George Jones had a sense of humor because he wrote and sang that song about his notorious habit of not showing up for his shows. Michael Shannon plays George and Shannon is a fine actor. He also has a face for classic country music; not this modern, blow-dried country music full of snowflakes who all look and sound the same and have Liberal sensibilities, but the hard-livin' hard-drinkin' country music stars in its heyday wherein they had individual personalities, iconic voices and the songs meant something.
Jessica Chastain plays Tammy Wynette and the same applies to her. Chastain is an outstanding actress who did a great job in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye.' However, Chastain is a mediocre singer who could not sing as well as Tammy Faye, who was not the greatest singer. But Tammy Wynette was a great singer with an iconic voice. Therein, lies a big problem.
Shannon does a much better job of capturing Jones's vocals, but Hollywood, when you're doing a bio-pic about iconic singers with iconic voices use the damn soundtrack with the original voices and let the actors lip synch. It's a bit of a conceit that actors want to sing the role of famous singers. The same mistake was made with Joaquin Phoenix singing Johnny Cash. On the other hand, Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo, as Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline, did a great job, as did Kevin Spacey doing Bobby Darin.
Jessica Chastain plays Tammy Wynette and the same applies to her. Chastain is an outstanding actress who did a great job in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye.' However, Chastain is a mediocre singer who could not sing as well as Tammy Faye, who was not the greatest singer. But Tammy Wynette was a great singer with an iconic voice. Therein, lies a big problem.
Shannon does a much better job of capturing Jones's vocals, but Hollywood, when you're doing a bio-pic about iconic singers with iconic voices use the damn soundtrack with the original voices and let the actors lip synch. It's a bit of a conceit that actors want to sing the role of famous singers. The same mistake was made with Joaquin Phoenix singing Johnny Cash. On the other hand, Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo, as Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline, did a great job, as did Kevin Spacey doing Bobby Darin.