With the I Walk The Line movie due to be released on November 18th and the "Night For Johnny Cash" TV special a couple of days before, November could turn out to be a pretty good month for Cash fans.
I've got to admit. I'm still skeptical, but from what I'm hearing this movie about the Man in Black could turn out to be all right. Or maybe I'm just getting caught up in the hype.
I remember reading CASH: The Autobiography a few years ago, and thinking ok, this is going to be a movie someday, and I immediately started dreading that day.
The problem is there's no actor that can accurately capture the charisma of Cash. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Joaquin Phoenix is a great guy and a great actor, and maybe he's THE actor who can MOST portray Cash's persona, but he won't capture all of it. He can't. No one can, and without that you don't have a story.
I mean, you'll definitely get your three act structure of a country singer who comes up out of the depression, fights epic battles that would've tested even Homer's credulity, and somehow emerges at the end, maybe not unscathed, but at least unbeaten. But Hollywood stories like that always turn out too believable, and simple, and neat on the screen.
There might not have been a more complex man around than Cash. He at least deserves as many movies as Lord of The Rings. His battles were real.
I hope this movie is good. Even if it's not, with all the hype we'll at least hear Cash's music all over the place this month.
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