 Kilmer 's poem was recited in the 1980 film Superman II , as well as its 2006 director 's cut . In the scene , villain Lex Luthor ( played by Gene Hackman ) and others enter Superman 's Fortress of Solitude and comes across a video of an elder ( John Hollis ) from planet Krypton reciting " Trees " as an example of " poetry from Earth literature " . Luthor ridicules the poem . 
 Kilmer <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>poem was recited in the 1980 film Superman II , as well as its 2006 director <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>cut . In the scene , villain Lex Luthor ( played by Gene Hackman ) and others enter Superman <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Fortress of Solitude and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>comes</mark></a> across a video of an elder ( John Hollis ) from planet Krypton reciting " Trees " as an example of " poetry from Earth literature " . Luthor <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>ridicules</mark></a> the poem . 
Kilmer  poem was recited in da 1980 film Superman II , as well as its 2006 director  cut . In the scene , villain Lex Luthor ( played by Gene Hackman ) and others enter Superman  Fortress of Solitude and cum across a video of an elder ( John Hollis ) from planet Krypton reciting " Trees " as an example of " poetry from Earth literature " . Luthor ridicule tdapoem .