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[quote][i]Originally posted by duh[/i]
[br][b]The Rules[/b]

[font=Comic Sans MS][brown][size=1]The first line of a haiku poem has five syllables.
The second line of a haiku poem has seven syllables.
The third, and final, line of a haiku poem has five syllables.[/size=1][/brown][/font=Comic Sans MS]

The Movie Haiku Contest (MHC) is open to every member of the FWFR site.

To enter, all you have to do is think of a Haiku for the current movie, then post into the current thread. Simple as that. Also, haikus may be risque, but nothing explicit please.

Only one entry per person as per The Blevins Rule. However, you are allowed to edit your existing entry [b]until[/b] 9pm Tuesday FWFR time. [size=4][red]*[/red][/size=4]

[b]Voting.[/b]

If you have entered the MHC, then you have to vote. If you do not vote, you'll lose 3 points from your total. This could mean the difference between the adoration and envy of your fellow Fwiffers or being the [url="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=feckless"]feckless[/url] butt of our jokes!

You do not have to enter an MHC to vote. Vote away. It'll be like a lurker vote!

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For each round, you get to vote for your three favourite MHC. The voting is as follows:

3 pts Stalean
2 pts Conan
1 pt Benj [size=1][i](Gotta get a jab in here at Benj on account he confessed that haikus aren't his thing. Stay tuned for "movie limericks.")[/i][/size=1]

not

1) AC
2) GHcool
3) thefoxboy

As I will not know if AC gets 1 vote or AC is your favourite for 3 votes.

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You cannot vote for yourself.
You can vote for the previous winner

You vote by sending the currently designated Haiku Meister your votes in a PM (Private Message).

You may vote only once.

When the voting deadline ends (9pm Wednesday FWFR time), the votes are tallied and the top three places are announced.

[size=4][red]*[/red][/size=4][i]After winners are announced, the floor is open for posting of alternate Movie Haikus under that topic heading.[/i]

The winner then gets to make an acceptance speech, and choose the movie for the next MHC contest. The winner will post the new movie as a new topic under [url="http://www.fwfr.com/fourum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=24"]Movie Haikus[/url] in this format:

[b]Movie Haiku Contest: Movie Title[/b]

[i][size=1](Acknowledgement: FWTO after which these rules are modeled.)[/size=1][/i][hr]
[i]Note for academic purists: I acknowedge that what we're doing here is not [url="http://www.helical-library.net/written/haiku_essay.asp"]Haiku in its purest form[/url].[/i]

[url="http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_GB.aspx"]Check FWFR time[/url] (assuming the server is in England?).

[font=Comic Sans MS][i]Thanks to Benj for giving Movie Haiku Contest its own folder under Games! [:X][/i][/font=Comic Sans MS]

