Bill Paxton Appreciation Thread

Bill Paxton died suddenly on Saturday from complications following heart surgery. He was 61 years old. An incredibly versatile actor, he elevated each scene of which he was a part. Though he was familiar to me prior to his role as Hudson in my second favorite Alien movie, "Aliens," I never forgot him afterwards. Last Halloween upon checking out the seasonal movie offerings I happened upon his first directorial offering "Frailty." His work in that makes me shudder, it's that good. Rest in peace Bill Paxton.

What were your fave Bill Paxton performances? Here's some good ones:



Perfectly said, Patton Oswalt!

 

This was my first exposure to Bill as the asshole vampire in Near Dark and I still think it ranks as one of his better roles.

 

Confession: I only knew of Bill Paxton from a couple of movies that I thought totally sucked, the leader being Twister. In my defense I'm not a movie person.

It seems that he was a talented & versatile actor. RIP.

 

Bill Paxton's New Wave Past

 

I really did not appreciate him in Twister nor Titanic. I remember saying about Titanic that they could have subbed in "any" actor for that role. In his defense, he showed up and it was a paycheck.
I'm glad that I'm finding out about a number of his projects that I hadn't sought out before. I had no desire to see "Frailty" when it came out--probably a choice I made based on having a young child at home, having to get a sitter, etc. Now I will totally watch it seasonally via streaming. It is so goddamn chilling. Have never seen Near Dark or Weird Science and now, will.

 

Directed by and staring, Bill Paxton.

 

Fantastic! I remember this from Dr. Demento. Now I have an earworm.

 

Seriously if you haven't seen Near Dark, it really is an almost perfect low budget vampire movie.
It was Kathryn Bigelow's second movie as director, has Lance Henriksen as the 'father' of a vampire family where Bill Paxton is the asshole oldest son.
So damn good.

 

Near Dark is an excellent and underrated film.

 

That's good to know. I've seen interviews where some actors just barely play along when discussing their "early and awful works" while others, such as Bryan Cranston, get a real laugh out of just how bad they were.

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Vampire movies aren't my thing, but I'll add Near Dark to my list. I really enjoy From Dusk Till Dawn (first one) and want to see The Hunger (which several FDPers helped me ID when I had the description but not the name).

 

Way too young. Rip

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