Walk the Line- The Story of Johnny Cash

Walk the Line is the story of a great singer and songwriter the legendary Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash is played by Joaquin Phoenix who does a legendary job. He is definitely going to be up for an Oscar for this role which is very deserving! The film starts out with Johnny or JR as they call him as a son of a sharecropper who is with his brother Jack listening to the radio. He's listening to June Carter on the radio and loving her voice. His brother Jack is his sidekick and they are like two peas in a pod. But Johnny can never gain his father's acceptance. When Jack is taken to heaven by a bad saw accident, Johnny is told by his dad that the devil took the wrong son home. Johnny goes off to the air force and is in Germany. There he still writes songs and later calls his hometown sweetheart Vivian and tells her he's going to marry her when he comes home. Vivian (played by Ginnifer Goodwin) from the portrayal in the movie is NEVER supportive of Johnny's music. She seems to look down on it and want him to take the job her dad has for him. Johnny is against that and we see him sitting on the porch with his band singing Gospel but he finds out in going to the recording studio and seeing Elvis record that Gospel isn't what Phillips is looking for. So he sings the song for him that he wrote while in the Airforce and records a song. Thus the legendary Johnny Cash's music career has began. After joining the tour of June Carter, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash becomes a household name. It's a time when music was about the love of music and not about the lights and videos. It was about the love of the craft. From the moment Johnny Cash and June Carter meet you can feel the electricity between them. June Carter played by legendary Resse Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Just Like Heaven). Resse's performance in this movie is amazing. She looks just like June Carter and her voice is simliar as well. Her personality and charisma ring through this movie and it will grab your heart. The story is one of music, love, and family. It has moments that pull at your heartstrings as when Johnny has his downward spiral because he wants to be with June and she keeps turning him down. He turns to drugs and we see a different side of Cash. But when love kicks in and Cash hits rock bottom. Johnny rises from the ashes. It's a story with convictions that are strong. You will want to slap his father for his condescending comments towards his son. Nothing was every good enough for Johnny Cash's dad. The ending leaves you wanting more. You want to know what happened next for the Cash family. One fact I didn't know until watching the movie was that June Carter Cash passed away in May 2003 and Johnny followed her four months later. The two were truly soul mates from the beginning. This movie is the new Chicago! It's got the soul and heart that Chicago had with the superb acting and direction. One thing you should know about the film is that Resse and Joaquin did all their own vocals. That in itself is outstanding! This is a must see film! I give it A-. A definite Date night film. Head to the theatre grab some nachos and a soda and relax and enjoy the story. It's one you won't forget! For more on the movie visit Walk the Line.