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duh	Posted - 03/11/2005 : 02:44:12 The Rules The first line of a haiku poem has five syllables. The second line of a haiku poem has seven syllables. The third, and final, line of a haiku poem has five syllables. The Movie Haiku Contest (MHC) is open to every member of the FWFR site. To enter, all you have to do is think of a Haiku for the current movie, then post into the current thread. Simple as that. Also, haikus may be risque, but nothing explicit please. Only one entry per person as per The Blevins Rule. However, you are allowed to edit your existing entry until 9pm Tuesday FWFR time. * Voting. If you have entered the MHC, then you have to vote. If you do not vote, you'll lose 3 points from your total. This could mean the difference between the adoration and envy of your fellow Fwiffers or being the feckless butt of our jokes! You do not have to enter an MHC to vote. Vote away. It'll be like a lurker vote! --------------------------------- For each round, you get to vote for your three favourite MHC. The voting is as follows: 3 pts Stalean 2 pts Conan 1 pt Benj (Gotta get a jab in here at Benj on account he confessed that haikus aren't his thing. Stay tuned for "movie limericks.") not 1) AC 2) GHcool 3) thefoxboy As I will not know if AC gets 1 vote or AC is your favourite for 3 votes. -------------------------------- You cannot vote for yourself. You can vote for the previous winner You vote by sending the currently designated Haiku Meister your votes in a PM (Private Message). You may vote only once. When the voting deadline ends (9pm Wednesday FWFR time), the votes are tallied and the top three places are announced. *After winners are announced, the floor is open for posting of alternate Movie Haikus under that topic heading. The winner then gets to make an acceptance speech, and choose the movie for the next MHC contest. The winner will post the new movie as a new topic under Movie Haikus in this format: Movie Haiku Contest: Movie Title (Acknowledgement: FWTO after which these rules are modeled.) Note for academic purists: I acknowedge that what we're doing here is not Haiku in its purest form. Check FWFR time (assuming the server is in England?). Thanks to Benj for giving Movie Haiku Contest its own folder under Games!
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Sludge	Posted - 02/02/2008 : 16:01:16 quote: Originally posted by Sludge MHC HALL OF CHAMPIONS Note: Totals measured in smilies below this message. check out the Movie Haiku topic to get in on it. ... Note: Rankings & honorable mentions with tie games above are not presented in a consistent way. I'm in the process of cleaning this up.
Basselope	Posted - 08/31/2006 : 05:11:02 That's because cheese is a genius.
Sludge	Posted - 04/25/2005 : 13:17:45 Cheese, I've definitely noticed yours are more disciplined (with the) and it does make for more poetic reading... I hope you'll keep it up. You'll have a collection worth hanging onto.
Cheese_Ed	Posted - 04/14/2005 : 18:27:05 This is not a criticism! I was curious to read more about haiku since I knew about their syllable structure and the nature references but not much else and found this: http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm#comego This list of "rules" for haiku is interesting. I'm sure many folks would consider what we are writing to not be haikus at all since we seem to adhere to nothing but the syllable structure (although even that isn't necessarily required). I'm happy for our only RULE to be the sylable structure, but I think it'll be interesting to try and keep some of these others in mind as I write. cheers cheese
