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Phoenix brilliantly acted every piece of horrible plot the script threw at him. Very impressive.
Katie's character would've worn thin with people weren't it for Barbra's acting skills.
Big Bang Theory didn't ruin this movie. They just didn't understand the actual purpose!
Stealing someone else's happy life by pulling off a nasty scheme. I wonder about people who achieved this in real life.
They took a controversial iffy book and made it into a A+ film. This is the best version of Hollywood
It hit me harder than a adamantium ribcage how much I love Wolverine.
Penelope is such a loveable character
Imo, Wednesday is top 3 best characters on Netflix. Walter White and Jesse Pinkman are a shared no. 1
Such a pretty movie, with maybe the most blatant misogyny in storytelling I’ve ever experienced
The Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul story in episode 5 totally worked for me!
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Yep, romantic comedies writing horrible morale into their stories as romantic was a staple for so long. It's one of the reasons "real" movie fans despise them so much. You really expect it to happen any moment in this movie.
Super happy this movie didn't fall into that trap. Probably one of the main reasons Quentin Tarantino loved this movie so much back then.
Drake recently bought Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul for his birthday.
Bryan and Aaron have literally started a company on the based on their chemistry in Breaking Bad.
Breaking Bad will always be an american classic.
WALT DIED FOR JESSE
Jesse said “Say YOU want this” to Walt.
Vince Gilligan made their bromance the new standard.
I think so yeah.
Except Gus leaves something pleasant because of the path he's chosen. Walt leaves his chosen punishment for a better plan.
But they are so similar.....first smelling their drinks before tasting it, like men of high class. Even thinking about their partners in crime before leaving. Makes them squaring off against eachother in Breaking Bad season 4 even more satisfying to watch.
I am lovey-dovey it up too much.
BUT AM I THOUGH? Walt responded to Skylar's cheating with abject mockery. She threw away the only connection between them (love-making) and Walt just laughs it out of the room "Screw the butcher, screw the mailman". And he simply signs the divorce papers, gets a new house pronto. But with Jesse??? Walt killed Jane, he killed Gus, he killed Mike.....
And when Skylar nearly drowned in the pool, Walt.....Heisenberg called it "her little pool stunt". She was about to die and Walt is just annoyed. If that was Jesse, Walt would not stop holding him like in 213, 502 and 511.
As for Flynn, he always chose Hank over Walt. Rebelled against Walt in season 1. Which led to Walt alcohol poisoning Flynn.....AND SMILING ABOUT IT. Like Walt can hear his 15-yeard old being hurt right beside him, and is like "....ha". Whereas Walt barely touches Jesse, unless Jesse touches him......then it's on. And yet afterward Walt weeps so sincerely about it (409) or he just straight up wants Jesse to finish him (204). Yet Walt was just "kinda embarassed" with Flynn after the tequila thing. They actually never wrote a scene to make the tequila thing right again.
So it's really really hard for me to view Skyler and Flynn being anywhere near the same to Walt as Jesse was. Walt just isn't telling that story with them in my eyes.
I don't think Vince Gilligan meant it took the entirety of season 1 for the writers to decide to keep him, I think it was almost immediately after watching Aaron in the pilot. But I do think that Vince immediately making a throwaway character SO important since episode 4 is kind of remarkable. Like, dam, Aaron was THAT good huh? He is....but still.
BrBa by far.
Was Sopranos ever as exciting as BrBa ? Did they ever have a scene anywhere near close as good as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm87QaQzuno
HECK, no film has a scene anywhere near as good this one. BrBa just changed everything!
With Saul trying to hit the dude with the vase, yelling at Kim on the phone and Saul trying to hurt Marion....
....it seems to me the writers wrote the worst version of Saul possible because they are going to put him away in actual jail for the rest of his life. And they didn't want the viewers to feel bad about it. They really wanted the viewers to side with them in thinking that Saul deserves a life sentence in jail.
As a matter of fact, I think this even started in "Point and Shoot" in which Saul urges Lalo to send Kim to shoot Gus. He send her out to actually kill somebody while he can safely wait with Lalo. And Lalo always came across as the type of criminal to just tie you in a chair, NOT a guy who would abuse you for fun. This on the count of the fact that he let himself get talked down by Kim in season 5. Lalo clearly respects women, so Saul was already jailworthy in "Point and Shoot" for bein such a coward.
That little temporary spark was nothing compared to his multicolored world that was Saul Goodman.
The main thing is that his entire world is still deep greyscaled. And that's what he deserves.
People would've actually lost it if "something" restored everything in his world again. That's the kind of impact Saul definitely doesn't deserve.
But If Felina is "just one episode"...in the entire series:
- Nearly every iconic move Walt did in the series was Jesse-fueled. From "This is not meth" to "RUN" to "Kill Jane so that you won't lose Jesse" to "Kill Gus and his men so you won't lose Jesse" to "The 2 greatest meth cooks in America" to "Deal with nazi's, so you protect Jesse" and giving Jesse his 5 million
- Walt cares more about Jesse than his own g-dam pride. He ends that little fight with Mike over the money....basically "weakens himself".....because Jesse was willing to take on the entire hazard pay and that CAN'T HAPPEN.
- Jesse can crush a beaker in Walt's class (212), choke Walt but decide "give him mercy" (204), kick the crap out of Walt (409), point a gun at Walts head (412).......but he never has to actually "pay retribution" for all these crimes against the great Heisenberg's ego. On the contrary, Walt freakin cries. FREAKIN CRIES cause he hurt Jesse (410). Whereas if Mike so much as really insults Heisenberg, he freakin dead.
- Always when Jesse needs it, Walt is just the sweetest pandabear he can actually be: "This is the first day, of the rest of your life" (107), "You didn't kill anybody" (213), "Let me stop you right there. You are not responsible for any of that (airplane crash). Not in any shape, way or form." (301), "I don't want a monkey, I want you."/"Your meth is good, Jesse. As good as mine." (308), "You did the only thing you could, I hope you know that." (401), Hug in a handshake (413), "Everything that had happened, happened for the best. I wouldn't have it any other way." (502), "We run this business our way, And make sure that this never happens again" 506, The intertia scene in 508....
All Saul gets is "Grow a pair" and "We're done when I say we're done" and "Why don't you take a walk Saul?". Mike gets shot. Skyler gets the entire bedroom fight ("Your little pool stunt", lol she nearly died) in 504 and that watch shoved in her face at the end.
Walt beyond loves Jesse
He died for him.
And in the classic "There's nothing Jesse could ever do to stop Walt from loving him"-type way too. GORGEOUS.
Geez, Walt specifically shielded Jesse from the bullets and debris in the room. And afterwards, while slowly dying, he throws Jesse the gun so that Jesse can choose what he needs to move on. Cause Jesse is just that important.
Walt never loved anyone else this much ever.
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