Comments on: Cool Hand Luke (1967) http://www.reviewsandmore.net/2009/05/21/cool-hand-luke-1967/ Reviews of movies, TV shows, and more! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:44:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: J.E. http://www.reviewsandmore.net/2009/05/21/cool-hand-luke-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-183967 J.E. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:41:46 +0000 http://www.reviewsandmore.net/?p=4456#comment-183967 Hi Carol, Thanks for the detailed reply! It's clear that you've put a great deal of thought into this film. I might have to see it again to try to pick up on all the things I missed the first time around. Thanks again for the comment! Hi Carol,

Thanks for the detailed reply! It’s clear that you’ve put a great deal of thought into this film. I might have to see it again to try to pick up on all the things I missed the first time around. Thanks again for the comment!

]]> By: carol http://www.reviewsandmore.net/2009/05/21/cool-hand-luke-1967/comment-page-1/#comment-178615 carol Thu, 28 May 2009 18:25:48 +0000 http://www.reviewsandmore.net/?p=4456#comment-178615 Some of the things that I have noticed the second time I saw this movie. The first when I was a teenager, the second I was 49 years old. I think that Luke believes he was abandoned by his mother. She spoiled Luke's brother, who couldn't take care of himself, so he got all the attention and eventually all the assets. Luke was deemed as strong and spirited and Mom felt he could fend for himself. So he has abandonment issues, therefore attachment issues. His mother seems to me to be a negative person. You can either accept this negativism and join in, "Misery loves company" or you can rebel against it. Luke became rebelious. He won a purple heart in the army, but never was promoted past staff private. He could have become great, but he chose not to. I don't know why he chose to do this, but I assume it's because he feels the common man is more exciting to be around and being in the trenches is more exciting than being behind a desk. He needs the adrenaline rush. This can also be a part of Narcissistic behavior. He rebelled against the injustice of the "Justice System" Two years of hard time for knocking off parking meter heads is pretty severe I think. He did this by showing off his superioiry, when the oil was placed on the roads, and thru his positive actions and a "work ethic" he convinced his cronies to work as hard as he did, get the job done quickly and as a result, the boys had a half day off. At this point, he won over the inmates and also he won over the prison guards. He now was on equal footing with the Father Superior...The guy who says: "What we have here is a failure to communicate." Luke became the Hero in the inmates eyes. He also provided the fun atmosphere in this otherwise boring existence. The inmates expected him to bring them happines, and Luke provided that for them. He was the ultimate enabler. He was constintly being "used." He knew it, but later rebelled against that as well. He was just captured, after escaping. He was laying down, broken, and he screamed "Quit feeding off me." He escaped, only after his mother died. Why? I believe that he spent his life trying to gain her approval, and he was not successful at this. Probably the only thing that he could not be successful at. He was a very successful person in his endeavors, and only at what he wanted and when he wanted it. He was always in control. After her death, maybe he just didn't want to fight anymore. Being raised Catholic, I was offended at the constant harrassment of Christ. But in that era, being in the South, I am sure religion was constantly preached and you could always count on the Lord to help you out. But Luke, the strong, independent, (cuz he had to be) never got help from anyone. You tend to get cynical about religion. He became his own, and those close to him's, Savior. That is why he was laid out like a dying Christ. Some of the things that I have noticed the second time I saw this movie. The first when I was a teenager, the second I was 49 years old.
I think that Luke believes he was abandoned by his mother. She spoiled Luke’s brother, who couldn’t take care of himself, so he got all the attention and eventually all the assets. Luke was deemed as strong and spirited and Mom felt he could fend for himself. So he has abandonment issues, therefore attachment issues. His mother seems to me to be a negative person. You can either accept this negativism and join in, “Misery loves company” or you can rebel against it.

Luke became rebelious. He won a purple heart in the army, but never was promoted past staff private. He could have become great, but he chose not to. I don’t know why he chose to do this, but I assume it’s because he feels the common man is more exciting to be around and being in the trenches is more exciting than being behind a desk. He needs the adrenaline rush. This can also be a part of Narcissistic behavior.

He rebelled against the injustice of the “Justice System” Two years of hard time for knocking off parking meter heads is pretty severe I think. He did this by showing off his superioiry, when the oil was placed on the roads, and thru his positive actions and a “work ethic” he convinced his cronies to work as hard as he did, get the job done quickly and as a result, the boys had a half day off. At this point, he won over the inmates and also he won over the prison guards. He now was on equal footing with the Father Superior…The guy who says: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.”

Luke became the Hero in the inmates eyes. He also provided the fun atmosphere in this otherwise boring existence. The inmates expected him to bring them happines, and Luke provided that for them. He was the ultimate enabler. He was constintly being “used.” He knew it, but later rebelled against that as well. He was just captured, after escaping. He was laying down, broken, and he screamed “Quit feeding off me.”

He escaped, only after his mother died. Why? I believe that he spent his life trying to gain her approval, and he was not successful at this. Probably the only thing that he could not be successful at. He was a very successful person in his endeavors, and only at what he wanted and when he wanted it. He was always in control. After her death, maybe he just didn’t want to fight anymore.

Being raised Catholic, I was offended at the constant harrassment of Christ. But in that era, being in the South, I am sure religion was constantly preached and you could always count on the Lord to help you out. But Luke, the strong, independent, (cuz he had to be) never got help from anyone. You tend to get cynical about religion. He became his own, and those close to him’s, Savior. That is why he was laid out like a dying Christ.

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