character - Why doesn't Bruce take a running jump when trying to escape from the pit? - Movies & TV

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When Bruce gets the hardest part of
escaping the pit, the big jump, he stands at the edge and jumps from
there.

There is clearly room on the
ledge he is standing on for him to take a running jump. Obviously a running jump would
enable him to jump a lot further.

Why would
Bruce not take a running jump?

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I seem to
remember the whole point of the exchange (before Bruce made his final attempt) between
him and the doctor was that he had to be scared to be able to make it out - Bruce had
told his cell mate several times that he wasn't
scared.

Maybe the fact that he had to be scared
meant that he had to walk to the edge and jump from there. The fear of not making it
from a standing jump could have given him what he needed to make it. At least, that's my
interpretation.