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Shot in the SWORD.

posted 8 years ago by bijinius
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okay, yeah - Hannibal's all cool and bada**; he's got his samurai sword running down his back, all set to stealthily open a can of righteous whoop-a** on the cartoonishly over-the-top villain (the VILLAIN to the MAIN VILLAIN!!) ... the stage is set, and the music is building... and then hannibal promptly gets shot, walking right out in the open towards the obvious bait - hannibal's lady friend, currently tied to a chair. uh, okay, well WHO NEEDS A COOL ANTI-HERO ANYWAY, RIGHT??

but - wait! the bullet goes right into the (super-duper thin) katana, running up and down his back! he's saved!

not only is this one of the hoariest, MOST lame cliches of a cliche at this point - the SHOT hero saved by a piece of luckily-placed whatever - that s**t was going up and down his SPINE. even IF a ####ing SAMURAI SWORD could stop a bullet, which of course is HIGHLY doubtful... a shot from a .45 round(?)...at like, eight feet distance...? the pain would be unimaginable. his spinal column would be HEAVILY uh, "messed", if NOT shattered, yes? i mean, i'm by NO MEANS an expert at the discharging of firearms or spall or ANYTHING, really... but common sense dictates that not ONLY would Hannibal PROBABLY end up A DAMN VEGETABLE, but the pain...oh man, the pain. he would, uh, probably NOT be able to save the day after that. he'd need a bit of a breather, i would think.

[–] double_perc 8 years ago

That was a 7.62x25 round not a .45. Still, there are many accounts of objects of all kinds deflecting bullets.

[–] nybred4 8 years ago

The most boring comment ever

[–] nybred4 8 years ago

I apologize for my arrogance. I have watched this movie enough times to know it's excellent, or possibly just shy of excellent. No surprise to me that this got so many (1)'s. That is usually a sign of an unsophisticated mind emoting. What I will say is that if you have seen this movie once and you're unsure if you liked it, by all means watch it again.