RIP Richard Donner

[King Kamala]

Richard Donner, Director of ‘Superman,’ ‘The Goonies’ and ‘Lethal Weapon,’ Dies at 91

Director-producer Richard Donner, best known for helming the “Lethal Weapon” film series, “The Goonies” and the original “Superman” film, died on Monday. He was 91. Donner’s produ…

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91's hell of a run, at least. Probably should be brought up as one of the guys who is one of top popcorn movie directors behind Spielberg.

 

[strummer]

He was just on the Goonies reunion table read zoom call late last year. Seemed lucid and in pretty good health for his age.

RIP

 

[Brocklock]

It gets lost in his filmography because it's unlike most of his other movies, but people often forget he directed The Omen. That movie still holds up incredibly well and is one of my favorite horror films of the 70's. Inside Moves is a lesser known movie of his that is pretty good as well. Ladyhawke is another rock solid underrated movie from Donner

The guy had a hell of a resume and is one of the most important directors of the 70's and 80's that often doesn't get mentioned as being important. His 90's run isn't as good, but he was a big part of Tales From The Crypt and directed one of my favorite episodes called The Ventriloquist Dummy starring Don Rickles and Bobcat Goldwaithe. The western episode he directed called Showdown is also very good.

RIP

 

[Lazgistics Supervisor]

RIP

 

[HarleyQuinn]

He also directed 16 Blocks as his last film, which I remember liking well enough at the time. Not a long filmography but it had a ton of gems for what he did direct.

RIP

 

[King Kamala]

Yeah, I expected him to have a longer filmography as well. Not a ton of crap/filler though, the less said about The Toy the better.

I don't remember his 2nd to last movie Timeline AT ALL. Which is bizarre cause "Paul Walker and Gerard Butler have to go back in time to rescue their professor Billy Connolly in Medieval England" seems like a movie that pubescent me would have watched and/or enjoyed making fun of.

 

[Epic Springs]

I remember Timeline but only because I read the book it was based on. Both were boring.

 

[Lazgistics Supervisor]

He also directed 16 Blocks as his last film, which I remember liking well enough at the time. Not a long filmography but it had a ton of gems for what he did direct.

RIP

The last really good Bruce Willis movie, and I'd say his overall best since Die Hard With a Vengeance. In some ways, it's the true successor to the series, as Willis plays a very McClane-like cop nearing retirement.