yea def not necessary, and i kindof hope there arent plans for more? that said, it was fine idk
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 October 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
Segueing from Jesse speeding back down the dirt road after hitting the mailbox to the POV shot of hitting the boulder on the video game was cheap, but fair.
― pplains, Sunday, 13 October 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
seeing this in the theater tonight
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 13 October 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
This was basically a 5/10, maybe a 6/10, if I’m generous. There are obv some G.B. good scenes (basically the whole Jesse/Todd apartment visit flashback, the Robert Forster stuff). But as a film there was simply zero tension, which for a story set in the Breaking Bad “universe” is not an easy trick, and it felt like a tale that Gilligan wanted to tell because he wanted to close the book on Jesse, not because the story was one that was good enough that we had to see it.
There was no one left alive who would go up against Jesse, so we get villainous cage welders. Ok I guess. These guys were never a threat, of course.
The acting is good. idk. Shocked by how basic this was.
― omar little, Sunday, 13 October 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
Yeah agree. The Wild West dual was particularly absurd but I guess just about in character for the show.
― nashwan, Sunday, 13 October 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
Agreed. Whole thing felt really perfunctory
I assumed Gilligan decided to do it because he struck on a good self-contained story to tell, but there was nothing in this that suggested any creative inspiration at all
It's not bad per se. It just has no reason to exist
― Number None, Sunday, 13 October 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
Would have preferred skipping all this and just having 90 minutes of Jesse living in an Alaska cabin making chainsaw art.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 13 October 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
This just felt like a long last episode/coda. The shootout scene was stupid on its face but the rest was nice, if fan-servicey. Plemons is a great psychopath, hes done a few roles like that now and always really disturbing in his mild coldness.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 13 October 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
yea if you take out the flashbacks there's like...1 episode worth of stuff going on here. i'm still glad they made it though, it was pretty fun
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 October 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed this. I didn't go in expecting it was gonna be a Godfather 2 like sequel.
Extra episode feels about right.
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 October 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
Also totally right about Plemons.
Hope the next one is all about the zany adventures Badger got into hitchhiking his way back to Albuquerque.
Haha, maybe he got picked up by Buell! Ya never know!
― pplains, Monday, 14 October 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
Ya tbh earlier I thought there'd be a lot more Skinny and Badger than "hey man have a shower and some ramen, heres some cash money and my ride, gtfo man"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 14 October 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
I assumed it was going to be mainly set six years after Breaking Bad, and not at all in the minutes and hours immediately after the final seconds of the show, so it felt like a very protracted hangout with Badger & Skinny Pete to me
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 14 October 2019 02:55 (four years ago) link
Six years later....
*Jesse lights a cigarette*Reads the carton*Goes inside*Watches Stuart Little 2*Goes back outside*Lights another cigarette*Burns self with lighter*Screams "Shit, yo!"*Goes back in house*Watches Stuart Little 2 again, but in Spanish*Writes "Brooks was here" on wall*Hangs self
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 October 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
Where did Pete and badger get al that money from?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 October 2019 03:15 (four years ago) link
Didn't Walt give them a bunch of money to take part in his scheme with the Greymatter people?
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 14 October 2019 03:16 (four years ago) link
Ooooohhh. Maybe?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 October 2019 03:27 (four years ago) link
This was good! Not earthshaking but fun fan service and totally enjoyable! If I hadn't seen all of Breaking Bad, it would've been incomprehensible but as I'm a fanboy, it was a good time. More "The Lost Episode" than "The Movie" but hey, who cares?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 October 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
Yeah fan service through and through but enjoyable. Though I found it strange they focused on Todd so much, it felt like the movie was as much about him
― Vinnie, Monday, 14 October 2019 04:16 (four years ago) link
Todd singing “Sharing the Night Together” (which I had never heard before) was the weirdest and best part of this whole unnecessary affair
― thewufs, Monday, 14 October 2019 04:27 (four years ago) link
OMG we cracked up at that bit because its my other half's fave Dr Hook song, and when he sings it, he does the same suave-guy hand/head movements in the "aw yeah, alright" bit.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 14 October 2019 05:04 (four years ago) link
I loved the snowglobe w him and Lydia
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 October 2019 05:56 (four years ago) link
― frogbs
Yeah, this. Could've easily been edited into to a nice tight hour of tension and been the better for it. The Walt scene in particular added nothing to the story nor was it particularly illuminating.
― chap, Monday, 14 October 2019 12:22 (four years ago) link
I really enjoyed it all, still. But it was v self indulgent.
I enjoyed the walt scene just for the GED bit.
