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A few questions

posted 5 years ago by Thaisticks (3023)
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How did it turn out with Lewis' leg?
I missed the first hour of the movie and was wondering if it mentioned that Ed was an experienced rock climber?
When Ed did climb to the top of the cliff, how could he be so sure the hillbilly was there, since when Drew was shot they were some hundreds of yards (or so it seemed, from the speed at which their canoes were travelling) further up the river? Seemed like an awful risk for an off chance. (But, since the movie will have it that he was there, and in the other place too where he shot Drew, this sort of puts to rest the theory that Drew committed suicide.)

[–] spiraleyes (18) 4 years ago

We don't know how it turned out for Lewis, the only indication was when the doctor said, "He might lose that leg" prior to Ed and Bobby entering the hospital room. So it seems that may have happened if the movie was real.

It was not mentioned that Ed was experienced at climbing but through out the movie he had a propensity for trying to act like and want to be like Lewis—brave, manly, unabashed by the unknown and unafraid of the wilderness. Once Lewis had a broken leg, he had to take on his role.

Well, they waited until night to climb the cliff so no matter where or what side the hillybilly was on, their hope was he wouldn't see him. Secondly, Bobby said "He's right up there, guy must know exactly where we are". Then Ed replies, "Well, if he knows where we are then we sure know where the hell he's going to be, right up there". Third, they really had no choice but to fight. To row away downstream in the daytime (as opposed to night like Bobby suggested) would have been an even huger risk. So they waited until dark to climb the cliff.