A Good movie

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2006)

Ray is a good movie. As far as bio-pieces go it's got all the right elements. It's both informative & dramatic, has an excellent cast, all of whom deliver first rate performances, & it's subject, the late great Ray Charles, definitely had an interesting life & overcame a lot of obstacles to achieve success. His is definitely a story that needed to be told. As I said previously, it's a good movie. But in my opinion, not great, at least not on the levels of greatness that I'd heard prior to seeing it. I'd been told by quite a few people that it was the best movie they'd ever seen. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion & I respect that, but I didn't think the film was THAT great. Don't get me wrong, if you've yet to see it, it's a good movie, definitely worth seeing. I felt WALK THE LINE far superior to RAY however, & here's why: RAY is about Ray Charles's life, with 90% of the film being about his rise to success & his life once he had achieved it. His career is the focus of the film. WALK THE LINE on the other hand is about Johnny Cash's life, & while most of it occurs during his rise to success, it's about Cash's life in general. His music & success are the back drop of the story, not the focus. If you liked Ray & you should definitely see WALK THE LINE, if you haven't yet. Sill, RAY is a very worthy film that I would recommend to anyone.