My armed security instructor literally had Picture of Dirty Harry poster and said DONT BE LIKE HIM. Then said “Don’t go firing at bad guy like him and think you’re going save the day. You’ll be arrested and be showed as my next slideshow.”
He's supposed to not play by the rules and to be slightly cartoonish, hence why so many characters like Judge Dredd and John McClane were based on him. If he was totally professional there wouldn't be a movie, but rather it would be a documentary.
17:24 I am so tired of this miss information. Police have no duty to read a suspect their rights. Miranda Warnings, commonly referred to as Your rights, are only required during a custodial interrogation. Even then, should police fail to warn the suspect of their right to remain silent, established by Arizona V. Miranda, the only consequence is that information revealed by the Interrogation would be inadmissible in court. The officers are not liable for any wrongdoing and could still get the evidence admitted if they are able to convince the court that they would have eventually discovered the evidence through other means. Police would also be able to circumvent Miranda through the exigent circumstances exception, which would certainly apply in this case considering Scorpio was reasonably believed to be holding a woman hostage in an underground coffin which presumably had a limited airsupply.
Fun fact: Reading the rights at the moment of arrest is not a free pass to immediate release. Your rights only kick in prior to being questioned. It's a Hollywood-ism, the same as only being allowed a two minute phone call, or a cop standing there listening.
@@Newton-Reuther A bad ruling. Reminding the person arrested of their rights should be mandatory. It also reminds the cops that the people they arrest have rights.
@@Newton-Reutherthat's for things like traffic stop arrests and matter of fact issues like stopping a DM incident. If you're being investigated for the possibility of commiting a crime and they arrest you they MUST read you your rights.
In fairness, 2 handed use of handguns didn't become common until the Weaver stance was taught more frequently in the 80's. However his accuracy would not have matched him well against either Patton or Willis Lee both of whom were Olympians.
4:00 Let me explain this scene. Harry has fired five times and has one live round left in his gun. While approaching the bad guy, Harry pulls the hammer back, moving the live round into position to be fired. When the bad guy concedes, Harry gently rides the hammer back on his gun so that the gun won't fire. When the bad guy says "I's just gots to know" Harry pulls back the hammer again, moving a spent shell into position. Harry knows this and it's why he laughs. Ben: "This is a sci fi channel." Uh huh. Ben, you should talk to the local PD about getting several ride alongs so that you can see what cops actually go through. I'm a former cop that worked for two police departments. One PD was as corrupt as the day was long. No less than fifty times, during booking, the chief said "He's a relative. Release him on recognizance." I finally got fed up and demanded of the chief that he give me a list of his relatives so that I wouldn't keep arresting them. (there's much more, but I'll leave it at this). Why Dirty Harry seems to draw his weapon first and fires it when bystanders could be hit-range time. What I have seen, time and again, is spooked bad guys firing blindly because they don't put in range time and don't hit anything, unless it's a terrified and motionless victim backed into a corner. There are hundreds of u-toob videos where the bad guy, when met by someone actually firing a gun at them, the bad guy just fires like crazy while trying to flee the scene.
Dirty Harry went from a bad cop to a decent cop by the end of the 5th film. I think the films were an eye opening on certain types of cops in a fictional way.
The series was also taking place during massive changes to policing in general and to cultural views on police brutality. Dirty Harry was made in 1971, The Dead Pool in 1988. The Dead Pool is actually pretty similar to the first Lethal Weapon - They even have similar plots.
Gun safety, namely trigger discipline, was horrible back then. At least that's how it's betrayed in older tv and movies. As an Army veteran, that really bugs the heck out of me.
well Harry doesn't actually exist, so of course he is better - also, harry doesn't generally treat minorities worse, his hatred of criminal scum knows no racial bias and he even comes across, adjusted for the tiems, as not anti-gay.
They seem to have done well at the box office. The writing and directing may have achieved what they were going for, an over-the-top action film, with a message about where society may be heading.
@@SciFiCatGuy I was addressing your point with an alternative view. They wrote him like that, to be a vigilante. It's what they thought would appeal to the audience, and the films were largely successful. So, the "bad writing" was fit for the times and the audience, which actually made it "good".
