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Spinoff: is there a worse villain portrayal than Jessie Eisenberg's Lex Luthor?
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 8:58 pm
Can't recall a worse casting decision + acting job than Jessie Eisenberg doing a poser-Heath Ledger Joker imitation.
Seriously, ruined that movie for me, which otherwise wasn't that bad outside of every scene with him in it
doing that little Katt Williams giggle
Ed: brevity
Seriously, ruined that movie for me, which otherwise wasn't that bad outside of every scene with him in it
doing that little Katt Williams giggle Ed: brevity
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:44 pm
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Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:01 pm to AjaxFury
Ummm, no. Lex Luthor in his comic form is probably one of the 10 greatest villains ever. They completely missed the mark. The only thing they got right was that he's rich and doesn't like Superman. They didn't even get Luthor's God Complex right. It's the worst ever. I fortunately had time to prepare for it being that terrible, or else I would have tried to destroy the projector in the theater.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:04 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
Ummm, no. Lex Luthor in his comic form is probably one of the 10 greatest villains ever
Talking specifically Eisenberg in OP. I agree Luthor is badass villain. Maybe you only read the title. I'll update it
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:06 pm to AjaxFury
quote:Maybe.
Can't recall a worse casting decision
quote:You have to be kidding.
acting job than Jessie Eisenberg
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:07 pm to AjaxFury
quote:
is there a worse villain portrayal than Jessie Eisenberg's Lex Luthor?
The factual answer to this is No. It's not debatable
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:08 pm to abellsujr
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You have to be kidding.
Jesse Eisenberg made the people you posted look like classically trained Oscar winners.
Think about how bad they were. Then think about how bad Eisenberg had to be to make my statement true
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:08 pm to abellsujr
All better than Eisenberg's. You can't tell me that Arnold's Mr. Freeze isn't somewhat entertaining in a campy way.
Plus Nuclear Man never existed before Superman 4.
Plus Nuclear Man never existed before Superman 4.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:13 pm to OMLandshark
I'll just have to agree to disagree with you guys. I agree that he was a terrible choice for Lex, but I thought his acting was OK. I think it comes down to whether you like the guy's work or not.
But yea, he was the farthest thing from Lex Luthor that you can possibly get.
But yea, he was the farthest thing from Lex Luthor that you can possibly get.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:14 pm to OMLandshark
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All better than Eisenberg's
Definitely.
quote:
You can't tell me that Arnold's Mr. Freeze isn't somewhat entertaining in a campy way.
Sure is.
Thurman's Ivy killed Lady Freeze and was campy funny.
No one gives a shite about Enchantress and the whole movie was a mess, so you can't compare that to Lex Luthor
The Other two literally no one cares about, they aren't on the same level.
I don't know if anyone will ever be able to top the way they fricked up one of the top two most iconic DC villains of all time.
It would be like if they made a movie based on Ghandi and he was played by a pasty white fat ginger with a full head of hair who was furious, screaming all the time, advocating violence, and basically retarded. Also an atheist.
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:15 pm to Breesus
The script for Batman and Robin was a million times worse than BvS so you can't put all the blame on Arnold.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:19 pm to abellsujr
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but I thought his acting was OK
We can agree to disagree of you want but I very very very much want to continue to disagree with you until you agree with me that he sucked
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:20 pm to Brosef Stalin
You can blame Terrio for Lex. He was the one who pushed for JE. I think he was up for Jimmy Olsen originally who was going to have a bigger role. It was a terrible decision.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:21 pm to Brosef Stalin
Yeah I like this description:
Snyder and Eisenberg's Luthor is the equivalent of making a movie based on Ghandi and casting a young, pasty white, fat, ginger with a full head of hair, clean shaven, and 20/20 vision. Think Hamilton Porter from Sandlot.
On top of that, the character in the movie is furious, screaming all the time, advocating violence, and basically retarded. Also an atheist.
But they make him live in India, call him Ghandi, and make sure to state that he hated the British Empire I'm a clunky way that made no sense.
Snyder and Eisenberg's Luthor is the equivalent of making a movie based on Ghandi and casting a young, pasty white, fat, ginger with a full head of hair, clean shaven, and 20/20 vision. Think Hamilton Porter from Sandlot.
On top of that, the character in the movie is furious, screaming all the time, advocating violence, and basically retarded. Also an atheist.
But they make him live in India, call him Ghandi, and make sure to state that he hated the British Empire I'm a clunky way that made no sense.
This post was edited on 9/2/16 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:23 pm to Breesus
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We can agree to disagree of you want but I very very very much want to continue to disagree with you until you agree with me that he sucked
I think he was just being JE. He should have never been cast in that role. It was a failure before it even began.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:25 pm to Breesus
quote:
movie based on Ghandi
quote:
who was furious, screaming all the time, advocating violence,
would be awesome
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:26 pm to abellsujr
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think it comes down to whether you like the guy's work or not.
Have no problem with his body of work. Like his other roles mostly. This role sucked the balance of the movie out for me. Everyone else played within the tough role of mixing all those major characters together, and just came off like he was trying to steal the show.
Respect yalls opinions, but some of the counter examples given are going pretty far back, which is solidifying my point of how bad he was. A decent Lex casting job would of absolutely changed the perception of that movie.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:29 pm to Brosef Stalin
UHF is always my vote for most underrated comedy of all time.
Life is like a mop.
THESE FLOORS ARE DIRTY AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Life is like a mop.
THESE FLOORS ARE DIRTY AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:31 pm to AjaxFury
quote:I felt like his acting job was the same in BvS as it is in all of his other movies.
Have no problem with his body of work.
quote:I completely agree.
A decent Lex casting job would of absolutely changed the perception of that movie.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:34 pm to abellsujr
Topher wasn't a bad choice. They just should have had him play Cleetus Cassidy instead of Eddie Brock because that character had far more to do with Carnage than Venom.
Plus Dam Rami feels really bad abou that movie.
Plus Dam Rami feels really bad abou that movie.
Posted on 9/2/16 at 9:38 pm to abellsujr
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I felt like his acting job was the same in BvS as it is in all of his other movies.
That was exactly the problem. No range. Luthor is a stoic , intimidating villain.
Never thought of Lex as a socially awkward villain.
From what I understand, JE was supposed to be only cast as a cameo cameraman that gets killed early....then Snyder pitched the idea of him reading for Luthor. Just an awful decision that reeked of Hollywood "nepotism"
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