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Tim not helping out with the gun

posted 8 years ago by stell1837
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A very crucial scene in the movie was when Dr. Grant, Ellie, Lex, and Tim were in the control room. Lex was trying to restart the system and lock the door to the control room when a raptor appeared in the door window. Dr. Grant immediately ran to the door to push it to prevent the raptor from opening and entering the room and while doing that, dropped the gun that he took from emergency bunker. Ellie immediately ran towards the door as well to help out Dr. Grant in pushing the door. While doing so, Ellie tried to use her foot to retrieve the gun on the floor but was just outside of her reach.

All the while, Lex was busy at the computer attempting to start the security system, while Tim was just standing beside her observing Lex and the computer, and appeared to be oblivious of the dangerous situation.

Did any of you think that Tim appeared to be totally useless instead of trying to help out the adults given the circumstances? Specifically, Tim could have taken the gun and handed it off to Ellie or Dr. Grant. True, Tim was only about nine years old but I'm sure he's observed guns before on television and how to hold a gun. Even as a five year old I could hold the handle of a gun and hand it off to someone else given the emergency situation.

Or at least Ellie should have shouted by saying something like: "Timmy! Hand me the gun!"

[–] mikeyg24 8 years ago

You're right but he more than made up for it in 'The Pacific'.

Hey! You're not old enough to drink! Now go and die for your country!!!

[–] clnglish 8 years ago

It's payback for Grant making him climb an electrified fence he could have easily slipped through.

[–] hillbrian2005 8 years ago

Alot of people say Tim didn't hand them the gun because they wouldn't have wanted to seee a kid that age dealing with a gun.

[–] zyppy 8 years ago

If you listen carefully int the scene you will hear grant say 'get away timmy'

[–] DannoC24 8 years ago

Speilberg did not want kids involved in any way with a gun. Speilberg made this movie for kids after all.

[–] Honeybefine 8 years ago

Tim was an idiot anyway. If he touched the gun, he probably would have ended up killing the other three and shooting a hole big enough for the raptor to walk through.