You have to give that movie a break. It was based on Cameron Crowe's actual life. He went on tour with Led Zepplin and The Alman Brothers in the 70s, when he was writing for Rolling Stone, pretending to be older than he really was (he was 15 at the time). The story is an insane rock fantasy that would usually be…

Coming in late. It approaches his best, but I have trouble respecting it outside of its studio problems. I keep feeling like it must be a compromised vision. Ebert always said he was waiting for a director's cut to be released (so many ideas in a short time). I would love to see his final cut.

Can they at least release a director's cut on blu-ray/dvd? I understand there are issues with this thing running like an all-day marathon in theaters, but I'm pretty sure most people who would be okay to commit to the 4 hour version were intent on seeing his full artistic vision. It's kind of like, "Well, we've gone…

I found it perfect when Cartman said he didn't like to swim at public pools because of all the minorities who swim with their shirts on.  Then they get to the pool and all the minorities are swimming with their shirts on.  That has always been a weird phenomenon I could never quite grasp.  Still, there is an obvious…

I'll give you most of that.  However, the show has never shied away from improbable luck an coincidences running things.  Then again, if the magical world finally backfired on Walt, it might have been a hard slap of reality for the viewers.

It is adult television.  We live in a country that should value intelligent art that could be construed the wrong above art that dubs itself down just teach us lessons.  The Hayes Code was arguably the worst impediment great art has ever faced in this country.  Sometimes the bad guys get away with bad things; the…

If anyone is ignorant enough to let Breaking Bad steer them towards a life of crime, then it was just a matter of time before the did something very detrimental to society, with or without the show.

I think there's a lot of gloating by people (exemplified in this article) who always trash on "bad fans," who find excitement in some of Walter's more ingenious Heisenberg moments, like when he intimidated Tuco with the explosion, orchestrated the explosive hit on Gus, the prison hit, or even when he decided to come…

They were blue flashlight beams.  He died in pool of his precious "blue," like some kind of twisted heavenly light, while the song "Baby Blue" by Badfinger played in the background.  I still think I would have preferred "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by Bob Dylan, but no real complaints.

I commented above that it is not entirely improbable that Walt could evade the authorities, even going in to the apartment.  He was a drug dealer, not an active terrorist threat.  The entire town wouldn't go on lockdown just to catch him.  The police have actual emergencies to attend to.

Yea, I had some stylistic objections to the episode near the end (I didn't think the final gunfight was shot with nearly the artistry of the last episodes), but the buildup wasn't really unbelievable.  He didn't fly; he drove across country.  He may have been a very wanted man when he went to the apartment, but think…

@avclub-855069bb71cd6f6a49cbbd27f89605e3:disqus I also love both of the episodes and agree they are both badass and resonant.  The thing about this show that I love is that it seems designed to give you that fist pumping feeling for the badass moments, but you sort of have to look in the mirror afterward and wonder…

Walt certainly "won."  He also didn't change much at all.  He just learned to face himself in the mirror with that "I did it all for me speech" to Skylar.  But let's face it, he killed all of the Nazis and Lydia out of sheer spite and pride.  He felt sympathy for Jesse so he let him live, but he was planning on going…

I did really love this finale, but I think it really missed on some style points one the climactic shootout. It felt underwhelming.  It was all so fast and quick-cut in the dark (I know, symbolism) that it didn't have as much power as it could have.  I think I would have appreciated it more if they did it at sunset…

Yea, I'll give you that.  He may have started cooking for his family's well being in a lot of ways, but that is almost inherently "good."  His pride, vengeful spirit, and ruthless ambition are really his motivating factors here, which are inherently "bad."  So he is breaking out of his solitary confinement to rain one…

I still can't decide whether or not Walter is going to kill Skylar?  Think about it.  He is all alone for months.  He thinks everyone hates him (he's right).  And his ego was the only thing to make him pull a 180 out of NH, when he was seconds away from turning himself in.  We tend to forget that over this year and a…

The CGI from the hurricane looked just like Sharknado.

By the cafe, you mean that studio set made to look like a patio, with an obvious CGI backdrop.

I think Todd is probably a psychopath in some respects, but, on the whole, he doesn't seem to think or feel much about anything he does. Just a little dim.  
Imagine if Patrick Bateman was just kind of a dumbass. He still wouldn't feel so bad about killing people, but he wouldn't have this ridiculous superiority…

Thanks.  It's kind of an interesting exclusion the show makes that you don't really see too much of Walt before he was diagnosed (other than a few flashbacks).  I kind of imagined him as being this warm, nerdy family man, who would have a temperament closer to Gale. He does seem that way around Skylar and Walt Jr.…