Hinx train fight

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  • JellyfishJellyfish EnglandPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    martini wrote:
    More annoying, was Hinx first and only word being "****".

    I agree; I think Hinx's swearing was a bit gratuitous. I would have preferred something like "oh no" like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, or even just a look of resignation on his face, showing that he understands what is about to happen and there's nothing he can do about it. Violence in the Bond films doesn't bother me, and I think the Hinx train fight is one of the best fight scenes I've seen, but swearing gets to me a bit (even though I swear plenty in my own life), and I'd prefer the Bond scriptwriters to use other language.
  • armenianmoviemanarmenianmovieman The 818Posts: 694MI6 Agent
    Apologies if its been discussed already but I just saw it this past Sunday and had a long day today.......

    There's definitely a bigger logic issue with this fight: Blofelhauser approved of Hinx killing Bond just like that?

    Would not Blofelhauser want to reveal his grand plan and get his vengeance and torture Bond? He was okay with Hinx killing him like that?

    Still loved the movie... but they threw the logic away but gave us a train fight?
    Yes. Consssssiderably.
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    martini wrote:
    Well, there are other diners, and then when Hinx arrives there are none, and zero staff in the kitchen (or at all).

    I dunno, I noticed it and it was annoying.

    More annoying, was Hinx first and only word being "****".

    It's interesting that the things that bug some of us don't touch others at all. I noticed this, but was just never bothered by it. There is so much else both going for SP and counting against it that for me it got lost in the noise. I also would have preferred Hinx to have remained silent. I was hoping for a number of encounters between him and Bond as had been suggested but alas no.
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Apologies if its been discussed already but I just saw it this past Sunday and had a long day today.......

    There's definitely a bigger logic issue with this fight: Blofelhauser approved of Hinx killing Bond just like that?

    Would not Blofelhauser want to reveal his grand plan and get his vengeance and torture Bond? He was okay with Hinx killing him like that?

    Still loved the movie... but they threw the logic away but gave us a train fight?
    I don't think logic would enter the mind of a madman like Blofeld, he's clearly unhinged and would just want bond eliminated anyway possible.
    The train fight is a beaut IMHO and I wouldn't be suprised to see hinx back in a later film, as a homage to Jaws after all he survived.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • sniperUKsniperUK UlsterPosts: 594MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I don't think logic would enter the mind of a SPECTRE scriptwriter , they're clearly unhinged .

    Fixed that :s :v
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Apologies if its been discussed already but I just saw it this past Sunday and had a long day today.......

    There's definitely a bigger logic issue with this fight: Blofelhauser approved of Hinx killing Bond just like that?

    Would not Blofelhauser want to reveal his grand plan and get his vengeance and torture Bond? He was okay with Hinx killing him like that?

    Still loved the movie... but they threw the logic away but gave us a train fight?
    I don't think logic would enter the mind of a madman like Blofeld, he's clearly unhinged and would just want bond eliminated anyway possible.
    The train fight is a beaut IMHO and I wouldn't be suprised to see hinx back in a later film, as a homage to Jaws after all he survived.

    Just so long that Hinx doesn't fall in love and become a good guy.

    There are limits to this homage business! :)
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Apologies if its been discussed already but I just saw it this past Sunday and had a long day today.......

    There's definitely a bigger logic issue with this fight: Blofelhauser approved of Hinx killing Bond just like that?

    Would not Blofelhauser want to reveal his grand plan and get his vengeance and torture Bond? He was okay with Hinx killing him like that?

    Still loved the movie... but they threw the logic away but gave us a train fight?
    I don't think logic would enter the mind of a madman like Blofeld, he's clearly unhinged and would just want bond eliminated anyway possible.
    The train fight is a beaut IMHO and I wouldn't be suprised to see hinx back in a later film, as a homage to Jaws after all he survived.

    Just so long that Hinx doesn't fall in love and become a good guy.
    There are limits to this homage business! :)

    I fear that we have passed the point of no return in this respect, it's endless homage and recycling from here on in I'm afraid
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I agree, so in many ways my comment is an Homage to your own. :D

    Although I think many see an Homage, when there isn't one. A series with so many
    Films, will occasionally go over familiar ground, and several of the script writers
    aren't as knowledgeable on the series as many fans are.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    I agree, so in many ways my comment is an Homage to your own. :D

    Although I think many see an Homage, when there isn't one. A series with so many
    Films, will occasionally go over familiar ground, and several of the script writers
    aren't as knowledgeable on the series as many fans are.

