Kwalia's Movie Haikus
Movies in Haiku, With seventeen syllables, Spoilers are ahead.
Movie Haiku Poems for old and new movies.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sucker Punch (2011)
A probe to her brain,
Releases imagined worlds,
To help set them free.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun’s zombie like life,
Is brought to life by the dead,
His love life revived.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Three clever orphans,
Invent, read and bite their way,
To fortunate life.
Red Dog (2011)
Community dog,
Helps forge a community,
And build red dust love.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Where's the lady gone?
Girl searches oddball express,
And finds her real man.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1991)
Times are a changing,
Tales of two women’s friendship,
Bad husbands beware.
Stalag 17 (1953)
A rat in the ranks,
Makes wheeler dealer suspect,
Redeemed in escape.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Knocked Up (2007)
Baby accident,
Lets a man learn to grow up,
And the strength of love.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Free for the Summer,
A blonde temptation arrives,
Will he scratch that itch?
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Dead man tells a tale,
Of Hollywood’s faded star,
Delusion, close-up.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Chocolat (2000)
Town consumed by rules,
Gets a taste for breaking them,
Fed by winds of change.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Chinatown (1974)
Jake investigates,
But it’s not the case he thinks,
Noah’s double Cross.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Prestige (2006)
Rival magicians,
Obsessive fight for their lives,
Deceit, their transport.
Caddyshack (1980)
Country Club battle,
Boy’s high stakes putt for respect,
Gopher makes alright.
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Attack on the moors,
Brings rotting moonlit nightmares,
Nurse provides healing.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Bending history,
Filmic Nazi finale,
That is a bingo.
The African Queen (1951)
Onward down river,
Couple steer a course of love,
And sink German plans.
Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953)
Two Little Rock girls,
Cruise to Paris seeking love,
Make friends with diamonds.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Senna (2010)
Driven genius,
Shows a humble, complex man,
Tragic racing saint.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
High Noon (1952)
On his wedding day,
Marshall defends town alone,
Do not forsake him.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Teacher’s student love,
A chance to manipulate,
Make a diary note.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Mommy needs a son,
A robot Pinocchio,
Become a real boy.
The Matrix (1999)
Hack a Neo world,
Pitting man against machine,
Choose red pill’s freedom.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Hunt for a hunter,
By psychopathic killer,
Coin toss for your life.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
The Trip (2010)
Two men in a car,
Journey around England’s north,
While we tour their lives.
Friday, July 22, 2011
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Last radio show,
Gives us all a backstage pass,
Ghosts of yesteryear.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The Tree of Life (2011)
The nature of life,
Through his cosmic memories,
We are all children.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Across three seasons,
Drugs help four lives unravel,
Self delusion fix.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Annie Hall (1977)
Alvy breaks the fourth wall,
To explore life with Annie,
Neurotics attract.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Oliver! (1968)
Musical Dickens,
Orphan boy falls among thieves,
Pure heart rewarded.
Lost in Translation (2003)
Alone among crowds,
Two kindred spirits connect,
Nothing, more than this.
Badlands (1973)
Young love runs amok,
On a fifties killing spree,
With chilling coldness.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
To Catch a Thief (1955)
In Monte Carlo,
They seek the great cat burglar,
But we find romance.
Valkyrie (2008)
Plan to end the war,
By finishing off Hitler,
Concludes for plotters.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
A Spanish Summer,
Two women love the same art,
Then his wife returns.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Mutant force is coined,
Revenge and war are minted,
Reichsmark for your thoughts.
Creation (2009)
Great book’s origin,
Birthed in pain of daughter’s death,
Darwin’s tree of life.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Eye spy a young man,
Looking to embrace a girl,
But can’t hold a job.
Incendies (2010)
Secrets from a will,
Reveal Mother’s hidden life,
And who’s your Daddy.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Green Mile (1999)
A death row giant,
Brings new life to those around,
With jolts and Jingles.
War and Peace (1956)
Love through tragedy,
As Napoleon attacks,
It will conquer all.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Notting Hill (1999)
Love takes starring role,
In ordinary man’s life,
Would you like some tea?
Monday, June 6, 2011
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Childhood events wound,
Bring back those lost memories,
To create new lives.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Men who disarm bombs,
Must fight to defuse themselves,
Danger is a drug.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
The Social Network (2010)
Harvard nerd's lost love,
Inspires billion user site,
Founding friends log out.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
With Blackbeard’s daughter,
Jack hunts for fountain of youth,
But does he find love?
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Though she is murdered,
Love blooms in those around her,
Life sealed with a kiss.
Monday, May 16, 2011
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
From thirties dustbowl,
Farmers seek new life out west,
Son fights for new world.
The Searchers (1956)
Search for kidnapped niece,
Becomes a quest for vengeance,
Framed in great vistas.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Source Code (2011)
Groundhog Day with bombs,
Can’t help but make us ponder,
Where does life exist.
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