Joaquin Phoenix Was Robbed !

Now I realize that this is a belated review or comment but I only just saw Walk the Line today. I loved Johnny Cash and wanted to see it when it came out and well, no excuses. It was just one of those movies that slipped through the cracks for me. That being said, to watch it today on HBO and knowing all that went down at the Oscars and all gave me a unique perspective.

First, I enjoyed the movie very much. And I have been a Reese Witherspoon fan for years and enjoyed the fact she won for Best Actress. She was terrific and worthy of her award. I did not know much about Joaquin Phoenix aside from Gladiator where he was tremendous in that role of the Emporer. I remember feeling badly for him on Oscar night. After all, he had the main character in Johnny Cash. He seemed genuinly happy for Reese but I think he probably was disappointed for sure.

Flash foward to today and now I'm flabbergasted. Joaquin Pheonix was robbed! Now this is no knock on whoever won. I'm sure he was very good as well. It's just as I watched I said to myself, If Reese won so should he have won. Remember what I said, I am a huge Reese fan but to me, he took the picture away from her in most every scene. And she was just terrific. Their chemistry was great. It's only that this man sang as though posessed by the man in black himself and his emotions for the movie gave chills.

I think he may have been a victim of the Reese machine. She is more or less regarded as the new Julia Roberts and has a huge fan base. Thats just the way it works sometimes in Hollywood when stars divide the vote and hurt themselves. I know they were not up against each other but I feel so many love Reese that they started to look towerd other movies. Either way his performance will stand as one of the great ones in movie history.

And I still think he was robbed!