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Episode after episode, season after season, Breaking Bad continues to improve, one of the most common problems in tv shows is that it loses its essence and quality with the passage of time, GoT, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead and Other shows have suffered from this problem, you can rest assured that Breaking Bad at no time becomes boring or incoherent, and this is partly thanks to the excellent script work that the series has, each episode written with total mastery, at the height of the greatest dramas in cinema and the tragedies of Shekespeare, no episode in this series will leave you indifferent, each of them maintains its own essence and does not become repetitive, the story seems to get more and more intricate and at some point the moment needs rest equivalent cumulative stress, but BrBa is so addicting that you won't be able to stop.

Breaking Bad is loaded with a drama of colossal proportions, an overwhelmingly intense story, filled with very outlandish supporting characters, as if they were written by the Coen Brothers or by Quentin Tarantino himself.

Walter White's story is made up of a rise, a fall and a transformation, really the whole series is about the transformation and change that people can experience, chemistry is like a metaphor for this, everything evolves, everything changes, shape part of a cycle that Walter explains in the pilot episode, Walter is the character that undergoes the most drastic change, Walter's change is one of the most incredible character developments written in a script, at the end of the series Walter is unrecognizable, that sweet and loving man we knew no longer exists, cancer has eaten Walter, metaphorically cancer is evil, Walter's change to an amoral man feels authentic, since the journey feels real, the situations that have endured Walter are overwhelming and have pushed him to the limit, to bring out the darkest of the character.

The rest of the characters have an equally deep and intelligent story, Jesse suffers collateral damage from the actions of his partner and throughout the story, everything seems to go from bad to worse for him, and his damage is understandable, heartbreaking and empathic.

Breaking Bad is an achievement for Tv if someone asks me what is the best movie in history, probably my answer would be 'The Godfather' if they ask me what is the best tv serie in history, probably my answer would be 'Breaking Bad 'and has that well-earned position, BrBa is a chaotic story that intertwines lives of an entire city and becomes a microcosm of chaos, a story in which everyone involved is injured in one way or another, Walter ends up being the representation of the ambition and despicable greed, although at first he shows us as a hero, by the end of the series, we can question his supposed heroism, he ends up being the villain of the story, a perversely evil and unscrupulous villain, one of the best studies As a character in history, he could even serve in film, psychology and even philosophy classes.

Breaking Bad is one of the most cinematographic tv series, each of the episodes are at the level of cinematographic productions in most of the visual artistic aspects, it has a beautiful cinematographic one that reminds us of western movies, in desert landscapes and claustrophobic settings, beautiful sunsets, poetic images and a highly intelligent visual narrative.

Martin Scorsese grew up making gangster movies, for over 40 years he became the mainstay of modern gangster movies, along with Coppola marked a before and after in the genre, Scorsese immortalized gangster movies with Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Casino, films full of moral dilemmas, corrupt and proud characters and the typical final act of the film of the descent into misery. The Irishman brings all these elements together in a more existentialist and reflective way, despite being a movie about the mafia it feels more two-dimensional than most crime movies, especially because it is a very personal story told by Scorsese himself, unlike most mafia movies, The Irishman takes time to reflect on the passage of time, repentance, devotion, loyalty, and oblivion, all these doubts drown Scorsese and the main actors of the film who they have reached old age and are reflecting on their own lives.

The Irishman has all the features of the Scorsese cinema, long shots, sharp and precise dialogues and dynamic camera movements, every time there is a shooting Scorsese manages to make it look more stylized than the previous one, we all know that the scenes of the Scorsese movies where the violence overflows are excellent, except for the scene of Frank kicking a man in the wax, De Niro's performance is quite disappointing considering that he is a 78-year-old man playing someone in his thirties. Like any Scorsese film, the story is marked by one betrayal after another, the mafia world is not the best to trust other people, loyalty is ephemeral, except that of Russel and Frank that is maintained until the end, when someone makes mistakes the mafia has no other solution than death, Frank was on the verge of making mistakes on multiple occasions but Russel was always there to rescue him as a sign of his true loyalty.

The Irishman has an unconventional epilogue for the Scorsese films, we are used to seeing a spiral descent by the characters into madness or misery, or in both directions as is the case with Goodfellas. The Irishman for his part presents a reflective, emotional, sad and cold epilogue, Frank is alone in an old age telling us his story but continues to remain faithful to his ideals, this is demonstrated when he prefers not to tell the police about Jimmy Hoffa even after that all the mafia he knew is dead, that is his loyalty to his religion, the mafia.

There are several peculiar scenes in this epilogue filled with a strong emotional charge, the ending leaves a strange feeling of mixed feelings, nostalgia, euphoria or confusion, but above all satisfied when seeing a film that refreshes the current cinema as only Scorsese could have done.

Little Miss Sunshine manages to balance comedy, drama and satire in an incredible way, all that balance gives rise to a high-level dark comedy, which manages to talk about many themes that define american culture, it is a film with uncomfortable comic situations, is a sharp and dangerous comedy, but incredibly smart.

This movie plays with the premise of the dysfunctional family, a premise that has been exploited to the point of exhaustion in Hollywood, but let's remember that what matters is the way you tell the story, Little Miss Sunshine is original and raw, unlike other movies about dysfunctional families this movie gives a different portrait of what we already know as the basic american family, each of its members is at the same level of depth and personal conflict, they face suicide, obsession, failure, to despair, frustration and death, throughout the film each of them deals with their own fights but by the end of the story, they are fighting as a family, it doesn't matter if you don't have a good relationship with your family this movie is probably not going to fix it but it is a lovely portrait of family ties.

Like any good satire, you can notice the social comment that the film makes on different topics, whether it is from the hypocrisy of society and the bad education that is given to children in a quite stressful scene in which little Olive is shown Under the pressure of deciding between her beauty or enjoying his ice cream, this enters a different context when we analyze that Olive is a 6-year-old girl in full development of learning.

This movie feels like a real journey, a journey through American culture and finds a way to satirize it all, beneath the laughter hides a charming depth.