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That better happen soon then. Two years on since the last film, we would have heard something by now.
Anyway, we have Bond and I'm happy enough with that.
Patrice was not meant to be Oddjob or Grant. He was a mercenary.
I think the bloke in TLD who had a fight with Necros in the kitchen played his part well. He wasn't meant to be Bond, he was meant to be some random agent. But I still won't say that he was a great character because he didn't have enough to do to be a great character.
Patrice was good for what he was, he had two decent fights with Bond and Rapace played him well. Doesn't make him a great villain.
It makes him great within the boundaries of his role. Have you seen Amadeus? Not one actor was cast arbitrarily, however small was the part. The two servants at the beginning of the movie were great characters, however small their role was. Same goes with the many small roles in Sergio Leone's movies. This is how I see Patrice. Of course he is not Iago, or the title character of The Scottish Play. But very well cast and used, within the boundaries of his character.
I'm pretty sure it's flat out confirmed that Craig, Whishaw, Harris, and Fiennes are returning.
Nah, I've only been to the theatre once because this girl I liked wanted to go and I didn't enjoy it. Peep Show summed it up best
That's fine by me! I am looking forward to all the chat and exchanges next year regarding Bond 24! They are always enlightening and sometimes heated which is what a healthy forum should be, within respectful reason of course.
http://en.mediamass.net/people/evangeline-lilly/james-bond.html
It'll be re-confirmed that Bond will definitely never, ever, ever drink a martini (or anything not Heineken) ever, ever again. Ever.
And if he so much as looks at a martini, he will profess that he doesn't have any idea what the difference between a shaken and stirred one, and then comment that he's glad he can fit in a small space because he's not over six feet, then he'll see someone with dark hair remark how much he prefers to be blond.
"Beer martini, stirred, not stirred. That's right, isn't it? Yeah, I think that's it."
Well, your loss, the play and the movie are masterpieces, but never mind that. My point is that Forman made sure every face was memorable. I think this is the same for Patrice, Dr. Kaufman (played by Vincent Schiavelli, who also played... a small but memorable cameo in Amadeus), Vargas, Morzeny, they have small roles, but they are still great characters, within the limitations of these roles.
I would love it to happen to she is quite hot
Dr Kauffman is a perfect example. Very minor character but he managed to be great, very memorable and quite creepy. Patrice was just bland imo. No different than the many nameless goons Bond has fought over the years.
Patrice is a shadow. He is a ghost, he shows up, does his job, disappear. This is why he is "bland".
I didn't fight his fights average, although in the second Bond was clearly out of shape. I wonder what you wanted instead. Another Grant? That's not what the character was.
Well for me to consider him great I'd want him to have more of a personality and to seem like more of a threat, although that was mainly down to the fight scenes rather than the character (I wasn't much for the fight scenes in SF, no sense of danger, especially compared to the brutal fights we had in CR).
- "We're clueless for months about who stole the drive"
- "Hm, wait a minute, analyze that",
- "Ok Bond, he's called Patrice, you can meet him there if you leave in time".
See, I like QOS, way more than most people here, but while I did find Slate's encounter with Bond good for what it was, I think Patrice is better used overall. I think he is shown as a capable mercenary in the PTS.
Well, the plot has to move forward.