The Penguin

Colin Farrell has done for Penguin what Heath Ledger did for Joker......... GAMECHANGER ! MASTERFUL! ICONIC !!

I wouldn't have thought it for this role, but Colin Farrell has just turned in the.performance of his career with an incredible interpretation of Penguin. This will go down in history in the same way Heath Ledgers Joker changed that character.

If he doesn't clean up as Best Actor for the Golden Globes, SAG awards and everywhere else, there is no appreciation of how the producers, script writers and the incredible makeup team helped Colin Turin in this incredible performance that will be a hallmark of his career and the benchmark role of Penguin for the next 3 generations.

P. S. (I don't really write reviews ever. This performance has me typing because I am so impressed !

Wow. The Penguin is just terrific. Everyone knows what a great actor Colin Farrell is but he's unrecognizable here as The Penguin. I wouldn't be surprised to see him nominated for some awards for his role in this. The biggest surprise was Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone. I wasn't too sure when I heard she was named actress for this role, she's a good actress but didn't think this role was for her. I was wrong. She's as good as Farrell is in this and makes you believe Sofia Falcone is a true rival to The Penguin. I also wouldn't be surprised to see how nominated for some awards for her role in this. This isn't your typical DC or Marvel show, it's a full on gangster series. This series takes place in the underworld of a now semi destroyed Gotham City and is a great follow up to Matt Reeves' The Batman. This is how you do it DC.

I thought Colin Farrell was great as Penguin in the Batman, but i have never understood casting a skinny good looking fit actor and putting him in massive prosthesis and a fat suit...especially when i kind of think he looks like some other famous actors who would also have been just as good. I also really didn't get why this spinoff was coming, and to be honest am just tired of Batman reboots. But after episode 1 i will confirm this show to be amazing (so far). I only watched it know it was a necessary to watch bridge between the first and second movies, and my surprise enjoyment of Farrell in the role in the first one. But i wasn't expecting to like it nearly this much. The acting is terrific, the writing is superb, and it surpised me with some quick twists. The biggest thing that i liked was the fact that there was so much more color in this than in the Batman. I noticed it almost immediately, as it was a huge complaint for me about the movie (it felt like watching it through a Zack Snyder lense). I hope this keeps being as good as it goes along because i genuinely cant wait until the next episode.

"Chaos is not a pit, chaos is a ladder" In the context of Lord Baelish, this is how "The Penguin" dealt with the destroyed Gotham, full of corruption and devastation, to be an ideal and very fertile environment for building his own authority.

As an extension of what happened in The Batman and the disaster that befell the city, I saw an opening scene that was one of the most amazing disasters that occurred, and the chaos that we see with the penguin's looks is nothing but an indication that the penguin was placed in the right place at the right time to exploit the overwhelming chaos, and of course he is the right man as well.

I don't have a great background in the world of comics or the Penguin character, but I didn't have a problem understanding the events and the character's style. All you have to do to watch the work is watch the Batman movie, and that's more than enough.

Great acting, great set piece, very good character development, no boring bits, interesting premise. The only weak thing is the troubled teen he took under his wing, however, that is only due to the way in which the teen was recruited. It's a solid 8/10 but I've given it 10/10 to offset the insane 1/10 ratings.

Also IGN gave this show a 5/10 which had me disappointed because I really liked how The Penguin was portrayed in The Batman, and seeing as how IGN has given terrible shows 7/10 in past.. I had very low expectation coming into this. Oh boy.. was IGN wrong lol

Anyway, I hope whoever is reading this will give it a whirl and see for themselves.