Did the psych team at the LAPD ever pursue the possibility that Riggs wasn’t crazy but was merely suffering psychotic episodes due to the weight on his brain from that huge, feathery hairdo? I mean, he’s one pair of latex pants away from being lead singer in a metal band. But I digress, which, thankfully, is something “Lethal Weapon” (1987) never does. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover’s tightly constructed, opposites-attract buddy-cop flick became a blockbuster and spawned sloppy sequels thanks to their chemistry (Danny’s buttoned-down, Mel’s unwound) and the fact that it’s fast-paced and not overambitious with the plot twists.
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“Kids suck,” is uttered by one of the antagonists during “Goonies” (1985). Later, someone says, “I feel like I’m babysitting, and I’m not getting paid.” As for me, with all the adults bickering and kids screaming, I felt like I was at Chuck E Cheese. Speaking of cheese, this film about hapless kids searching for pirate treasure is extremely overrated. It has a cult following. If you made it to age 15 without seeing it, you don’t need to. It’s only redeeming value is that some of the kid actors became successful adult actors (Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton).
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