11-19-05
Quote of the day:
"If Phoenix & Witherspoon don't get Oscar nods for their roles as Johnny Cash & June Carter, I'll strip naked and sing 'Ring of Fire.' You don't want that." Tom DlChiara
Thought of the day:
Well, I guess a lot of people are wondering what I thought of the Johnny Cash movie. So I'll say that I thought it was great. Really despite what some may think, I'm probably more critical of it than most. Two things really stood out for me in the movie though. One was where he was pitching the idea for doing a live album from a prison and people from the record company were against it. The comment was made that his audience is mostly Christian and that they wouldn't appreciate him singing to murders and rapist, to which he pretty much replied "then they ain't really christians." I liked that! The other thing was how much June Carter was there for him. It tends to be this old ideal that a man is going to swoop in and "save" a woman. It's a fanstasty found in many fairy tales and what not, but i think it's true that many men need a woman to save them. Really the romantic message in this movie is a bit of a dangerous one considering it all. Because most times sticking with the person with troubles only gets yourself in trouble. I don't know, it's late and my mind is choatic. One part of the story that was missing that I read about was that one of the first things Johnny said to June was that he'd marry her some day.
"If Phoenix & Witherspoon don't get Oscar nods for their roles as Johnny Cash & June Carter, I'll strip naked and sing 'Ring of Fire.' You don't want that." Tom DlChiara
Thought of the day:
Well, I guess a lot of people are wondering what I thought of the Johnny Cash movie. So I'll say that I thought it was great. Really despite what some may think, I'm probably more critical of it than most. Two things really stood out for me in the movie though. One was where he was pitching the idea for doing a live album from a prison and people from the record company were against it. The comment was made that his audience is mostly Christian and that they wouldn't appreciate him singing to murders and rapist, to which he pretty much replied "then they ain't really christians." I liked that! The other thing was how much June Carter was there for him. It tends to be this old ideal that a man is going to swoop in and "save" a woman. It's a fanstasty found in many fairy tales and what not, but i think it's true that many men need a woman to save them. Really the romantic message in this movie is a bit of a dangerous one considering it all. Because most times sticking with the person with troubles only gets yourself in trouble. I don't know, it's late and my mind is choatic. One part of the story that was missing that I read about was that one of the first things Johnny said to June was that he'd marry her some day.
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