14 Juillet
Jul. 14th, 2012 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaniOn this National Day, I've been marthoning Breaking Bad's season 4. I've just finished "Cornered" so I'm almost mid-season. I will watch the rest tomorrow, before I maange to get the season 5's premiere, on Monday.
Still consider s4 to be less brilliant than season 3 (but season 3 was just stellar) but I really love "Bullet Points". I know that we are supposed to be in the land of drama here but the show never stopped being a dark comedy and "Bullet points" is a good example of that.
If I were still in Italian mood and if I wanted to borrow from Dante, I'd say that Breaking Bad is the tv avatar of The Divine Comedy, but on this 14th of July (Bastille Day as they call it abroad), I will borrow from Balzac and say that it is La Comédie Humaine.
And, speaking of "Bullet points", the Walter/Skyler's scene, unbashlingly meta, is pure genius both in writing and in acting. It gives the viewers a sort of user guide to read the rest of the episode, and possibly even the whole series.
Also I didn't mention it last year when I saw it, but I realised that when the Whites are waiting outside of Hank and Marie's house, in the dark, it's just the same as actors waiting for the curtain to be lifted up and the play to start. When Walter Junior rings the door bell it's like the three traditonal strikes that announce the beginning of the play in western modern theatre (at least at La Comédie Française), or the "action" before filming on the set. And then when Marie opens the door, the light is switch on and everybody is suddenly in character.
And yes, Skyler did cry "on cue" later.
Also, found this article that states that BrBa is the best tv series ever.
As they say, in the end:
"Breaking Bad is a stylistic marvel, an acting master class, a bleak and scary drug world thriller with a big human heart beating at its core. The show is brutal but funny, harsh but humane, terrifying but beautiful. Much like life! No other show is quite as exciting and deeply engaging as Breaking Bad."
Still consider s4 to be less brilliant than season 3 (but season 3 was just stellar) but I really love "Bullet Points". I know that we are supposed to be in the land of drama here but the show never stopped being a dark comedy and "Bullet points" is a good example of that.
If I were still in Italian mood and if I wanted to borrow from Dante, I'd say that Breaking Bad is the tv avatar of The Divine Comedy, but on this 14th of July (Bastille Day as they call it abroad), I will borrow from Balzac and say that it is La Comédie Humaine.
And, speaking of "Bullet points", the Walter/Skyler's scene, unbashlingly meta, is pure genius both in writing and in acting. It gives the viewers a sort of user guide to read the rest of the episode, and possibly even the whole series.
Also I didn't mention it last year when I saw it, but I realised that when the Whites are waiting outside of Hank and Marie's house, in the dark, it's just the same as actors waiting for the curtain to be lifted up and the play to start. When Walter Junior rings the door bell it's like the three traditonal strikes that announce the beginning of the play in western modern theatre (at least at La Comédie Française), or the "action" before filming on the set. And then when Marie opens the door, the light is switch on and everybody is suddenly in character.
And yes, Skyler did cry "on cue" later.
Also, found this article that states that BrBa is the best tv series ever.
As they say, in the end:
"Breaking Bad is a stylistic marvel, an acting master class, a bleak and scary drug world thriller with a big human heart beating at its core. The show is brutal but funny, harsh but humane, terrifying but beautiful. Much like life! No other show is quite as exciting and deeply engaging as Breaking Bad."