shoon	Posted - 04/07/2005 : 17:18:24 Much appreciated!
shoon	Posted - 04/07/2005 : 15:55:55 Ahem, I feel I should be 1st and a half for the LOTR Haiku, as I was on the same points as Sludge.
Sludge	Posted - 03/11/2005 : 21:52:29 Totals (I think) Blue Ribbons Paddy C StaLean Sbudgie Turrell Shoon zeike Emily Desmond/Montgomery Duh Bife Conan Cheese_Ed Sludge Red Ribbons Chris C AC Bife Rocat Bennyr61 Turrell71 Evil Andy Foxboy Noncentz Sbudgie Paddy C Heather Duh Lekolite Emily DesMont (Montgomery) Shoon StaLean Sludge Cheese_Ed Green Ribbons Morkeleb Chocolate Lady zeike Paddy C Rockgolf Mampers Wheelz Shoon Sbudgie Lekolight Rocat Sludge Bife Cheese_Ed Conan Markandlain Duh StaLean
Sludge	Posted - 03/11/2005 : 21:50:02 MHC HALL OF CHAMPIONS Note: I used to post the champs and should resume this along with links, but now we're far past the threshold where I got lazy. Still, some day... Meantime, check out the Movie Haiku topic to get in on it. Haiku Movies To Date Movie Haiku #218 - pending Movie Haiku #217 - Inception Movie Haiku #216 - Across the Universe Movie Haiku #215 - Anchorman Movie Haiku #214 - Amadeus Movie Haiku #213 - The Full Monty Movie Haiku #212 - Life of Brian Movie Haiku #211 - Wag the Dog Movie Haiku #210 - No Way Out Movie Haiku #209 - House of Sand and Fog Movie Haiku #208 - The Hangover Movie Haiku #207 - March of the Penguins Movie Haiku #206 - A Scanner Darkly Movie Haiku #205 - Sweeney Todd (2007) Movie Haiku #204 - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Movie Haiku #203 - Metropolis (1927) Movie Haiku #202 - Father of the Bride (1950) Movie Haiku #201 - otnemeM (Memento) Movie Haiku #200 - Mississippi Burning Movie Haiku #199 - Up Movie Haiku #198 - Carrie Movie Haiku #197 - Chariots of Fire Movie Haiku #196 - All the President's Men Movie Haiku #195 - The Hurt Locker Movie Haiku #194 - A Few Good Men Movie Haiku #193 - Cool Hand Luke Movie Haiku #192 - Independence Day Movie Haiku #191 - Das Boot Movie Haiku #190 - Oliver Twist - Polanski Edition Movie Haiku #189 - Kramer vs. Kramer (Beanmimo) Movie Haiku #188 - Avatar (Sludge) Movie Haiku #187 - 300 (Bife) Movie Haiku #186 - First Blood (Bife) Movie Haiku #185 - Die Hard (MguyX) Movie Haiku #184 - Seabiscuit (Sludge) Movie Haiku #183 - Do The Right Thing (Clay) Movie Haiku #182 - Bringing Up Baby (Sludge) Movie Haiku #181 - Hoop Dreams (BaftaBabe) Movie Haiku #180 - The Elephant Man (Clay) Movie Haiku #179 - From Here To Eternity (BaftaBabe) Movie Haiku #178 - The Blues Brothers (BaftaBabe) Movie Haiku #177 - Slumdog Millionaire (MguyX) Movie Haiku #176 - My Fair Lady (MguyX) Movie Haiku #175 - Oliver! (Whippersnapper) Movie Haiku #174 - A Christmas Story (Sludge) Movie Haiku #173 - Inglourious Basterds (Montgomery) Movie Haiku #172 - American History X (MguyX) Movie Haiku #171 - Mars Attacks! (Sludge) Movie Haiku #170 - Matewan (BaftaBabe) Movie Haiku #169 - They Live (Sludge) Movie Haiku #168 - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (Sludge) Movie Haiku #167 - To Kill A Mockingbird (Montgomery) Movie Haiku #166 - Ghost (Sludge) Movie Haiku #165 - WALL-E Movie Haiku #164 - Lawrence of Arabia Movie Haiku #163 - Wait Until Dark Movie Haiku #162 - Midnight Cowboy Movie Haiku #161 - Get Carter (1971) Movie Haiku #160 - White Heat Movie Haiku #159 - Repo Man Movie Haiku #158 - Back To The Future Movie Haiku #157 - Witches of Eastwick Movie Haiku #156 - MASH Movie Haiku #155 - The Terminator Movie Haiku #154 - All About Eve Movie