El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Published May 2, 2022
Film info
- Title El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
- Director Vince Gilligan
- Year 2019
- Run time 2hrs 3m
- Genres Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Tagline No turning back
Fugitive Jesse Pinkman attempts to outrun his past.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:21 | You can keep saying he’s a teenager but he’s clearly not. |
| 4:43 | “I’m apexing at the apex, bitch.” |
| 17:15 | I always love a pink slips reference for that moment where I realised what Grease was all about. |
| 20:36 | Wow, that’s a long line of police cars. I think I’ve maybe seen two or three in a row, tops. |
| 31:52 | I forgot how good looking this show is, beautifully crafted. |
| 34:52 | Maybe some DIY, but first, body removal. |
| 40:07 | “They have these things called… banks.” |
| 43:26 | I wonder how many of the ‘families plea on the news’ bits actually work in real life. |
| 49:59 | Put on the spot, I don’t know which pizza I would pick as my favourite. It depends! |
| 55:05 | Ah, nosy neighbours. |
| 1:07:05 | It does seem like a really bad idea that people can just buy police jackets at random. |
| 1:18:43 | I do like the word overtly. And covertly. |
| 1:25:39 | They can’t have just left the house empty for him, it seems like such an obvious trick. |
| 1:34:56 | Running up and down on chains is grim. |
| 1:46:19 | I bet people were yelling at the screen when this cameo happened. It’s so old that I knew it was coming but still kinda fun! |
| 1:53:07 | Always in awe of people that can live in the constantly snowy places like that. I guess you get used to it? |
| 1:56:57 | “Going where the universe takes you. Right on.” |
Thoughts
I’m not as big a fan of Breaking Bad as some people are, I know, and I only recently completed watching the whole series. I thought it was great to start with but gradually lost sympathy with the main characters so by the end, I wasn’t that bothered. It was a great ending to a TV show, though, so I was curious what would be in this movie. It was actually pretty good - picking the vibe of the TV show right up and carrying on literally where they left off, and telling what happened to Jesse next.
So I can’t say that I loved the film, but I do appreciate what they’ve done… and actually watching the short behind-the-scenes that Netflix put together made me like it even more. Everyone involved in this franchise loves and respects it so much, you can’t help but salute that.
Rating: 3 / 5