed, never-say-die movie with an all-star cast, The Goonies. Hitting theaters on June 7, 1985, the film is still a favorite of so many people today and starred a number of names that went on to huge things. Let’s take a look at some fun facts and trivia that you may never have known about The Goonies.
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The big fact I don’t get is how this movie has retained such popularity. I mean it was cute, I enjoyed it when it came out, but it’s the definition of a throw away summer movie. And yet, somehow it’s got this huge following.
They just don’t make movies as good as The Goonies anymore.
What the movie did was capture the magic and imagination of childhood, and it did it with a cast that meshed and connected.
If they remade this movie today, it would be a disaster.
It’s one of those perfect 80’s movies that should not be touched.
They make movie as not very good as the Goonies all the time, it’s just not that good. It’s cute, and forgettable. Heck I’d forgotten about it until a couple of years ago when the fat kid showed up the the local art house for a showing and like half my co-workers were going. And I was “for the Goonies?!” because, really, it’s not that good.
It’s better than good. It’s magic, but if you lack imagination, it won’t reach you.
Seeing this movie as a child was one of those things I feel lucky to have been able to do.
Plus Cindy Laupher was Hot back them.
It’s boring. It’s telegraphed. It’s cookie cutter. Hollywood makes a version of it every single year. I’ve got plenty of imagination and it has no magic at all. There’s a reason it scores 68% at rotten, it’s just not that good.
Its kind of like The Breakfast Club in the sense that its become a nostalgic thing.
I rewatched Breakfast Club a few years ago. The thing about nostalgia you’ve got to leave it alone. Turns out that movie wasn’t very good either. I loved it when it came out, but oh boy, once you’ve got grey hair there’s nothing there for you.
Can you imagine the breakfast club today?
Bunch of random kids playing on their phones all day never interacting.
There is a Goonies tour that you can take around the areas where it was filmed.
You probably didn’t like “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” too.
Only thing about these old movies is that I now identify with the older characters as opposed to the younger ones. For instance, with Breakfast Club, I now see myself as the principal..."Don't mess with the bull young man - you might get the horns!"
The thing that impressed me most about Breakfast Club was that the entire movie was basically filmed in the school library, with just a few scenes spilling into the hallways.
Mad Max scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and frankly, Mad Max sucked.
Rotten Tomatoes isn't really a good indicator of anything.
Lot's of people love The Goonies, guess you ain't one of 'em.
Yep, she was. 80’s was just good times all the way around.
Got nominated for a lot of awards, can’t be nearly as so-so as Goonies. And there certainly aren’t a long list of movies just like it.
Mad Max is awesome. 2 hours of insane stunts. You just need to expect what you’re going to get. Good Mad Max movies have very little dialog and even less plot, Fury Road delivered. Rotten is a fine indicator.
Lot’s of people love Obama too, popularity is no indication of quality.
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