― Yerac, Monday, 14 October 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/el-camino-breaking-bad-movie-vince-gilligan.html#_ga=2.92393949.1393404140.1571060764-1227888658.1549895538
― Simon H., Monday, 14 October 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
What really makes the scene for me, that makes me laugh every single time, is when the truck passes and Todd makes the universal “honk the horn” sign and the guy doesn’t honk the horn and he goes, “Oh well, whatever.” That was completely Jesse Plemons. That was not scripted. When he did it, I was riding in this big giant truck that tows the car that Jesse is pretending to be driving. I’m watching on a monitor, it’s cold outside so you’re bundled up, and I’m huddled next to my director of photography and script supervisor. I say “Action!” and we start rolling and he starts singing. We were all laughing so hard. It’s amazing it didn’t get picked up on the audio track, even at 50 miles an hour with all the wind noise. When he does the horn honk, I almost fell out of the truck I was laughing so hard. He nailed it in one take. It was such a thing of beauty.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 October 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
consensus on El Camino feels about right - fine and entertaining in its way, but also totally unnecessary and fairly inert. Frankly, I don't think Jesse's a solid enough character to hang something like this on, he just isn't interesting.
Still, was a joy to see Forster. Did this really drop the day he died?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 October 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
I dunno, I find Jesse a pretty interesting character. He is definitely the one who's most like actual people I know and it's nice to see a show that is filled with so many ultra-brilliant characters who are always a step or two ahead of each other feature a guy who's kind of a dumbass most of the time.
― frogbs, Monday, 14 October 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
there's not much room to show his character in this day or so of events, though. just some echoes & reminders of the person we followed for six years, 12 years ago
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 14 October 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
i will cop to being constantly distracted by the fact that aaron paul's head and neck have swollen considerably with age
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 October 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
Jesse Plemons too
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 14 October 2019 22:41 (four years ago) link
Billie Eilish stole her wardrobe from S1-2 Jesse
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 14 October 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
I was also distracted by the noticeable one day aging of Jesse and Landry.
― Yerac, Monday, 14 October 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
I thought this was OK, but it felt a little like a bunch of side quests in a video game DLC.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 October 2019 23:08 (four years ago) link
Breaking Bad: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Edition, starring Skinny Pete and Badger
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 14 October 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
Everything seemed a bit too uncanny valley, for characters who have physically aged 6-12 years over night. Even Walter walking down the hall looked a little funny. I guess the bald cap would've looked pretty convincing had we not known what he really looked like bald.
And I'm a little worried they're going to go Lenin's Tomb on Jonathan Banks one day. Just keep propping him up by the river, going "yeah. That's a string that should never have been pulled. Yup."
― pplains, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
Took me a sec to realize it was Aaron Paul in that diner flashback. Would think it wouldn't be difficult to drop 15-20 lbs for a "movie role".
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
Thats what I was thinking too
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 03:31 (four years ago) link
weirdly, badger and skinny looked more or less the same to me. mark me down for another helping of the further adventures of those two burnouts
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 05:19 (four years ago) link
"Nice lady... nice lady."
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 06:04 (four years ago) link
excellent cleaning skills
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 06:25 (four years ago) link
He could possibly be shooting something else that would be messed up if he lost weight? I don't know, I'm just trying to make excuses for him because I like him.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 09:13 (four years ago) link
They’ve never cared about things like that in the slightest and I give them mad respect for that, it is good. They keep getting Bob Odenkirk to play Saul at like 14 years old and all they do is put him in a funny hat or something
― YouGov to see it (wins), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link
I thought this was great. i liked the sleepy and steady tone. It's kind of a weird movie to have made and it's not what I would have expected but it gave Jesse good closure.
The cameo people thought was unnecessary: I assume you're talking about Kristin Ritter? That conversation was completely necessary. A bit glib perhaps but it's an important part of the end of Jesse's story.
Question though: the bit with Mike at the very beginning: when was that supposed to have been?
― akm, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
that's after Mike & Jesse decide they're out of the 3 man operation, after which Walt decides to team up with Todd. midway through S5 if I remember correctly
I assume you're talking about Kristin Ritter? That conversation was completely necessary. A bit glib perhaps but it's an important part of the end of Jesse's story.
I can see why it was included but "make your own destiny" was pretty much Walt's thing too
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 13:37 (four years ago) link
Right, but that underscored the gulf between Walt and Jesse in how they handled their own making.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
latino dudes get a pretty tough time on this show, huh- victor (dead)- krazy-8 (dead)- tuco (dead)- combo (dead)- hugo (fired from the high school for walt's sins)
- victor (dead)- krazy-8 (dead)- tuco (dead)- combo (dead)- hugo (fired from the high school for walt's sins)
I thought Hugo was Native American
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 24 October 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link