Best movie of this year hands down!

The Age of Commercialism

Crappy film

Admirable film.

I grew up watching the Thunderbirds on TV. I was really happy to find this movie on Amazon streaming. People unfamiliar with the series may not get some of the jokes and things that they are doing here, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how true this was to the series. It has the same fun, adventurous attitude. It's sad that so many fanboys have decided to hate it because it isn't a carbon copy. It is OK to like both.

Alan Tracy is angry at being stuck in a high class boarding school while the rest of the family work in the secret International Rescue as the Thunderirds. His father former astronaut Jeff (Bill Paxton) is the leader. Alan is home for spring break. The evil Hood (Ben Kingsley) has attached a goo on their ship that acts as a tracking device. He attacks the orbiting space station Thunderbird 5. While most of the team go to the rescue, Hood and his henchmen arrive on the island. They capture Prof. Ray Hackenbacker. His son Fermat, Alan and friend Tin-Tin (Vanessa Hudgens) escape. Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward (Sophia Myles) and her butler Aloysius Parker set off to the rescue.I never saw the 60s TV show. I don't know much about it. I certainly won't compare this to that. This is basically Spy Kids with less fun. It's a lot of forgettable action. The lead kid isn't anything special. A young Vanessa Hudgens has a good size role. Ben Kingsley does his evil villain character as he sometimes does. Bill Paxton doesn't have much to do since he's stuck in the space station for most of the movie. It's not good but mostly harmless even considering its targeted kids audience.

Now I know they are making a new Thunderbirds series so I just thought I would jot down a quick review describing what I thought of this monstrosity.This is a movie that deserves a big fat zero. I wanted to go and see it. So I asked my mum even though I was in my 40s to take me. She has a pained look on her face and said do I have to? I said yes. I looked in the papers and it had only lasted a day.A couple of weeks later it was out on VHS and I bought it. Wow was I in for a shock. I have seen some bad movies but this one must rank as one of the lowest. I loved TB as child. Loved the music and the rockets.In this one it is a lame kids movie. Aimed at under 4s.If you know someone and want to get them a present which will make them hate you this is it! Truly and complete. The worst ever. Hang your head in shame Frakes.

The movie had a lot of imagination, but the potential was completely ignored. I would have torn up the original script and rewrite it myself. The only good thing that came of this movie was the new theme song by Busted. Despite the lack of professional actors it still kept up with the original idea of the Thunderbirds series. If only there was someone to do a remake. I will only give this a 5 out of 10 because I was feeling generous. They clearly worked hard to create this film, and it has so much fun involved with the plot that it makes a perfect film for kids and families, however, this is still not something to see for personal enjoyment.