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Joel Schumacher, Director of Batman Films and ‘Lost Boys,’ Dies at 80

Joel Schumacher, director of films including "St. Elmo's Fire," "The Lost Boys" and "Falling Down," as well as two "Batman" films, has died.

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[John Day]

Rest in peace, and thanks for the fun movies

 

[Shantae]

Darn.

Didn't make a ton of great movies, but he made a few amazing ones.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

RIP

i finally saw Lost Boys recently and it was thrilling. all the wild camera tricks and abstract setups he used. he was definitely a man with a vision. it had all the inventiveness and production quality of classic era music videos. he was definitely a man with a vision. even if that vision killed off Batman for a bit ;-) Come to think of it, those films really set the table perfectly for the more grimdark modern take.

 

[EviLore]

RIP. Lots of good movies across his career. Don't judge him on the Batman flicks alone.

 

[PSlayer]

F

 

[Birdo]

Tigerland is amazing. If you haven't seen it, see it.

RIP.

 

[mortal]

RIP

The Lost Boys is one of my favorite films.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Sad to hear. RIP. Batman Forever is one my of my favorite Batman movies:

 

[Andyliini]

May he rest in peace. I actually love Batman Forever, Schumacher did awesome job with it. I also liked his a few other films, like Phantom of the Opera and Phone Booth.

 

[Sub_Level]

RIP. Falling Down is incredible. Haven't seen Lost Boys.

 

[ComputerBlue]

RIP, 80 is a decent run.

Haven't seen Lost Boys.

It's really great if not a bit cheesy, but that's the 80s for you.

 

[NeoGiffer]

Don't judge him on that second Batman flick alone.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Thank you for batman and robin.

 

[triplestation]

my childhood wouldn't have been the same without his batman movies

that shit shaped me along with many other things at that time

RIP

im carrying your shit with me, schumacher

 

[Cravis]

Dang. RIP.

He made some classics: The Lost Boys, Falling Down, 8MM, Tigerland, Flatliners. A Time to Kill.

 

[SirKicksalot]

F

For “Batman Forever,” the openly gay Schumacher introduced nipples to the costumes worn by Batman and Robin, leaning into the longstanding latent homoeroticism between the two characters.

I'm pretty sure the team was just trolling Bob Kane when saying they did it for sex appeal and the suit was actually inspired by lorica musculata, which happens to go nicely with the Expressionist look of these movies (see Die Nibelungen's Siegfried).

 

[ManaByte]

F



I'm pretty sure the team was just trolling Bob Kane when saying they did it for sex appeal and the suit was actually inspired by lorica musculata, which happens to go nicely with the Expressionist look of these movies (see Die Nibelungen's Siegfried).

Batman Forever didn't have nipples on all of the costumes at first.

 

[SantaC]

How isnt Falling Down in the title? It is an incredible movie.

 

[etp_1]

Sad to hear. RIP. Batman Forever is one my of my favorite Batman movies:

I liked Batman Forever quite a lot as well. Didn't catch me as the Tim Burton version of Batman, but i liked Val Kilmer as Batman and even Jim Carrey was well casted as the Riddler i thought.
And Nicole Kidman of course...rawr.

What also got me was the nice OST.






Unfortunatly Batman & Robin was a depature from that. I still have to watch Falling Down...i did just see it partly.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I like Falling Down and Phone Booth, despite their flaws. his Batman movies are more of a product of the times and while I don't like them that much, I respect him for all the things he done right in them. his passing is a loss for the movie industry for sure.

 

[Patrick S.]

RIP. Need to rewatch Tigerland and Phone Booth and have a drink in your honor.

 

[diffusionx]

I don't want to speak ill of the dead but I thought this guy just sucked and was a bad director.

 

[Jooxed]

Lost boys was a fantastic movie. RIP

 

[brap]

RIP
Loved Batman & Robin as a kid.

I don't want to speak ill of the dead but I thought this guy just sucked and was a bad director.

Does it anyway. Lost Boys, St. Elmo's Fire, 8mm, A Time To Kill, Phantom of the Opera, fucking Falling Down. No.

 

[AlteredForms]

He directed some stinkers in his time but there's some good movies in the Joel Schmacher filmography.

