Any watchers of The Penguin up in here? I wasn't a fan of The Batman movie at all (here is my review) but I love love loved this spin-off series, which added all the pizzazz that that humorless slog was missing thanks to Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti devouring everything in sight as Oz Cobb and his challenger, the mafioso maniac Sofia Falcone respectively. Actually the entire cast was terrific -- the literal second that character actress Deirdre O'Connell popped up as Oz's mother I knew I was in good hands.
Soooooo happyyy when Deirdre O'Connell showed up on The Penguin! pic.twitter.com/UQU3nA577I
— Jason Adams (@JAMNPP) September 24, 2024
And the show didn't waste her! Usually she gets to shine in the teeniest of roles and then vanish, but The Penguin gave her a shit-ton to do and per usual she knocked it all out of the park. But keep looking at the other actors on board -- Clancy Brown, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Scott Cohen, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Zegen, Michael Kelly, Rhenzy Feliz (who broke my heart), Mark Strong, Theo Rossi...
So good. The show somehow managed to straddle the line between being too comic-booky and not comic-booky enough (a la the Nolan movies). I know everybody else brought up The Sopranos and it very clearly was what it was going for but I was having so much fun with it I couldn't even hold that against it. Without getting into spoilers I really hope there's a second season because I doubt a sequel to The Batman would have much time for some of The Penguin's side-characters and I need to see them again! So tell me: any fans?
Posts
7 comments:
Is that the icon Sean Young.
No, it's Cristin Milioti. Love this show! Everyone was great but she and Farrell were astonishing. I still can't believe that was Farrell.
Amazing show in every regard, including those sets and overall look. And oh, that finale! Tense, heartbreaking, and making me crave more. Performances so good, they shouldn’t be legal.
Yeah, this show is truly exceptional.
Began it thinking it would be maybe ok to watch. But...OMG...it's stunning how good this show is. Everyone and everything in it are amazingly good!! Please let there be a season 2.
It's hilarious Millioti also has ten credits for The Venture Bros.
I LOVED this show so much. And like you, Jason, I wasn't at first a fan of The Batman movie, but I have watched it a few more times and it has really grown on me. I liked that Matt Reeves leaned into the earlier Batman comics emphasizing his role as a detective figuring out crimes rather that a billionaire with amazing gadgets
Post a Comment