I was sad to hear of the death of Bill Paxton over the weekend. He has such an impressive movie resume! It’s funny how, even though he was only in very small roles at first, he still managed to be in so many beloved, kick-ass classics. Especially numbers one & two on my list… AWESOME films! It’s great that he ended up in bigger roles in things such as Twister & Apollo 13 but I’ll always first think of him as the lovably annoying Hudson in Aliens and as the hilarious asshole brother Chet in Weird Science.
I honestly thought I’d already done a Bill Paxton Top Ten list in the past as he’s been in several of my favorite movies but it looks like I never did. As always, I’ve ranked these in order from my least favorite to favorite movie as opposed to character role. So, in his memory, here are My Top Ten Bill Paxton Movies (counting down from 16 to include everything I’ve seen):
16. True Lies
15. Mighty Joe Young
14. Nightcrawler
13. Frailty
12. The Last Supper (but need to re-watch & refresh my memory, really)
11. Near Dark (also need to re-watch)
TOP TEN:
10. Commando
9. Twister
7. Apollo 13
6. Predator 2
5. Titanic
2. The Terminator
1. Aliens
Seen But Don’t Remember:
Stripes
Indian Summer
U-571
Never Saw:
Navy Seals (Can you believe that, with my Michael Biehn crush??)
Brain Dead (I like the sound of this one…)
Tombstone
Boxing Helena
The Evening Star
A Simple Plan
Haywire
2 Guns
Finally, I think most people my age know that Bill Paxton directed & starred in the bizarre Barnes And Barnes “short film” video for the song Fish Heads.
In looking up his film credits, I noticed he was also in two other music videos. Love the Pat Benatar video for Shadows Of The Night! I’d forgotten about that video. I miss the “story” videos of the Eighties. Anyway – watch out for Paxton in a small role as a WWII baddie in that video. Also, he starred in New Order’s Touched By The Hand Of God, which I must admit I’d never seen. What a great, eclectic career. Bill Paxton will be missed.
R.I.P. William “Bill” Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017)
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Navy Seals (No, not with my Michael Biehn crush either!)
A HUGE loss – so untimely and unfair
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Yeah, I really should finally watch Navy Seals now! Definitely an unexpected loss…
great list as always mutant!
not surprised by ur top 2 🙂
really cant believe u’ve never seen him as God in Navy Seals 🙂
Thanks, Rob! Can’t beat the top two on the list. 🙂 God in Navy Seals? As in, Morgan Freeman God? Or is that just a nickname?? Lol
Nickname. He’s the sniper
Ahh. He was so often a bad guy! But he was a great bad guy. 😦
It’s such a sad loss. Surgery complications, of all things. 🙁
Paxton was one of my favorites, he was in so many more things than I thought he was in! I definitely thought his appearance in Edge of Tomorrow was brilliant. But Twister is what I’ll always associate him with. I think that was the first or maybe second movie I ever saw in theaters
I know – very unexpected. And far too young! 😦 Aww… You always gotta remind me how young you are (and how old I am! Lol). 😉 I was in my twenties when Twister came out but I know what you mean – it feels odd to lose celebrities from your childhood. He’ll always be Aliens & Weird Science for me. What I really hate as well is that all my childhood celebs are the parents or, *gasp*, the grandparents in movies now. Never the main stars. My generation are the boring parental figures in movies now! 😦 (Except in John Wick….)
Sorry. . .
😠😉
Spectacular post! I will certainly share this. I kept nervously scrolling hoping to find Hudson on there from Aliens, and, of course, it rightfully makes the number 1 spot. He will forever be Hudson to me. He stole that movie for sure.
Thanks! There could be no other number one. : ) LOVE Aliens (it’s my most-watched movie ever along with Stand By Me – I had a big teenage obsession with both and watched them over & over). He was so fantastic as Hudson. He did that type of role perfectly (as in Weird Science as well). He definitely helped make Aliens the perfect film that it is. A sad & unexpected loss. 😦
Great list, especially the top 2! “Game over, man! Game over!” He made a good villain on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” as well, and it’s a shame he didn’t direct more, having done a great job with The Greatest Game Ever Played. He will be missed. 😦
Can’t beat the top two movies! : ) Definitely a sad & unexpected loss. And I suppose I have to get around to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. someday…
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