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Due to my cowardly reluctance to discuss my personal life on LiveJournal, I'll be reflecting this evening instead on the trailer to the upcoming Johnny Cash biopic (hopefully not pronounced like myopic) Walk the Line starring Joaquin Phoenix (pronounced like it's spelled, obviously) and Reese Witherspoon. The trailer's been kicking around the net for the past week or so, I think, but I just got around to watching it tonight. And I have to say, I'm really impressed and convinced by what it shows of JP's performance. Not being very familiar with him, I was nervous about his portrayal of Cash, especially when I heard he'd be performing all the musical numbers himself, a feat even Jamie Foxx new better than to attempt. Cash's voice and mannerisms, like Ray Charles, are just too distinct. What this trailer shows -- what it would have to show for the movie to have any chance of success -- is that Joaquin Phoenix can really inhabit the presence and sound of the man in black.
As for Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, I'll reserve judgement for now. Is it just me, or does she manage a ridiculously fake, put-on accent every time she plays a southerner, despite being born in Lousiana and raised in Nashville?
It reminds me of something some reviewer once said about What's Love Got To Do With It. Something like, Angela Bassett looks nothing like Tina Turner and Larry "Cowboy Curtis" Fishburn looks nothing like Ike Turner, but when you put them together, they are Ike and Tina. It remains to be seen if the same can be said about Johnny and June.
As for Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, I'll reserve judgement for now. Is it just me, or does she manage a ridiculously fake, put-on accent every time she plays a southerner, despite being born in Lousiana and raised in Nashville?
It reminds me of something some reviewer once said about What's Love Got To Do With It. Something like, Angela Bassett looks nothing like Tina Turner and Larry "Cowboy Curtis" Fishburn looks nothing like Ike Turner, but when you put them together, they are Ike and Tina. It remains to be seen if the same can be said about Johnny and June.