Watched: Flatliners

Wow. So I pretty much knew that Joel Schumacher had all the nuance of a sledgehammer after subjecting myself to both of his Batmans, St. Elmo's Fire, and D.C. Cab, but Flatliners is just... even less subtle, if possible. It's full of 80's camera movements and angles, Schumacher lighting (he sure does love using those neon signs to light a scene...)fake medical jargon, enough background steam to kill a man, heavily shoulder-padded trench coats, slouchy clothing, continuity errors, and excessive amounts of beautiful young people (as they were defined by the 80's) in histrionics. WE GET IT SCHUMACHER THEY'RE PLAYING GOD. YOU'RE SO EDGY.

That hair! Oh Bacon.

This was one of maybe two shots that I really liked from the film.

Kiefer looking rough, shouting at the gravestone of some kid he used to torture. You know, as you do. I actually thought one of the film's biggest flaws was its ending, because [SPOILER ALERT] why should Nelson live anyway? Why the sudden redemption? The film spends two hours making Nelson out to be some fame-hungry bully only to, at the last minute, turn around and say wait! No! He doesn't deserve to die even though he KILLED some kid and has turned into a jealous, petty, egomaniacal ass. But no. Let's save him.

This was the other one.

Young people arguing weighty issues! How different from every other movie about young adults from the 80's!