A Boy Named J.R.

I went and saw I Walk the Line last night. I thought the movie was well acted, and that Phoenix and Witherspoon did a great job in the singing parts. It was rare that the production used on their voices was noticeable in the film. The film did seem a little slow at times. I didn't get enough sense that the space given to the story was needed to delineate the characters and that it occasionally hindered the drive of the narrative. I think that the film could have lost fifteen or twenty minutes without dropping any of the vibe.

More than anything, the movie made me want to come home and put on some records by the Man In Black himself. Which I don't think is too far from what the director wanted, maybe just a little.