Thunderbirds (2004)
Coming To The Rescue
Starring: Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles, Sir Ben Kingsley, Brady Corbet, Soren Fulton, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ron Cook, Philip Winchester, Lex Shrapnel, Dominic Colenso, Ben Torgerson, Rose Keegan, Deobia Oparei
Director: Jonathan Frakes
US MPAA rating: PGUK BBFC rating: PG
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Call it babyboom nostalgia, call it a creativity deficit, or call it a postmodern reflex, but in the last ten years Hollywood has been turning back to old TV shows for its inspiration. There have been cinematic reimaginings of crime shows (
It's Got: A fabulous animated pop-art opening sequence; Lady Penelope saying "I am an undercover agent, so please try to be discreet", before stepping up to her giant pink 6-wheeled car; the Hood using mind control to manipulate Brains "like a puppet on a string"; a hilarious joke involving the wire in Penelope's underbra; the spectacle of Thunderbird 2 landing at the London Eye; funky design standards; and some truly shameless promotion for a certain car manufacturer.
It Needs: To decide whether its characters are puppets or real human beings - and for its action to be more thrilling.
Alternatives: 'Spy Kids'
Summary: The strings have gone, but so has much of the charm, in this fab-looking blandfest.
External Links
Official Web Site
Thunderbirds at the IMDB
Comments51 Comments |
| Frakes what have you done? A typical hollywood crock, where rather than make new original movies, they try to get a few more dollars by 'cheesing up' (and ruining) old classics (e.g.: Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Ladykillers, The Saint.....). The puppets acted in a less wooden fasion. Nice special effects though. |
| Comment by:- Andrew Colgan | | 25 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| I've heard from other people that Alan Tracy is twelve, but he looks too old, he looks between 17-19, Brady Corbet who plays Alan is 15 or 16 and he looked older in the movie. |
| Comment by:- Marie | | 30 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| Alan cannot be 12 years old, he's way too old, about 17 or 18. I know Brady is fifteen or sixteen, but in the movie he looks a little older. |
| Comment by:- Octoroon | | 30 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| This is a great movie! A lot of folk are trashing it, but they are dead wrong! I am 50 and fan of the original TV show. The movie is squarely aimed at kids (well, Duh!) but I enjoyed it immensely. Don't believe the nay-sayers! Great attention to detail, and the CGI gets you up-close-and-personal with the craft. A blast! |
| Comment by:- Nick Turner | model_tanks.home.comcast.net... | 30 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| I saw the movie too and although i wasn't what i expected definately caught my atention, thunderbirds were meant for kids, they aimed to it. awsome special effects and nothing nasty as some proclaim. |
| Comment by:- ric montoya | | 31 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| This was a great popcorn movie - perfect for s summer matinee (we saw it rather than work in the yard in 95 degree weather) If you're looking for the original Thunderbirds, this ain't it, but the movie had all the right things for a summer matinee: the bad guys were truly bad, the good guys were good, and you knew how it was going to end five minutes into it. But what fun! And speaking of product placement, did anybody (other than my six year old) notice the ice cream when they were in the freezer? |
| Comment by:- Ben | sillyoldbear.blogspot.com... | 31 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| Isaw the film and was impressed. I went in with expectation of something extremely similar to the tv series, but what i got was way better. Awesome special effects, the Tracy's off strings and seeing the Thunderbirds come to life and seem real. I am a huge fan of the show along with others and I aggree with Ben that it is an awesome summer matinee. This film blew my expectations right out of the water and into orbit with Thunderbird 5. 10 out of 10 stars. Wicked!!! |
| Comment by:- Darcie | | 31 July 2004 | ip: logged |
| Before i saw the film i thought it would be rubbish but when i saw it, it was great. all of the thunderbirds are well fit, especially brady corbet, but in the film you dont really get to see much of the thunderbirds |
| Comment by:- sarah kimm | | 01 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Alan is 14 in the movie |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 01 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| ok people, Brady Corbet is 15 in real life, 14 in the movie. A year of difference! BIG WOW! He will be sixteen soon. He looks his age in the film and he's dead fit! I love him to bits. the film was great coz of him. If anyone knows of a way I can contact him plz e-mail me |
| Comment by:- RS | | 01 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| my e-mail is horsemad_247_wallaby@hotmail.com thnx |
| Comment by:- RS | | 01 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| I like Brady and Ben T from the movie their both cool, and Philip is cool too :p |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 01 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| omg i luv thunderbirds it was lik the worlds best movie the ppl who r giving it bad reviews r all old ppl who htink the oniganal is better! brady corbet is so hot and he lik the best actor ever ever ever so screw that old ppl young ppl ( girls ) will luv this movie :) aaa brady rules (l) |
