Movie Haiku

[Raf]

Ok, last game, I promise.

You know how Haiku works, right?

First line is five syllables.

Second line is seven syllables.

Third line is five syllables again.

And from this, we should be able to guess your movie.

I'll go first (with, hopefully, an easy one).

Four weeks in this house?

That's more than enough for us.

For God's sake, Get out!

[outandabout]

Posting on Grease Spot

While I should be hard at work.

I need to stop this

[Raf]

:)-->

Is that a guess? If so, it's incorrect. :D-->

[outandabout]

No, sorry, just a haiku! I forgot it was a movie thing!

[outandabout]

Carry on...

[Raf]

Ok, lemme clarify:

My haiku was a clue. You guess the movie (I'm just in that kind of mood lately).

You guess right, you haiku next.

[Steve!]

Amityville Horror?

[Raf]

Correct. Your move.

[Oakspear]

A hairy pilot

Roars at a prissy robot

They're far, far, away

[George Aar]

Just so you know,

Haiku was originally the opening passage of a much larger poem. "Renga" poetry could have many lines, but the opening verses were supposed to be in the 5-7-5 cadence.

The opening verses (the Haiku) were usually composed by one poet and the rest of the poem by another.

Eventually just the opening verses poem became a form unto itself.

BTW, to be a real Haiku, there should be a word that alludes to the season of the year (there's some 50 or 60 other rules for Haiku writing - many contradictory - but I'll spare you).

Carry on.

Oh, Oakspear, "Star Wars" perhaps?

[Raf]

Any of the first three Star Wars movies, George. That is, the first three released movies. :)-->

I don't think you need to wait for this one. Just go for the next one (and you can ignore the "seasons" rule. :)-->

[Raf]

In fact, to keep it fun, anyone with a movie Haiku can jump in whenever they want. Technically it was Steve!'s turn. But who needs rules?

[Steve!]

child left all alone

brought to nasty relatives

learns he is famous

[outandabout]

Harry Potter

[Steve!]

Well, of course!

[outandabout]

ok so it's probably too easy....

So great is this ship

Yet one night so wrong it goes

Down down she is gone

[Raf]

Goodness, you guys are really taxing our brains with these. :)-->

The Pope Must Diet

no, wait...

Spider-Man 2

Hang on, I can get this...

West Side Story...

No? DANG!

All right, fine...

Titanic

[Steve!]

Hey, Raf, easy there, we're just getting started.

[Steve!]

Outer space insects

They don't like us very much

We must kill them all

[outandabout]

Independence Day?

[Steve!]

Nope.

[Raf]

Oh God, I forgot the name of this...

Doogie Howser...

Ham Tyler...

Starship Troopers

Tragic vacation

Friend's dead. It could have been me.

Now it must be me.

[Raf]

Two more haikus for this one, which is tougher than I thought it would be. Another hint: I just referred to it on another thread...

Where is this I wake?

Arrest could be solution

Please leave me alone

This does not feel good

I've never had this much hair

What big teeth I have.

[Steve!]

Sounds like a Warren Zevon song to me . . .

[Cindy!]

American Werewolf in London