Last night I attended me one of those moving picture shows that everyone raves about these days, to see 'Walk The Line', the Johnny Cash biopic. The verdict: I say quite good. Sure it adhered to the strict and predictable biopic formula, but it did it well, the performances were strong and not only did Reese Witherspoon prove she actually is talented, she also showed that in the right light and as a brunette, she can look surprisingly attractive. As opposed to typically having that evil look on her face that leads my to believe she'd stab you, light you on fire and steal your shoes if you turned your back.
I also enjoyed the music in the film and it's got me wanting to listen to a lot more Johnny Cash. That's right, I'm a shameless bandwagon jumper and I see no problem with that. If it takes a major motion picture based on a singer/songwriter's life to open my ears to their music, then so be it. The only real problem I had with the film, which - after also watching 'Ray' today - is moreso a problem with the genre than the film itself, is that the ending can't help but feel abrupt. But it can't be an easy thing deciding exactly where to bring a movie on someone's life to a close. So taking that into account, I find it hard to imagine a better moment to end it on. Unless of course there was a moment in Johnny Cash's life where he beat up godzilla with nothing but his bare fists. I think something like that would have been far more widely publicised though.
'Mortal Kombat: Annihilation' was on TV last night and my god was it dodgy. I'm still trying to decide whether it was the best or worst movie I've seen in years.
Those Mortal Kombat movies are fucking awesome.
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