The bit you did about not having your finger on the trigger is not historically accurate. Harry's revolver was a Model 29-2 Smith and Wesson Revolver. It is a double action revolver. It can be fired two ways...The hammer can be cocked manually and then the trigger pressed. This method provides a very light and crisp trigger pull which can increase accuracy at distance. This is called single action. The other method is to simply pull the trigger all of the way to the rear, starting from a hammer-down position. The latter is known as double-action because the trigger is cocking the hammer and releasing the sear with one pull of the trigger. When a double-action revolver is fired in this manner, the trigger pull is much longer and substantially heavier than when it is fired after the hammer is pulled back manually. Police officers in the 1960s and 1970s were commonly taught to put their trigger finger on the trigger as soon as the revolver was drawn from the holster. Some duty holsters of the time even had the trigger exposed so that the trigger finger could be placed upon the trigger while the shooter was building his initial grip and drawing the revolver. The idea that the shooter's trigger finger should not be placed upon the trigger until ready to fire did not become common training until revolvers started to fall from favor and were replaced by semi-automatic pistols for police work. Don't take my word for it. Do your own research.
Plot is an amazing material that makes the user immune from fatal injuries, and makes all irresponsible behaviour acceptable. Its a rare material mined from the deepest mines in the world and its rarity defines that the purest of plot is only ever given to heroes.
Dirty Harry and Bullet belong to a different generation. San Francisco is currently a mess and Dirty Harry would not fit in. Gun safety was non-existent in that generation. You should watch the British "The Avengers" of the 1960's they waved loaded cocked guns in all directions. They shot at anything that moved verifying the target later. One episode the main characters were standing directly behind the area the person was shooting. Dirty Harry using a 458 magnum as a sniper rifle which made no sense. Anything made in Hollywood is by definition stupid. Physics who cares about physics. Love the Indiana Jones franchise but he was not a real archeologist, and somehow rode a submarine several hundred miles. Space crafts don't make noise in space.
Granted I think that a lot of this is on the screenwriters to really reign in the chaos of the situation and give the main character the “this is not a good person but damn, they’re cool.”
Shooting pistols one-handed was pretty standard back then. Troops were taught that way, and that carried on into policing. It wasn't really until the 'modern technique' of pistolcraft came along that two-handed use became more popular... in the early to mid 70's onwards with competitors with pioneers like Jeff Cooper. But yeah, trigger discipline was bad with Harry.
Okay here is the deal. IT'S A MOVIE, NOT REAL LIFE. That being said, it's still relevant today. Also Hollywood never gets anything right. Also tactics and training have changed. When I joined the Army in 1993. We were not trained to keep our weapons at the low ready. You kept the muzzle of your rifle up in the air, and nobody said anything about keeping your trigger finger on the side of your weapon. Also there was a time when one handed shooting was the standard.
I don't know how much you can falt Harry's fire arms safety concidering how doctorin around firearms safety has changed alot over time. Don't compare it to our standards compare to the contemporary police and military doctorin.
These also aren't the four unofficial rules, they're the four basic rules. Fundamental principals that, if the person you're learning about guns from doesn't teach you, they shouldn't be teaching anyone anything in the first place.
Lol. I grew up watching the dirty Harry films. My friends and I loved them. Have to file this one under "hard to swallow pills". Your analysis is spot on. Keep up the good work, enjoyed the video.
All that said, when I need the police, I hope Inspector Harry Callahan shows up. Hey, you could always watch 4 episodes of COPS back to back. I will stick with Harry.
While you do make a lot of good points, the poor gun handling was dogma at the end of the Sixties and the early Seventies. Fingers on trigger--look up Rex Applegate. I corresponded with Rex Applegate about that because in his 1943 "Kill or Get Killed" the shooter was in the low-ready with finger on trigger. Police training of the period was totally exposed trigger guard and getting a full firing grip on the revolver to include finger on trigger before pulling the revolver from the holster. No wonder there were so many self-inflicted police gunshot injuries and the insistence on heavy double-action trigger pull weights. It used to be worse--the revolver was to be cocked for every shot! Just in case you wondered why gun ranges prohibit "quick draw" to this day... Note that in Dirty Harry (1971) Calahan uses a wrist hold two-hand shooting posture and usually fired with one hand--because that was training until the late Seventies, with some police agencies emphasizing one hand shooting, especially the waist-level double-action ""combat shooting." I reviewed vintage police training and older FM 23-35 (the US Army field manual for pistols and revolvers dating back to 1946). Moat police training didn't put priority on cover--and low-profile body armor was uncommon before the Eighties. Techniques, tactics and training have improved over the years.
Hello, its an action fiction, it's not supposed to be realistic. Nobody thinks James Bond is a master spy either(I mean every villain figures out he's an agent in 60 seconds of meeting him) but we all enjoy the escapism
Would it be considered plot armor if his outlook wasnt that he was the main character, but that he was frigging clint eastwood? Plot armor only exists in the story. A "clint nature" is like having the continuity stone. Way heavier both in story and irl. Edit: ill take kellys heroes over any dirty harry movies any day.
