INTRODUCTION
This is a quick review of the TV miniseries The Penguin. To better keep up to date with my thoughts on movies as well, follow me on Letterboxd.
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PLOT
Via Google: The transformation of Oz Cobb from a disfigured nobody to a noted Gotham gangster.
REVIEW
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I’m not the biggest fan of television series. Besides not having the time to binge endless shows, I often find myself frustrated or let down as a series drags on. That said, this is that special time early in the year when my new movie-watching queue is relatively small. It’s the perfect opportunity to catch up on TV shows or miniseries that generated enough buzz to pique my curiosity.
This past Tuesday, I spent the day catching up on The Penguin, a Max streaming miniseries intended to bridge 2022’s The Batman and its planned sequel. If you don’t know by now, that film is my second favorite of that amazing year for cinema. It would also easily make my personal list of favorite films of the 2020s overall. I genuinely believe it’s the best on-screen adaptation of the Caped Crusader I’ve ever seen. Batman happens to be my second favorite fictional character of all time - only behind Godzilla, of course. So, you can imagine how excited I was to dive right back into this version of Gotham, even if the main plot revolves around one of Batman’s villainous foes rather than the hero himself.
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