There's nothing all that shocking here. Good wins, evil is vanquished. The kids find the treasure, the town is saved, the Fratellis are going back to jail, and the country club folks have to eat dirt. It's all pretty formulaic, predictable, and status quo. (It's also 100% satisfying.)

But it's that last shot that might need just a bit more attention. The final frame doesn't show the Goonies celebrating their victory. It isn't a close-up shot on Mikey shooting us a coy smile.

It's Willy's ship, sailing off into the distance.

This might seem strange. Willy, being a skeleton, doesn't even have any lines in this film. His character isn't developed, and we can't get much of a sense of his motivations (aside from the fact that he was awfully possessive for a dead guy). So why does he get to be at the center of the parting visual?

As much as The Goonies is about this specific group of kids, it's really about wonder. It's about childhood, and imagination, and making the seemingly impossible possible. Willy, and his ship, represents those ideas. To see it sailing away, un-captained by a living soul, packs a much more powerful punch than lingering on mere humans.

Humans are a dime a dozen. But skeleton pirates are awesome.