He's not a bad cop, he's a cop who meets out Justice because the courts won't. It's a movie but I bet you if we had more cops like him crime rates would be down. Note the sarcasm
"that you do not wish to destroy" I fucking hate how gun people talk. Just say kill. Use language people actually use. It all comes off like "look how badass and tacticool I am!"
You also go into "what I would do" nonsense with a rc bomb car that is fast enough to keep up with a car... 1. YOU'RE NOT OUR RUNNING THAT. 2. It's Hollywood... a rc car isn't keep up with a real car
I have enjoyed Dirty Harry and Death Wish movies - all action movies really - since I was in pre-school. However, not once did I think any of them were real, just highly entertaining outrageous fantasies, the more outrageous the more laughable. I watch less of them now because real life has overtaken them and I now realize that most of them were quite cruel and fascistic.
Another thing that Harry is not - a real person. Some good observations, entertainingly proffered. But I kept whispering, "Dude, it's a movie." I wouldn't want Harry on my local force. But on TNT on a rainy afternoon? Go ahead, make my day...
SF wasn't covered in homeless people excrement and syringes when Harry Callahan was on the scene. We need more cops like him and less soy like you. USA USA USA!!!!
In other words, violating Every American civil right... sorry y'all i personally prefer Paul Kersey.....he was at least was never showed to be nothing but a vigilante.... but so was the original Batman... WTF right
I can see you have abandoned a rewarding career writing essays about science fiction and fantasy motion pictures to argue with east coast university kids over Israel.
Great to see you back Ben! Hope you have been well. Great vid as always :D Harry is a bad Real World Police Officer, but damn is he a good fictional Cop's Cop :D
I have heard you guys defend DIsney's "Farce Wars" MaReySU, Crylo Ren, and Admiral "Holdo" Gender Studies. I will take a Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry" flick any day over Disney Wars...... well maybe not "Rogue One" or early "Mandalorian" they were pretty decent. At least Clint Eastwood does not actively hate me and try to insult my intelligence, (even if a car does lose 13 hub caps in a car chase) I can still see editing errors in CGI glory real time in Disney's big budget idiocy.
One thing to keep in mind is, the romanticism of the character who, is frustrated by the lack of concern for the citizens even if he seems unprofessional in his demeanor. I think it's likely that this character is based on past characters Eastwood has played in his earlier films. Harry is very cow-boyish in his gun handling technique since in his thinking this would delay his response time in returning fire on a would be assailant. I also think that, Josephus Miller on the Expanse is very Harry Callahan like in his methods.
I agree with many points in this video. Harry Callahan is, for want of a better word, a public menace with a badge. That said, though, during the robbery scene in "Sudden Impact" (if you listen carefully) you'll hear one of the robbers threatening one of the hostages in the diner with SA, preparing to drag her into the back and assault her. That's when Dirty Harry reenters the diner and kills them. A terrible outrage is foiled, day is saved, and now Harry Callahan is back on the street to be a walking, one-man violation of the Constitution and further hazard to the lives and property of the citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area.
This review would have better if Arnie did it. It would have been hilarious. Big burly Schwarzenegger critiquing Eastwood. 😂 Instead we get Ben who sounds just whiny with his panties in a bunch. Maybe his take was meant to be funny and satirical. IDK. I apologize if it was meant to be the latter. Sorry man. Dirty Harry is nothing more than a spaghetti string western set in an urban city. Goofy bad guys and an over the top protagonist who’s part vigilante. He’s a little bit like Bond, John Wayne, Batman, etc. No one ever took these seriously. It was good entertainment when movies entertained instead of preaching “agendas”.
On top of your clearly knowing nothing about double-action firearms (see @The_Dudester's comment) you're also off the mark with the one-handed shooting via the Hickock stance. A completely valid shooting technique that allows for more control of aiming than the limited Weaver stance. Using both hands limits the arc you can control the gun across, and is in situations where you might have to adjust for target movement quickly can result in failing to be able to line up the shot. The two handed "Weaver stance" is not the be-all end-all of accuracy and control. Only thing it gives you is better ability to soak recoil. In some cases -- particularly if you've got one eye more dominant than the other -- it can actually harm accuracy due to more "crap" in your target picture. it's like the "close one eye" bullshit destroying depth of field and making you LESS accurate unless you're using a scope. Both eyes open, focus on your target, move the blur of the gunsights over the target. This is particularly true of good old iron sights. Try it yourself, both eyes open hold up your thumb at arms length, but focus your eyes on the wall or something in the room. See how you can see through your thumb to what you're pointing at? Yeah, that. Now close one eye. Can't see what you're pointing at, can you?
