Wouldn't that chest wound Charlie gets from the spear have been fatal? I'm no doctor, but seeing him cough up blood at least seemed to indicate that it had gone through his lung. Even with the best medical care back then, I thought he was a goner after that scene.
shareTrue. He clearly got speared through the shoulder, but he wouldn't have coughed up blood from that wound. Seems like a mistake.
shareThe spear could have gone into the pleural cavity in the chest . This would have resulted in a collapsed lung,and the bleeding illustrated, but would not necessarily proven fatal .
I suppose , in the context of the plot , the home made poultice would have sealed this wound .
A spear in the lung is a most likely fatal wound, but it's possible to survive it. It was intended to be a shoulder wound, and the coughing up of blood is a filmism to help indicate the severity of the injury.
shareIt seems to me that the spear was meant to be symbolic...I'm not certain but after repeated viewings I suddenly felt it was something like the stigmata since Christ was lanced through his side...makes even more sense considering Samuel says, "Look who's risen form the dead" after Charlie wakes up. I don't think it was meant to be realistic.
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It seems to me that the spear was meant to be symbolic...I'm not certain but after repeated viewings I suddenly felt it was something like the stigmata since Christ was lanced through his side...makes even more sense considering Samuel says, "Look who's risen form the dead" after Charlie wakes up. I don't think it was meant to be realistic.
You're a real ass, you know that? You think you're edgy for not subscribing to religion? Let me tell you, no one is impressed.
The poster you replied to said nothing of his beliefs, whatever they may be. He spoke of the symbolism in the film relating to another story. Understand? This is exactly the type of insight that is welcome in any discussion of film.
However after your devastating opening salvo, you continue with an even greater amount of buffoonery by calling the poster childish and immature and that his "nonsense" has no place in a discussion among adult people. You clearly have no understanding of what takes place in an adult conversation as you fail to meet any of the criteria needed to take part in one.
Well-noted!
shareMakes sense
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It was a bit high to puncture the lung. It probably just missed, narrowly. Like the others said, it's meant to be a shoulder wound. There are other causes for coughing up blood as well, other than a punctured lung.
sharePeople have walked away from worse looking injuries. I guess he was supposed to be very, very lucky.
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My impression was that he never really recovered from that injury (and it seems like he got pierced in the chest not the shoulder) and he was slowly dying through the rest of the movie. That's how I took it anyway. Love this movie!!
shareAs others have said, it was supposed to be a shoulder wound. The coughed blood was just for effect.
But lung or not, I find it hard to believe he recovered so fast.
Don't trust reality. After all, it's only a collective hunch.
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Admittedly the aboriginals did practice 'spear dancing' as a form of punishment between tribes.
This involved having to dodge spears thrown at you.
And since the aboriginal had been throwing spears at each other for 40 000 years, it would stand to reason they would have found some effective means to seal a stab wound made by a spear.
The woman who healed Guy Pearce was at least half aboriginal.
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