I see him pulling off a great introduction, but then he'll flop towards the end due to the script having him get all eisenberg crazy, and then the general idea of him being cast as lex will steadily come full circle throughout the film in a headache inducing way. Could be worse though. I'm sure of it. I'm still sick about affleck. Or the fact that superman hasn't even had his second movie out before batman steals what little thunder he built up.
@BluRayHiDef: I don't particularly care for this film but have you seen The Social Network? Eisenberg has plenty of confidence and can definitely portray an evil and supremely intelligent man. He is the same age as Henry Cavill, too. Give the dude a chance.
Heath Ledger was not a head-scratcher. Even if he was, it's a tiresome example that fanboys like to give to defend any casting choice, no matter how shitty. It doesn't mean anything.
Heath Ledger was not a head-scratcher. Even if he was, it's a tiresome example that fanboys like to give to defend any casting choice, no matter how shitty. It doesn't mean anything.
Yeah. The Joker casting made sense to anyone who knew Heath Ledger's filmography.
@BluRayHiDef: I don't particularly care for this film but have you seen The Social Network? Eisenberg has plenty of confidence and can definitely portray an evil and supremely intelligent man. He is the same age as Henry Cavill, too. Give the dude a chance.
The confidence he portrayed in The Social Network was of the nerdy and quirky variety, not that of a businessman with swagger. Also, even though he's thirty, he looks like he's in his twenties. Furthermore, he doesn't have the type of physical appearance I associate with Lex Luthor; his face is too friendly and cowardly looking, and his height and physique aren't up to par.
This was a bad choice, but they still have time to change it.
@BluRayHiDef: I don't particularly care for this film but have you seen The Social Network? Eisenberg has plenty of confidence and can definitely portray an evil and supremely intelligent man. He is the same age as Henry Cavill, too. Give the dude a chance.
The confidence he portrayed in The Social Network was of the nerdy and quirky variety, not that of a businessman with swagger. Also, even though he's thirty, he looks like he's in his twenties. Furthermore, he doesn't have the type of physical appearance I associate with Lex Luthor; his face is too friendly and cowardly looking, and his height and physique aren't up to par.
This was a bad choice, but they still have time to change it.
What? He was not quirky at all as Zuckerberg. He portrayed him as a smart, yet detached kid that did have businessman swagger especially during the legal scenes in the present. Physical appearance sure, but this is a sequel to a rebooted franchise. There is nothing saying they must stick to the old portrayals. And in terms of his face, there is always makeup and they will likely change his hair. It's an interesting decision but you people are being over dramatic as usual.
@BluRayHiDef: I don't particularly care for this film but have you seen The Social Network? Eisenberg has plenty of confidence and can definitely portray an evil and supremely intelligent man. He is the same age as Henry Cavill, too. Give the dude a chance.
The confidence he portrayed in The Social Network was of the nerdy and quirky variety, not that of a businessman with swagger. Also, even though he's thirty, he looks like he's in his twenties. Furthermore, he doesn't have the type of physical appearance I associate with Lex Luthor; his face is too friendly and cowardly looking, and his height and physique aren't up to par.
This was a bad choice, but they still have time to change it.
What? He was not quirky at all as Zuckerberg. He portrayed him as a smart, yet detached kid that did have businessman swagger especially during the legal scenes in the present. Physical appearance sure, but this is a sequel to a rebooted franchise. There is nothing saying they must stick to the old portrayals. And in terms of his face, there is always makeup and they will likely change his hair. It's an interesting decision but you people are being over dramatic as usual.
Nothing really to be over dramatic about. People think it is the wrong casting choice, and for very good reasons.
@BluRayHiDef: I don't particularly care for this film but have you seen The Social Network? Eisenberg has plenty of confidence and can definitely portray an evil and supremely intelligent man. He is the same age as Henry Cavill, too. Give the dude a chance.
The confidence he portrayed in The Social Network was of the nerdy and quirky variety, not that of a businessman with swagger. Also, even though he's thirty, he looks like he's in his twenties. Furthermore, he doesn't have the type of physical appearance I associate with Lex Luthor; his face is too friendly and cowardly looking, and his height and physique aren't up to par.
This was a bad choice, but they still have time to change it.
What? He was not quirky at all as Zuckerberg. He portrayed him as a smart, yet detached kid that did have businessman swagger especially during the legal scenes in the present. Physical appearance sure, but this is a sequel to a rebooted franchise. There is nothing saying they must stick to the old portrayals. And in terms of his face, there is always makeup and they will likely change his hair. It's an interesting decision but you people are being over dramatic as usual.
People think it is the wrong casting choice, and for very good reasons.
I can live with Ben Affleck, but this guy?, lol. He always play the shy sissy, how come he's playing a villain?
Yeah. I know right. Okay so Eisenberg can display similar cold eccentricities and short tempered attitudes from the Social Network, but now the age range tween Luthor and Superman is gonna be off, and how many British actors do we have, that can do the same flawlessly, and probably would've taken that audition too?
@Aljosa23: Ahhh. The reboot. I knew it could have been worse. Just make Lex black and everybody will loose their shit. It is 2014 after all. Samuel Jackson! Or on a more serious note(and I had to look up how to spell his name), Chiwetel Ejiofor. Damn fine actor, and he could pull it off. As campy as it is, serenity had him play a solid nemesis, given the script.
Yea, I don't know how DC plans to keep up with Marvel at this pace. You gotta make good casting decisions if you want to top the box office like Marvel has been doing.
Jeremy Irons is great, and casting him as Alfred is probably...no is definitely...the only smart thing this production has done. As for Eisenberg...I cannot fathom how the **** he is supposed to be Lex Luther.
Jeremy Irons is great, and casting him as Alfred is probably...no is definitely...the only smart thing this production has done. As for Eisenberg...I cannot fathom how the **** he is supposed to be Lex Luther.
Casting Irons is a good choice, but it seems like he's above doing genre pieces. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it.
We need to kidnapp Eisenberg and hide him long enough to force WB to choose another actor in light of Eisenberg's absence. When the film is complete, we'll release Eisenberg.
You're just working those Photoshop skills today, aren't you?
Ha, I'm not good with Photoshop. Gotta love the internet.
He still looks too young.
I posted this on another board, but this is how I feel about the latest Superman movie and the upcoming sequel:
I tried to enjoy Man of Steel, I really did. It wasn't a horrible movie, it wasn't even a bad one. What it was to me, was a disappointing one. It felt way too bleak for my tastes, and having Pa Kent try to convince Clark not to use his powers for fear of being shunned in society, just didn't seem right somehow. I unserstand that not every comic book movie needs to be bright and have tons of humor to it, but I always thought that Superman always gave people that sense of optimism or hope--and Man of Steel to me just didn't have either of that.
With that said, the more I read about this follow-up, I got a feeling this movie is either going to surprise its naysayers, or just wind up being one hell of a hot mess. I don't think there's to to be any middle ground whatsoever.
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