#El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

[spockvarietyhour]

[gayhoediaz]

not many of us get a chance to start fresh. good luck, mr. driscoll.

[gilliverse]

Your .22, against my .45. Winner takes all. EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE (2019), dir. Vince Gilligan.

[therealslimshady]

It's very funny to me (read: enraging) how the brba/bcs fandom at large complains about Todd's actor gaining weight in El Camino when these are the same shows notorious for having the same actors play the same characters regardless of what age their actually supposed to be. We've got 40 year old Aaron Paul playing 25 year old Jesse Pinkman. We've got 53 year old Bob Odenkirk playing 41 year old Saul Goodman. Like why is Jesse Plemons' weight where you draw the line lmao. Come on guys

[kingoftieland]

A year after the feature-length epilogue premiered on Netflix in 2021, the El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP was released with a special limited edition of 1,500 copies. Mondo, in partnership with Sony Masterworks, even developed two special colorways for this set: “Orange w/ White Splatter” and “Blue w/ Orange Splatter” vinyls! 🏜️

With a thrilling, pulse-pounding score by Dave Porter and nearly a dozen songs from the movie, this set is essential listening for fans of Vince Gilligan's expanded crime saga. Featuring 2 printed inner pocket sleeves along with exclusive pictures and liner notes, you had to be quick (like me) to preorder your copy before they sold out!

[izzythehutt]

I found the scene in El Camino where Jesse hears about Walt's death on the radio to be incredibly moving and powerful, everything about it, the editing (cutting to Aaron Paul's face on the word 'dead') the music, the subtle acting, just the weight of that moment for the character (the one person who was with Walt from the beginning and is now left behind to pick up the pieces of his shattered life.)

...It will forever make me lol that Vince Gilligan only put it in the movie because he was sick of fanboys asking him if Walter White survived Breaking Bad.

[trulyinspiringmovies]

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” did not have to exist, but I’m so glad that it does.

Jesse Pinkman is finally free from the torment that Walter White has caused him for so many years, but he’s not in the clear just yet. He’s still being chased by the law. Remembering back to a conversation he had with his good friend, Mike Ehrmantraut, he decides to start his new life in Alaska. Scrounging up the money to do so isn’t going to be easy, but he uses the experiences he’s gained over the years to help him finally get the second chance he deserves.

I’ve always said I have two favorite television shows. My favorite animated television show is “Adventure Time”. My favorite live-action television show is “Breaking Bad”. I got into the show back when I was in high school and actually taking Chemistry class. I couldn’t believe just how good the show was. After each episode, I was desperate to watch the next. When they announced that they were making a movie, I was excited, but I kept pushing the movie off. Admittedly, I was scared of what this movie might retroactively do to the show for me. Eventually, I told myself that I would watch the movie after rewatching the show so I could have it fresh in my mind. Well, I finally got the opportunity to watch the show again and I’m glad I did. I realized how much of the show I had gotten wrong. When I was in high school, I genuinely believed that Walt was the good guy. In my mind, he was the noble man of the house who would give anything, even his reputation, to provide for his family. As an adult, I see that he had successfully manipulated me into believing his lies. Although this movie didn’t need to exist due to the fact that the show was so perfectly crafted, this is a great supplementary part of the universe for fans of the show. I know a lot of people were complaining about how lackluster this movie was, but I don’t think the criticisms are fair. I think a lot of people were looking for the same highs of “Breaking Bad’, but this movie was never set out to do that. It was just trying to tell the story of Jesse earning his freedom after the events of the show. That’s not to say that this movie lacked any form of highs. When the movie wanted to, it raised the tension in such engaging ways. It genuinely took me back to the days when I was first watching “Breaking Bad” and the situation got cranked up to eleven. Every scene of Todd’s apartment was electrifying to watch and only heightened by Vince Gilligan’s direction. The movie also brings back experimental shots that were a staple for the show and they look phenomenal. There’s expert use of camera blocking, dynamic camera movement that truly sucks you into the action, and a top-down POV shot that felt like the next level of those experimental shots. This movie also gets unfairly criticized for having way too many flashbacks. I found it to be just a part of the structure of the movie’s storytelling. It wasn’t intrusive because it was always meant to be the B-plot. It also helped inform the decisions of Jesse in the present day. I also found the flashbacks to retroactively make the unseen parts of the show feel lived in. It makes the characters truly feel like they had their own lives going on outside the scope of Walter White. It’s done with small things like private, introspective conversations between friends and the home lives of secondary characters. The movie also introduces characters that weren’t important to Walt, but definitely affected Jesse in major ways. Yes, bringing fan-favorite characters could be viewed as fan service, but their inclusion felt like much more than that for me. These characters were not just important to the fans, but to Jesse himself. Of course, having them in his flashbacks is important. They shaped him to be the man he is today. I think the one small criticism I could have is how different a lot of the actors look. Vince Gilligan could’ve used makeup or CGI to make them look like how they did in the show, but it’s not distracting at all. Jesse Plemons’s weight gain seemed to be the biggest target of this criticism, but once he starts talking, to me, he’s Todd again. They’re actors and you should judge them on their ability to slip back into these characters after so many years. Not a single one of the returning actors missed a beat. They all felt like they’d been their characters even after the show had wrapped up. I don’t think it’s fair to let aging, something no one can control, be the reason why the movie didn’t work for you. All in all, this was a movie made for the fans of the show, which there are a lot of considering “Breaking Bad” is seen by many as the greatest television show of all time. If you loved that show and wanted just a little bit more, then this movie delivers and then some. It not only doesn’t ruin the show, but also enhances it in some aspects. It stays true to the tone of the show, but also feels like a natural elevation due to the fact that it’s a full-fledged movie now. Definitely give it a watch if you love the show as much as I do.

