El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

For me this wat a bit of a flat movie. It is more of the same of breaking bad. Nice acting, nice scenes, some twists and humour. But I had no special feeling. Yes we know now what happend to Jesse, but did I really need to know? So the urgency to see this movie is not there for me. It is nice to know but nothing more.

Here's a honest review. It's solid but not great. It tells the story of what happens to Jesse following the events of Breaking Bad and what he needs to do to try and flee the town. If you're expecting the high octane drama of Breaking Bad, it's not here. It's a suspenseful slow-burn that left me feeling like I didn't get what I was expecting. Cool little story about Jesse, but not the fireworks that is Breaking Bad. And definitely not a 10/10 that all these moochers are giving it.

Lenny Kravitz knew best ... Music reference aside, this movie continues from where Breaking Bad left us. So suffice to say that this was made for fans of the show. And I will assume that you have seen the TV show, therefor do not read on, if you haven't.

The very last episode of Breaking Bad seemed to round things up. Almost all loose ends were tight up. Especially when it came to Walter White. And what was Breaking Bad if not a show about a teacher who became this bigger than life villain? Well Aaron Paul had something to say about that. And since his character had something to offer us still ... the creator of Breaking Bad felt he could satisfy the need from fans to have more.

And for fans the movie is filled with little pieces of callbacks and nice references. Not to mention some flashbacks with some of our favorite characters (to hate). So yes I do understand if some feel this undermines the end of the actual TV show, but that would be missing the bigger picture (no pun intended). Yes there was not an absolute need for this movie, but what it does is expanding on the ending and giving us something that transcends the TV show and may even elevate it - not to mention get many people to rewatch the original series ... even more so than Better call Saul made them do it (a show I haven't watched yet) ...

It's sad to see the amount of people disappointed in this movie. I understand this is all subjective put personally I thought the movie was incredible. It was the perfect epilogue to the series and completed Jesse's story in such a satisfying way. It's the closure we as the audience could only desire, and more than a tribute to the series. So please, realize that this was never meant to be what Endgame was for the MCU, with crazy SFX and action non-stop, but rather Gilligan's masterpiece being fully finished.

Felina was the wrapping paper, this is the ribbon.

To those saying its "a masterpiece": It's not. There's nothing in this movie we haven't seen before and that's ok. In its context and with the background this is a solid sendoff for Jesse with some amazing moments and some good fanservice (maybe 1° too much for my taste).

It was not as good as I hoped it would be, but it's certainly a good movie and I'm happy this hasn't gone wrong.

Not sure if Vince is planning on doing some more of these, but I'd be down.