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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Sept 3, 2006 16:52:27 GMT -5
Mrs Dis and I watched, "Walk the Line" last night, which told the life story of Johnny Cash. Excellent movie. Didn't think Joacqin Pheonix could sell it to tell you the truth, but he did.
Also, according to IMDB.com both Pheonix and Reese Whitherspoon took singing lessons and sang their own parts. They also learned how to play their own instruments as well.
Very good flick. And while I won't be running out to buy Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits" anytime soon, I got a new appreciation for his music and what inspired it.
Good flick.
Cheers.
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Post by franko on Sept 3, 2006 20:14:13 GMT -5
Interesting debunk of "Folsom Prison Blues" as well.
My only complaint: the small strays from the facts, such as the song he interrupted to propose to June Carter. A small thing, I know, but still . . .
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Post by Toronthab on Sept 19, 2006 9:25:50 GMT -5
Mrs Dis and I watched, "Walk the Line" last night, which told the life story of Johnny Cash. Excellent movie. Didn't think Joacqin Pheonix could sell it to tell you the truth, but he did. Also, according to IMDB.com both Pheonix and Reese Whitherspoon took singing lessons and sang their own parts. They also learned how to play their own instruments as well. Very good flick. And while I won't be running out to buy Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits" anytime soon, I got a new appreciation for his music and what inspired it. Good flick. Cheers. I look forward to catching it on digital, but isn't it true that Joacqin Phoenix can really pull off a role. I don't know how they do it, but they do it. MOst "drama" on TV e.g CSI etc, i find unwatchably stylized and bores me to death. |
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Post by Toronthab on Sept 19, 2006 9:27:55 GMT -5
Interesting debunk of "Folsom Prison Blues" as well. My only complaint: the small strays from the facts, such as the song he interrupted to propose to June Carter. A small thing, I know, but still . . . You are so right to criticize a falsehood in a movie that sells itself on being a rendering of Cash's life. Moviemakers devote too much energy to selling movies. What was, was. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Sept 19, 2006 14:23:16 GMT -5
Interesting debunk of "Folsom Prison Blues" as well. My only complaint: the small strays from the facts, such as the song he interrupted to propose to June Carter. A small thing, I know, but still . . . Which song was it supposed to be Franko? |
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Post by franko on Sept 19, 2006 14:37:40 GMT -5
"If I Were A Carpenter" . . . much more romantic (though I'm not sure that asking a pwerson to marry you in front of a couple of thousand people in a venue in Hamilton qualifies for romance).
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