Movie Review

Alright, I went and saw Walk the Line the other night. In case you don't know, this movie is about Johnny Cash. I don't know his music, and didn't know anything about him before I went to see this movie. The only song I had heard was "Ring of Fire" which they played in all the previews. I wanted to see this one because I'm a big fan of Joaquin Phoenix (sp?). I think he's one of our generation's best actors...and he pulled off quite a performance. I hope he wins awards for it, because he really portrayed all the ups and downs most excellently. It didn't bother me at all that it was him (and Reese Witherspoon) singing the songs. That wasn't the point of the movie. He was sufficient as a singer, but all the anger, addiction, pain, suffering...he made it convincing. Reese did a smash-up job as well, and was very entertaining. I'm a sucker for biographical movies like this, but I found this one was much better than most. I'd recommend this movie quite a bit.

4 out of 5 stars.