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Yep.
I had initially thought of Cliff Curtis and dismissed the idea: too old? Not physically-intimidating enough? But after further thought and research, neither are true.
I think he would do well in the role. Not all henchman have to be caricatures.
This is very true. Grant didn't feel like a caricature, for example.
Grant was the best example of that. I think Hinx was great but I don't feel the steel implanted thumbnails added anything to his presence. Just create good characters they don't have to have a gimmick.
I felt those thumbnails were unnecessary. He was big and imposing enough already. I also wouldn't have minded if Hinx had a few lines in the film.
They thumbnails were only unnecessary because he only used them once. They're a neat idea. They should have been given another go-around. I find it really odd that they didn't even attempt to have Hinx use them on Bond during the train fight.
Does Hinx not try to use them on Bond? I could have sword there is a shot of Hinx holding Bond by the head, trying to gouge out his eyes.
I just rewatched it to be sure...
Fair, I had forgotten about that shot.
But while Hinx is certainly holding him by the head, if the intention was to imply that Hinx was making an attempt to gouge Bond's eyes out, it's pretty poorly executed. To me, it looks more like he's just squeezing his skull. They should have made more of it.
Still a good fight all the same.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the train fight scene was shot before the SPECTRE meeting scene.
And during that intro of Hinx someone thought what a cool idea it would be to give him these weaponized thumbnails, forgetting that he didn’t have them on in the earlier shot fight sequence.
Also, when it comes to Hinx, I would have liked to have seen him a bit more fleshed out; perhaps after brutally taking his place at the table he could have given a suggestion for SPECTRE operations that would have shown his intellect and that he was more than a brute.
And I accept I'm in a minority here, but I didn't like Hinx. In the Craig era I love the Bomb-Maker, Obanno and his right hand man, Slate, Patrice.... They're grounded, real and more threatening than the mute, cartoon giant that is Hinx.
I just got home and I pulled the fight scene up on youtube. At the 15 second mark I paused and caught the metal thumb-nails!!
How on earth was an audience ever supposed to see that he had weaponized his thumbs again, in real time??? I honestly had no idea until Jake said he had them, definitely!
This is terrible, because, up until today, I wondered why the nails were never revealed again.
This would be like missing Oddjob breaking Tilly's neck with his hat! One minute she's running, the next minute she's dead.
The nails, like Oddjob's hat, should have been a part of his character and therefore clearly seen (as much as watching Robert Shaw pull on his black gloves-- those were a symbol of the murder he was about to commit)...
I can't believe Hinx had the nails on and they weren't revealed to the audience (which would have created tension for us and Bond since we know this character is coming in for the kill!!!)...
And now at .45s into the scene, I see the left thumb is armoured-- again the question remains: no one can see them at full speed and, any audience would be unaware they were on!!
This is a hugely missed opportunity; this would make the stakes of the battle that much more, to create more tension...
Because I am obsessed with this now, I am attempting to break down this 3:18 scene. At .53s mark, it appears Hinx is no longer wearing the thumb weapons (but has a band-aid on his right ring finger).
At 1.13, when he tosses Craiig by his legs, he's definitely not wearing the nails (right hand/thumb clearly seen).
1.23: ice-pick scene-- as he stabs it into the bar. Looks like it's not the dark metal thumbnail...
1.48: after slamming Bond down on the crates, before opening the train door, Hinx is wearing the nails for sure-- but in real time this, once again, could never be seen.
1.49: yes, opening the door, he wears them.
Kudos to the actors-- when you stop and start like I did, you see Bautista and Craig doing some great, physical work together-- this was a fight I've always liked, but not loved (coz, as said earlier, I like real life threats like Patrice and Obanno and Slate). But looking at them like this, it's a fight to be admired!
Fully agree with you!
Very exciting now if only more rumors leaked like location rumors is probably what we all are looking forward to most
Will it be Anthony Dod Mantle who has a empty schedule according to imdb and has worked with Boyle on 6 feature films?
I actually love Patrice in Skyfall as a foil to Bond in a way. He played a very small role but I thought it was very interesting. The fight in Shanghai between them when you could only see silhouettes was very symbolic I thought. Very difficult to tell them apart visually, and philosophically.
Exactly, there’s no doubt that with only bare hands, Hinx could do a lot of damage; his thumb caps are seemingly meant to give him a distinct, exotic signature that makes him a “Bond villain” They set this up well but don’t adequately follow through.
If the filmmakers have a shortcoming here it's the lost opportunity for inspiring male fashion with obvious product placement. Which would require some closeup insert shots, I admit.
Regarding the Māori tryouts, I can imagine two warriors squaring off for the role. Two men enter, one man leaves kind of thing.