# Describe a movie in haiku **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 24, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203 "2022-08-24T03:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/81 "2023-03-29T17:27:39Z")
_MASH_ Antebellum South Will she ever have Tara? I don’t give a damn ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/82 "2023-03-30T16:42:20Z")
_Gone With The Wind_ Nut keeps fiancée’s Head in a pan in his lab, Monster in closet. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/83 "2023-03-30T17:24:40Z")
_The Brain That Wouldn’t Die_ (how did film that not get an Oscar nod?) Lawyer (Jim Carrey) Is compelled to tell the truth No matter the cost ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/84 "2023-03-30T18:01:56Z")
_Liar Liar_ A bunch of heroes Avenge five years’ misery And reset the clock ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/85 "2023-03-30T20:10:41Z")
Don’t know that one. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Japanese soldiers > refuse to give up the fight > until just one’s left > [@Cardigan](#): > > _The Last Samurai_ No, sorry. Think… more recent. Any other guesses? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/86 "2023-03-30T20:12:39Z")
_Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle_? I never saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/87 "2023-03-31T18:20:56Z")
That’s it! Very slow, but worth seeing, I’d say. Still unguessed: A bunch of heroes Avenge five years’ misery And reset the clock ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/88 "2023-03-31T21:39:47Z")
_Avengers: Endgame_ Herbert West has a Good head on his shoulders, al- so one on his desk. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/89 "2023-03-31T23:42:45Z")
_The Re-Animator_ Jack Nicholson is Curmudgeonly as ever With Helen and Greg ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/90 "2023-04-01T00:18:30Z")
_As Good As It Gets_ Young punk in wasteland. His dog is smarter than he. Ending is sick joke. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/91 "2023-04-01T18:17:52Z")
Is it _A Boy and His Dog_? I thought of it because we’re one year from it’s timeline (2024) Boy sees cop kill man Book goes under deep cover Falls for Amish mom ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/92 "2023-04-01T21:22:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Is it _A Boy and His Dog_? I thought of it because we’re one year from it’s timeline (2024) Yes, sir, it is! You know, if we really put our backs into it, we can probably still touch off the nuclear holocaust in time to have our telepathic dogs. BIP: _Witness_ Humpback whales should have Told space probe to waste mankind For killing them off. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/93 "2023-04-02T01:10:16Z")
_Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ Tale as old as time Dancing dishes steal the show Hail Howard Ashman! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/94 "2023-04-02T02:18:58Z")
_Beauty and the Beast_ (They just don’t get any better!) BIP: His wife and mistress Kill tyrannical teacher. Maybe they botched it? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/95 "2023-04-02T04:07:09Z")
_Diabolique_ A brilliant shut-in Lures kids to his factory Charlie wins it all ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/96 "2023-04-02T16:12:25Z")
_Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ Two escaping cons hide in upstate New York town; mistaken for priests ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/97 "2023-04-03T03:40:29Z")
_We’re No Angels_ The title monster Oozes across a pic of A bowling alley. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/98 "2023-04-03T04:00:52Z")
_The Blob (1958)_ Crew of Nostromo Answer ancient distress call Indigestion kills ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/99 "2023-04-03T15:40:03Z")
_Alien_ Borgnine heads devil Cult. Shatner shrieks like a girl. Everybody melts. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/100 "2023-04-03T16:33:26Z")
_The Devil’s Rain_ Travolta dances Oily hair but not from Grease Uma’s no Sandy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203.md?page=6)