Tommy Lee Jones

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

yeah, it has Harrison Ford in it, xp

the way i see it, you plug TLJ into one of those roles and you have one less thing to worry about because he's just so good at it. i think my top 5 would be the fugitive, three burials, jfk, NCFOM, and lonesome dove (which gets my vote, the dude is astonishing in that)

yeah, it has Harrison Ford in it, xp

hahaha Harrison Ford hasn't made a good movie since 1981

still haven't seen it. Do he and Robert Duvall do the Jack Twist?

(er '82)

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hahaha Harrison Ford hasn't made a good movie since 1981

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Eric, again with yr ambiguous standard of "entertaining."

Did I use scare quotes?

Three Burials. I don't remember him being in Prairie Home Companion.

he was the guy who was gonna close down the theater

a lot of his worst movies being in constant rotation on cable - the Fugitive, US Marshals, MiB

you are such a dumbass

MiB is just an extraordinarily depressing enterprise.

Blown Away is one of the all-time great comedy performances.

Both MiBs are great! Tsk fun-haters.

Will Smith Smile = anti-comedic toxin

It just has neither the scope nor the comedic value to compete with Ghostbusters is all.

I'm doing a Rip Torn poll next.

Also without getting all challopsy here, I'm a Ghostbusters agnostic.

Anyway, back to TLJ and Blown Away.

In a world where Mickey Rourke did Prayer for the Dying and Connery did The Untouchables, being the most hilariously bad Irish accent of all time is some major achievement.

shakey mo, man, what is yr deal

rip torn poll here: RIP TORN POLL

(no songwriter tho ;_:)

Ah well. Larry Sanders was a foregone conclusion I guess.

my deal is that MiB doesn't appeal to me...? There aren't any funny jokes and TLJs deadpan is boring. Hadn't thought of the Ghostbusters comparison meself but now that Eric H brings it up I have to agree. Morbz otm about Will Smith as well, that guy is unwatchable.

ayo shakey i hope u get gaybashed

"meself" FUK U

MIB is pretty dumb, and I know about buttrape.

um... I am not gay...?

He shot up a whorehouse in Rolling Thunder just because his buddy asked him.

the hunted! what a weird performance.

hahaha Harrison Ford hasn't made a good movie since 1981

RONG. Blade Runner and Mosquito Coast excepted.

Voted for Howard Hughes, with Back Roads and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as my runner-ups. TLJ can make an anonymous movie pretty watchable though (see Black Moon Rising, Under Siege, etc.)

Saw In the Valley of Elah. Pretty good movie, probably aided by TLJ's 'acting'.

I have this theory that there is something seriously wrong with people who dislike Will Smith.

Your theory is "cornyphobia"?

There is nothing wrong with people who dislike Will Smith. There is something wrong with cornyphobes.

MiB woulda been classic if they forgot all about the boring pointless evil-alien-threat-to-destroy-universe plot and concentrated on the inner workings of the Bureau, how it maintains security, surveillance on the "good" aliens, etc. That bit where Jones scans the tabloids and declares "Finest investigative journalism on the planet!" is priceless.

Anyways, "Executioner's Song".

The Executioner's Song really is an amazing work of modern acting, but what a weird movie: Was it condemning itself?

Oh, and Double Jeopardy is so fun. Coal Miner's Daughter is the second-best music bio-pic ever. The Missing and Three Buriels are mixed up in my memory.

you forgot Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

discrimination

it's a documentary, and he still 'acts'!

lonesome dove by miles. (i'd probably say the same for duvall.)

i like TLJ, but the thing he does can border on shtick -- which the MiB movies put to good use, and no country for old men suffers from. lonesome dove is so great, though.

i guess i really got to see lonesome dove. l like the song.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

you forgot Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

He gives a worse "performance" than any of the other ex-jocks. "Ideas were flying like bullets"?

that was lol

He is everywhere in Japan, hawking BOSS coffee on vending machines...

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i dunno, he did pretty well as the Hollywood actor guy

He shot up a whorehouse in Rolling Thunder just because his buddy asked him.

that's why i'm voting for it. "i'll just get my gear."

TLJ rules.

Alfred I thought of you when I came across this recently but forgot to post it

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Is Rolling Thunder the one where Schrader's original script had a Travis Bickle cameo?

Definitely thought of Taxi Driver while watching, especially the last 10 minutes.

My goal of watching every film beforehand that gets its own chapter will be put to the test with Paradise Alley.

Alfred I thought of you when I came across this recently but forgot to post it

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