Am I the only one who was mentally shrieking "Nooo! If you're going to do the block knife with hand thing, don't let the knife be crosswise to the hand!!!"
Like, if you get stabbed with a knife and the blade is up and down, right, between two fingers, then at least plausibly your bones, tendons and maybe even most serious veins could be intact cuz it went between them. But looking at that picture, that broad-bladed knife clearly severed two finger bones, numerous tendons, and much of the blood supply to the hand. You can't just shrug that off, you could bleed out! And your hand won't work right for months--and that's assuming you get to a good hospital right away, with a little neglect you could be crippled for life. My suspension of disbelief just went poof exactly as it was getting cool, just because the angle was wrong.
Really, the slightly less hardass "Grab the knife blade, getting cuts on your fingers and palms as you crazily refuse to let go" approach works a lot better. Plenty enough blood for dramatic effect and much more plausible that you might not be maimed.
. . . Why have I seen so many scenes of dramatic stupidity with knives and hands as to be a connoisseur of this?
last edited at Jul 6, 2015 6:32PM
