BvS Jesse Eisenberg IS Lex Luthor - Part 1

[DIRECTOR]

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wow, that was bad

 

[Mikelus]

Lex Luthor in his post crisis persona has been viewed not only as a powerful business man, but also as a sex symbol. Eisenberg is many things, but not that.

I think Lex's appearances in TAS, Lois and Clark, and Smallville have all shown that side of him. Not to say that's the only interpretation, but it is the most recent.

Again this has nothing to do with his acting chops. This is just a mis-cast.

Blahblahblah... you've repeated the same crap how many times already?

Michael Keaton, Ledger... were miscast according to many geniuses like you, some even thought Cavill was too!!

We won't know till we see a trailer or the movie, but Eisenberg is talented, and with the physical transformation he will go thru for the role, he could be great, time will tell.

Back on Joaquín Phoenix for a sec, I guess he said no, which I was expecting anyway. Some don't like Eisenberg's voice, but Phoenix's is far from being ideal either, no one can beat Clancy Brown's Lex (STAS) in that regard.

 

[Poni_Boy]

No creative person wants to mimic someone elses creation. Everyone that's career has advanced far enough to do a major blockbuster will want to put their own mark on the characters legacy.

In terms of actors, yes. In terms of the filmmakers, I hope Zack tries to be as unoriginal as possible. When he's filming someone straight off the page he's great. When he tries to get all meta he falls on his face. As long as Terrio drops a solid script in his face with little room to improvise I'll have faith in his "vision"

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

So... We callin' him Eisen-Lex or what?

 

[Poni_Boy]

I think Lexenberg is catchier

 

[Stringer]

After having sometime to think...

I can't support it still, I'm sorry. Jesse was good at playing Mark in Social Network but playing Mark and playing Lex is 2 different things. Marks an ******* and Lex is only one to Superman. How is Superman suppose to take this guy serious? How is Metropolis suppose to take this guy serious? When I see Lex I don't see Jesse and when I see Jesse I don't see Lex.

When I see Affleck, I kind of see Batman. When I see Cavil I see Superman. I don't see Lex.

This has nothing to do with Ledger. We had no idea what Ledger's Joker would look like until photos came out of him in the makeup. With Jesse, what you see is what you get. He would be a good Riddler thinking about it but he is not right for Lex.

Lol Lex is only a jerk to Superman? What have you been watching, reading, listening to?

 

[LEVITIKUZ]

Lol Lex is only a jerk to Superman? What have you been watching, reading, listening to?

Well he's a jerk to more but his intentions are for the good of humanity. He wants to save the world and be the pinnacle of man.

Mark made Facebook......

 

[Mikelus]

This has nothing to do with Ledger. We had no idea what Ledger's Joker would look like until photos came out of him in the makeup.With Jesse, what you see is what you get. He would be a good Riddler thinking about it but he is not right for Lex.

You gave the reason why you could be wrong, obviously he will change physically for the role to be more believable, Snyder has a proven track record on that. All of us have to wait and see, there are plenty of cases were people were sceptical and it worked fine, and the opposite, good actors being terrible, so you never know for sure.

 

[DigificWriter]

Jesse Eisenberg's Lex will most likely be nothing like Marc Zuckerberg; for one thing, Lex's empire appears to have nothing whatsoever to do with the 'tech sector' and is more in the realm of the practical.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I think you're on to something there. She's one of Snyder's favs

Isn't she a voice of one of the Kryptonian robots in Man of Steel?

 

[John-An]

 

[Stringer]

Well he's a jerk to more but his intentions are for the good of humanity. He wants to save the world and be the pinnacle of man.

Mark made Facebook......

His intentions are beneficial to himself under the guise of helping others.

 

[InJustice]

This has nothing to do with Ledger. We had no idea what Ledger's Joker would look like until photos came out of him in the makeup. With Jesse, what you see is what you get. He would be a good Riddler thinking about it but he is not right for Lex.

