Hot take but I think its a top 5 comic book film villain performance, next to stuff like Heath Ledger Joker and Josh Brolin Thanos. Very memorable and lots of fun.
^I believe it was to show that he's such an arrogant, know-it-all jackass that he knew the damn thing wasn't going to harm him because he was in control...which is Lex Luthor to the T
Yup, he has another moment just like this in the movie when Superman flips a table in front of his face and he just maintains an air of smug and calm superiority.I can understand him behaving that way with superman directly. But there was shrapnel flying off those drones.
Gunn and Hoult did an incredible job of making this Lex so damn hateable that you just want to punch him in the face.
Still can't see Hoult as anything other than Tony from Skins.I'll admit that's the first thing I think of when I think of Hoult's work. But he's more than proven himself over the years to be an excellent actor.
I'll admit that's the first thing I think of when I think of Hoult's work. But he's more than proven himself over the years to be an excellent actor.Not a knock to him. It's just that that show is so imprinted on my mind.
I can understand him behaving that way with superman directly. But there was shrapnel flying off those drones.
He was great. I also really like Superman and Loiss take on Lex. This Lex would eat Eisenburg Lex for breakfast lolI really wish they kept John Cryer for Superman and Lois. I know they were separating the show from the arrowverse but Cryer did a great jobm
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I took him not flinching as him being so smart he could calculate the trajectories of the shrapnel and knew he wouldn't get hit lolI guess. It just killed it for me. Like, if he had just glanced away, or put confidently out his hand up to block any shrapnel as he continued, or stopped for just half a second to let the attack not land directly in his face.
I really wish they kept John Cryer for Superman and Lois. I know they were separating the show from the arrowverse but Cryer did a great jobmI humbly disagree. Jon Cryer was a huge miscast imo. He brought absolutely zero charisma to the role
Still can't see Hoult as anything other than Tony from Skins.
I haven't seen the movie, so I can't really judge. But there's a scene in the trailer that takes me right out of it. Where Lex is walking through an area with drones and stuff flying around him and one blows up literally right in his faces and he has 0 reaction to any of it.
Hot take but I think its a top 5 comic book film villain performance, next to stuff like Heath Ledger Joker and Josh Brolin Thanos. Very memorable and lots of fun.
I humbly disagree. Jon Cryer was a huge miscast imo. He brought absolutely zero charisma to the roleEveryone's entitled to their opinion but bro what is this one, he killed that role
It's why he's so quick to press the buttons of someone who could easily snap him in half at any given moment.This is a great example of how he is such a piece of shit despite claiming to be doing all this for the good of humanity. If Clark was half as bad as Lex pretends he is, he'd throw Lex through a wall.