Review of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) by Onthepath2129 — 11 Oct 2019

Rewriting my previous review as I realized this movie is actually pretty good after a second viewing. I would say that this movie didn't really have to exist, we got a pretty good ending with Jesse in BB and it was mostly up to interpretation as to what would happen next.

With this movie it doesn't take anything away from BB so that's good, but what I suggest is do not watch it straight after BB since the actors returning look much older in what was only supposed to be a few seconds after the show ended.

Some haven't aged a bit, others it's pretty obvious. As a standalone, this movie has no bearing so don't listen to the creators saying it is. As a part of the show, I'd say it holds up if you can suspend your disbelief a bit to accept the actors are older and the main character of BB is gone and this is solely about Jesse.

I feel what lacks is you don't get much of a rundown of who Jesse was in BB before all the crazy, heartbreaking stuff happened. So just watching the movie, you don't really feel the impact of why he is so broken, even if, like me, you gave the show a watch hours before the movie came out it's a little jarring, like if Aaron Paul isn't even playing Jesse Pinkman.

However, a second time around, I was able to appreciate it a lot more and even change my score here from a 4 to a 7. I really didn't want this movie to pick up right where they left off in BB I think even letting a few years pass in the context of the show, you could still write a story about Jesse Pinkman running from the law as we see with BCS with Saul Goodman years later still constantly in danger of being caught.

Still that was their decision and it does hinder the experience a bit but overall as a BB fan there is alot to like here. Watch it, it's a good bit of closure to Jesse Pinkman if you really weren't satisfied seeing him just drive off in the OG ending to BB.