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Offline randell

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« on: February 03, 2006, 03:03:42 PM »
This is Tomme Lee Jones' new movie.  I was watching the trailer and saw some mighty familiar looking country.  From what I can tell, it was filmed all around the Big Bend area.  I saw what looks like Santa Elena Canyon in one scene.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808680270/trailer
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2006, 03:11:08 PM »
There was a movie review on the Houston Chronicle on it:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/reviews/3590563.html

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Some say "three cheers" for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It's won kudos at Cannes and raves for Tommy Lee Jones, who directs his first feature by melding tough-Texan shtick with art-house chic. But behind the hype lies a banal morality tale told in needlessly jumbled flashbacks and gorged with gruesome atrocities out of a Sam Peckinpah flick.


The anti-freeze scene sounds like something you'd expect from Quentin Tarantino.  I'd like to see all the Big Bend footage, but I could probably skip the rest.  This story was inspired by the killing of the goat herder from Redford a few years back by the US Army (or was it Marines?) while training along the river.
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 05:19:56 PM »
yeah, too bad tommy is a real prick!  i'll never see any TLJ movie, ever.  He's a loud mouth jerk.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2006, 04:06:47 PM »
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yeah, too bad tommy is a real prick!  i'll never see any TLJ movie, ever.  He's a loud mouth jerk.



Why Tommy is prick? He do bad stuff? Seriously...I don't know so much about him... 8)
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2006, 07:25:23 PM »
Quote from: "RichardM"
There was a movie review on the Houston Chronicle on it:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/reviews/3590563.html

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Some say "three cheers" for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It's won kudos at Cannes and raves for Tommy Lee Jones, who directs his first feature by melding tough-Texan shtick with art-house chic. But behind the hype lies a banal morality tale told in needlessly jumbled flashbacks and gorged with gruesome atrocities out of a Sam Peckinpah flick.


The anti-freeze scene sounds like something you'd expect from Quentin Tarantino.  I'd like to see all the Big Bend footage, but I could probably skip the rest.  This story was inspired by the killing of the goat herder from Redford a few years back by the US Army (or was it Marines?) while training along the river.


QT needs professional help : !
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2006, 11:06:12 AM »
Well I watched the trailer anyway and I agree with Randell that one scene did look like Santa Elena...
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2006, 12:04:11 PM »
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yeah, too bad tommy is a real prick!  i'll never see any TLJ movie, ever.  He's a loud mouth jerk.


Tommy Lee Jones can't be that bad, can he?  He does live in San Antonio with Chisos Muse.  I thought he was pretty good in the Fugitive, US Marshalls, etc.  Also outstanding in the Client.  Born in San Saba Texas - anyone born in San Saba Texas can't be that bad, can they?
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2006, 01:57:06 PM »
I've lived in San Antonio myself.  However, I can do without TLJ and QT still needs professional help yesterday : !
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« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2006, 02:10:10 PM »
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I can do without TLJ


But what is wrong with Tommy Lee Jones?  I don't know him personally and don't know anything about his politics or personal life.  Clue me in.
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« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2006, 04:47:26 PM »
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yeah, too bad tommy is a real prick!  i'll never see any TLJ movie, ever.  He's a loud mouth jerk.


Tommy Lee Jones can't be that bad, can he?  He does live in San Antonio with Chisos Muse.


And all this time I thought the guy living with me was named Jon!! Sheesh his skin looks alot better too :?  :?
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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2006, 04:50:00 PM »
See what happens when you're not logged in??? L Head I am! :shock:
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2006, 05:03:05 PM »
I was born in Texas But you folks embarass me to no end. What's you're Trip?  ? Rednecks? You"ve not seen a real REDNECK. PA---=-- REDNECKS!
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2006, 05:09:15 PM »
Well Roy I hope that you know your comments are not making anyone feel good. I won't stoop to your level and be purposely demeaning, but I will say that I'm very pissed off that you're referring to anyone here in a derogatory manner. I know for a fact that David will not tolerate this at all. Go to some other board where people get off on your kind of posts...
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« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2006, 06:13:14 PM »
ok.....so here's the deal.  Why do I think TLJ is a prick?

1. Friend of mine, years ago, early 80's, was sacking groceries for him at an HEB in Alamo Heights.  TLJs asks, "Kid, what the f*&k are you doing?  Everyone knows the cans go in a seperate bag.  Don't be an idiot, i'll bag my sh*&T!"  Just your basic jerk.

2. One of my best friends used to run an organic nursery.  TLJ shows up and wants some mulch. He was piss assed drunk.  My friend, the manager, tells him where it's at.  He slaps her on the ass and says, "well, darlin' load 'er up!"  She points in the direction of the mulch and says, "It's right there, get it yourself." He proceeds to go over there and pisses all over the mulch and proceeds to be a loud mouthed idiot to the customers.  They had to call the cops to get him off the premises. Of course, they let him go.

3. Several of my friends and I saw him in a bar one night.  He was the loudest, most obnoxious, full of himself SOB i'd ever heard or seen.  He comes over to where I was with my friends and starts talking/yelling at us, just your typical "angry drunk."  I'm not one to want to 'hang out' with obnixious asses, and I really don't give a damn about you being a big shot. So, he gets all offended that i wasn't sucking his ass and gets louder and more obnoxiuos, "don't you know who your lookin' at kid" sort of thing.  I went to the owner who didn't have the balls to kick his sorry ass out.  So, we left.  JACKASS.

I've heard from several other people who have 'met' him and say the same thing.  I'll never pay a dime to one of his sorry assed movies again.
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« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2006, 06:50:12 AM »
Ohhhhhh I see....I didn't even know he lived around here til now, LOL.
Well I hope I don't ever run into him when I'm out anywhere in town. I despise cocky arrogant men like dat....Speaking of which we were driving yesterday and this guy passes us in a Lotus and his license plate reads
"Y RU JLS"........and he was alone in the car, of course..... :lol:
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