Siju Prakasam

El Camino is a very ordinary movie at best, though glimpses of Vince Gilligan's brilliance are visible here and there in the movie. I'm a cult Breaking bad fan and a big fan of Gilligan's direction of the series, and my disappointment may partially be due to the high standards Gilligan set with BB. Barring Aaron Paul's intense performance (and Robert Forsters) and the opportunity to see faces of familiar BB characters again, this movie felt hollow and tasteless. I am actually very surprised with all the good reviews floating around. Personally I felt that this movie was a wasted opportunity. With the rich character developments achieved in BB, I would have hoped that Gilligan would have had his options stacked on his table, and had reasonable luxury of choice, as to what treatment to give this final chapter. Jesse driving off screaming in Felina, was a much more satisfying climax (atleast it left the viewers to imagine up whatever they could about Jesse's future), than this unecessary and slow episode of a movie that only showed us the obvious. The only good thing being, the movie doesnt tarnish the BB legacy in any way. Agree, Vince probably wanted to maintain the "Breaking Bad tone" for this movie which may probably be one of his top arguments as to why the movie wasn't as humourous or rosy as some of us hoped it should have been. But take a step back, the calling for this final episode wasnt because it was really necessary in the first place, it was partly and hugely because some of us wanted a 'feel-good' closure for Jesse + chance to see our favorite character. The climax in the movie was so un-emotional ! For eg. Think of this as an addition to El Camino climax - for that final 2 minutes - Jesse checking into this bar for a drink in his new town in Alaska, and this bar tender girl serving him a drink and they exchange the final 2 dialogues in the movie and a smile that say's Jesse's good new life is beginning !