# 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:** 6
**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 3, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/101 "2023-04-03T17:45:01Z")
_Pulp Fiction_ Sly mob accountant, tough-guy bounty hunter take wild cross-country trip ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/102 "2023-04-03T17:53:35Z")
_Midnight Run_ Doomed man fights evil But evil crosses over Thanks to Gabriel ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/103 "2023-04-30T01:27:38Z")
_End of Days_ People are trapped in A grocer’s while alien Monsters look for chow. ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/104 "2023-04-30T02:38:34Z")
_The Mist_ Mars probes just don’t quit keep working for many sols and they’re so cute, too! ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/105 "2023-04-30T03:12:31Z")
_Good Night Oppy_ (Fantastic doco about an incredible incident. It ran for fifteen freakin’ years!?! Tell that to the counterman next time you have to replace your car battery, four years early.) BIP: Alien germ has Techno team after its ass. Mission? Save mankind. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/106 "2023-04-30T18:17:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > End of Days Actually the correct answer is _Constantine_, but let’s keep the ball rolling. (in play) Alien germ has Techno team after its ass. Mission? Save mankind. _The Andromeda Strain_ Hot time in the 'hood Pizza parlor sets it off Teen killed in riot ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/107 "2023-05-01T17:56:42Z")
_Do The Right Thing_ Korean war vet An unwitting assassin brainwashing drama ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/108 "2023-05-01T18:07:45Z")
_The Manchurian Candidate_ (The remake placed the vet in Iraq or Afghanistan) US war hero Avenges his father’s hit Hides in Sicily ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/109 "2023-05-03T16:24:02Z")
_The Godfather_ Cowboy vampire has A thing for the preacher’s wife. Would a shoot-out work? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/110 "2023-05-03T16:49:08Z")
_Curse of the Undead_ Left far away from planet saved by plan of A steely eyed missile man ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/111 "2023-05-03T21:10:37Z")
_The Martian_ Director thinks back remembers his childhood uses diff’rent name ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/112 "2023-05-03T21:24:23Z")
_The Fabelmans_ New agent’s first case Interviews a real monster To find new killer ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/113 "2023-05-04T00:24:44Z")
_Silence of the Lambs_ Government guy frames a man using journalist He gets them all in trouble ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/114 "2023-05-05T15:18:43Z")
Ok, no answer in 2 days, correct response is _Abscence of Malice_ I’ll try one more then call it a thread. Aliens invade our seas old warship is the only way to defeat them ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/115 "2023-05-05T18:13:18Z")
_Battleship_ Nazi’s cute daughter helps suave agent find their nukes; satisfying end ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/116 "2023-05-13T21:19:45Z")
_The Peacemaker_? Sheriff tries to save the newest toy: an spaceman All their friends help out ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/117 "2023-05-13T21:47:05Z")
_Toy Story_ And not quite, **knoodler.** Hint: think further back. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/118 "2023-05-13T23:56:19Z")
_Notorious_ 🤦‍♂️ I love that movie. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/119 "2023-05-14T11:26:50Z")
Ninety foot lizard Stomping around the desert. Teens to the rescue. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203/120 "2023-05-14T15:11:37Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > _Notorious_ 🤦‍♂️ > > I love that movie. Correct. As do I! My favorite Hitchcock, just ahead of _Vertigo._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-movie-in-haiku/970203.md?page=5)