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"Get rhythm, when you get the blues"

I thought that Walk the Line was a very good movie. I go through phases where I like to listen to Johnny Cash songs. I guess it was high school when I was really introduced to the music of Johnny Cash through Social Distortion. A friend of mine got me hooked on Social Distortion and through them Johnny Cash. Of course, his country is my sort of country. I grew up on country music like Hank Williams Sr. and Jr. What many people don't know is that I still like those songs that I grew up liking, but I can't stand new country music. It just annoys me. Knowing that I liked Johnny Cash made this one of those must see movies for me.

Walk the Line features Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Whitherspoon as Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. What makes the movie worth seeing is that they do their own stunts. That is to say, they sing. And, surprisingly, they do a good job. Sometimes Joaquin really sounds like Cash reincarnated. Reese, while having a voice that is a bit higher than June's, has a very nice voice that meshes well with that of her Johnny Cash. Overall, there was something missing that could have made this movie even better, but it is hard to point out. I think there needed to be more, for one thing. More singing and more story development. I think that Jamie Foxx's Ray was a better movie overall, and Walk the Line could have taken a few lessons from it.

Yet, the movie is still good.. It's about a period of time in the life of a man that made music. The man was sometimes controversial, sometimes he was good, sometimes he was bad. In the end, he may just be another man and this might just be another movie, but if you are looking for entertainment, this worked for me.

A bunch of thumbs up.