The Goonies analysis -childerens adventure sequence-

The Goonies opening sequence at the start gives you an impression of a dark film as at the begging following some of the titles, you only hear some foot steps on a hard floor, accompanied with a black background, with white title lettering, with images of skulls. This in total gives you the impression of a dark film, that you would not think of being a film for children. After the title at the beginning you find that the footsteps belong to a policeman, who discovers a man who supposedly hanged himself but faked it so that he could escape. You then get the whole escapade where the man escapes in a jeep with whom you suspect are his family members, they block the path of the police by creating a wall of fire round the main entrance. They escape with a few police cars chasing them, the police being held up by a car block their path, but in the end, they loose them selves in a car beach race, ending the titles.
The music changes when the man escapes into a Jolly sort escapee music which lightens the tone of the film making you think that it is more comical than you first make it out to be because of the very begging.

The Goonies