No spoilers...
If you are a huge Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul fan, you definitely watched this movie the day it dropped. Regardless, expectations were sky high for this one and if you were completely satisfied to the brim, you should watch it again. If you happened to be let down in any way...you should watch it again.
Why? I personally went in with said super-high expectations and I left slightly emptier than what I would've liked. I thought it was great but I remarked to my buddy, "It was what it needed to be. A solid 8." And that was that...read some reviews that picked up on some cool Easter eggs from not just BB, but a couple from BCS as well. And on went my weekend.
So here I am just relaxing two days later on a Sunday by myself and I decided to throw it on again, not expecting to finish it but just sort of re-watch it like I have with any episode of either of its parent shows...and you know what? I upped my rating to a 9 after the second viewing. Somehow I was even more drawn in. I didn't even pause it once. So many subliminal details that get missed on any first viewing - I caught many subtle throwbacks and nods to BB/BCS along with being able to digest the story as a whole rather than sit in a weird anticipatory mood for the whole two hours...I knew who was / was not in the movie from characters past and present, I knew the outcome, but now I was able to take the time to appreciate the story, the visuals, the soundtrack, and the acting...and damn, is it all tastefully high-quality. Even the slightly different color palette and texture of the film felt astonishingly appropriate. Team Gilligan doesn't accept anything but near perfect - even their occasional slip-up is a "B" at worst!
This movie plays out more like an episode of BCS than BB, so (re)watch it with that frame of mind, and it will click into its deserved place in the fictional universe. VG and gang continue to impress.
Next stop - BCS Season 5!
If you are a huge Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul fan, you definitely watched this movie the day it dropped. Regardless, expectations were sky high for this one and if you were completely satisfied to the brim, you should watch it again. If you happened to be let down in any way...you should watch it again.
Why? I personally went in with said super-high expectations and I left slightly emptier than what I would've liked. I thought it was great but I remarked to my buddy, "It was what it needed to be. A solid 8." And that was that...read some reviews that picked up on some cool Easter eggs from not just BB, but a couple from BCS as well. And on went my weekend.
So here I am just relaxing two days later on a Sunday by myself and I decided to throw it on again, not expecting to finish it but just sort of re-watch it like I have with any episode of either of its parent shows...and you know what? I upped my rating to a 9 after the second viewing. Somehow I was even more drawn in. I didn't even pause it once. So many subliminal details that get missed on any first viewing - I caught many subtle throwbacks and nods to BB/BCS along with being able to digest the story as a whole rather than sit in a weird anticipatory mood for the whole two hours...I knew who was / was not in the movie from characters past and present, I knew the outcome, but now I was able to take the time to appreciate the story, the visuals, the soundtrack, and the acting...and damn, is it all tastefully high-quality. Even the slightly different color palette and texture of the film felt astonishingly appropriate. Team Gilligan doesn't accept anything but near perfect - even their occasional slip-up is a "B" at worst!
This movie plays out more like an episode of BCS than BB, so (re)watch it with that frame of mind, and it will click into its deserved place in the fictional universe. VG and gang continue to impress.
Next stop - BCS Season 5!