pinchers of truffle shuffle power. do you realize that some of the classic movies of our generation have never been fully experienced by "our generation?" how many of you saw top gun in the theatres? okay, a few maybe. i wasn't of pg-13 age so i couldn't go. how about any of the 80s flicks? sixteen candles? anyone see that in the theatres? actually, maybe you did since it was released pre-mpaa era. besides, is there anything in sixteen candles that would have made it pg-13? i doubt it. but i don't know because i've never seen it. but come may seventh, i'll be there, watching it on the big screen.

apparently san diego does have some cool things going on. for example, goonies on the big screen. how many of you actually saw the goonies on the big screen? how many of you have seen the goonies on the big screen in a theatre full of rabid goonie fans? yup, didn't think so. i win.

it wasn't easy let me tell you, watching the goonies on the big screen. there was a confusing time listing, there was making the trek down to buy advance tickets, there was waiting in line with all the other goonie fans, there was the anticipation and fear of something going wrong or a lack of good seats.

i think if ever i wanted to meet new people in san diego -- or you know, date -- that's where i would start: the midnight showing of goonies. not because the line contained so many dateable specimens, but more for the fact that any girl who would be standing in line to watch the goonies on a saturday night would be my type of girl.

q: where were the goonies' beach scenes filmed?
a: cannon beach, oregon

as great as the goonies is however, it's one of those movies that might be better in memory than in actuality. i forgot about some of the lesser moments. sean astin just may have been cast in lord of the rings based on his long history of tear jerker motivational speeches that ring so cheesy you gotta love it -- or head for the exits. i forgot how annoying chunk got about halfway through the movie. i forgot about the (un)intentional sexual innuendoes -- one eyed willie? i wonder if watching the goonies through fresh eyes would be a good or bad experience.

you do have to love corey feldman though, whose character is inexplicably fluent in spanish. you gotta love richard/james "data" wang, you gotta love all the classic lines, you gotta love sloth's twitchy ears. but some parts of the goonies don't quite measure up to a modern viewing. it's like the three amigos, great in memory, not so great as a sit through movie. did i just put the three amigos and the goonies in the same thought balloon? wow, whoops?

more midnight madness films to come: the big lebowski, the fifth element, napoleon dynamite, director's cut of brazil and the aforementioned sixteen candles. i'll be there for the last two, you can count on it.