A little Badlands, a little Johnny Cash

As far as the Badlands pictures, I really like the two next to each other where Kit is sleeping with his gun and then using it to shoot fish. It reminds me that he would shoot a person with that gun as quickly and easily as he'd shoot a fish. At one point in the movie Holly says something along the lines of "I'd never met someone so trigger-happy in all my life," with which I would have to agree. I also like the picture of the dollhouse going up in flames. As the movie progresses, it seems like anything pretty or innocent just gets destroyed.

On another note, I saw Walk the Line with some friends over the break, and I absolutely loved it, especially in light of the "Hurt" video we watched in class. All of the lyrics kept coming to mind as the events of his life played out, and the music video made even more sense. I think it also made the film more poignant to know how Mr. Cash felt about all of it in the end. The film itself was beautifully and expressively shot and I thought Joaquin Phoenix did a fabulous job as the emotional, dysfunctional younger Cash. It was definitely worth my $6.75.

-Helen