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?
It's supposed to show that the reporter woman has grown past her desire to exploit the suffering of other people for the sake of a news story.
shareBut 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?
shareAll 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.
shareThe 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.
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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.
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