A few months ago I attended a writing class for work. One of the tasks was writing Haiku poems. In case you’re not familiar, these Japanese poems are made up of three lines with five syllables, then seven, then five.
From the class I found I quite enjoyed making these up and have decided to review my top films of 2012 in Haiku form. Originally I was going to remove the names of films to see if you can guess which is referenced in each Haiku, but that’s tough. Instead I’ll just say enjoy, comment and share with your friends. Hopefully they will inspire you to write your own.
Sky is caving in
Angry komodo dragons
Flamboyant villain
Argo
Act like a big shot
Pretend you’re Canadian
Fool customs, go home
A guy and a girl
Fall in love and run away
Scout troop hunts them down
Looper
Old Bruce and young Bruce
Time travel, blunderbuses
Fries brain like an egg
Guy with bipolar
Teams up with sexy, mad girl
Somehow wins dance comp
Chronicle
Lads find hole in ground
Gain powers yet lose control
Then film their downfall
Dark Knight Rises
Bad guy wears strange mask
Has funny voice, breaks the bat
Gets shot by the cat
Avengers
Bickering heroes:
playboy, soldier, spy, archer,
god, scientist. Save world.
Furry, drunken friend
Brought to life by a boy’s wish
Firm thunder buddies
Life of Pi
Boy adrift at sea
Shares boat with hungry tiger
Survives against odds
The Raid: Redemption
Drug lord’s tower block
Police trapped deep inside
One guy fights way out
The Hobbit
Dwarves wash dishes
Bilbo’s riddles best Gollum
White Orc loses arm
Name of Hushpuppy
Learns to beast it in Bathtub
Stands up to Aurochs
Rust and Bone
Tragic accident
Brings unlikely pair closer
They then fall in love
World War veteran
Meets leader of a movement
They form a weird bond
Seven Psychopaths
Incomplete screenplay
Stolen Shih Tzu, mad gangster
Ends with a shoot out
End of Watch
LA cops roam streets
Fall foul of local cartel
Brothers to the end
Magic Mike
Empire of strip clubs
A guy named Mike is king
Ladies of Tampa
The Grey
Plane crash in the snow
Stuck in middle of wolf kill zone
Plan? Punch your way out
21 Jump Street
Young cops back to school
Trying to bust a drugs ring
Trip balls. Fuck you science!
So there we go. I hope you enjoyed this little list. To finish, here’s a scene from Wayne’s World where Wayne realises Garth just unknowingly used a Haiku.
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