IIRC (maybe not in the Hype), people thought that the photos featuring JokerLedger was too campy and funny for them. The real test is when you watch the trailer. At least it will give you a sense of who the character is.

Having said that, it makes no sense to say "well, we didn't know enough about Ledger, we had to wait and see," whereas you're already claiming what you see is what you get with Eisenberg, while disregarding the fact that we still need to wait and see before calling the role good or bad.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Looks like a cancer patient. They should keep the hair

 

[MrsKent26]

^ It would be fine if they enhance his eyebrows a bit.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

He has a Rosenbaum vibe, I guess because of the youthful appearance. I like it much better than Cranston who would have been an older Lex. Phoenix was my favorite choice, but sometimes fan casting doesn't happen. After all we don't know the context of the story. A younger appearing Lex makes since if this is gonna be a long term franchise with future JL films and such as well. One thing is for sure, we are getting corporate Lex on the big screen for the first time ever! No real estate underground Otisville stuff here.

 

[Kevin Smith]

What is the best version?

Bruce Timm.

 

[DigificWriter]

There's really no reason this version of Lex needs to be bald other than that it's 'traditional'; a non-traditional Lex with a full head of hair would be just fine with me.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Give him some eyebrows and I can dig it.

 

[InJustice]

Bruce Timm.

I find Timm's Luthor to be very overrated and doesn't really offer much aside from Superman-Luthor being an antagonistic relationship. I think Azzarello's Lex Luthor (Lex Luthor: Man of Steel) has a rich dynamic with Superman that translates well in live-action.

 

[\S/JcDc\S/]

Looks like the animated Doomsday Lex

 

[MOS89]

I think he'll look great

 

[Kevin Smith]

No creative person wants to mimic someone elses creation. Everyone that's career has advanced far enough to do a major blockbuster will want to put their own mark on the characters legacy.

Yes, but they'll want to draw from the best version and put their own spin on it. It should by no means be ignored.

 

[smallville fan]

I don't like the casting of Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor because I don't like the direction that Snyder and Goyer have for this iconic villain. For the record, I have supported the decision to cast Heath Ledger as Joker in TDK, and Ben Affleck as Batman (you can look up my posts in the Hype forum).

I had no problem with a young Lex Luthor...back in Smallville. But for the movie, I think it is imperative that they cast someone who is middle-aged and intelligent (at least appears to be), a veteran actor who can hold his own against Superman and Batman on the big screen. I hope they can prove me wrong once the movie comes out, but until then I'll be against this casting choice, and I felt that there are many other actors who are more worthy to play Lex Luthor in Batman vs Superman.

Well that all depends on how long they want to keep him around for. I see Eisenberg giving us at least 3 or 4 movies, for BvS, JL(maybe), another 1-2 Superman solo movies.

Thoughts?

 

[Tony Stark]

Blahblahblah... you've repeated the same crap how many times already?

Michael Keaton, Ledger... were miscast according to many geniuses like you, some even thought Cavill was too!!

We won't know till we see a trailer or the movie, but Eisenberg is talented, and with the physical transformation he will go thru for the role, he could be great, time will tell.

Back on Joaquín Phoenix for a sec, I guess he said no, which I was expecting anyway. Some don't like Eisenberg's voice, but Phoenix's is far from being ideal either, no one can beat Clancy Brown's Lex (STAS) in that regard.

So because Keaton and Ledger worked out, that makes my opinion invalid?

I never had a problem with Keaton and he was one of my favorite actors at the time. Ledger, I thought was too young at the time, but I wasn't the only one wrong on that.

Truth be told I wasn't sure about Downey Jr. when he first was cast, but that was brilliant.

Sure there are times when off the wall castings work. I can list just as many that didn't. Ben Affleck and Chris Pine as Jack Ryan, John Wayne as Genghis Khan, Kevin Costner as Robin Hood. None of these guys are bad actors, but occasionally an actor gets hooked up with the wrong part for various reasons.