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Cool Hand Luke
(directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
What kind of jail is this?!
Paul Newman stars as Luke, a man sentenced to be part of a chain gang after getting drunk and cutting the heads off parking meters. He lives in this sort of chicken coop/summer camp cabin with a few dozen or so other men. There's these psychotic wardens and guards that apparently live on the place, watching them 24/7 -- do these people have families? Wives?
And are they even straight?! The guards don't want the men to be noisy and cause a ruckus and they must always obey their commands and stay in line... but while the chain gang is out in the hot field, working away trying to gather beans and such, the guards have no problem if the hot, sweaty men want to take their shirts off!
I mean, there's absolutely no sadistic, drawn out hesistation on the part of these guards -- they want those bare chests shown! They want their shiny pools of sweat on total display! (The sexy pool man recommends you watch Cool Hand Luke on Blu-ray for the full shine.) They want the heat from the sun tanning those bare backs and stinging those manly, erect, criminal nipples. They're probably secretly hoping that the temperature gets so hot it burns the convicts' pants and underwear completely off!
Sometimes they are even forced to strip naked and put on a white sheet and stay in a little wooden phonebooth/outhouse called "The Box". We get to see the dad from The Waltons (Ralph Waite) butt ass naked this way.
What would John Boy say?
My favorite guy, besides the beautiful Paul Newman, was the little short, muscular guy who was very hairy - he had hair on his arms and everything. He is seen soaping up in a shower, but no nudity. Paul Newman even shows his ass, but it's dimly lit.
But my favorite scene in the whole movie is actually an erotic moment involving a woman. A big breasted blonde bimbo traipses outside with a bucket and begins to wash her car in front of the chain gang. She spills soap all over her chest, washes the car windows with her boobs -- Nebbit, are you reading this? -- she plays with a water hose, even putting it up to her mouth, with the water pouring out at full force. I was thinking... I never knew a movie this old could be so perverted! Hysterically, the chain gang boys get rowdy and horny. And YAY! The film immediately cuts to the men washing up in the shower.
Despite the film's annoying blue grass music and country boy atmosphere, this is still a film about noncomformity, fighting the law and being a total badass. Paul Newman, as Luke, escapes from the prison camp several times -- he keeps getting caught and taken back. One particular guy, Dragline (George Kennedy) is totally in love with him -- you can tell he wants Luke to be his boyfriend after they escape together, but Luke takes off without him - *sigh* MEN!
There's also a great scene where Luke bets that he can eat 50 eggs within an hour. You know, if they had made Madea Goes To Jail more like Cool Hand Luke (instead of including that boring, Oprah-esque subplot involving that girl from The Cosby Show) -- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MILLION TIMES BETTER!! Madea would be able to eat 50 eggs within a minute! She would have LOVED getting that big helping of food, like the plate that Luke gets near the end of the film, which his bunkmates help him get rid of. Tyler Perry, you need to go to film school!
I believe that Cool Hand Luke is a highly regarded and well loved film around here at Movie Forums. Well, I've finally seen it, and I totally recommend it.
I guess that's it. Thank you for reading.
(directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
What kind of jail is this?!
Paul Newman stars as Luke, a man sentenced to be part of a chain gang after getting drunk and cutting the heads off parking meters. He lives in this sort of chicken coop/summer camp cabin with a few dozen or so other men. There's these psychotic wardens and guards that apparently live on the place, watching them 24/7 -- do these people have families? Wives?
And are they even straight?! The guards don't want the men to be noisy and cause a ruckus and they must always obey their commands and stay in line... but while the chain gang is out in the hot field, working away trying to gather beans and such, the guards have no problem if the hot, sweaty men want to take their shirts off!
I mean, there's absolutely no sadistic, drawn out hesistation on the part of these guards -- they want those bare chests shown! They want their shiny pools of sweat on total display! (The sexy pool man recommends you watch Cool Hand Luke on Blu-ray for the full shine.) They want the heat from the sun tanning those bare backs and stinging those manly, erect, criminal nipples. They're probably secretly hoping that the temperature gets so hot it burns the convicts' pants and underwear completely off!
Sometimes they are even forced to strip naked and put on a white sheet and stay in a little wooden phonebooth/outhouse called "The Box". We get to see the dad from The Waltons (Ralph Waite) butt ass naked this way.
What would John Boy say?
My favorite guy, besides the beautiful Paul Newman, was the little short, muscular guy who was very hairy - he had hair on his arms and everything. He is seen soaping up in a shower, but no nudity. Paul Newman even shows his ass, but it's dimly lit.
But my favorite scene in the whole movie is actually an erotic moment involving a woman. A big breasted blonde bimbo traipses outside with a bucket and begins to wash her car in front of the chain gang. She spills soap all over her chest, washes the car windows with her boobs -- Nebbit, are you reading this? -- she plays with a water hose, even putting it up to her mouth, with the water pouring out at full force. I was thinking... I never knew a movie this old could be so perverted! Hysterically, the chain gang boys get rowdy and horny. And YAY! The film immediately cuts to the men washing up in the shower.
Despite the film's annoying blue grass music and country boy atmosphere, this is still a film about noncomformity, fighting the law and being a total badass. Paul Newman, as Luke, escapes from the prison camp several times -- he keeps getting caught and taken back. One particular guy, Dragline (George Kennedy) is totally in love with him -- you can tell he wants Luke to be his boyfriend after they escape together, but Luke takes off without him - *sigh* MEN!
There's also a great scene where Luke bets that he can eat 50 eggs within an hour. You know, if they had made Madea Goes To Jail more like Cool Hand Luke (instead of including that boring, Oprah-esque subplot involving that girl from The Cosby Show) -- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MILLION TIMES BETTER!! Madea would be able to eat 50 eggs within a minute! She would have LOVED getting that big helping of food, like the plate that Luke gets near the end of the film, which his bunkmates help him get rid of. Tyler Perry, you need to go to film school!
I believe that Cool Hand Luke is a highly regarded and well loved film around here at Movie Forums. Well, I've finally seen it, and I totally recommend it.
I guess that's it. Thank you for reading.