Walk The Line

I must say that this is one of the coolest movie posters I’ve seen this year. Maybe it’s in my top ten best movie posters of all time…, but I don’t have a top ten list, so let’s say it just rocks.

It’s nice when a movie advertisement can break away from the typical stylings of the modern poster – you know, like the “big head in the sky” showing the headshot of the star of the movie . The designer of this poster pretty much created a work of art – it goes way beyond a movie poster, it’s something that you could frame and hang on your wall without any connection to the movie. I’d be interested to know if the designer also makes concert posters. To me, the image simply states, "Johnny Cash, Badass". That should have been the tagline to the movie.

As my fiancé points out, the only unfortunate thing about this movie is that Reese Witherspoon is in this movie. I originally never had anything against her, but in his book Silent Bob Speaks, Kevin Smith talks about how “Greasy” Witherspoon pretends to be an upper-crust kind of person who is incredibly condescending. She insults him behind his back, and is incredibly rude to him in person. How can you not be nice to Kevin Smith? He’s just a typical guy like one of us - except he hangs out with movie stars and has boatloads of money.

Now I don’t worship Kevin Smith, but Clerks just happens to be one of my favorite movies. We went to hear him speak in San Diego last summer, and despite all the fart jokes, he’s amazingly entertaining to listen to. Just check out the Evening with Kevin Smith DVD – you’ll see what I mean.

In conclusion: I’m inclined to believe what Kevin Smith says, so “Greasy” Witherspoon sucks. But she’s in Walk The Line, which has one of the coolest posters ever; hopefully the movie itself will live up to it. So for now, we’ll just have to tolerate her...Greasy Reese.