[18 Nov 2005 | Friday]
 | Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities  I don't think I need to tell you that this was a fantastic movie. You've got all the ingredients there: Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Cash, Reese Witherspoon. Any combination of two of those things should have damn well been enough to warrant a fantastic flick, but with Walk the Line you get all three. so just go on and see the damn flick already. No bullshittin', this is by far one of the best movies I've seen all year. Just a great little movie about a great big man. Now you may be wondering, "Gee Alex, Johnny Cash lived a whole lotta life and wrote a whole lotta songs, how can this movie surmise all of that in roughly two hours?" And my answer would be, "Well Jimmy/Jack/or Billy, it doesn't." Walk the Line is of course about the man in black, but it really focusses more on the relationship between him and June Carter, the lovely singer who would eventually become his second wife and remain married to him for the duration of his life. It's a fantastic love story that just hit me right where it counts. I can't fully explain it, but maybe I saw a little bit of myself and how much of a pain in the ass I can be in Cash and how, through even the worst of times, June sticks by his side. I was literally on the verge of tears by the film's climax, lamenting that I needed to find me a strong woman like that. Simple as can be, this is a great movie. See it! 9.5/10 Side Recommendations: Buffalo Soldier (Phoenix) & Election (Witherspoon) |
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