What was the point of this video? I mean, what was the message? That movies aren't real life? Heroes are imperfect? Be a PC NPC? Masculinity is bad? Criminals are more important than peace and order?
I've always enjoyed these kinds of movies for the no nonsense cops. However, I've always recognized that I would never want to be pulled over, or even worse, under investigation by one of 'em! Never seen a "Dirty Harry" movie, but by the way you tell it, it sounds just like "Sledge Hammer!". A hilarious 80s show that's a satire of the action hero cop genre. Or that's what I thought since I was a kid. Apparently it's a direct parody of "Dirty Harry" specifically! Both seasons are on DVD as a complete series, and while the second season falls flat, that first one is worth the price alone!
Ironically, a cop like Harry Callahan wouldn't give a damn if you were speeding or your registration and inspection stickers were out of date. If you were acting like an idiot and almost get people killed, you'd better worry.
Sledge Hammer was the "Police Squad" version of Dirty Harry. And I believe "Hunter" was a watered down TV version. I mean they cast Fred Dryer that has a decent to Dirty Harry.
No. It was the soft on crime policies of some cities. Even Mad Magazine got in on this around 1974/75. Cartoon had two panels 1) 1950's solution to crime. Sniper on top of building. Cop aims and fires an artillery cannon at sniper. 2) 1970's solution to crime. Same scenario. Cop steps out from cover and says "You have the right to remain silent......"
My armed security instructor literally had Picture of Dirty Harry poster and said DONT BE LIKE HIM. Then said “Don’t go firing at bad guy like him and think you’re going save the day. You’ll be arrested and be showed as my next slideshow.”
He's supposed to not play by the rules and to be slightly cartoonish, hence why so many characters like Judge Dredd and John McClane were based on him. If he was totally professional there wouldn't be a movie, but rather it would be a documentary.
Yeah, your right... I'll buy that.... so you're saying Harry is, like, a over the top antihero....ok
@@Donathon-qx8kq By early 1970's standards, yes.
@@Donathon-qx8kq He's saying that Harry, is dirty
However unorthodox he may be the bad guys that he deals with seldom come back to commit more crimes
17:24 I am so tired of this miss information. Police have no duty to read a suspect their rights. Miranda Warnings, commonly referred to as Your rights, are only required during a custodial interrogation. Even then, should police fail to warn the suspect of their right to remain silent, established by Arizona V. Miranda, the only consequence is that information revealed by the Interrogation would be inadmissible in court. The officers are not liable for any wrongdoing and could still get the evidence admitted if they are able to convince the court that they would have eventually discovered the evidence through other means. Police would also be able to circumvent Miranda through the exigent circumstances exception, which would certainly apply in this case considering Scorpio was reasonably believed to be holding a woman hostage in an underground coffin which presumably had a limited airsupply.
Fun fact: Reading the rights at the moment of arrest is not a free pass to immediate release. Your rights only kick in prior to being questioned. It's a Hollywood-ism, the same as only being allowed a two minute phone call, or a cop standing there listening.
This is hollywood trope really pisses me off. It has real-life consequences, convincing millions of idiots that they have a get out of jail free card.
The Supreme Court has actually ruled that cops don't even have to remind you of your rights when you're arrested. Pretty cool stuff
@@Newton-Reuther A bad ruling. Reminding the person arrested of their rights should be mandatory. It also reminds the cops that the people they arrest have rights.
I haven’t watched the movie but after all that I kinda want to watch it
@@Newton-Reutherthat's for things like traffic stop arrests and matter of fact issues like stopping a DM incident. If you're being investigated for the possibility of commiting a crime and they arrest you they MUST read you your rights.
In fairness, 2 handed use of handguns didn't become common until the Weaver stance was taught more frequently in the 80's. However his accuracy would not have matched him well against either Patton or Willis Lee both of whom were Olympians.
4:00 Let me explain this scene. Harry has fired five times and has one live round left in his gun. While approaching the bad guy, Harry pulls the hammer back, moving the live round into position to be fired. When the bad guy concedes, Harry gently rides the hammer back on his gun so that the gun won't fire. When the bad guy says "I's just gots to know" Harry pulls back the hammer again, moving a spent shell into position. Harry knows this and it's why he laughs.
Ben: "This is a sci fi channel." Uh huh. Ben, you should talk to the local PD about getting several ride alongs so that you can see what cops actually go through.
