Walk The Line…head on!

20.Sep.2006

As always, later than a Governor’s pardon five minutes after they threw the switch, but I keep ‘em coming. Great movie, even if you’re not a fan of the Man in Black, you will be by the end of the film. They richly cover Cash’s life from childhood to making it on the music scene spanning his days with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings (played by Waylon’s son, Shooter). It goes without saying that the soundtrack is deep, so I won’t say it. From Robert Patrick (yeah, creepy Terminator dude) as the abusive father to everyone’s favorite, Reese and her twangy accent as June Carter, there isn’t much I can complain about. Except for one thing… And I noticed it early on so it bugged the crap out of me the whole time. Joaquin Phoenix DOES NOT know how to play the guitar! He doesn’t even try to attempt to play it throughout the movie. Any close up shows him from behind or has someone in the audience perfectly blocking his fretting hand BECAUSE IT NEVER MOVES. EVER!!! How hard could it have possibly been to learn some basic guitar frets, I ask you Mr. Phoenix? How hard?! But I digress. I still highly recommend the movie. Even with guitar ineptitudity our star nails Johnny Cash spot on. Go see it. Even if you have already, go see it again.

And now for the real digression. How many of you watch Jeopardy? How many of you shake your fist at the tv each and every night during the end credits when they show this? Seriously!? What. The. HELL!! You can’t tell me the entire demographic for that show is already the ADHD riddled generation?! Ooh, maybe it’s the combination of the ADHD’rs and Alzheimer’s afflicted!

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  1. You’ve got to be kidding me? It really repeats like that? Gosh, one less thing that i miss about America!

    You’ve got to be kidding me? It really repeats like that? Gosh, one less thing that i miss about America!

    You’ve got to be kidding me? It really repeats like that? Gosh, one less thing that i miss about America!

    Blurted out by sw – 20.Sep.2006

  2. Boy, it’s a good thing you moved over to that country that isn’t notorious for its CRAZY commercials!

    Blurted out by Shoup – 21.Sep.2006

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