El Camino: Breaking Bad-The Movie

[Ozymandias]

Jessie Plemon's significant weight gain was a bit distracting.

Same here, I'm sure they could've, at least, tried to hide it, but it clearly wasn't a concern (there a sequence were he's wearing a short T-shirt and the camera angle even allowed for the belly to be seeing from below).

did Jesse ever pay back Badger and Pete?

(RIP Robert Forster, who played Ed and died the same day El Camino premiered on Netflix.)

I rate El Camino on par with a middling episode of "Breaking Bad." Not the worst, but nothing like the best that Vince Gilligan is capable of. I enjoyed it because I'm glad Jesse got closure.

He did leave them a more pricey car, isn't it?

One of those coincidences, do we know if he got the opportunity to see the end product?

That's a summary I can get behind.

[ChrisIII]

Funny thing is the film was the first time in a while we've heard about Jake, Jessie's younger brother who pretty much appeared in one episode and then pulled a "Chuck Cunningham" and was never seen again, even when the parents showed up again.

[Cyke]

Same here, I'm sure they could've, at least, tried to hide it, but it clearly wasn't a concern (there a sequence were he's wearing a short T-shirt and the camera angle even allowed for the belly to be seeing from below).

Yeah, I hate to be that shallow guy -- it's to be expected that someone like Aaron Paul would put on a few pounds because it's only natural for the body to do so after 6 years. But Jesse Plemons took me out of it.

But then again, Plemons slipped into that creepy role like a comfortable pair of old shoes, and I loved to hate him once more. He did very well here.

(plus, I like Plemons' work in general)

[abulafia]

wow, you guys... i noticed his weight gain in fargo. but time passed, so it didn´t bother me at all.
are badger and skinny pete together now? they live together and behaved like and an old couple

[Theleviathan]

Man, these guys really know how to play in this universe. Solid movie.

Has me excited for Saul to return too.

[Cyke]

wow, you guys... i noticed his weight gain in fargo. but time passed, so it didn´t bother me at all.
are badger and skinny pete together now? they live together and behaved like and an old couple

His weight gain isn't a surprise, it's that his flashbacks are supposed to echo his slimmer self because of the time period -- time didn't pass for him because all his scenes were obviously pre-death flashbacks. It would be as if Star Wars had modern day Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford flash back to a scene between Eps. 4 and 5 -- too much natural physical change prevents that from being believable as their 20-30something selves, disrupting the suspension of disbelief.

Plus, it's even more noticeable for the folks who binge watched in preparation for the movie. The juxtaposition is natural. While some aging is to be expected, his was by far the most drastic change. That so many viewers and critics noticed it means that people aren't being nitpicky but that it's a common enough observation.

Now, I'm not saying he should have been recast or such, and I praised his work earlier. The choice was to either eliminate him from the story, recast him, or have him reprise the role in service of the story and accept the consequences that came from it. I'm glad they went with the last option but that never would have removed the most noticeable change. What helped was the strength of the material and performances in the first place.