FilmBender: sh*tfaced on movies

"Walk the Line" and act like a d*ck

Joaquin Phoenix may be acting like a total *ss crack nowadays, but in Walk the Line, he acted and sang like the man in black, of course, Johnny Cash.  Some actors can really amaze you in their ability to shape shift into a character like you'd never even particularly think they visually resemble, but Joaquin took on the look, the act, the drink, the walk, the black, the voice, and even the vocals!... I mean sh*t... I almost didn't notice the lip!

And Reese Witherspoon kills it as well here as June Carter Cash... she's got a voice as well and a twang and a look that makes you wanna watch her milk a cow or sumpin'.  So the music here will knock your socks off... you hardly can even tell that these aren't original recordings.  Throw in a solid director who pre-cursed with the crazy, doable Girls, Interrupted (with two of my favorite babes) and followed with the acclaimed, remake 3:10 to Yuma (though it didn't dazzle me), and you've got the bones to make a solid biopic, and with a yarn like Johnny's, this one will tell you a story like it is and have no regrets.  Watch the movie trailer and read on because...

"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and O Muse! Sing in me, and through me tell the story...

 

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is yet another near masterpiece from the Coen brothers (written and directed) that follows three 1930's escaped convicts -- George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson -- on their quest to recover some stashed cash.  Quest is probably the wrong word because, as you may know, the film is loosely based upon (and also receives a writer's credit for) Homer's Odyssey. Joel and Ethan Cohen, in this film, reach back into their familiar bag of tricks and again successfully pull out quirky and original and John Goodman and Holly Hunter.  Of course George and John are also part of the alum, and the whole gang pull off a comedic crime film that's an absolute blast.

Plus, this time around, Joel and Ethan have a shiv up their sleeve and surprise us all with their trio of chained leads unbridled behind the mic as they manage to pick up a record deal on their journey as the bluegrass music sensations, The Soggy Bottom Boys.  Strange as that sounds, it makes beautiful music worthy of simply going out and buying the soundtrack alone, that's if, the movie as well wasn't so d*mn good (so buy it too).  Listen up and watch the movie trailer and read on because...