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(Switch gears, you better pedal at a higher cadence.
Fuck you, Mike!
Youre like a real-life Judas.)
(It happened, I dont know.
Theres something about her, like, shes smart, and shes interesting.
She does this thing with her hips that Ive never The hip thing?
You dont think I know about the hip thing?)
Thats how the movie proceeds.
Each new vignette catches up with the two men some weeks or months or years later.
The emotional dynamics between them shift during both the gaps in between scenes and the scenes themselves.
New loves are forged.
New loves are compromised.
Mike becomes a raging alcoholic then seems to clean up his act.
That makes the two mens bond somewhat unbreakable, even during those periods when they cant stand each other.
Tales of male friendship, at least in the movies, usually turn on dependability and integrity.
That should make him a monster, butThe Climbis ultimately too smart and too sweet to condemn anybody.