★★★★★

Watched on January 2nd, 2022

[iproverb]

― El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Walter White: [to Jesse Pinkman] You're really lucky, you know that? You didn't have to wait your whole life to do something special.

[conkreetmonkey]

I love how everyone can agree on Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. It's a rare piece of media enjoyed by teenagers, middle aged people, and old folks, loved by cishets and the gayest/transest people you'll ever meet alike, men and women and everything else. What's the target demographic? Who the hell knows. If a demographic exists, it's a player in the brba fanbase. It's really one of those things that *truly* has something for everyone.

You like gritty crime dramas? Goofy character-driven comedy? Character studies? Tragic, soul-crushing sobfests? Uplifting stories of hope and growth and resilience? Cute romances? Tumblr sexymen? Blorbos? Gory gruesome murders? Metaphors and allegories to be dissected? Complex mysteries? Atmospheric vibefests? Awesome action? The brba cinematic universe has *all* of that and I am not exaggerating.

[kylejsugarman]

"el camino" was so lovingly crafted with an intense level of attention paid to every scene in order to create a kind, but realistic in-universe conclusion to the most compelling character arc in television history and then guys who watched it were like "hmm. BORING!!"

[pinkmandias]

How to Be a Dog / Andrew Kane

Jesse Pinkman | Breaking Bad 5x15 | Granite state / El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

(happy belated anniversary, el camino)

[spockvarietyhour]

I was thinking about that thing you said about the universe. Going where the universe takes you? Right on. I think it's a cool philosophy. I was being metaphorical. It's a terrible philosophy. I've gone where the universe takes me my whole life. It's better to make those decisions for yourself.

[5bi5]

Jesse crying into this guy's hair continues to be on the list of top ten saddest Jesse Pinkman moments of all time

[gilliverse]

You know what Uncle Jack says; life's what you make it. El Camino: a breaking bad movie (2019), dir. vince gilligan

[lttleghost]

while watching El Camino with @strawberry-crocodile couple days ago I finally put words to another thing that makes it hard for me to swallow its praise as a story of Jesse finding freedom

and that is - if this movie is supposed to finally be about Jesse having freedom, WHY DOES JESSE END UP GOING TO A PLACE THAT WAS MIKES SUGGESTION AND NOT JESSE'S OWN IDEA? MIKE EVEN SAYS THAT HE IS NOT JESSE WHEN THIS QUESTION IS BROUGHT UP!!! like this piled on top of going out of the way to make sure the audience hears the perspective that Jesse is to blame for the outcome of his life without much attention given to the structural problems that led to the choices he made just means everything falls flat in such a sour way

[kingoftieland]

Recently got my hands on one more of these rare collectibles directly from an Albuquerque native – a challenge coin from one of the crew members who worked on El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie! It features an image of Jesse’s iconic getaway car and the quote “Dude, you’re my hero and shit” from his friend Skinny Pete on one side, with the TV show’s 10th anniversary logo on the other. 🚗

Challenge coins have a rich history extending back to WWI, where they were used to show allegiance and build camaraderie. The producers of the renowned, award-winning television series Breaking Bad continued the tradition by distributing a limited number of coins to the cast and crew each year as a keepsake to commemorate producing another season of what some have hailed to be the best TV show of all time.