Walk the Line [Blu-ray]
– click on the image below for more information.
![51eu1iG67SL. SL160 Walk the Line [Blu ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eu1iG67SL._SL160_.jpg "Walk the Line [Blu ray]")
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 02/02/2010 Run time: 135 minutes Rating: Pg13A solid and entertaining biopic, Walk the Line works less as a movie than an actors’ showcase for its stars. Joaquin Phoenix’s total immersion into the skin of singer Johnny Cash is startling–watching it, you can’t believe this is the same guy who whined about being “vexed” in Gladiator. As he evolves from a farm boy to gospel croonin’ plunker to the Man in Black, Phoenix disappears into Cash’s deep baritone, his way of
Walk the Line [Blu-ray]
Click on the button for more information and reviews.
![buynow big Walk the Line [Blu ray]](http://newmoviereleasesdvd.loginby.com/wp-content/plugins/WPRobot3.58/images/buynow-big.gif "Walk the Line [Blu ray]")
Top MOvie Today
« What to Watch Tonight: 30 Rock, The Vampire Diaries, and the Premiere of The Finder Darren Criss: Missing More ‘Glee’? »
They Got Married In A Fever,
I will preface this by saying I was never a big Johnny Cash fan, but after seeing the excellent way Hollywood handled Ray Charles (“Ray”) and Bobby Darin (“Beyond the Sea”) I was anxious to see what it would do for The Man in Black. The results are phenomenal. Now, I’m sorry I didn’t pay more attention to John and June when they were still living.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon are phenomenal as Johnny and June Carter Cash. This unlikely casting yields such outstanding results that I would hand them both the Oscar right now if I could. I read that Reese almost bailed on the project when she found out she had to do her own singing, but you would never know it from the great vocals and spunky performances she delivers.
The film focuses on their love affair, first as friends and then torrid even while he was married to his first wife and the mother of his children. His drug abuse is highlighted but it is Johnny Cash, the complex man and his love for June Carter, darling daughter of the close-knit and totally supportive Carter clan, that comes shining through and makes this a totally enjoyable movie.
Two big thumbs up for a movie that thrills from its opening at the infamous Folsom Prison to its spectatcular closing.
Was this review helpful to you?
|Movie is great but 2nd Disc a Disappointment,
A dilemna here. I loved the movie- think the performances are just terrific. The sound and video are really top-notch and the music really enjoyable. I also enjoyed the deleted scens on the first disc and really to think this is a movie worth adding to the personal collection. The problem I have is the features added to the 2-disc collection. They just are not very good. An example- a special on the Folsom Prison concert- clearly one of the most important steps in Cash’s career. The special, though it has interesting excerpts of interviews from people who were there, does not have any footage or stills of the actual concert. I found the same to be true of the other specials on the disc as well. Lots of shots of the two stars but very little of the “Man in Black” himself. I would encourage people to buy the movie but to skip the special edition. It just is not worth the extra money, unless you really need five postcards of the stars from the film.
Was this review helpful to you?
|