![]() ![]() That Luthor licks his fingers afterwards is both a declaration of dominance and a statement of his erratic, off-kilter personality – the perfect summation of his character.Īlthough the relationship between Clark Kent (Henry Cavil) and Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is, in many ways, key to the character of Superman in the film – it is the method by which Luthor is able to deduce the Man of Steel’s identity, allowing him, in turn, to force the confrontation with the Dark Knight – there are precious few moments between just the two of them. It’s clear that Barrows is rather smitten with Luthor but also plainly intimated – such as when he allows the other to insert a Jolly Rancher into his mouth ( “Come on – it’s cherry,” Lex says in his hard-to-read sing-song voice). Perhaps the best scene to embody this dichotomy is when the billionaire CEO attempts to petition Senator Barrows (Dennis North) to grant him access to a litany of highly classified materials, starting with access to both General Zod’s (Michael Shannon) corpse and the crashed Kryptonian scout ship and ending with the importing of a large quantity of Kryptonite that’s been discovered in the Indian Ocean. While it’s open for debate just how successful the attempt was, Luthor is – at least writ small, in specific scenes – a mesmerizing presence, one that is able to simultaneously play innocent and creepy, aloof and intensely present. It is clear that what director Zack Snyder and actor Jesse Eisenberg were going for with this newest incarnation of Lex Luthor was an electric, off-the-wall performance generally along the lines of Heath Ledger’s iconic turn as the Joker in The Dark Knight. ![]()
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