Walk the Line

Well tonight Jo and I went to see the new movie based on the life of Johnny Cash, 'Walk the Line'. What a treat! It was a feast of good old fashioned music. The chemistry between Johnny Cash and June Carter was wonderfully captured on film. Their duets on the movie were magic.

I thought I would be disappointed with someone pretending to be Johnny Cash. After all he was unique. No one looked quite like him and certainly no one sounded just like him. The film was brutally honest in its portrayal of the drugs and alcohol that almost cost Johnny Cash his life. The only disappointment for me was that the film finished with his marriage to June carter and didn't go on to tell of his conversion and later years.

For someone who has always loved Johnny Cash music (much to the dismay of my four teenagers) the movie was a real treat. I mean it wasn't really Johnny Cash on screen, but there were moments when I really thought it was. It's certainly worth a look, and keep your eye out on Oscar night.


The real Johnny Cash