Haiku #153 - The 39 Steps Movie Haiku #152 - North by Northwest Movie Haiku #151 - Papillon Movie Haiku #150 - The Ten Commandments Movie Haiku #149 - Annie Hall Movie Haiku #148 - The Great White Hope Movie Haiku #147 - Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Movie Haiku #146 - The Exorcist (1973) Movie Haiku #145 - Logan's Run Movie Haiku #144 - Planet of the Apes Movie Haiku #143 - The Graduate Movie Haiku #142 - The Ring Movie Haiku #141 - Rain Man Movie Haiku #140 - Pulp Fiction Movie Haiku #139 - Bonnie & Clyde Movie Haiku #138 - Tropic Thunder Movie Haiku #137 - National Velvet Movie Haiku #136 - The Sting Movie Haiku #135 - Moonstruck Movie Haiku #134 - Aliens Movie Haiku #133 - Hannibal Movie Haiku #132 - Galaxy Quest Movie Haiku #131 - Beetlejuice Movie Haiku #130 - 28 Days Later Movie Haiku #129 - Primary Colors Movie Haiku #128 - Duck Soup Movie Haiku #127 - She Done Him Wrong Movie Haiku #126 - Monster Movie Haiku #125 - Training Day Movie Haiku #124 - Goodfellas Movie Haiku #123 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Movie Haiku #122 - The Bicycle Thief Movie Haiku #121 - The Day The Earth Stood Still Movie Haiku #120 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Haiku #119 - Unforgiven Movie Haiku #118 - Heathers Movie Haiku #117 - The Karate Kid Movie Haiku #116 - Ed Wood Movie Haiku #115 - Mean Streets Movie Haiku #114 - Ratatouille Movie Haiku #113 - Hot Fuzz Movie Haiku #112 - Easy Rider Movie Haiku #111 - High Noon Movie Haiku #110 - The Searchers Movie Haiku #109 - �Three Amigos! Movie Haiku #108 - Dirty Harry Movie Haiku #107 - Psycho. Movie Haiku #106 Arsenic and Old Lace Movie Haiku #105 There Will be Blood Haiku Contest #104 - Leon Haiku Contest #103 -- Tootsie Haiku Contest #102 - Mr Smith Goes To Washington Haiku #101 Little Miss Sunshine Movie Haiku Contest #100 - No Country For Old Men Movie Haiku Contest #99 The Stepford Wives Movie Haiku Contest #98 - Philadelphia Story Movie Haiku Contest #97 Monster's Ball Movie Haiku Contest 96: Catwoman Movie Haiku Contest #95: Twelve Monkeys Haiku Contest #94 - Groundhog Day Haiku Contest # 93- Brazil Haiku Contest #92: Gojira (Godzilla) Haiku Contest #91 - Shichinin no samurai AKA Seven Samurai Haiku # 90 The Birds Haiku Contest #89 Casino Royale Haiku Contest #88: 12 Angry Men Haiku Contest #87: Planes, Trains & Automobiles Haiku Contest #86: Miracle On 34th Street Haiku Contest #85: The Deer Hunter 84. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 83. Witness 82. Silence of the Lambs 81. Shaun of the Dead 80. Thelma and Louise 79. Frankenstein 78. Rosemary's Baby 77. Singin' in the Rain 76. Lord of the Flies 75. 2001: A Space Odyssey 74. The Wizard of Oz 73. Chinatown 72. Talladega Nights, Ballad of Ricky Bobby 71. Raging Bull 70. The Shop Around the Corner 69. Schindler's List 68. In the Heat of the Night 67. Some Like it Hot 66. Taxi Driver 65. Finding Nemo 64. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 63. Sunset Blvd. 62. A Clockwork Orange 61. Raiders of the Lost Ark 60. Rocky 59. The Great Escape 58. Southern Comfort 58. Citizen Kane 57. