Jesse Eisenberg's performance as Lex Luthor was far beyond anything Paul Dano had to offer as the Riddler. Eisenberg perfectly embodied Luthor with his master plans, and his depiction was unreal. The Riddler was boring and forgettable. This isn't comparable. Jesse Eisenberg wins this by a long shot.
I admittedly fell asleep for about 25% of The Batman due to the medication I’m on and even from that quarter, I still remember Dano impressing me more. I’d be lying if I said my decision isn’t partly based on Eisenberg’s performance making me cringe.
I’m not going to crap on Jessie to raise Dano, because it’s not necessary, but yeah Dano was better. Jessie doesn’t work as Lex for me, but he still worked as the villain of that movie just fine.
@d00mslayer1993: @the_stegman: The problem with casting Eisenberg is that he's a beta male and Lex is an intellectually imposing alpha male, you can't cast a beta to play an alpha. Eisenberg can't intimidate a kitten if he tried.
Eisenberg was an abysmal choice for Luthor and it shows. Maybe it was the directing choices, but Dano still comes across more like his comic counterpart. Even disregarding accuracy, I found Dani’s performance to be better than whatever the hell Eisenberg was doing Hmm-ing and mumbling to himself. Not a lot of intimidation factor going on.
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