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In a family of heroes, Alan Tracy was always being left out. While his father, billionaire and former astronaut Jeff Tracy and his four elder brothers are busy saving the world, Alan's biggest challen...( read more 
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In a family of heroes, Alan Tracy was always being left out. While his father, billionaire and former astronaut Jeff Tracy and his four elder brothers are busy saving the world, Alan's biggest challenge is saving his grade point average at boarding school. And what's worse, he can't even tell his schoolmates that his dad and brothers are better known as the fearless adventurers behind the top-secret organization International Rescue--called in to save those in need whenever disaster strikes. Alan dreams of one day joining his close-knit family in their global vocation and even getting into the driver's seat of one of the awesome, incredible machines the Tracys' utilize in their life-saving work; the Thunderbirds. Back home on Tracy Island--a secret oasis in the South Pacific and headquarters to International Rescue--Alan and his friends, the brainy Fermat and the adventurous Tin-Tin, are left behind as Jeff Tracy and his elder sons are deployed on a fake mission by their arch nemesis The Hood. Once the master criminal takes control of Tracy Island and the Thunderbirds, it falls to Alan and his friends to come up with a plan to defeat The Hood and rescue his family--oh, and save the world while they're at it.
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MCT:April 4, 2008WOW! I wanna be a Thunderbird!!! Ok so i may not have been around for the the original Thunderbirds series but I do remember then being show again in the 1990's and whereas I found that sometimes the episodes could get a little boring, this film had me gripped!!
The Tracy boys are all gorgeous, Parker & Brains were just as I remember them, however IMO Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward was a little too young. -
MCT:March 7, 2008Johnathan Frakes is a good actor and, when he's not directing a family film, a fine director. But, he really shouldn't have directed this movie, and the screenplay should've been rejected. The director and writers must understand what the original TV show was really about, as well as who the characters were and how they worked. The original series had many episodes with razor-sharp writing using good dialogue and with situations that American producers would never consider using in children's programming, much less a movie, which made the original series so well received by adults. I mean, the Tracys were college graduates and some of them did even drank alcohol and smoked tobacco! And, there were characters who did get killed, although most were bad guys. If they had written it the way that it was originally done, which isn't dumbing things down with poor dialogue, kindergarten humor, and a weak plot, this Universal/Studio Canal joint venture wouldn't have such bad reviews.
This motion picture is almost pure blasphemy. If you've seen the original Supermarionation series, then you'll know what I'm talking about! -
MCT:January 23, 2008My next movie review came after a few weeks of settling back into the school scene, but very well. This movie was one of the movies I saw during my 'sick day', and despite the presence of Vanessa Anne-Hudgens (yes, she was in this movie, damn), the movie was nothing short of fabulous. Just like the Incredibles, Thunderbirds tell the story of a family who have the word 'superheroes' as their occupation. But they aren't exactly like superheroes, because the only thing super about them are the vehicles they use to help save the world; huge planes that can go anywhere in the world.
Bill Paxton is Jeff Tracy, the leader of the group, while Sophia Myles is Lady Penelope, a female-version of James Bond all decked in pink all throughout the movie. Ben Kingsley was absolutely wonderful as the evil Hood, and later in the movie we find out his connection to Vanessa (poor Ben).
The special effects were fantastic, and I couldn't help but wish that I had an asskicking superhero family (along with four older brothers). There was never a dull moment, because if you weren't holding your breath in anticipation for the next scene, you were ROTFLYAO (for the ignorant, R-olling O-n T-he F-loor L-aughing Y-our A-ss O-ut).
With all that this movie has to offer, I give it a well-deserved (see number of stars). -
MCT:January 21, 2008
Growing up I used to watch Thunderbirds all the time. Which is why I'm torn on this movie. From one point of view, it's great to see everything come to life on the big screen with the characters and vehicles...but on the flip side, why make a movie targeted at kids when kids today probably have never heard of Supermarionation!!!! A nice effort, but it should have been aimed at an older audience...A nice movie to watch, but it fell flat on the target audience...
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