Why I think Billy Jack is the greatest movie ever made

So you think Avatar is the greatest movie ever made. No? Something by Luchino Visconti? Slumdog Millionaire? 2001: A Space Odyssey?

I disagree with you. A little movie from 1971 is the greatest movie ever made. This movie is Billy Jack. And here is why this, Billy Jack, is the greatest movie ever made:

1) Tom Laughlin: T.L. wrote and directed Billy Jack but did you know he was also the star in Robert Altman's directorial debut, played Socrates in a 1991 TV movie and Billy Jack in three other inferior movies? Not Chuck Norris--not even Charles Bronson would be right in the role of Billy Jack. Tom Laughlin IS Billy Jack, and he could take Norris and Bronson on at the same time. And I do realize Charles Bronson is dead.

2) The song by the little girl: I almost came to tears when I heard the little girl sing her song. I say almost because like Billy Jack I never cry.

3) Unrealized love of B.J. and Jean Roberts: Have you ever been in love and for whatever reason or circumstance it never comes to fruition? I have. I've been down that road and it hurts. Like getting kicked in the face by Billy Jack.

Now Jean and Billy love each other, but it's sort of on the down low, a beautiful down low thing, left unsaid, and, unfortunately, unacted upon. But this makes it all the more powerful for me. Not until the very end do we hear Jean tell B.J. that she loves him, and even then Billy avoids the exact declaration in return. But Jean knows. And then B.J. goes to jail and the movie is over.

4) I hope I didn't ruin the end for you there. The fourth and last thing that makes Billy Jack so awesome and probably the singlemost greatest movie is Billy Jack's hat. Next Halloween I'm going to be Billy Jack and I'm hoping to find a hat, jean jacket and medicine bag just like his.

Billy Jack can takes thousands of snake bites, mob beat-downs and bullets and not even flinch or change expression. He has lines of dialogue only previously approached by Dolemite. He is kind of like a white Dolemite minus the funky ass bitches and flashy clothes and rhymes. Bad people fear him, the close-minded hate him, and all children, Indians, hippies, and downtrodden minorities everywhere love him. He is their protector. If you are kind, he will die for you. If you suffer injustice, he will kill for you. He is the greatest.

Please see the official website of Billy Jack and read the open letter from Delores Taylor and Tom Laughlin (Jean and B.J.) detailing how they "are setting out to make the most powerful anti-hate film ever made...at the same time one of the most inspirational love stories - actually five love stories in one...by making not only a sequel unlike any sequel ever made, but a feature film unlike any ever made...revealing the root cause and psychological underpinnings of all prejudice and hatred – racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender and sexual orientation also revealing an exciting effective new way to end prejudice and hatred – a tool that each of us can use to discover what unconscious prejudices we have and eliminate them ... combined with fundamental social and political reforms over 80% of Americans want, combined with five magnificent love stories."

This movie will be called "Billy Jack & Jean." Also notice Tom Laughlin's rants on politics and the Academy Awards, his many analyses of Carl Jung, and his plans for a Billy Jack TV series; enter the Billy Jack chatroom; volunteer to help or donate money to the new "Billy Jack & Jean"; send Tom an email; or join forces with Billy Jack and the 5x5 Club to change the world.

UPDATE--See pic below to get the gist of what Tom Laughlin's been like for a long, long time.

Most Interesting and Awesome Movie I've Seen in a while!

Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) dir. John Ford, starring Will Rogers in his final film.

1980s movies that I really want to see again (but likely won't turn out to be as entertaining now that it's 2010 and I'm older than eight)

Meatballs Part II (1984) -- I saw this at least ten times in the second half of the 80's, yet the only details I recall are that it involved an alien befriended by a bunch of kids at camp, they dub this alien "Meathead," and dress him up in yellow raincoat and hat. Meathead was hilarious. I hated E.T. and loved Meathead.

Making Contact (1985) -- I think this centered around some kid who gets freaked out by a possessed ventriloquist's doll that pops out of the kid's bedroom closet. Or maybe the kid wasn't freaked out at all, maybe it was little me that was freaked out. "Scarred" is probably more accurate. By the way, it took me a while to dig up the name of this one.

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) -- I know I saw "Spacehunter" in the theater. I think think this was the time when the theater's AC system stopped working and it was the middle of summer 1983 and about 102 degrees outside. Nevertheless, I remember the movie being pretty cool, especially because of the cars and a train or something that had a big sail on top of it. And it was in 3D, I think.

Ice Pirates (1984) -- Wait, I saw this again about a year or two ago and it was horrible. Like Spacehunter, it ripped off nearly every popular contemporary sci-fi movie (Star Wars, Mad Max, etc.), yet Spacehunter was fun. Well, at least I remember it as being fun--we shall see (thank you, piratebay). Ice Pirates is stupid. And it stars Robert Urich doing his very own third-rate impression of Han Solo.