 

[EviLore]

Flatliners
The Lost Boys
Falling Down
A Time to Kill
Phone Booth
Tigerland
Batman Forever
The Client

Solid list of good to great movies. A lot of people missed Tigerland and Phone Booth, definitely worth checking those out.

 

[GodofWhimsy]

Batman: Forever had a massive influence on how I like my films and video games to appear aesthetically. Loved the colour palette and the clash of modern neon and twisted gothic for the city. Thus, why I like Arkham Knight so much. It's exactly how I envisioned my ideal Gotham.

Regardless of your opinion on the guy's body of work, he was undeniably a visionary. RIP Schumacher.

 

[Flying Toaster]

His Batman films really captured a part of the Batman comic universe that many like to ignore. I loved them for what they brought to the table even though I am a bigger fan of the darker Batman films from Burton.

 

[Darko]

I loved Batman forever and even Batman and Robin as a kid.. didn’t get the hate for them until I grew up and Nolan took over

 

[MasterCornholio]

Very sad I enjoyed many of his movies.

R.I.P

 

[Rentahamster]

What a legend.

 

[nush]

He made the best Mr T movie of all time. OF ALL TIME!

 

[12Goblins]

Phone booth, Time to Kill, 8mm... Guy was hell of a filmmaker. RIP

Edit never mind I'm thinking of Snake Eyes. 8mm was shit lol

 

[Unknown Soldier]

He gave us this amazing performance from Arnold. Thanks for the memories, Joel.

 

[HaveButOneLife]

RIP. Lots of good movies across his career. Don't judge him on the Batman flicks alone.

Forever is criminally underrated, and so was Val Kilmer as Batman.

 

[Bullet Club]

RIP Joel Schumacher

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Didn't know he made all those amazing movies...

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Flatliners was awesome.

 

[black_13]

RIP. Didn't realize I'd seen and enjoyed so many of his movies. I used to hate him for Batman and Robin but even that is enjoyable in it's context. It was like a Saturday morning Batman cartoon but in live action. Haven't seen Tigerland though which I'm gonna do soon.

 

[carlosrox]

Lost Boys is an all-time classic. Grew up with that movie and I have tons of nostalgia for it. Seen it so many times and it never gets old.

They don't make movies like that anymore.

 

[C4lukin2]

He was so great when it comes to certain films, but not sure great......

A half dozen really fun to good films. I mean a couple of films he made were super good.

 

[MayauMiao]

RIP but honestly I am not bothered by his bat nipples. Just felt it was unfair that he didn't allow batgirl suit to have nipples.

 

[JimiNutz]

RIP

He made some great films outside of Batman and I'll always have a soft spot in my heart and a hard lump in my pants, for Batman Forever.

It's probably just nostalgia but I really enjoyed Batman Forever as a child (it was the first Batman film that I was able to see in the cinema). Gotham looked amazing, the soundtrack was cool, the villains were entertaining, they did a decent job with Robin and Nicole Kidman was ridiculously hot.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

RIP.

He was a good filmmaker, even Batman Forever is a pretty good movie, Batman and Robin is harder to defend, but it's stupid that people so let it overshadow his career when he made great films like The Lost Boys and Falling Down (very good and very relevant movie)

Loved watching The Lost Boys whenever it would play on TNT as a kid.

Heck, I even saw The Number 23 in theaters and I think it's a pretty underrated movie.

He made the best Mr T movie of all time. OF ALL TIME!

I like the scene with all the topless women, Dean Cundey cinematography + naked women = yummy.

It's ironic too because Schumacher was gay, but clearly he was a guy big on aesthetics and could appreciate the aesthetic of the female form, everyone focuses on when he put George Clooney in that tight leather and ignore the fact that he also put Alicia Silverstone in tight leather as well.

 

[C4lukin2]

He was not my favorite director he screwed up Batman..

But he made some cool films that nobody else could have made. 8mm
Phone Booth, Veronica Guerin,, 8mm, Falling Down... Flat fucking liners.
The lost Boys.
And yes St Elmos fire which is Garbo, but a lot of people like that film. It has the most cheesy yet awesome theme song.