Toe The (Hollywood) Line
November 23, 2005 – 2:49 amI saw the movie “Walk The Line” a couple nights ago, and had similar thoughts to those of St. Kansas: something along the lines of “Oh, we forgot to mention, Buzz Aldrin was also an astronaut.
It’s not that they wove any fabrications out of whole cloth, but gosh, there was plenty of lint. The movie makes out that Johnny kicked the pills because of June’s gentle berry-pickin’ love, which helped him to finally find the courage to tell his dad off for for being so mean when he was a boy. That’s when he learned to believe in himself, and He-man’s sword got all glittery and they headed back to Opry City to save the day, A-team style, like.
When I want Johnny Cliff Notes I’ll watch Dawson’s Creek or 90210 reruns. Cash was complex. This movie was nice and sanitized of any substantive trace of Cash’s Crusade connection and the life which brought about his friendship with Billy Graham. And what about the time when Cash got lost in a cave? Sheesh.
Imagine my disappointment this way: suppose they did Lord of The Rings as a half-hour telethon hosted by the former child actor who played Doogie Howser. Add some batman-style screen wipes and a cameo for Peewee Herman and you get a sense of the loss I feel. Hollywood, you can’t handle the truth.
3 Responses to “Toe The (Hollywood) Line”
thanks for saving me the money from going to see this - now i can afford to get an $8 cheeseburger at the new ‘cheeseburgers in paradise’ restaurant that just opened here last week
By uncle jim on Nov 23, 2005
I saw that place…right where Chi-Chi’s used to be. Quite a renovation they did. My son and I have been meaning to check it out, but have yet to tread the halls of Meat and Cheese Valhalla.
By Joel on Nov 24, 2005
no cover charge, just hefty pricing - live music every night. haven’t talked to anyone yet whose been there, so no critique on anything yet. hope you all had a great THANKSGIVING. maybe catch up with you over christmas breaks?
By uncle jim on Nov 28, 2005