The only things I remember about Walk the Line (which I didn't watch all the way through) were as follows:

1) Dead Gay Larry played bass (dont' know who played fiddle)

2) Joaquin Phoenix, although passable as a singer, isn't low enough by half. The freaky and awesome thing about Johnny Cash, for me, is that he can hit those strange low notes that don't really sound like singing. (I think Phoenix is a tenor, so hitting the notes he did hit was an accomplishment.)

I saw Mysterious Skin this weekend, and, as a Gregg Araki picture, it was remarkably coherent, unobnoxious, and grown-up. As a picture, it was -- okay. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet were very good as the paired leads, but, the whole thing was a little in love with its own tabloidiness. Also, I wanted at least 3 more scenes after the final one, to wrap some stuff up.

(Gordon-Levitt, who coincidentally was profiled in my local paper Sunday, wore blue contacts in this movie, and looked like a hypercaffeinated elf.)

Also, I wanted at least 3 more scenes after the final one, to wrap some stuff up.

This. I got why he didn't put them in - the movie's about the lack of getting closure, and having to deal with that, but it is still a movie. I wanted a conclusion, dammit!

Joaquin Phoenix, although passable as a singer, isn't low enough by half.

Yeah, it was odd hearing Phoenix try to hit those low Cash notes, but better than the incongruity of having an actor open his or her mouth and hearing, say, Ray Charles's voice come out. The strategy of having the actors sing the songs themselves is not optimal, but better than the alternative.

Another nit-pick: Phoenix went to all the trouble of getting Cash's superweird stage moves down, but didn't figure out that he needed to strum the guitar on the neck to make that chicka-chicka washboard sound that was integral to Cash's Sun years. The fact that Cash was essentially a percussionist on his first recordings is part of what's so cool about his sound.

having an actor open his or her mouth and hearing, say, Ray Charles's voice come out

I though Jamie Foxx did the vocals in Ray? Well, not all of them, but...

If that's the case, maybe that's not a good example. I really didn't like that movie, though.

I think Jamie did Ray's vocals only once, early on, when Ray was impersonating other styles. And the piano playing was all his.

I believe Foxx played the piano himself, but lip-synched to Charles' vocals.

Ah. I did think that the vocals were accurate to the point of scary.

I watched Hustle & Flow and Curse Of The Were-Rabbit this weekend.

Loved Hustle & Flow very much, but I think part of that is the backstory of trying to get the film made. Also, the soundtrack - with all the old Stax players doing their thing.

Sucks to be Sharon Stone:

1. Ice Age: The Meltdown, $70.5 million
2. Inside Man, $15.7 million
3. ATL, $12.5 million
4. Failure to Launch, $6.6 million
5. V for Vendetta, $6.5 million
6. Stay Alive, $4.58 million
7. She's the Man, $4.57 million
8. Slither, $3.7 million
9. The Shaggy Dog, $3.5 million
10 (tie). Basic Instinct 2, $3.2 million
10 (tie). Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, $3.2 million.