I'm a former cop that worked for two police departments. One PD was as corrupt as the day was long. No less than fifty times, during booking, the chief said "He's a relative. Release him on recognizance." I finally got fed up and demanded of the chief that he give me a list of his relatives so that I wouldn't keep arresting them. (there's much more, but I'll leave it at this).
Why Dirty Harry seems to draw his weapon first and fires it when bystanders could be hit-range time. What I have seen, time and again, is spooked bad guys firing blindly because they don't put in range time and don't hit anything, unless it's a terrified and motionless victim backed into a corner. There are hundreds of u-toob videos where the bad guy, when met by someone actually firing a gun at them, the bad guy just fires like crazy while trying to flee the scene.
that's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that 5 or 6 shot scene...thanks for confirming :)
triggered!
Dirty Harry went from a bad cop to a decent cop by the end of the 5th film. I think the films were an eye opening on certain types of cops in a fictional way.
The series was also taking place during massive changes to policing in general and to cultural views on police brutality.
Dirty Harry was made in 1971, The Dead Pool in 1988.
The Dead Pool is actually pretty similar to the first Lethal Weapon - They even have similar plots.
Holding a gun with one hand was pretty much standard at the time.
By default, Harry’s a much better public servant than any politicians on the west coast. And on top of that, the movies are just epic to watch!!!!
Gun safety, namely trigger discipline, was horrible back then. At least that's how it's betrayed in older tv and movies. As an Army veteran, that really bugs the heck out of me.
He's a damn sight better than the cops we have today. Prove me wrong...
well Harry doesn't actually exist, so of course he is better - also, harry doesn't generally treat minorities worse, his hatred of criminal scum knows no racial bias and he even comes across, adjusted for the tiems, as not anti-gay.
Too many rules for the cops of today. Like every shot has to be accounted for? Come on. Civilians aren't bystanders on certain areas anyway.
Surely Harry doesn't deserve all the blame. Bad writing and directing are culpable accomplices.
They seem to have done well at the box office. The writing and directing may have achieved what they were going for, an over-the-top action film, with a message about where society may be heading.
@@orokusaki1243 uh, yeah, you're missing my point. All of those stupid things Harry did were due to stupid writing and directing
@@SciFiCatGuy I was addressing your point with an alternative view. They wrote him like that, to be a vigilante. It's what they thought would appeal to the audience, and the films were largely successful. So, the "bad writing" was fit for the times and the audience, which actually made it "good".
@orokusaki1243 I'm talking about the poor handling of the weapon and such. THAT was stupid writing no matter what era.
Glad to see ya, American Ben!!!
There should've been a Dirty Harry - Death Wish crossover! Imagine pairing Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson! 😁
Hiya. 100% would watch that crossover.
Wow@@GenerationFilms
There was. It was called Sudden Death.
Bronson liked to look tall in his movies, even though he wasn't, so he wouldn't have liked to stand next to Eastwood (1,74m vs 1,93m)
Holy shit Ben’s still alive.
No one said I'm alive.
Sad to see this channel go. Many great memories. Thx for all the entertainment.❤
The bit you did about not having your finger on the trigger is not historically accurate. Harry's revolver was a Model 29-2 Smith and Wesson Revolver. It is a double action revolver. It can be fired two ways...The hammer can be cocked manually and then the trigger pressed. This method provides a very light and crisp trigger pull which can increase accuracy at distance. This is called single action. The other method is to simply pull the trigger all of the way to the rear, starting from a hammer-down position. The latter is known as double-action because the trigger is cocking the hammer and releasing the sear with one pull of the trigger. When a double-action revolver is fired in this manner, the trigger pull is much longer and substantially heavier than when it is fired after the hammer is pulled back manually. Police officers in the 1960s and 1970s were commonly taught to put their trigger finger on the trigger as soon as the revolver was drawn from the holster. Some duty holsters of the time even had the trigger exposed so that the trigger finger could be placed upon the trigger while the shooter was building his initial grip and drawing the revolver. The idea that the shooter's trigger finger should not be placed upon the trigger until ready to fire did not become common training until revolvers started to fall from favor and were replaced by semi-automatic pistols for police work. Don't take my word for it. Do your own research.
Plot is an amazing material that makes the user immune from fatal injuries, and makes all irresponsible behaviour acceptable.
Its a rare material mined from the deepest mines in the world and its rarity defines that the purest of plot is only ever given to heroes.
