From the building-sized statues that dot Gotham City to Poison Ivy’s technicolor hideout, these movies are packed to the brim with incredible window dressing. Joel Schumacher wanted his Batman movies to feel like cartoons, and the sets were a big part of that. The world this Batman lives in feels just heightened enough to be surreal, but still grounded enough to make be relatable. To celebrate his work in the DC universe, Inverse’s entertainment team reflects on some of the best, most memorable, and goofiest moments in Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies.īarbara Ling’s production design took Schumacher’s vision of maximalism and color and brought it to life through a return to the old school methods of matte paintings and miniatures. Schumacher died Monday, and the world stopped to remember the loud, unapologetic visionary that was Joel Schumacher. (If you’re still a hater, check out this video.) The result? Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, two of the most polarizing superhero movies ever made. He directed Brat Pack movies, musicals, and, for two fantastic movies, he took the reins of the Batman franchise. It does not store any personal data.Joel Schumacher was never one to do things by halves. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'.

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