Breaking Bad

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Quick Dots

• Must See, if you dare
• Not for kids, probably not even for some delicate adults
• Violence, drugs, guns, language..
• Well written, acted and directed

It is like a bitter pill that is good for you after you get over the gag reflex. If you can get past the first 3 or 4 episodes of season 1 you are hooked! Write off several hours of you life and you will be rewarded with shock, intrigue, excitement, disgust, and a reluctant sense of adventure.

I will not give away any of the main plot details, but a quick starting point might be worth while.

Season 1 begins with Walter White (Bryan Cranston) a High school chemistry teacher being diagnosed with lung cancer. He has a son and a baby on the way. In order to provide for his family in his absence or to cover the medical bills, he decides to use his chemistry knowledge to cook meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

What happens next and how is the rest of the series. Walter and Jesse seem to be in and out trouble quite often. Seeing Walter use his brain and chemistry knowledge to get out of trouble is what keeps you glued to the television set. Remember this not a 'Rise to Riches' type of tale, but a some what realistic 'what might happen' tale.

By the end of the first season you will forget that Walter and Jesse are really actors playing a part and see them as the characters themselves. The series is cast perfectly for every character that you will see in the first 4 seasons. Most series I have seen become stale after the first one or two seasons. The storytellers of Breaking Bad have avoided this pitfall successfully for 4 seasons. All seasons thus far have been gripping, and filled with interesting new characters.

Start at the beginning... watch.... enjoy.

Inception

View date: July 17th, 2010

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Quick Dots:

• Must See
• Some language, not for kids.
• Violence, but nothing disturbing, no blood or spilling guts.
• Original script

I cannot think of  a better movie to start my review blog with.

In most movies the trailer contains a voice over that explain that ʻthis movie is going to
blow your mindʼ. Only in this movie they meant it.

I donʼt know much of the history of the movie, but at this point it does not matter, it is the past now and watching the movie will leave you in oh of the creative genius behind this film. If you thought Christopher Nolan could not possibly top the likes of Momento and Dark Knight, thing again, because he has.

Where should I begin, I will give you points of relevance and importance and donʼt worry I could not give away the movie even if I wanted to.

2hr 50mins of your life are going to disappear with out a trace possibly more depending on the discussion that will follow, the number of times you will have explain the movie or ask questions.

Be proud of yourself if you understood the movie the first time around. I am, it takes a
considerable amount of concentration and a certain amount of immersion into the movie
to capture all the small details that play a good part to make the sensation complete.
Any film dealing with complex concepts such as this has to spending sometime
explaining the concept and convincing the viewers of its logic and plausibility. The level
of information provided in this film is enough to tickle a curious mind, but not to bore it
with all the details that it could fill itself with a little bit of cognitive activity.
Nolan has become a master of capturing two or more story lines simultaneously while
switch between them and following them to their synchronized end. Where other
directorʼs might have opted to tell the tail in sequence or in a ʻin the meantime...ʼ type of
fashion. He has successfully used this in both the Batman films and his latest show is
no exception.

Now to the visual effects of the movie, there is nothing you have not seen before. Here
it is done tastefully and does not feel injected just for the effect of it. After all, It is a
movie about dreams and the worlds we build in them, so imaginations can run wild, but
they maintain the immersion of the viewer at least while it lasts. The scene where, Ellen
Pageʼs character wants to alter the physics of the space she inhabits, is one that should
not be missed.

The characters have been casted to perfection. Some familiar faces and some not so,
but all play their parts convincingly and encourage the viewer to follow them into their
world and help navigate the maze.

Watch it in the theaters or some big screen to take in the complete effect of the visuals
and excellent score by Hans Zimmer, it is worth it.