Basically a guy calls the media, pretending he is the killer to get some media attention, and ends up almost burning him
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RynoII — 9 years ago(June 09, 2016 11:25 AM)
Basically a guy calls the media, pretending he is the killer to get some media attention, and ends up almost burning himself to death and Harry saves him.
It's a good scene on it's own, but I don't know why it's in the movie, in this story. This character has nothing to do with anything, and it felt oddly placed. Was there a reason? -
RynoII — 9 years ago(July 21, 2016 11:21 PM)
But usually if they want a character to go through a moral change, they will have the scenario have something to do with the actual plot of the story. This scenario with this guy, was not a part of the actual plot, so why couldn't they just fit her character change into something that was part of it?
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tehck — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 11:13 AM)
All DH movies are filled with action scenes that are irrelevant to the main plot. For example, I just watched Magnum Force, and the airplane hijack attempt has nothing to do with anything else in the movie. Usually these scenes either reinforce Harry's badassness or remphasize whatever theme dominates that movie in the suicide-by-fire case it's the role of the press in creating events rather than just describing them.
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ElMaruecan82 — 9 years ago(September 23, 2016 10:55 PM)
The hi-jack scene is the 'obligatory' introducing action sequence of a
Dirty Harry
film,
The Dead Pool
has one but it's tied with the story. The 'fire' scene happens in the middle and I think it's meant to show how far people can get to have a shot at their 15 minutes of fame, the reaction of Samantha shows that she grew some maturity and understood the limits of this constant quest for sensational news.
Darth Vader is
scary and I
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RynoII — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 08:24 PM)
I see what you mean but I guess I felt that the whole theme with the media, is just forgotten about after that. That's why it feels random to me. It doesn't need to have anything to do with the main plot I guess, but the media theme feels forgotten about, since after this, the movie turns into a by the numbers serial killer thriller it seems, with no media themes being further explored after.