Such a great movie.
It depicts the life of Johnny Cash.
The acting is superb and believable. Excellent performances from Phoenix and Witherspoon. I found that Goodwin's performance was not as good, but I am generally not a fan of hers. And the rest of the performances were excellent, so it makes up for it. The stand-out performances were definitely the 2 main characters plus John's father. Nearly perfect acting in my opinion.
As for the cinematography aspect of the film, everything is perfect except the audio, which is not terrible per se, but it goes up and down, sometimes the dialogue is too loud, or too quiet, most of the time it is perfectly fine, but it varies throughout. I love the soundtrack, the visuals were great.
As for the entertainment level, this movie was never boring. It gets straight to the point from the very beginning. No hour long opening credits which I appreciate. It was very fun to watch, equally as emotional and important as it was entertaining, similarly to "Ray" (2004, I wrote a review for that too (excellent as well)). The movie is 2 hours and 16 minutes and it felt like 90 minutes. And I was genuinely sad when it ended, I just wanted to keep watching it. It is not a movie where you are constantly checking how much time is left. It goes by very quickly. Very entertaining.
It is also very emotional. Very sad, very dark, very significant. There are a few tearjerker scenes, and you don't necessarily have to be a wuss to tear up at them (unlike some Liam Neeson action movies), it was emotionally significant.
As for the realism, (after research), I found it very accurate. A lot of the events in the film actually happened. Sure there were a few dramatized scenes which a biopic needs. There is no biopic on earth that doesn't even have a single dramatized scene. But it was one of the more accurate biopics I have ever seen. His love for June, his addiction, the whole folsom prison thing. Very accurate.
As for the ending, I felt it ended at the perfect time. And it was a damned good ending.
In conclusion: Plot: 10/10 Acting: 9.5/10 Entertainment level: 10/10 Emotional impact: 9.9/10 Cinematography: 9.5/10 Realism: 9.7/10 Ending: 10/10 Characters: 10/10
Final rating: 98.25% (I round off anything 98 or higher to 100)
It depicts the life of Johnny Cash.
The acting is superb and believable. Excellent performances from Phoenix and Witherspoon. I found that Goodwin's performance was not as good, but I am generally not a fan of hers. And the rest of the performances were excellent, so it makes up for it. The stand-out performances were definitely the 2 main characters plus John's father. Nearly perfect acting in my opinion.
As for the cinematography aspect of the film, everything is perfect except the audio, which is not terrible per se, but it goes up and down, sometimes the dialogue is too loud, or too quiet, most of the time it is perfectly fine, but it varies throughout. I love the soundtrack, the visuals were great.
As for the entertainment level, this movie was never boring. It gets straight to the point from the very beginning. No hour long opening credits which I appreciate. It was very fun to watch, equally as emotional and important as it was entertaining, similarly to "Ray" (2004, I wrote a review for that too (excellent as well)). The movie is 2 hours and 16 minutes and it felt like 90 minutes. And I was genuinely sad when it ended, I just wanted to keep watching it. It is not a movie where you are constantly checking how much time is left. It goes by very quickly. Very entertaining.
It is also very emotional. Very sad, very dark, very significant. There are a few tearjerker scenes, and you don't necessarily have to be a wuss to tear up at them (unlike some Liam Neeson action movies), it was emotionally significant.
As for the realism, (after research), I found it very accurate. A lot of the events in the film actually happened. Sure there were a few dramatized scenes which a biopic needs. There is no biopic on earth that doesn't even have a single dramatized scene. But it was one of the more accurate biopics I have ever seen. His love for June, his addiction, the whole folsom prison thing. Very accurate.
As for the ending, I felt it ended at the perfect time. And it was a damned good ending.
In conclusion: Plot: 10/10 Acting: 9.5/10 Entertainment level: 10/10 Emotional impact: 9.9/10 Cinematography: 9.5/10 Realism: 9.7/10 Ending: 10/10 Characters: 10/10
Final rating: 98.25% (I round off anything 98 or higher to 100)