I saw the best movie yesterday. It is the biopic of the
late, great Johnny Cash, Walk the Line. I hoped that both Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon would win Oscars and Golden Globes for their performances. This film
is a great story, a great love story. Full of great music, and I've never even
been familiar with Cash's songs before. There are some strong supporting
performances too -- from Robert Patrick as Cash's stubborn, unforgiving father
and from Ginnifer Goodwin as his first and forgotten wife Vivian Cash. The film
touches on issues of redemption and it shows you how wonderful life can be when
the love of a good woman comes in and changes you. It's a powerful film and I
highly recommend it.
For the most part, I did not watch the 2006 Oscars even though, as I noted above, I was rooting for both Phoenix and Witherspoon to win Academy Awards.
That was new for me. I am usually way into stuff like that. But that year,
all of the liberal, loony movies that I have no desire to see kept me away. I
did watch one small version of the telecast. I caught the part where Reese
Witherspoon won Best Actress. I am so pleased she won. This was such a great film. And Reese's performance was top-notch, from the singing, to the accent,
to the emotion. She played June Carter Cash with such dignity. The biopic
treated this woman and her faith and her struggles in life with realism and
respect. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to Walk the Line.
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