this is really the perfect movie to watch right before the oscars because mr. wakeen has been consistently outstanding in everything he does, specifically in walk the line, the master, her, and you were never really here to name a FEW, and has never won so remember to keep in mind tomorrow two things: 1.) absolutely nothing matters and 2.) now that we have lost daniel day lewis (to RETIREMENT, don’t worry) joaquin phoenix is the closest thing we’ve got and we must treasure him

i’m currently trying to pay attention to this but 30 seconds after i started my best friend texted me “joaq the line” and now all i can think about is that pun
anyway long story short is the subject of this film should have been june

reese witherspoon and joaquin phoenix BECAME june carter and johnny cash. their chemistry is one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen and i could watch them sing together forever. honestly - the performances of an absolute lifetime. this completely blew me away. wow

johnny cash at some point in his life probably: they always say yeehaw but never ask haw yee 😔

In a post-Walk Hard world, this doesn't suffer as much as Ray.

joaquin phoenix 🤝 daniel day-lewis 🤝 philip seymour hoffman
                being the best actors in modern cinema

found this movie enjoyable but full of your standard, by-the-book biopic moments (rise/fall, addiction, famous faces, losing a brother at young age); still the performances were what the film hinged on and they were fantastic, especially with the added pressure of singing in their own voices. Walk the Line was good but didn’t really connect for me, and I think part of that is because the plot revolves around June Carter refusing to “be” with the Man in Black for 10 years. Yes they were each married to other people and their time on stage was like a forbidden courtship all its own, but it’s just not that compelling of a conflict, to me at least.

Nate’s Grade: B
(written December 2005)

this just a typical format of every biopic but phoenix and witherspoon's portrayal of the legenderay cash and carter combination is just upright wholesome and endearing. especially every fucking time they sing 'jackson' dayum just shoot my cowboy heart already

يااااه 
يااااحلوتك 🥺🤎

I was worried as I had already seen Walk Hard and my hatred for Bohemian Rhapsody is well-documented but this was surprisingly great. Sure, it falls into the exact traps that Walk Hard so hilariously identified, but the performances are incredible, and there is admittedly much more nuance here than I was expecting, which makes me a tad more forgiving as it relates to whatever creative liberties James Mangold might have taken.

How ‘bout another joke John-nay?

este no es solo el biopic de uno de mis musicos favoritos, si no que es la muestra de lo asombroso que es Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Carried this entire film on his back and Phillip Seymour Hoffman Stole his Oscar that year, what a shame

Lines were walked

I do love me some Johnny cash