Billy Bob Thornton

[Vic Mackey 46858]

Favorite movies/shows from Billy Bob?

I've loved him ever since his role in A Simple Plan. So many classic roles over his tenure. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5005]

X2 on A Simple Plan.  I liked Sling Blade also.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Bad Santa

[South Austin 51976]

Primary Colors and Monster’s Ball.

[Deej 76401]

Tombstone.

[Helobious 9465]

Friday Night Lights. He was also easily the best part of The Alamo. 

[Jerry Callo 8647]

Sling Blade and Monster's Ball.

[HeHateMe 877]

The Ice Harvest

[Buzzrock 14859]

Sometime between The Apostle and Armageddon he turned into a completely different person.

I celebrate his entire catalog. I’ll throw out Intolerable Cruelty as an underrated role (and movie). One of the funniest Coen Bros films and CZJ at the top of her game.

[veritas aequitas 436]

Slingblade

Simple Plan

The Man who wasn't there

Fargo

Friday Night Lights

Bad Santa

[futureman 22384]

23 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Sometime between The Apostle and Armageddon he turned into a completely different person.

I celebrate his entire catalog. I’ll throw out Intolerable Cruelty as an underrated role (and movie). One of the funniest Coen Bros films and CZJ at the top of her game.

Intolerable Cruelty is a good watch. 

[futureman 22384]

he was good in pushing tin. somewhat funny but overlooked movie where he plays an eccentric air traffic controller. random plot for a movie but billy bob’s character made it tolerable. 

[bschoolprof 6227]

One false move - first movie I became aware of him.  Good flick.  

[Kennythetiger 9325]

11 minutes ago, futureman said:

he was good in pushing tin. somewhat funny but overlooked movie where he plays an eccentric air traffic controller. random plot for a movie but billy bob’s character made it tolerable. 

Plus Angelina’s hooters. 
I was always partial to “Daddy and Them”. 

[Guest]

52 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Friday Night Lights. He was also easily the best part of The Alamo. 

The Alamo is so bad. He doesn’t get a pass there. His character played a fucking fiddle at Santa Anna. He is great but even citing The Alamo is cruel and tragic. 

[tantric superman 4667]

2 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

One false move - first movie I became aware of him.  Good flick.  

Correct answer.  Although it was Bill Paxton's flick, first time I remember Billy Bob.

[Blotto 23366]

Bad Santa is the only Christmas movie I can watch year round. Love that flick

[Brandywine 1311]

The Alamo was awful. They should have allowed Ron Howard to do his version. Hard to believe Billy Bob played the main character in Slingblade. Amazing transformation. Slingblade and Primary Colors are my favorites of his. 

[DalTxHornFan 3074]

I thought he was great in The Apostle, but that just may be the result of my affinity for any movie involving Robert Duvall.

[immortal13 4059]

1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

Favorite movies/shows from Billy Bob?

I've loved him ever since his role in A Simple Plan. So many classic roles over his tenure. 

This is my fav with Sling Blade running a close second. He nails the mentally handicapped roles. Billy Bob has great character range.

[Mez2 4020]

 

My heart is full

[Brandywine 1311]

As a writer, outside of Sling Blade, I enjoyed The Gift. 

[TexArcher 37414]

Tombstone

Not really his movie, but a great scene.

Edited December 1, 2021 by TexArcher

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2054]

Sling blade is always a movie I like to point to when saying that the 90s had the best movies.  Just unbelievably great movie and it was just sort of there. Oscar for best screenplay but other than that you just accepted that quality of movie is just was what you should expect.  But nothing like that exists now.  

[RPM 26168]

3 hours ago, futureman said:

he was good in pushing tin. somewhat funny but overlooked movie where he plays an eccentric air traffic controller. random plot for a movie but billy bob’s character made it tolerable. 

That movie taught me about wake turbulence.

[Vic Mackey 46858]

10 hours ago, Blotto said:

Bad Santa is the only Christmas movie I can watch year round. Love that flick

Classic. I remember seeing that the weekend it dropped. I was a freshman in college. I finally watched pt 2 last year and I loved that one as well, although not as good as the first. 

[Blotto 23366]

9 hours ago, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said:

Sling blade is always a movie I like to point to when saying that the 90s had the best movies.  Just unbelievably great movie and it was just sort of there. Oscar for best screenplay but other than that you just accepted that quality of movie is just was what you should expect.  But nothing like that exists now.  

Maybe the 2023 release of Fast and Furious 10 will get us back on track. 

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2054]

17 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Maybe the 2023 release of Fast and Furious 10 will get us back on track. 

I’m optimistic.  

[Davis Lane 5538]

10 hours ago, TexArcher said:

Tombstone

Not really his movie, but a great scene.

[South Austin 51976]

I wasn't too crazy about the film adaptation of All The Pretty Horses -- but if you've never read the novel, it's not a bad movie, and was beautifully shot.

[BigDHornfan 6515]

 

[Elvis 3353]

I thought this might be a RIP thread.  Glad it's not.

[Elvis 3353]

15 hours ago, veritas aequitas said:

Slingblade

Simple Plan

The Man who wasn't there

Fargo

Friday Night Lights

Bad Santa

I haven't thought about (or seen) that movie in a long, long time.  "You've got the wrong idea mister" comes to mind.  Gandolini's acting rings a bell as well.  Due for a rewatch.

[F250 28623]

20 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I thought he was great in The Apostle, but that just may be the result of my affinity for any movie involving Robert Duvall.

He was great. My favorite line from that movie was delivered by Billy Bob Thornton "You want the Lord to watch me kick your ass?"

 

 

[Gil Bang 25843]

Goliath is his best work.  

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

On 11/30/2021 at 10:56 PM, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said:

Sling blade is always a movie I like to point to when saying that the 90s had the best movies.  Just unbelievably great movie and it was just sort of there. Oscar for best screenplay but other than that you just accepted that quality of movie is just was what you should expect.  But nothing like that exists now.  

I'd agree, but the quality of TV has taken up the slack. 

[RPM 26168]

Waking Up in Reno is underrated.

[South Austin 51976]

I think Monster's Ball is some of his best work.  A complex character who's on the one hand a white trash piece of shit father, and the other someone who finds compassion for a grieving mom on the other side of the tracks.  I mean, the latter could've been all about boning Halle Barry, and who can blame a man for that.  But I think it was something more, a guy who can somehow evolve from being a horrible father (and probably a racist).