Dirty Harry and Bullet belong to a different generation. San Francisco is currently a mess and Dirty Harry would not fit in. Gun safety was non-existent in that generation. You should watch the British "The Avengers" of the 1960's they waved loaded cocked guns in all directions. They shot at anything that moved verifying the target later. One episode the main characters were standing directly behind the area the person was shooting. Dirty Harry using a 458 magnum as a sniper rifle which made no sense. Anything made in Hollywood is by definition stupid. Physics who cares about physics. Love the Indiana Jones franchise but he was not a real archeologist, and somehow rode a submarine several hundred miles. Space crafts don't make noise in space.
Eastwood once told another actor that the purpose of the one-handed shot was to look more badass/cool.
Glad to see you back. Another interesting analysis of an iconic character. Hope to see more.
Thx bro ❤️
This channel was dead for along time i want to see more
In real life Dirty Harry would cause a ton of lawsuits on the sfpd.
Granted I think that a lot of this is on the screenwriters to really reign in the chaos of the situation and give the main character the “this is not a good person but damn, they’re cool.”
Good take. Pretty much like the old Westerns, but set in modern day.
Comment for the algorithm. Nice to see ya making videos again
Hey brother!
@@GenerationFilms just super happy to see American Ben again! Been too long
Great to see you back, Ben!
Nice to see you back American Ben 😀 Interesting and thoughtful analysis of this iconic character. 👏
Thanks oooolldddd pal
Shooting pistols one-handed was pretty standard back then. Troops were taught that way, and that carried on into policing. It wasn't really until the 'modern technique' of pistolcraft came along that two-handed use became more popular... in the early to mid 70's onwards with competitors with pioneers like Jeff Cooper.
But yeah, trigger discipline was bad with Harry.
Okay here is the deal. IT'S A MOVIE, NOT REAL LIFE. That being said, it's still relevant today. Also Hollywood never gets anything right. Also tactics and training have changed. When I joined the Army in 1993. We were not trained to keep our weapons at the low ready. You kept the muzzle of your rifle up in the air, and nobody said anything about keeping your trigger finger on the side of your weapon. Also there was a time when one handed shooting was the standard.
I miss the 70's
I don't know how much you can falt Harry's fire arms safety concidering how doctorin around firearms safety has changed alot over time. Don't compare it to our standards compare to the contemporary police and military doctorin.
Great to see you again man. Hope life is being good to you ❤️
You’re still alive! Been worried about your absence.
Good to see you back. Took a legit double-take.
Hey there bro!
These also aren't the four unofficial rules, they're the four basic rules. Fundamental principals that, if the person you're learning about guns from doesn't teach you, they shouldn't be teaching anyone anything in the first place.
Welcome back American Ben!
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@@GenerationFilmsPlease make videos on the mobile suit gundam anime like the mechs , nations and technology
Those were simpler times. Without all the PC bull crap of the world today.
1. It's Hollywood.
2. Look at original training videos for shooting that Harry's generation would have been trained with.
During the scene in the first movie with the guy threatening to jump I was genuinely wondering if Harry was going to push him.
No comment that Harry uses light loads in his 44 mangnum.
Noble:
"having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles and ideals"
I don't think "noble" is a good word to use for him xD
Lol. I grew up watching the dirty Harry films. My friends and I loved them. Have to file this one under "hard to swallow pills". Your analysis is spot on. Keep up the good work, enjoyed the video.
All that said, when I need the police, I hope Inspector Harry Callahan shows up.
Hey, you could always watch 4 episodes of COPS back to back.
I will stick with Harry.
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😘hi and thx
While you do make a lot of good points, the poor gun handling was dogma at the end of the Sixties and the early Seventies. Fingers on trigger--look up Rex Applegate. I corresponded with Rex Applegate about that because in his 1943 "Kill or Get Killed" the shooter was in the low-ready with finger on trigger. Police training of the period was totally exposed trigger guard and getting a full firing grip on the revolver to include finger on trigger before pulling the revolver from the holster. No wonder there were so many self-inflicted police gunshot injuries and the insistence on heavy double-action trigger pull weights. It used to be worse--the revolver was to be cocked for every shot! Just in case you wondered why gun ranges prohibit "quick draw" to this day... Note that in Dirty Harry (1971) Calahan uses a wrist hold two-hand shooting posture and usually fired with one hand--because that was training until the late Seventies, with some police agencies emphasizing one hand shooting, especially the waist-level double-action ""combat shooting." I reviewed vintage police training and older FM 23-35 (the US Army field manual for pistols and revolvers dating back to 1946). Moat police training didn't put priority on cover--and low-profile body armor was uncommon before the Eighties.
Techniques, tactics and training have improved over the years.
What if Spartacus had a Piper Cub?
