Bill Paxton's Titanic Career Sink

I don't believe in Jinx's and things of that sort, but in light of Bill's choice in movies in the last 7 years (including his upcoming movie "Thunderbirds") since Titanic, he's seemed to have gone steadily down hill. "U-571" was a good film, but wasn't so successful. I never did see "Frailty", but with movies like "Verticle Limit", "Spy Kids 2 & 3", "Club Dread", and now "Thunderbirds", things don't seem to be looking up for Paxton. What happened to rolls like "Morgan Earp" in "Tombstone", or "Fred Haise" in "Apollo 13", or "William Harding" in "Twister"... heck, I even liked the guy as "Hudson" in "Aliens". Who can forget the line that made Bill famous "Game over man, game over!!"? We know he's capable of excellent performances as in Tombstone, so what's his deal?:o

- Josh

Wow, I just had an epiphany! Could McDonalds be the real writers behind "Thunderbirds"? I mean if they're going to be doing things like parking the "thunderbird" in the "thundergarage", could this be anything like having a McFish sandwitch supersized Mcfries, and a supersized Mcdrink, at a Mcsitdown Mctable, in a McDonalds? Will we here lines like "mom, will you get the thundermilk for me?" "only after you brush your thunderteeth son".

Ugh... I thought that movie makers had taken parent's sanity into consideration when making kids movies now days. Take the "Lion King" (and pretty much every Disney cartoon since) has had adult humor and references in them, to make sure the parents had a good time as well. At least with Thunderbirds you can make a firm decision NOT to see it. There have been movies that are WELL marketed, and edited for TV spots, and then when you see the film, you find out all the funny scenes have been shown in the TV spot, and you wind up being bored to death or walking out.

why thank you,

and ben kingsley plays the arch nemesis of the thunder family!?

c'mon, remember the days when he won best actor (well, i wasnt alve, but ive seen the cover for ghandi at blockbuster...)?

wow, this looks to be the number one career shaterer of the year.

i just feel bad for the supporting cast of munchkins. what kind of pay-by-the-hour agent do these kids have?

and if you were that main character teenager, wouldn't you have the mental capacity to read the script and know that this would be one of the biggest flops/worst movies of the year? i know that you would probably take whatever you could get in his situation, but c'mon, not this!

with this and sleepover this summer it is certainly a the year to be a movie-lover...


i know that if i had a kid who wanted to see this, i would tell him that it ends withthe devil killing santa, the easter bunny, and the tooth fairy. and that it is a true story


but i'm still wondering where mrs. thunder is...
perhaps in the directors cut we will see her dying a violent death by hitting the gas instead of the brake while parking a thunder-bird into the thunder-garage...thats why i love dvd's

Matt,

Well made fun of. Thunderbirds looks to be such a horrible movie, I have a hard time sitting through the trailer at theaters. I feel sorry for parents who's kids want to see this movie. It looks to be nothing short of a painful death.

TGP,

I'll have to check out "Frailty" if it's getting such high marks. The review is good as well.

For me, the best picture of 97 was LA Confidential.

A Simple Plan is also really good, and True Lies is one of my all-time fave Arnold movies. Great action, plot, humor, everything! Titanic could've been a good flick, but it was overblown and overhyped and not as good as As Good As It Gets, which lost the Best Picture Oscar in favor of Titanic. The Academy always does that. They gave the Oscar to Chicago when Pianist or Gangs of New York should've gotten it.

i thought club dread was actually kind of funny (probably the only person in america) , and i think tht thunderbirds looks to be one of the worst movies in the history of celluloid. i've never seen any of the tv show, but it has to be better, than this family flick that features the tagline: "thunderbirds are go!" and spectacular writing like:

left out son/hero: i can do this, i know i can.
cocky older brother (that the kids can reasily relate to):hes just a kid.
family-man father(mysteriously missing mrs. thunderbird):no, hes a tracy.

then sometime in the trailer i heard: its time to thunderize!


wow...

Dont forget "A Simple Plan." "Club Dread" was not very good, but I thought Bill Paxton was pretty funny in it. Anyway, I always thought there was a "True Lies" curse. Think about it: Tia Carrera (where is her?), Tom Arnold (nuff said), Arnold (T3 was the only decent thing he did afterwards), Jamie Lee Curtis (finally she has a career in family films, but will never escape hermie jokes), and of course Jimmy. Titantic was a huge success, but not up to quality...

I will 2nd that notion in favor of Frailty. Great movie, performances, and direction on Bill's part.

Frailty is an absolutely INCREDIBLE film that he stars and directs in. See it, it's awesome. Thunderbirds is based off an old claymation TV show. It looks alright, kind of Spy Kids-esque, I hope it's good. U-571 was decent, Club Dread could have been better, etc. I LOVE BIll Paxton, he's great. He may have been in a few bad flicks, but he makes any bad flick better with his charisma and enthusiasm. I might check out Thunderbirds, it could be good... But seriously, Frailty is a classic in my mind. Everyone should see it. I'd like to see Paxton direct more. With Frailty being his debut, who knows what he's capable of?