I've just and watched "Thunderbirds" on ITV1. Sorry to say this but it was total crap!!!
This is just a personal opinion, but the biggest let down of the film was the cast.
It seems a trend at the moment that actors are cast whom are too young for the roles (e.g. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka), and this film was no exception.
No offence to either actors, but Bill Paxton (Jeff Tracey) looked more like the sons older brother than their father, and Sophia Myles (Lady Penelope) looked more like Barbie than the experienced London agent we all know Lady P to be.
That said, there was some first class casting in the shape of Ben Kingsley as The Hood and most notably for me, Ron Cook as Parker.
Biggest travesty for me was FAB-1, what car was that?
FAB-1 was and to me always should be a Rolls Royce. Even if they couldn't afford to have a real one made, they could've been forgiven for using a fibreglass model, anything as long as it looked like a Rolls.
The Thunderbirds themselves were fairly standard effects, the rest of the cast didn't really stand out either.
All in all I've just wasted nearly two hours of my life that could've been spent doing better things watching a VERY disappointing film.
I know you're probably thinking quite rightly "why didn't you turn off then?" I agree I should've done, but I gave it the benefit of the doubt.
What is it about film-makers that makes them want to take something successful (e.g. Scooby Doo, The Dukes Of Hazzard, The Hulk) and ruin them with lousy casting choices for the film and equally lousy effects?
*shrugs*
See ya!!! 
