Everyone and their mothers can see that he's morally reprehensible on their first watch through. Everyone knows that. Especially by the end we realize what a horrible human being he is. But there's always that itch in the back of our mind, "This is so COOL!" We still have that itch in the back of our minds being so enchanted by him starting out and overcoming so much that it's easy to think he's cool throughout even the worst things. It has nothing to do with morals though. This is beyond despising him for what he's done, it's despising him as a person. Every time he's in the room I just know I'm about to get annoyed.
There's no other word for it. Every time he's on screen I dislike him just a little bit more, from about Season 2 (and ESPECIALLY Season 3) onward. Every incoherent, endless, meandering rant to a stone faced Tyrus. Every time he so blatantly manipulates Jesse. His stupid, endless rhetorical exercises. His machismo, underhanded tactics to always seem like the alpha in the conversation (that moreso happen in Season 5). His overly smug mannerisms. Honestly I'm partially mad because I'm seeing this overly arrogant, smug, irrational asshole and I can't believe I ever thought he was "cool". He's a total loser who drags everyone around himself down because he can't stand not being the smartest, most successful person in the room. It's only getting worse in season 5, watching him smugly swirl around a glass of scotch and give quippy one liners like he's the fuckin' Godfather.
That's also to say, Bryan Cranston you magnificent bastard. On that same token this rewatch has made me truly appreciate the ability of Cranston's acting. That someone can play this man so perfectly, and so consistently, it's only making me miss it even more. That I can get two completely different experiences with a character on two different watch throughs, I've rarely had that before in a show.
Submitted July 29, 2017 at 01:27PM by IssaPupper http://ift.tt/2vhg8oY
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