    I think that for it to be an homage there needs to be a self conscious awareness in the writing and production which I certainly recognise in Skyfall and SP. Less so in QOS and CR is a different case altogether.i don't mind it if it's in passing and if the narrative has a voice of its own
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    I'd like to pay homage to Tp's homage.... It is inevitable that old ground will be retread and whenever bond steps foot on a train there will be cries of its like frwl, or TSWLM, etc and let's not forget lald also, but so far bond has fought on every mode of transport, is qos boat chase a homage to tmwtgg? Probably not,. I just enjoy the films as individual entities, sometimes I see a similarity but it doesn't irk me at all.
    Also a train is probably the best way to cross morrocco. Given the terrible roads and lack of airports, and to be honest was a cracking place for the hinx fight.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • The Wicker ManThe Wicker Man EnglandPosts: 434MI6 Agent
    I love a good train fight in my Bond films. There is something about fighting in an enclosed space that lends the fight a brutal quality. The train fight in SP was a definite highlight of the film. -{
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    {[] seconded
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I know I'll be watching it again many times on bluray. {[]
    I just love how "big" Hinx looks on the train, he simply fills
    a corridor. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    A confined space certainly adds to the drama and intensity of a fight scene.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    It's interesting that in very few of the Bond action scenes are members of the public put at risk. The big action scenes usually happen at remote locales where it's strictly good guys v. bad guys. Silva's rampage through London is an exception, but even then the big action scene is at a remote locale.

    You would think that having the public at risk would add to the suspense, but EON has very rarely gone in that direction.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:
    It's interesting that in very few of the Bond action scenes are members of the public put at risk. The big action scenes usually happen at remote locales where it's strictly good guys v. bad guys. Silva's rampage through London is an exception, but even then the big action scene is at a remote locale.

    You would think that having the public at risk would add to the suspense, but EON has very rarely gone in that direction.

    Very true. Even when there's a fight in a public place like in OP, TND or SF I never feel like the public is in danger.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I love the little scene during the PTS of TLD, when Bond fighting the Russian
    assassin in the land Rover, sees a family in a car, and even fighting the Russian
    steers the land Rover past them. :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • martinimartini Posts: 289MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:
    It's interesting that in very few of the Bond action scenes are members of the public put at risk. The big action scenes usually happen at remote locales where it's strictly good guys v. bad guys. Silva's rampage through London is an exception, but even then the big action scene is at a remote locale.

    You would think that having the public at risk would add to the suspense, but EON has very rarely gone in that direction.

    Did you miss the helicopter at the beginning of SPECTRE?
    "It is better to be as well dressed as possible to stave off, at least for a very little bit, the total collapse of civilization"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I always assumed it was simply one of those movie rules,
    That any chase can take place through any crowded event.
    With no innocents being hurt by the hero, although "Bad guys"
    Can hurt innocents, as after all they're ....... Bad Guys. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,353MI6 Agent
    Mitchell murders at least one bystander in the Quantum of Solace footchase. And some construction workers (and embassy guards) eat it in the CR footchase. But Gala did say "very few." It's rare but it happens.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yep ! Those pesky bad guys, have absolutely no regard for bystanders. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    When you watch superhero movies, the public is often in serious danger. I'd much rather be around during a James Bond fight than an Avengers fight.
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  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    I see everybody at the embassy as bad guys or working for bad guys. The terrorist obviously took refuge there because the people at the embassy were in some way colluding with him. The guards were bad guys to the same extent as the Spectre armed guards in Blofeld's desert hideaway.

    I'm not sure any construction workers were hurt in CR.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    One poor welder was pushed down to have a gas cylinder drop and explode on him. :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    martini wrote:
    Gala Brand wrote:
    It's interesting that in very few of the Bond action scenes are members of the public put at risk. The big action scenes usually happen at remote locales where it's strictly good guys v. bad guys. Silva's rampage through London is an exception, but even then the big action scene is at a remote locale.

    You would think that having the public at risk would add to the suspense, but EON has very rarely gone in that direction.

    Did you miss the helicopter at the beginning of SPECTRE?

    There was a helicopter at the beginning of Spectre?

    Why did nobody tell me?

    I'm a big fan of helicopters.
  • DB6DB6 EnglandPosts: 1,196MI6 Agent
    Hinx says "poo"?!?!!

    I heard him say "cute"........which seemed a little more in character........
    My name has changed! I’m no longer dufus......now I’m DB6
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    Dufus wrote:
    Hinx says "poo"?!?!!

    I heard him say "cute"........which seemed a little more in character........

    Try typing the word Hinx actually says on here and see what happens.
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  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,113MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Dufus wrote:
    Hinx says "poo"?!?!!

    I heard him say "cute"........which seemed a little more in character........

    Try typing the word Hinx actually says on here and see what happens.

    Add an e to the word and it will post. Hmmm. :D :p
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,856Chief of Staff
    Not any more.... :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Like a few others have suggested, I'd have rather he had said nothing. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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