This posting contains movie spoilers.
Take a look at Rooster's rope at the beginning of the journey. Standard coil of cowboy rope. About 20' and 3/8" or so. ( He uses it superstitiously, to scare away snakes as he sleeps. ) Then take a look at the rope during the cave rescue scene. Not only is he rappelling down a 30 foot slope, but the horse he is tied to is about 30 feet from the cave. Meaning he suddenly had about 80 feet of rope. I think the rope looks 1/2" Goldline in the cave. Also, I think as the girl falls into the pit the entrance is about 5 foot wide and only 3 foot tall, but when she is on the ledge 30 foot below the entrance looks to be about 20 foot wide and 5 foot tall, certainly big enough for Rooster to rappel in. Rooster shot at least 3 rattlers while on rappel. Any caver ever done that? She took a nasty fall down the cave, and would have probably had been to injured to assist the rescuer in rescuing her. Supposedly a vine or root, rescued her fall, but pine trees don't have vines or roots. The directors should have introduced the cave into the movie, by showing the gang throwing their dead guy down the pit. It seemed stupid for the girl to fall into the cave unexpectedly. That part didn't flow with the plot line. During the snake scene, the sun was shining directly down the pit, but during the scene where she fell, the sun was off to the side. Meaning, it should have been darker in the cave. I doubt there would have been enough light to shoot snakes, especially without hitting the girl. There were other major flaws with the story, like how fast Rooster was able to get from the valley up to the cave and on rope, when he didn't even know she was down there. And while he was on rope, Ranger LaBeouf, suddenly was assisting with the cave rescue by controlling the horse, when he had just been knocked unconscious with a huge rock to the back of the head. So, I think the movie is over-rated. Except for the gun-fights the movie is viewable for older kids. They could have easily made this movie where you would not want your kids to watch it. For example, the bad guys never laid a hand on the young girl when they had plenty of opportunities. Wait till it comes out on DVD, or see it at a discount price. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
