R.I.P. Joel Schumacher

SixTwoSix · 23 Jun 2020 at 08:21

Surprised no one has a thread up yet about this yet, he died yesterday at the of 80 after fighting cancer for some time.

Responsible for a few of my favourite movies - Flatliners, Falling Down, 8MM, Phone Booth - by no means classics but movies I really enjoy all the same.

Probably most well known for Lost Boys.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/r-i-p-joel-schumacher/

Chojin · 23 Jun 2020 at 11:40

Solid director who got a bad reputation for the Batman films (never saw Batman and Robin, but thought Batman Forever was ok at the time).

Looking back at his credits there is a broad range of films there.

Falling Down and Lost Boys are classics. Tigerland was probably the last good war film that also kick-started Colin Farrell's career.

robfosters · 23 Jun 2020 at 11:46

Great director, I love TLB. It’s the ultimate Friday night slob out beer and pizza movie. Falling Down was awesome too, RIP

Destination · 23 Jun 2020 at 14:46

It was years after the horror of Batman that it was drawn to my attention that Joel has also done Falling Down. I was shocked, pleasantly shocked.

SixTwoSix · 23 Jun 2020 at 15:22

Destination said:
It was years after the horror of Batman that it was drawn to my attention that Joel has also done Falling Down. I was shocked, pleasantly shocked.

Yeah, his Batman films cast a negative shadow on what is a very accomplished directorial career.

Destination · 23 Jun 2020 at 15:24

Indeed, i never ever understood why he thought batman should be 'neon' instead of 'gothic'

Fluffybob · 23 Jun 2020 at 15:50

RIP Lost Boys is a cracking film from my youth.

Sean34 · 23 Jun 2020 at 15:58

A very under-rated director. I've always liked St Elmo's Fire -- sue me.

He also directed one of my favourite '90s movies: A Time to Kill.

R.I.P.

Marky · 23 Jun 2020 at 17:40

Watched Phone Booth recently - Still great little film.

What a shame. RIP. Will check out Falling Down again soon

MookJong · 23 Jun 2020 at 18:26

Watched Lost Boys only days ago, I absolutely love that film.

RIP

Kirby Wurm · 26 Jun 2020 at 08:20

RIP. A Time to Kill and Falling Down in particular are films I enjoy a great deal.

Grimley · 28 Jun 2020 at 08:59

Chojin said:
Solid director who got a bad reputation for the Batman films (never saw Batman and Robin, but thought Batman Forever was ok at the time).

I wouldn't TBH. It's 11% on RT for a reason. Its more cheesy than a mouse eating 10 times its own weight in Brie. I'm surprised it didn't sweep the board at the Razzies that year.

Shame hes passed away though. The lost boys is probably his best film.

VincentHanna · 2 Jul 2020 at 11:16

Not to dump on the dead, but Lost Boys had its place. The 80s.

I used to watch it over and over as a kid, but I watched the blu-ray with my wife a few days after Schumacher passed....and it was rubbish.