I agree with other posters in that while this movie was overall one of the greatest Superman movies. Gene Hackman did bring it down a few notches however.
Gene Hackman is a great actor.... but he wasn't Lex Luthor to me. Not to mention his evil plan made no sense at all (to me). It didn't seem like the plans of a evil genius at all... but instead seemed like the plans of an money-obsessed idiot who didn't clearly think ahead.
The Lex Luthor I knew in both the comics and the JLA cartoon, would had come up with a far better plan to make money. For instance, he'd find a way to create islands in the ocean using volcanic activity. then turn the islands he created into an tropical vacation spot for rich idiots where he'd overcharge them for things like drinks, vacation homes, etc.
Of course using volcanoes like that to create islands would be bound to cause earthquakes, huge tidal waves, and so on forth. But Lex being Lex, would just find a way to make that not somehow be his fault legally... so he'd get away with it even though everyone knew he was the cause of those "natural" disasters. Everyone would hate him for being such a Karma Houdini, and that would perfectly sum Lex Luthor up. He's the rich villain who gets away with **** because he's rich and a super-genius who thought far ahead just enough not to get caught by the law.
Gene Hackman is a great actor.... but he wasn't Lex Luthor to me. Not to mention his evil plan made no sense at all (to me). It didn't seem like the plans of a evil genius at all... but instead seemed like the plans of an money-obsessed idiot who didn't clearly think ahead.
The Lex Luthor I knew in both the comics and the JLA cartoon, would had come up with a far better plan to make money. For instance, he'd find a way to create islands in the ocean using volcanic activity. then turn the islands he created into an tropical vacation spot for rich idiots where he'd overcharge them for things like drinks, vacation homes, etc.
Of course using volcanoes like that to create islands would be bound to cause earthquakes, huge tidal waves, and so on forth. But Lex being Lex, would just find a way to make that not somehow be his fault legally... so he'd get away with it even though everyone knew he was the cause of those "natural" disasters. Everyone would hate him for being such a Karma Houdini, and that would perfectly sum Lex Luthor up. He's the rich villain who gets away with **** because he's rich and a super-genius who thought far ahead just enough not to get caught by the law.
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