"Walk the Line"

A Timeless Artist  

I don’t know what we were thinking. On Saturday night Ambular and I headed out for a 7 O’clock showing of “Walk the Line.” We drove to Har Mar first, only to be greeted by a line extending well out the door. No way we were going to wait in line, besides there is another showing 20 minutes later at the St. Anthony theater.

“All of the college student and urban-hipster regulars will be out of town for the holiday weekend,” we thought. We were wrong. The regulars were there… with parents, siblings, and cousins. We all know what it is like when you venture out with family. It takes longer, is more complicated, and is generally louder.

So our great idea was mommentarily derailed by a couple of annoying and inconsiderate large families. But we where both very excited about seeing the Man in Black on the big screen, and we were not going to be deterred. And we were not disappointed…

“Walk the Line” is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. The style, the story, and the songs were all top-self. It is easy to understand way many have compared it to “Ray.” Both movies had a spectacular cast, which captured the soul of the artists’ stories with amazing authenticity. WTL, like Ray, gives the viewer an enjoyable ride through an iconoclastic life.

It was good enough to make me forget about standing in line for 15 minutes and all the annoying people around me.