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Bradley Guire said:As far as Eisenberg, it could work. If you can accept that the modern idea of a billionaire entrepreneur is a guy like Zuckerberg, you almost can't blame them for chasing the guy who played that in a film. Eisenberg has roughly played the same character in his films, but it doesn't mean he doesn't have range. I thought he played Zuckerberg without all the annoying ticks of an insecure character, such as the one he did in "Zombieland." Even so, if you think about it, the character of Luthor has always hated Superman. Why? Luthor saw himself superior to everyone else and didn't want that challenged in the public mindset. That's insecurity, plain and simple. I'm sure Eisenberg can convey that more dramatically without channeling stuff like "Zombieland."
If anything, the casting of Heath Ledger, which I hated at first, taught me to not pre-judge something. If I see the movie and hate it, I'll hate it then. I'm willing to give it a shot.
Starman said:Luthor has never been done right in movies.
The Hackman version was a buffoon. Spacey was somewhat of an improvement but shackled by the mandate to mimic the Hackman version.
The greatest film version of Lex Luthor was Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood in "Sherlock Holmes." THAT was forking Lex Luthor.
The character has not been drawn very well.outofplace said:Starman said:Luthor has never been done right in movies.
The Hackman version was a buffoon. Spacey was somewhat of an improvement but shackled by the mandate to mimic the Hackman version.
The greatest film version of Lex Luthor was Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood in "Sherlock Holmes." THAT was forking Lex Luthor.
Speaking of actors who would have made a better choice to play Luthor.
And that is a VERY long list.
3_Octave_Fart said:The character has not been drawn very well.outofplace said:Starman said:Luthor has never been done right in movies.
The Hackman version was a buffoon. Spacey was somewhat of an improvement but shackled by the mandate to mimic the Hackman version.
The greatest film version of Lex Luthor was Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood in "Sherlock Holmes." THAT was forking Lex Luthor.
Speaking of actors who would have made a better choice to play Luthor.
And that is a VERY long list.
Hackman had nothing to work with.
Stamp's Zod was a gooftastic villain, but he was still awesome to watch.
3_Octave_Fart said:So how would you depict Luthor?
I just don't think he's a very colorful villain.