| Comment by:- ~~~Alyssa~~~ | | 03 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Apart from the Ben & Jerry's ice cream, the only other product placement I spotted was that everything with wheels had a Ford badge. Except FAB 1 of course - but that looked suspiciously like a Bentley rather than the Rolls Royce in the original. |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 04 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Haven't seen it - planning to - just posting because I am praying, praying, PRAYING that Anonymous "omg i luve thunderbirds it was lik the worlds best movie" is not a real person, just someone who is pretending to be braindead. Please tell me that this is true, otherwise I lose my faith in humanity. |
| Comment by:- fenrirsbane | | 07 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| My ten year old son had a wonderful time enjoying this movie. While I thought the script was a bit bland, the characters shallow, and the plot details barely plausable, the film was not aimed at me, but at children my son's age. I enjoyed the movie simply because he enjoyed it. |
| Comment by:- mike | | 07 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| This is the summers biggest sleeper! Done with admiration and respect to it's orgins The Thunderbirds live action debut is well done and true to the kids show that we all admire and remember fondly from our youth. as per those who complain that its a kids movie- Well- didn't we see it as kids, then??? |
| Comment by:- Dr. james M. Busby | | 08 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Brady is bloody fit! if ne 1 noz how 2 contact im plz tell me :P thnx (blackhairy_toothbrush@hotmail.com) |
| Comment by:- Hannah | | 09 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| brady is totally fit possibly like so good actor and he was really good in thirteen too its a really good movie for everyone and i advice everyone to go see it its just as good as the original cartoon plus with the fantastic gorgeously fit brady maybe better lol from jen xxxxxxxxxx |
| Comment by:- jen | | 09 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| The comment about the Lady P's Car. If you noticed it had a "FORD" badge on the back! Call me a purist but Lady P would have nothing but a Rolls Royce, British to the core !!!!!! To top it all whoever designed the bloody thing should be shot (probably a "FORD" guy). Although it was a good kids movie to watch, this movie had the potential to be so much more, unfortuneately the oppertunity was missed in a very big way. |
| Comment by:- C J | | 09 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Ben Torgerson need i say more!! I am 21 and loved this film even if it was for Ben spotting! |
| Comment by:- sazhutch | | 10 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| No offense, but I think #2 should actually be called 'Thunderfrog 2'... |
| Comment by:- Mr Toad | | 11 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Saw it. thought it was great. Did anyone else notice the stings on the hand when thunderbird 1 was launched near the end. No one else seems to. Did I imagine it? Thanx Doodyhowdy3 |
| Comment by:- Doodyhowdy3 | | 11 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| does any no how old soren fulton is the boy who played fermat plz let me no thanx soren is so cute and brady is so hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Comment by:- leigh-anne | | 12 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| I too took my kids to see this movie. For them it was great. For me it was a run down memory lane. I had hoped however since this movie was based on the old 60's show that the baby boomers would be the target audience and not their children. I would have been estatic to see a family team actually fighting a series of disasters and it taken seriously. The possibilites are endless. If you put the Thunderbirds in a real society rather then a childrens playroom it would have had so many avenues for adventure. |
| Comment by:- Techen | | 13 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| i think brady corbet is so cute mi walls are covered in posters a piccys i have off the net i know where he lives so i can visit him but he has a girlfriend which is sad i hope they break up so i have a chance i saw the thunderbird movie 5 times how sad is that just coz brady is in it god hes fine you get to see his abs so thats a bonus too im only 14 and ive seen him in 13 he is so f9 in that to |
| Comment by:- shayda | | 14 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| I just LOOOVE Brady.... He is SO sweety.... The movie was good cuese of him!!!! HE IS SOOO SEXY!!!!! I like him in "Thirteen" too.... Iiiikkk...... Kiss from IduZZ!!! (p.s. the song "thunderbirds are go", is Busted... I I LOVE them too... heh... ;-]) |
| Comment by:- Ida-Maria Thomsen | www.bradycorbet.org | 14 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| yeh the hand near the end is a puppets!! i love brady corbet im just older than him by amonth and a half oh! but i reacon brady and becky corbet works?! oh yes!smelly gf!bet she just wants him for his money unlike me who likes him for his looks and if he is nething like the character in the movie his personality is great! supposidly he is coming to the uk in december!! |
| Comment by:- Becky | | 17 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Is this a forum for pre-pubescent girlie fantasy or film review? |