Hello, its an action fiction, it's not supposed to be realistic. Nobody thinks James Bond is a master spy either(I mean every villain figures out he's an agent in 60 seconds of meeting him) but we all enjoy the escapism
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The bad guys in the films are over the top and unrealistic. So, the protagonist is over the top and unrealistic.
Would it be considered plot armor if his outlook wasnt that he was the main character, but that he was frigging clint eastwood?
Plot armor only exists in the story. A "clint nature" is like having the continuity stone. Way heavier both in story and irl.
Edit: ill take kellys heroes over any dirty harry movies any day.
He's not a bad cop, he's a cop who meets out Justice because the courts won't. It's a movie but I bet you if we had more cops like him crime rates would be down. Note the sarcasm
"that you do not wish to destroy"
I fucking hate how gun people talk. Just say kill. Use language people actually use. It all comes off like "look how badass and tacticool I am!"
You could say the same things about most action movies
holy shit american ben is alive???
50% chance 60% of the time.
Great analysis. But like I tell my pops, people don’t watch rational, logical, low drama films. Because they’re looking for something entertaining!
Dirty Harry is like kira but instead of a death note he has his own god of death
a gun
The haircut looks good on you.
Keep your spirits happy, Drew
Thanks brother
😂😂😂Relax...It's a movie😂😂😂
You also go into "what I would do" nonsense with a rc bomb car that is fast enough to keep up with a car... 1. YOU'RE NOT OUR RUNNING THAT. 2. It's Hollywood... a rc car isn't keep up with a real car
News flash partner. Dirty Harry is make believe!! Like Superman, Batman and Spiderman.
We really need to stop using "the worst" so nonchalantly. I guess corrupt cops are better than him?😜
I have enjoyed Dirty Harry and Death Wish movies - all action movies really - since I was in pre-school. However, not once did I think any of them were real, just highly entertaining outrageous fantasies, the more outrageous the more laughable. I watch less of them now because real life has overtaken them and I now realize that most of them were quite cruel and fascistic.
3:11 There are 4 rules of firearm safety. You missed know your target and what's beyond it.
The fourth rule isn't universally accepted as a rule.
Lighten up Francis.. it was different in the 80’s
I get what you’re saying, but that would make a boring ass movie.
It's a movie taking it a little too seriously
I don't think Batman is a very good cop either!
These are the same tactics used during used during no knock warrants or routine traffic stops all across at least 40 states
Another thing that Harry is not - a real person. Some good observations, entertainingly proffered. But I kept whispering, "Dude, it's a movie."
I wouldn't want Harry on my local force. But on TNT on a rainy afternoon? Go ahead, make my day...
F trees.
I always thought that was the point of the movie
Nowadays Cops in San Francisco can't even look at Criminals.
SF wasn't covered in homeless people excrement and syringes when Harry Callahan was on the scene. We need more cops like him and less soy like you. USA USA USA!!!!
In other words, violating Every American civil right... sorry y'all i personally prefer Paul Kersey.....he was at least was never showed to be nothing but a vigilante.... but so was the original Batman... WTF right
I can see you have abandoned a rewarding career writing essays about science fiction and fantasy motion pictures to argue with east coast university kids over Israel.
Great to see you back Ben! Hope you have been well. Great vid as always :D
Harry is a bad Real World Police Officer, but damn is he a good fictional Cop's Cop :D
Hey pal!!!
really glad to see you back man!@@GenerationFilms
Oh boy
Please don't go American Ben!
I have heard you guys defend DIsney's "Farce Wars" MaReySU, Crylo Ren, and Admiral "Holdo" Gender Studies. I will take a Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry" flick any day over Disney Wars...... well maybe not "Rogue One" or early "Mandalorian" they were pretty decent. At least Clint Eastwood does not actively hate me and try to insult my intelligence, (even if a car does lose 13 hub caps in a car chase) I can still see editing errors in CGI glory real time in Disney's big budget idiocy.
American Ben!!!!! I was getting worried that maybe the dolphins got you
They did 😭
Fictional characters! Enjoy the action of the film!
DERPY HARRY
lol he was a bad cop for real
One thing to keep in mind is, the romanticism of the character who, is frustrated by the lack of concern for the citizens even if he seems unprofessional in his demeanor. I think it's likely that this character is based on past characters Eastwood has played in his earlier films. Harry is very cow-boyish in his gun handling technique since in his thinking this would delay his response time in returning fire on a would be assailant. I also think that, Josephus Miller on the Expanse is very Harry Callahan like in his methods.
