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Post by winchesterclub on Jun 22, 2020 18:47:12 GMT
Hollywood director passed away today aged 80
The director hit the big time after directing a string of successful movies including Flatliners (1990), The Lost Boys (1987), St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
He famously took over the Batman franchise from director Tim Burton with the two box-office smashes Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997)
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jun 23, 2020 6:37:41 GMT
A very recognisable name on a lot of films and directed the excellent Falling Down.
RIP.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jun 23, 2020 16:46:10 GMT
Yeah Falling Down was good. Though I haven’t seen it in years.
8mm was quite good but I haven’t seen that in years either.
Apart from that I’m not a huge fan of his stuff. Lost Boys, St Elmo’s Fire and Flatliners were popular though, as I seem to recall.
The Batman films he did were questionable to say the least, in fact I think I turned off Batman and Robin, that was awful.
So in all honesty, not really my kind of director, but hey each to their own.
RIP Joel.
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Post by ltd on Jun 23, 2020 17:42:55 GMT
Yeah Falling Down was good. Though I haven’t seen it in years. 8mm was quite good but I haven’t seen that in years either. I'd agree those were his best efforts. Saw Flatliners when it came out and thought it was ok. Never been in a big rush to see it again. Tigerland and Phone Booth seem quite well regarded, but I've not seen those. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jun 23, 2020 19:16:28 GMT
Yeah Falling Down was good. Though I haven’t seen it in years. 8mm was quite good but I haven’t seen that in years either. I'd agree those were his best efforts. Saw Flatliners when it came out and thought it was ok. Never been in a big rush to see it again. Tigerland and Phone Booth seem quite well regarded, but I've not seen those. Me either. |
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Post by westldner on Jun 24, 2020 0:16:01 GMT
RIP Joel Schumacher
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Post by dcjones1 on Dec 4, 2020 22:01:15 GMT
Being a Batman fan, I was familiar with his contributions to the franchise. Forever was OK, but Batman and Robin was awful. Just a elongated toy commercial. Between the two Batman films he made ‘A Time to Kill’ with Samuel L Jackson and Matthew McConaughey. A good court room drama from the pen of John Grisham.
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Post by mybodyguard on Dec 5, 2020 0:10:18 GMT
I liked some of his films including A Time To Kill, The Client, and Cousins. RIP
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 5, 2021 13:04:14 GMT
RIP Joel.
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