| Comment by:- Troy Tempest | | 19 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| I loved THUNDERBIRDS and expected to see a new good THUNDERBIRDS movie. But what Frakes and producers did has no name: Why to title a movie THUNDERBIRDS when neither the "Thunderbirds" (the machines) or the "Thunderbirds" (the pilots) are not the main characters... What's the next? Filming the Munsters with everybody in the grave and do main character other??? Many thanks to that shame, without film gross (who has seen it?) they have killed a franchise that nobody will invest another movie, well made and more intelligent, about the real and original THUNDERBIRDS, good people with hi-tech machines that help people without american bad-good plots. |
| Comment by:- Bytybajk | | 21 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| i have not seen thunderbirds cause i probably wouldn't watch it cause i'm in love with bill paxton and im only 15 sad but true i mean what i wouldn't do to him not like he will ever read this stupid site but anyway i'm not pushey or obsessed oh and cat conlon is not my name |
| Comment by:- stupid teenage surfer | | 23 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| i have a no hair or a no life i live in a card board box this so suppose tobe a song does anyone notuce that i am trying to be funny and brady corbet looks like a girl when his hair is long yes i can speak proper english im to lazy to write it |
| Comment by:- amanda bynes no not really | | 23 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| this movie bsucks i threw up on my but lol |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 24 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| i ment sucks your but lol |
| Comment by:- you suck but | | 24 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| fart fart fart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Comment by:- amanda bynes no not really | | 24 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| omg omg i loo0o0ved this movie!! brady corbet is so0o fyne!!! and hes so0o0 hott in this movie he takes his shirt off when hes all wet!! omg i bout died omg hes f-ing hott hes wat made this movie so0o0 goo0o0d that n lady p i love her style PINK!! lol 0o n i looved him in thirteen even tho he wasnt in much of it! email or im me if u feel the same!! |
| Comment by:- jordan (jordie) | www.bradycorbet.org | 25 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| its me jordie my sn 4 aol is grindbabi87@aol.com if ya wanna chat |
| Comment by:- jordie | | 25 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| bout brady corbet lol |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 25 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| omg omg omg i absolutley loved thunderbirds it was a very good movie and it think it did not get enough credit. alough brady corbet is to die for gorgeous,that had nothing to do with the fact that i liked the film(yeah right )and if any one knows wut his girlfriends(bitch) name is please please please tell me. |
| Comment by:- paige corbet | | 27 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| her name lol label_horr_11@hotmail.com |
| Comment by:- label | | 27 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| I AM A 45 YEARS-OLD MEXICAN FAN OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES. THE MOVIE IS GOOD, VERY TEENAGERS-FOCUSED (MY 17 YEARS OLD SON LOVED), BUT IS GOOD. I HOPE THEY MAKE A SECUEL, WITH TRACY BOYS GROWED. |
| Comment by:- JOSE DELGADO | | 30 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| Product placement is fine, who cares - except when it goes to he extent of having the newscast on the TV that thunderbirds watch, "sponsored by ford". To the Andersons; I hope the money was worth it. |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 11 September 2004 | ip: logged |
| Of course Fab 1 was a ford. The whole movie was sponsered by ford. (They created the car and created to cockpits for the thnuderbirds 1,2,3,4,5) If you notice shes even got a Ford kia perhaps one of the worst cars in the world. Well i think so. Everyone who says Brady Corbet is fit you're not half right is a god dame angel, from heaven itself. i went to see it three times i loved it. Heres a fact for you i heard on the radio that Gerry Anderson had nothing to do with the film. They didn't even ask for his help. You know how some of you said about the Ben's and jerry ice cream well i noticed something else they when they did a close up of brady corbet hand the once they hung a piece of string of it. Luv ya all Claire |
| Comment by:- Claire | www.geocities.com/thunderbirds... | 13 September 2004 | ip: logged |
| omg brady wit no top on!! i think its really kool i lve all the gadgets and stuff and the pink car how kool!!! Brady is really hot by the end of the movie i conviced my friend he was lol i couldnt shuy up!! |
| Comment by:- ***aleandria*** | | 21 September 2004 | ip: logged |
| I loved the film !! |
| Comment by:- H | | 03 October 2004 | ip: logged |
| If you can ignore what they have done to Thunderbirds 2 & 4 then you cant ignore what they did to Allan. A teenager! The original series was better scripted and strung together. Definitely not worth adding to my DVD collection. |
| Comment by:- Mark L | | 14 October 2004 | ip: logged |
| IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED THE THUNDERBIRDS MOVIE |
| Comment by:- Anonymous | | 14 November 2004 | ip: logged |
| Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Comment by:- Dan | | 14 November 2004 | ip: logged |
| sexy bum bum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Comment by:- gorrila | | 14 November 2004 | ip: logged |
| brady corbet plays a good part and hes not to old hes 16 oh well then hav a cry thunderbirds movie rox. if u hav prob talk to me leave my baby out of it |
| Comment by:- kate | | 29 December 2004 | ip: logged |
| Try The Incredibles instead. It's a much better film... |
| Comment by:- gilletbd1977 | www.thedvdreport.com/dvd_revie... | 27 June 2005 | ip: logged |
