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Thread #83752   Message #1543057
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
16-Aug-05 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Seen any crappy movies lately?
Subject: RE: BS: Seen any crappy movies lately?
Little Hawk, "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" makes "Trial of Billy Jack" look like "Citizen Kane"!   The amazing thing is that Laughlin dragged respected actors like Pat O'Brien (in one of his last roles) and E.G. Marshall into this. To watch them struggle with crap dialogue is amazing. There are several scenes were Laughlin used his amateur actors trying to improvise dialogue. They break up laughing in supposedly serious dialogue, all in an attempt to capture "realism".    The plot was so far-fetched. A senator passes away and the govenor decides to spring Billy Jack from jail and let him serve the last two months of the term. Who dreamt this stuff?

An ex-green beret, Native American, pacifist and a martial arts master - if only he could sing and dance he would have conquered all audiences!

If anyone wants to grab a bowl of popcorn and laugh at a seriously flawed film, this is the one!