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Billy Jack 1971 and Billy Jack 2004

posted 21 years ago by mrcleangarrett
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I just got thru watching all 4 of the Billy Jack films, I know a lot of critics are down on the films for the contradicting peace by means of violence, but characters relate to each other in the films in an ad lib fashion, such as real life, what would be called bad acting is more or less the way the characters relate to each other, the films have a script, but as Tom Laughlin points out with his wife Delores on the commentary tracks, the script is more like a guideline, the rest he states comes from inside spontaneous and raw......Now there is a rumor on the net about a possible remake with Keanu Reeves in the title role, just like there is a remake for Walking Tall in the process with the ROCK considered for the title role.....any comments would be welcomed.....and just 3 more days till DIOE ANOTHER DAY and SERGIO LEONE'S ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST....THANKS

[–] lee1888 12 years ago

LOL, you are reading way to much into a very poor film and films about Billy Jack. People didn’t go see his movies for the S0-Called social message it had, because their message was to corny anyway, it was laughable. People went to see the karate fight scenes or the nude scenes.
Tom Laughlin was a joke when it came to writing or directing a film, and even acting. They just hit the right theme at the right time with Billy Jack, and that was helped by the Bruce Lee Movies. Born Looser had come out before Billy Jack and did very poor at the Box office, but by 71-72 Kung Fu was in. No matter how bad the films were.

[–] gnrbto 8 years ago

You're just plain wrong on all accounts...

[–] acoolone 8 years ago

Really? And what other movies did that idiot make that did so well? NONE. And ask people about the movie, they will say, ohh yea, the fight scenes, and the big boobs the girl in the vet had.
But your an idiot who thinks you know everything, when in fact you don't know *beep*