walk the line

I saw it yesterday. Two thumbs up. Great movie and very well-acted.

 

harry potter is like 4 hours.

 

Excellent, it's first on my list.

 

4 hours? Sheesh...how's any other movie supposed to compete with that when it comes to the oscars. They've doubled their chances over most other movies.

brad cook

 

really? The version I saw was 2 hours, 50 minutes...you New Yorkers always get the better versions.

 

4 hours? I don't think so. They try and have the Harry Potter movies at roughly 2 and a half hours. Why do you think they added so much screentime to the LOTR extended editions? Because they didn't want to have a movie over 3 hours in length at the theatre, its just too much to take in(not to mention severe pain in the anal region). HP felt like 4 hours though.

 

3*

 

I hear "Walk The Line" was pretty good..

 

Yeah, but he sucked hard in Signs.

 

I went to see it last Friday.

Wasn't bad, but ... :

They sure glossed over his prison time for his drug arrest;
They sure glossed over when his first wife left;
They sure made Waylon Jennings look like a Hippie nerd;
They sure glossed over a lot of other aspects of his life.

And to add insult to injury, at about the point where there
was 15 minutes left to the movie, the 'Movie Trivia' repeating
track fired up at the same time and was shown on top of the
film, along with the soundtrack to sell popcorn and
merchandise.

At this point the audience started getting pretty heated up.
10 people ran out and started complaining to the manager.
And we all started demanding they rerun the last 15 mins.
The projectionist must have been on 'POT'. ( Woodstock
movie reference). Likely, they couldn't do that because they
new projectors are computer operated, and like all dastardly
computers, are subject to weird quirks. Backing the reel up 15
mins was not an option.

The manager was Johnny-on-the-spot there handing out
red tickets from a roll labeled 'Emergency Free Pass'.
Apparently, this seems to be the 'Standard Policy' when
they 'Screw Up'.

Pretty interesting, they think that since I had a bad
experience in their establishment, I am really happy to give
them another chance to abuse my family and me for free
the next time.

This is kind of like a bad restaurant,
"Waiter, this food is really bad!"
"Great sir! Here is a discount coupon for your next visit!".

Do you really WANT to go back?

Anyway, the movie wasn't too bad, it was actually pretty
similar to the Buddy Holly story with some small variations.
Phoenix did Cash a lot better than Busey did Holly.

And the movie was a lot better than most of the pulp crap
Hollywood pumps out nowadays, Dukes of Hazzard reruns,
Rocky 18 and Bimbo the Silicone Whale.

 

Glad to hear the props, I was leery. Wookie Phoenix just doesn't look big and commanding enough to me to play JC. Not the physical presence, at least in the commercials I've seen. Isn't he like 5'8"? And Reese W. like 5' nothin'? All the shots I remember in the commercials looked like they were angled to make them look bigger.

I was impressed that they sang their own parts.

And I loved Busey as Buddy Holley!

 

Um dude...the hippie nerd was Shooter Jennings. Waylon's son was playing his old man. That long-haired, bearded, the-phone-is-disconnected scene? That's sort of how he looks normally.



'Hippie nerd.' HAHahahahahahahaha...ha ha.............ha .......................... meh.

 

Most actors / actresses and TV people are relatively short with big heads.

Now why I would notice that or care about is for my Psychiatrist to figure out...

 

1. Oh, it's accurate all right. Yep it is. That should be your proof right there...

2. This sig struck me as funny for about an hour....it's been two weeks....off to the sig store...