Ollie 1,059 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/richard-donner-dies-superman-lethal-193107966.html Needless to say he directed the greatest superhero film that featured the greatest superhero score. Plus he did pretty good work in other genres. Edmilson, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, TSMefford and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blondheim 1,157 Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 I will never understand thinking Donner's Superman is the best superhero film. But hey, I'm happy you're happy. Corellian2019, Chen G. and bollemanneke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, blondheim said: I will never understand thinking Donner's Superman is the best superhero film. I personally don't care for it much at all, but De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all of that... EDIT: Some surprisingly touching words on Donner from one of my favourite directors: Quote Donner! My friend, my mentor. Oh, the things I learned from him! He undercut his own talent and greatness with a huge chunk of humility referring to himself as ‘merely a traffic cop.’ He left his ego at the door and required that of others. He was magnanimous of heart and soul, which he liberally gave to all who knew him. If we piled up all the good deeds he did, it would stretch to some uncharted place in the firmament. I will sorely miss him, with all his mischievous wit and wisdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,516 Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, blondheim said: I will never understand thinking Donner's Superman is the best superhero film. But hey, I'm happy you're happy. Agreed but maybe this is not the right place and time. Nick1Ø66, Ricard, bollemanneke and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 39 minutes ago, Holko said: Agreed but maybe this is not the right place and time. As in disrespectful? Bah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/1593935277/R27MIXYOUY9ND1?ref=pf_vv_at_pdctrvw_srp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Super man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post karelm 2,912 Posted July 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2021 RIP to the man who made us believe a man could fly. Superman 78 was a very special film and the first of its kind. I LOVED the story of how he convinced A list character actor Gene Hackman to shave his beard for the role. He also helmed the great vintage Twilight Zone episode, Nightmare at 20,000 feet, with everyone's favorite starship captain Kirk. Edmilson, Tom Guernsey and SteveMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 So many pieces of entertainment that I adore. Thank you Richard Donner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 RIP. He was a good 'ol American director. Ladyhawke is a favorite of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,431 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I binged all the Lethal Weapon movies two years ago, and liked them all (well, 1 and 2 more than 3 and 4). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 One of the most JWFannish directors is no longer with us. Farewell, Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 One of my favourite director. He brought us Superman with its incredible score, the Lethal Weapon saga, The Goonies, The Omen and LadyHawk among other things. I'll always remember him. RIP and thanks for all you've done. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Sorry to hear it. I did this special (Norwegian) episode on him in 2016, where I covered pretty much all his scores: http://celluloidtunes.no/celluloid-tunes-43-richard-donner/ My favourite score remains Ladyhawke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,710 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 13 hours ago, Chen G. said: Some surprisingly touching words on Donner from one of my favourite directors: Why suprisingly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,352 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Enjoyed much of his work. R.I.P. indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,710 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Bespin said: Super man. We're going to have to register this as a lethal web-pun! Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Star Wars. Superman: The Movie. Two movies that blew my mind. Two scores that started my film music journey. Thanks Richard Donner for making Superman fly and for letting John Williams be a huge part of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Is now the time to admit I'm considering to donate my LLL Superman to the second-hand shop or a friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 He directed the only film that Jerry Goldsmith won his oscar. The Omen. So many great tv episodes. The underrated film Conspiracy Theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Yeah, that one was pretty okay. It introduced me to Patrick Stewart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 He Also directed the wackiest Christmas film of all time Scrooged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,282 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Slightly crude story ahead… I mean, low key crude but you have been warned! Otherwise some rambling disconnected thoughts. I’m going a bit left field and listening to Maverick in memory and while not perhaps his finest film, it sports a super score by Randy Newman (easily overlooked against the many other classics already listed). It also reminds me of the time I met RN (who is as funny, acerbic and humorously curmudgeonly as you’d hope) and he was complaining that Donner had asked Newman to make the music funnier and Newman asked whether it would be funnier if he shoved his baton up his arse to see if that would help. Not perhaps the harmonious director/composer pairing but, listening to it again, Maverick is a great score. Shame Newman hasn’t written any other westerns as he’s perfect for them. Interesting that Donner never settled on a single composer but had a great knack for picking them. Much though I love Jerry, I don’t think the idiom and style of a Superman movie was really his forte. Although I’d pop to an alternate timeline (excuse the pun) to find out what he’d have done with it… but any director who can elicit one of his most memorable and only Oscar winning score with The Omen was doing something right even if I maintain that the score did quite a bit of the heavy lifting at times. Wonder why Jerry didn’t get the The Goonies gig; I have to admit that I never much cared for Grusin’s effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Slightly crude story ahead… I mean, low key crude but you have been warned! I have to admit that I never much cared for Grusin’s effort. Was that the crude part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,282 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Positivatee said: Was that the crude part? Oh yeah. I know. Who shocking huh?! 😜 (obviously it was the Randy Newman story. I didn’t want anyone to bitch that they were offended even though it’s pretty mild!) Gave Lethal Weapon 3 a spin yesterday. Don’t recall it sounding as much like Kamen’s Guitar Concerto as much buy it stands to reason that it would be from the same sound world given who it was written for! Great stuff. I think I enjoy the later LW scores more than the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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