Worst director ever or unlucky?

“Batman and Robin” may be one of the worst movies ever made.

That is a bold statement, but I know I am not alone in thinking that.

And who should take the blame for it being a horrible movie? The director of course and his name is Joel Schumacher. From the over the top cartoony look of the film, the “makes my brain bleed” one-liners and the “what where they thinking?” costumes including the now infamous nipples on the bat-suit.

The entire film was a giant disaster and it bombed at the box office, effectively stopping any further Batman films for another ten years. I may have even cried leaving the theater...

I remember reading an issue of Entertainment Weekly when the Brad Pitt movie “The Mexican” was coming out and they interviewed the cast, including Julia Roberts and James Gandolfini. The reporter asked each actor which was the film they did that they disliked the most. Both Roberts and Gandolfini picked Schumacher films, “Dying Young” and “8MM.”

Schumacher has also directed such “memorable” films as “D.C. Cab,” “Bad Company” and “The Incredible Shrinking Woman.”

Note: None of those films won Academy Awards...

So just by looking at the films already mentioned you would think “This guy is the worst director ever?” But, his other films tell a different story.

I think that “Batman and Robin” is one of the worst movies ever made, but to the shock of everyone one of my favorite movies of all time, “A Time to Kill” is also a Schumacher film.

And that is not his only good film. I also liked “Phone Booth,” “The Lost Boys,” “Flatliners” and “Falling Down.”

Hell, he even directed “St. Elmo’s Fire!”

So what does that say? We know he CAN make good films, but the evidence is also there that when he fails to hit the mark, he really misses. It is the inconsistency that gets me. At least Uwe Boll is consistent enough to make all of his films horrible... I even think that is his gimmick now.

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