The Goonies Blu Ray

"Tell us everything! Everything!"

 

Fig 1. The Goonies from 1985

 

 

 

Got to be one of my favourite movies from the 80's, great plot and a very well put together cast along with a Cyndi Lauper soundtrack, hey what's not to like?.

Its a story of 7 kids plunged into an adventure of a lifetime with surprise's and action around every corner, a quest beyond there wildest dreams as it says on the back of the tin and do you know what it bloody well is.

Everything you want from a movie is in this from action to laughter to tears of sadness and joy, booby traps and a pirate ship full of the mysterious things but is that what they are looking for?,

(I'm trying so hard here not to give anything away), with bumbling baffon like bad guys trying to get ahead of the 7 adventures. Its a family kids classic from beginning to end, and presented by the master himself Mr Spielberg, but directed by Richard Donner. Go on add it to your collection and laugh all the way to the gold doubloons.

 

Fig 2. Four of the Seven Strong Band.

 

 

VIDEO ***

Presented in 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio at 1080p

Richard Donner's Blu ray disc is a pretty good transfer compared to the older DVD release, straight from the off-set the movie pops off the screen, colours are bright and edges are sharp without over doing it, in particular the opening scene looks very good as it pans around the harbours houses, Whites are eye popping and blacks stay true to the colour palette. It can look a little soft in places but most of that is from the original master. Warner Bros have released this as a 25th anniversary Edition and its Region Free for those who want to import from the states, and I've heard the transfer it a little better, if I find out you'll be the first to know. 3 and half stars out of 5 isn't that bad really is it?.

 

 

 

AUDIO****

DOLBY TRUE HD 5.1 is the order of the day along with Dolby Digital 5.1 English, English 2.0 Mono, Latin Spanish 1.0 and French 2.0.

Nicely remastered with our over seas friends catered for comes a good sounding spinner. Treble is bright but not ear piercing and the bass thumps quite nicely when it needs to and the underground scenes immerse you quite authentically. Nothing is to over powering and the musical score is exceptional thanks to Dave Grusin's music. As with most of the films I review the Audio is a main reason to own this disc. So its 4 stars out of 5 for me.. now where's my sword and eye patch?.

 

 

 

EXTRA'S

 

They have put together a nice little collection here

 

COMMENTARY

With hidden video treasure by Director Richard Donner and selected cast and crew

THE MAKING OF.

A featurette of the movie

DELETED SCENES.

A nice collection of scenes that didn't make it into the main movie

MUSIC VIDEO'S.

Cyndi lauper's 'The Goonies R Good Enough' Video

TRAILER'S.

The theatrical trailer from 1985