Holy crap, welcome back Ben. Glad to see the dolphins were just spreading propaganda about you becoming chum👍
Them dolphins, they just keep pulling me back in.
Wow, you know what, unsubscribe.
I agree with many points in this video. Harry Callahan is, for want of a better word, a public menace with a badge. That said, though, during the robbery scene in "Sudden Impact" (if you listen carefully) you'll hear one of the robbers threatening one of the hostages in the diner with SA, preparing to drag her into the back and assault her. That's when Dirty Harry reenters the diner and kills them. A terrible outrage is foiled, day is saved, and now Harry Callahan is back on the street to be a walking, one-man violation of the Constitution and further hazard to the lives and property of the citizens of the San Francisco Bay Area.
This review would have better if Arnie did it. It would have been hilarious. Big burly Schwarzenegger critiquing Eastwood. 😂 Instead we get Ben who sounds just whiny with his panties in a bunch. Maybe his take was meant to be funny and satirical. IDK. I apologize if it was meant to be the latter. Sorry man.
Dirty Harry is nothing more than a spaghetti string western set in an urban city. Goofy bad guys and an over the top protagonist who’s part vigilante. He’s a little bit like Bond, John Wayne, Batman, etc. No one ever took these seriously. It was good entertainment when movies entertained instead of preaching “agendas”.
On top of your clearly knowing nothing about double-action firearms (see @The_Dudester's comment) you're also off the mark with the one-handed shooting via the Hickock stance. A completely valid shooting technique that allows for more control of aiming than the limited Weaver stance. Using both hands limits the arc you can control the gun across, and is in situations where you might have to adjust for target movement quickly can result in failing to be able to line up the shot.
The two handed "Weaver stance" is not the be-all end-all of accuracy and control. Only thing it gives you is better ability to soak recoil. In some cases -- particularly if you've got one eye more dominant than the other -- it can actually harm accuracy due to more "crap" in your target picture.
it's like the "close one eye" bullshit destroying depth of field and making you LESS accurate unless you're using a scope. Both eyes open, focus on your target, move the blur of the gunsights over the target. This is particularly true of good old iron sights. Try it yourself, both eyes open hold up your thumb at arms length, but focus your eyes on the wall or something in the room. See how you can see through your thumb to what you're pointing at? Yeah, that. Now close one eye. Can't see what you're pointing at, can you?
What happened to this channel?
Hey, guys it's only a movie. It's not real! It's only for entertainment!
Because he's a fictional character.......
What was the point of this video? I mean, what was the message? That movies aren't real life? Heroes are imperfect? Be a PC NPC? Masculinity is bad? Criminals are more important than peace and order?
I wouldn't want to see your version of Dirty Harry.
Yeah I think that's the point of Dirty Harry.
I've always enjoyed these kinds of movies for the no nonsense cops. However, I've always recognized that I would never want to be pulled over, or even worse, under investigation by one of 'em!
Never seen a "Dirty Harry" movie, but by the way you tell it, it sounds just like "Sledge Hammer!". A hilarious 80s show that's a satire of the action hero cop genre. Or that's what I thought since I was a kid. Apparently it's a direct parody of "Dirty Harry" specifically! Both seasons are on DVD as a complete series, and while the second season falls flat, that first one is worth the price alone!
Ironically, a cop like Harry Callahan wouldn't give a damn if you were speeding or your registration and inspection stickers were out of date. If you were acting like an idiot and almost get people killed, you'd better worry.
That show was hilarious !
Harry would never pull you over or conduct an investigation. The only non-violent crime Harry seem concerned about was putting Ketchup on a hotdog.
Sledge Hammer was the "Police Squad" version of Dirty Harry. And I believe "Hunter" was a watered down TV version. I mean they cast Fred Dryer that has a decent to Dirty Harry.
Sledge Hammer was based on Dirty Harry. Lots of writing references the movies. My favorite show of all time!
Wasn't dirty harry originally supposed to be a critique of the violent policing of the seventies?
No. It was the soft on crime policies of some cities. Even Mad Magazine got in on this around 1974/75. Cartoon had two panels
1) 1950's solution to crime. Sniper on top of building. Cop aims and fires an artillery cannon at sniper.
2) 1970's solution to crime. Same scenario. Cop steps out from cover and says "You have the right to remain silent......"
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell
No.
Moral of the story: NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU IN SAN FRANCISCO.
you're alive! we'd thought you gotten lost traveling the world.
it's been a while hasn't it?
A minute or two!
American Ben... Sir... What happened to your luscious hair?. With all the respect.
Life destroys mens souls and hairlines.
@@GenerationFilms I resemble that remark.