People are still debating the merits and problems that arise from the actions and consequences of our heroes - Walt and Jesse. What a fabulous work - how to use the episodic format of TV to its limits. Take time, let the characters develop, let them develop histories while we watch. If a new viewer has missed a series, you best go and catch up. These guy may inspire love and devotion, or loathing and repulsion. It depends on you. They do bad things. They cook a horrible addictive drug that lays waste to people in quick time. Walts wife Skylar is a great totem of changing values and tolerance of terrible things in the name of her family. Jesse becomes a self-loathing mess, apparently on the brink of tears thoughout the final series. Which is a shame because he is the most human and in many ways, lovable of everyone wencounter. It is Hank, the apparent doofus, forever lowering the tone of family gatherings, who ultimately outwits them all.
Credibilty is stretched somewhat beyond the limits but we accept and carry on watching. What about the storming of horrible drug dealing psychopath Tocus HQ by Walt in series 2 ? That would have been suicide. Come on. And as for the remote controlled machine gun, auto massacring the badies after a remarkable piece of parking by Walt near the conclusion...really...that is just daft. But nevertheless, the whole thing is a triumph that so many of us love to bits.
Anthony Hopkins wrote it was the best acted thing he had ever seen. Only The Wire can come near it in terms of compulsion to watch the box set in one sitting.
And it flourished in popularity through word of mouth. The way it was shown on British TV was scandalous. Minority channel FX picked it up and proceeded to show it at graveyard spots.So most of us have gone out of our way to find it, download it, beg or borrow it. Talk about having the world at your feet, Bryan Cranston won so many acting awards he must have become the object of envy in the profession. Fashion photoshoots, interviews, Malcolm in the Middle reruns, Cranston was set to dominate like a Clooney or Pitt. So what does he do ? Godzilla followed by Cold Comes the Night. The less said about the former the better. But the thiller with a cool title in which he plays a nasty East European gangster is horribly cliched. You must have been offered better ? And Aaron Paul,doing Need for Speed ? These films are just so execrable they defy comment. Teenage? It probably only appeals to the younger teens who may not be allowed into the cinema to see it, if it is a 14 cert. If not , it must be truly, trlu really lame.
Fellas - time to fire the agent and get yourselves into some more quality stuff before you blow all the goodwill you have accrued. Cranston, you should have grabbed The Counsellor lead , you would have made a lot of difference to what should have been a great movie. Aaron PAul - beware the TV shows you go on - Top Gear is a laugh but the Star in the Car is always a nitemare. Too many mistakes fellas, you would have been mincemeat in Alburquerque by now.
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