I was a Junior in High School when it came out. I loved it because I was into martial arts at that time.
I watch it again as an adult and thought it stunk on ice.
Ha ha! I tried to watch it once too, when the VHS tape came out. I thought it was pretty amateurish, but also well-meaning. I guess making that movie was an obsession for Tom McLaughlin. IIRC, his wife played his love interest.
They really meant it. It was from the heart.
Remember, they spoofed it on SNL? Paul Simon played Billy Jack.
“I watch it again as an adult and thought it stunk on ice.”
The words and movie: not timeless.
The music: still try to play it on the piano.
It was cheese as hell............
“I watch it again as an adult and thought it stunk on ice.”
Everybody liked it as a teenager. Then in adulthood you realize it was a bunch of woke propaganda BS, just like pretty much everything else around that time.