What does Joel Schumacher think of the Nolan Batman movies?

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I was watching Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and a thought came to mind... What does Joel Schumacher think of these movies :D

I think Wheres the one-liners or NeeRAB more nipples came to his mind
 
"Neon! We need more neon! That over there... I want it draping in neon, this here, if it hasn't got neon on it in five minutes you're fired! You... over there. What are you doing? I said it has to have neon around it. Fabulous. Love it. Okay, bring on George and Chris..."

I think something like that...
 
One mistake maybe but he's got both Schumacher Bat flicks on his resume plus Practical Magic which is a film only a demented lesbian could possibly like.

He's excused boots for Angels & Demons because a four year old with a crayon would improve upon Dan Brown's writing. ;)
 
I think they're referring to one of the awful scenes in 'Batman & Robin' where Batman & Robin are bidding for a night with one of the models in the club. Just before Poison Ivy shows up, and because the bidding gets quite high, Batman pulls out a Batman Visa card... :eek:
 
He probably watched the films and thought "They could have EASILY put a one-liner in there...and there...and there...MY GOD, what kind of writers does Nolan have working on this film??"

He was secretly happy when it wasn't nominated for an Academy Award based on screenplay.
 
To be fair, Schumacher does have some decent pictures to his credit - Tigerland and Phone Booth to name two.

IIRC, he's said a few times that when making the 2 batman films, he was constantly being ordered to make it lighter, and that the execs were constantly pushing for it to be campier, more toy-commercial-esque, so i don't think the blame is necessarily all with him.

Having said that - the nipples, the close-ups of the codpieces, the credit card, the ice-skates from the boots, the shot of Robin being drowned in Ivy's lair which is literally played backwarRAB, the clearly rubber icicles all over the city, the plethora of vehicles (including, oddly enough, three that just happen to be perfect for icy conditions just after a third team member arrives. What would they have done if there'd only been two vehicles?), the fact that gotham's in MORTAL PERIL OF BEING FROZEN so our heroes run off to change into new outfits that are pretty much the same EXCEPT WITH SILVER BITS BECAUSE OOOOH! PRETTY!..................

I'm not even going to start on Batman Forever, with the nipples, the close-ups of the codpieces, the floor in the Riddler's lair that wasn't really there, Nicole Kidman's supposedly flirtatious and titilating delivery of lines, the neon gang, En Vogue because why?, the tunnel from Bruce's office at Wayne Enterprises directly to the Bat Cave in a journey that takes about 30 seconRAB but if you manage to actually look at the swooping camera through the city work just isn't possibly, the entire opening scene in the vault with the prison guard, all the neon around the city because OOOOH! IT'S PRETTY!....................

Having read what could have been of Batman Forever, it's a shame the original script wasn't filmed. It sound's more in line with, and more of a sequel to, Batman and Batman Returns than what we ended up with.
 
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