I think it justified itself as long as you view it as an epilogue connected to Breaking Bad instead of a stand alone film. Your criticisms imply that the film was pure plot, an excuse to see Jesse get from point A to point B, but I would argue that Jesse goes through a significant amount of character growth over the course of the story that separates him from who he was in Felina. And because of this, beyond actually seeing Jesse achieve freedom, it's also rewarding to send him off as a matured person who is finally at peace with what he's been through. This is displayed with no subtly at all with the mirrored shots of Jesse driving away to freedom, from screaming and manic in Felina, to content and centred in El Camino, implying that the whole point of the film was to give Jesse the character development he deserved. In the film he says goodbye to his friends, reconciles with his parents by taking responsibility for his decisions, gains more of an understanding of Walt, and most importantly earns his own freedom againts his enslavers in a violent showdown. Obviously Todd is dead so they had to create a stand in, but the whole point was about Jesse confronting his own problems, all by combining the strengths of his previous mentors (Walt, Mike, Gus). Despite his intentions and being the moral centre of the show, Jesse's recklessness and impulsivity made already dangerous situations even worse, and by the end of El Camino he simply isn't that person anymore, but he was at the end of Felina. Thats why, to me, without this movie Breaking Bad feels incomplete.
To add onto this, we still don't know what Jesse Pinkman makes of his new life. The only information we have is that Jesse is a new, free man in Alaska; it's still up to the imagination what Jesse Pinkman does with his life from here on out.
I like Neil the welder a lot. They packed a lot of character in very little screentime. He's like an alpha of his little pack of low lifes, and has a macho sense of honor. When Jesse kept taking the money out of the fridge door with a gun to his head, Neil clearly gained some respect for Jesse. It's for that reason he suggested the wild west shootout later. He recognized Jesse as a "real man". If that interaction at Todd's hadn't happened, he would've absolutely shot him on arrival. I honestly think they made the best possible antagonist for the running time, and that the movie was better off with this antagonist than just Jesse evading the police
@@Actuallyseriousi couldve grown old and died without ever seeing the word heisenbussy in my life, you stopped that I will not disclose how that makes me feel, whether positive or negative, but just know that you were responsible
It concludes Jesse story better than what other RU-vidrs, fanboys and clickbaiters made in their minds (also it indicates that Walter is really gone and not alive in some dummies theories)
I really wish this would've focused on Jesse and Todd's relationship. I felt like there was a lot to explore there and it could've given more meaning to when Jesse finally takes Todd's life.
Yeah I think it does. Breaking Bad was a show (for the most part) that would always show how things got done to complete a crime or activity. For instance after the pilot a lot of shows would move on rather quickly from what happened but BB went into detail about how they cleaned everything up and even threw in Crazy 8 still being alive for another problem they had to solve. I could definitely see Vince feeling very bothered that Jesse’s story wasnt wrapped up as cleanly as he wanted after the end of the series.
Yeah, that’s all super fair. It is every bit as good as the thing I had envisioned after breaking bad, and if you think that just envisioning something is as good as watching it, I don’t know what I can say to you about movies anymore
Considering that the film was shot in only around 50 days and The Irishman was also filmed around that time. Which required Jesse Plemons to play a heavier character. I honestly dont blame him for not losing the weight.
First viewing of El Camino I was a bit underwhelmed, but second viewing when I had watched the whole show again with my dad and then watched El Camino with him, I appreciated it a lot more. He certainly loved it. Now we are watching BCS together and it's very wholesome
Jesse squandered his first opportunity to escape through Ed. That was an open loop as the Breaking Bad universe doesn't take squandered opportunities kindly.
I’ve always enjoyed El Camino. It’s an epilogue and it’s nice to see what exactly happens to Jesse once Breaking Bad ends. While Vince has even said the film doesn’t need to exist, it’s nice to have defiant closure to Jesse’s story.
It would have been better to crunch the escaping Albuquerque section into the first 20 minutes and make most of the movie about Jesse adjusting to his new life in Alaska.
I enjoyed El Camino, but I agree that it should have ended with Jesse actually landing in a spot rather than riding off into the metaphorical sunset a second time. I pictured him opening up his own tattoo shop personally, he's a talented artist and as Walter said he's learned the ropes in running a business. I think El Camino's full title sums it up pretty well though, it's El Camino: *A Breaking Bad Movie* it's literally just breaking bad in movie format, it's like pretty much an epilogue. But how well it's shot, and the way the story itself unfolds is satisfying enough for it to be worth it for me. In Better Call Saul the whole time I couldn't help but have everyone's fates in the back of my mind, like I knew Jimmy would survive the shootout with the cartel, that Gus would survive against Lalo, etc. and it took away a lot of the tension of the deadlier scenes. Whereas Jesse's evasion of the cops as well as his wild west shootout had me tense the whole time. And the fan service it provides isn't just for us the viewer most of the time, but also the various people of the universe viewing Jesse in a new light and showing up to give him aid and show respect.
@HNfilms my bad English..ment didn't feel like a real movie Felt like an extended episode As an episode it's not bad As a movie not so good. Ps wish I discovered you guys years ago instead of today. Going over all the pods and loving it ✌🏼
Seeing Walt in the diner reminds me of that scene in the SpongeBob movie where they’re all screaming “BALD” and pointing at neptunes head without his crown lmao
Unrelated but I can't see Jesse Pinkman anymore without flashes of his actor saying "I take responsability" in the most overplayed and cringey way possible. Lucky he hasn''t done much since, because it kind of ruin it for me now. If only the Hollywood actors could STFU between roles and promos that would be great.
This review honestly kinda sucks. People did want to know what happened to Jesse. And also no one really cares about how Todd looks besides you. It’s fine. It’s not nearly as distracting as you think. Not to mention this movie is a slow burn. It’s not “padded”. It’s purposely slow and methodical.
