Just another film to jump on the bandwagon...

Rating: 1/10 (27 June 2006)

Unfortunately, I was busy the night of the Academy Award's, but when I was told of the Oscars that "Walk the Line" had won, I was appalled. My initial reaction was "How is that possible! It was just 'Ray' with white people!". Surprisingly, it had been referred to as such at the awards ceremony. This movie really does follow the basic pattern that Ray did. If this movie came out before Ray or maybe 10 or so years after, it may have been appreciated, but this movie gives off a flair of being produced for the sole reason of imitating a successful, previous, better movie, Ray. Not to be offensive towards Reese Withersppon, I admit she is a wonderful actress, but she cannot be taken seriously in this role. I would get emotionally involved with Pheonix's character, and then I would be interrupted by our favorite ditz from Legally Blonde. Terribly sorry for all those who do not appreciate this review or feel otherwise about the movie. This comment is not intended to offend any of you, it is merely intended to say some bad choices were made in the execution of this film.