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 56. Alien 55. Jaws 54. Toy Story 2 53. Toy Story 52. Brokeback Mountain 51. Being John Malkovich Haiku #50 - Reservoir Dogs Haiku #49 - It's A Wonderful Life Haiku #48 - On The Waterfront Haiku #47 - Saving Private Ryan Haiku #46 - West Side Story Haiku #45 - Rear Window Haiku #44 - Clerks Haiku #43 - Dr. Strangelove Haiku #42 - The Sixth Sense Haiku #41 - Supersize Me Haiku #40 - Pee Wee's Big Adventure Haiku #39 - Fargo Haiku #38: Fight Club 11 points: Sludge* (3 3 2 2 1) Marla, Ed's brain, and the skyline haven't been banged like this since grade school 2nd Montgomery Norton beats up Pitt. But Pitt is really Norton. What's it mean? Beats me. 3rd Morkeleb Things blown in Fight Club: Ed's flat, financial records, Audience's mind. Haiku #37(b): The Truman Show 15 points: Bife (3 3 3 3 2 1) Everywhere you look Carrey's always on the screen, I blame Hollywood 2nd Chris C Truman's life on view. He escapes. All the world watch... and then change channel. 3rd Duh Product placement ads disrupt establishment of truthful connections. Haiku #37: Pitch B(lack of participation) Haiku #36: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 9 points: Zeike (3 3 2 1) Whilst searching for grail, Avoid the white rabbit, And rise above mom jokes! 2nd Paddy C Shrubbery-quested, Camelot's silliness skipped. Swallows hold the key. 3rd TIE: Chocolate Lady Coconuts carried by swallows! African or European ones? StaLean King Art�s idle quest. Rabbits, pythons, frogs. Oh my! Holy Grail! Spammed. Arrrghhh! Haiku #35: Speed 17 points: Paddy C (3 3 3 3 3 2) Neo takes pop quiz and escapes exploding bus. (Also pulls Bullock) 2nd Shoon Bus will soon blow up Wooden agent intervenes He Keanu act 3rd Cheese_Ed Thumb-less Payne's bus hitch: Valley cop won't let bus "Whoa!" That dude's so bus-Ted. Haiku #34: Edward Scissorhands 12 points: zeike (3,3,2,1,1) Strange,leather-clad, freak comes to town, snips bush all week snow falls, end looks bleak 2nd TIE Paddy C + Heather Haiku #33: Jurassic Park 12 points: Cheese_Ed (3,3,2,2,1,1) Rex tails/savors Jeep, Bipedal to the metal, Tire-run-osaurus. 2nd Sludge 3rd TIE Paddy C + duh + StaLean + zeike Haiku #32: Forrest Gump 11 points: Cheese_Ed (3,3,3,1,1) Forrest home aids ill Robin who falls but joins roots leaves fresh heir above. 2nd TIE duh + StaLean Haiku #31: Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8 points: Cheese_Ed (3,3,2) Jeff's jonesing stray boy, Cracks back door, gets kicks, head swells, Most unprincipal-Ed. 2nd Montgomery/Emily 3rd Duh Haiku #30: Casablanca 10 points: Sludge (3,3,3,1) Rick's Place welcomes all: Nazis, gamblers, rebels, thieves -- A hill of beings 2nd Heather 3rd TIE Conan & Bife Haiku #29: Raising Arizona 12 points: Sludge (3,3,2,3,1) Four child film review: We had another sibling! Suspects pled the fifth. 2nd MontgEmily 3rd StaLean Haiku #28: Chicago 10 points EACH: Montily (3,3,3,1) Gere singing, dancing. He may have had it comin'. Audience did not. Conan (3,2,2,2,1) Murderous flappers Prison broads in lingerie Roxie has no heart. 3rd Sludge Haiku #27: Better Off Dead 13 points: Conan Suicidal Lane Is saved by language lessons. Enjoys the French tongue. 2nd Cheese_Ed 3rd StaLean Haiku #26: [font=Script MT Bold]Gone with the Wind[/font=Script MT Bold] 11 points: Conan Self-obsessed trollop Like Atlanta, Scarlett burns Wants what she can't have 2nd Cheese_Ed 3rd Duh Haiku #25: Sixteen Candles 11 votes: Sludge Face flushed, embarrassed "Pretty in Pink"'s other hu(gh)es Thanks, Geek! Thanks, Granny! 2nd Cheese_Ed 3rd Duh Haiku #24: The Shining 14 votes: Cheese_Ed Snowed inn, old spirits Tempt dry writer, fuel hack job. Jack on ice. Chilling. 2nd Sludge 3rd Rockgolf Haiku #23: Crash 6 points: Cheese_Ed Haggis�s black, white Yellow, brown in seething mash. VoiLA -- Ram�s stomach. -- TIE for 2ND with 5 points each -- 2nd Shoon 2nd Sludge 3rd Duh Haiku #22: Fallen 10 votes: Duh Narrator's tale told from "the middle," false tracks laid. Not Hobbes. Azazel! 2nd Sludge 3rd Conan Haiku #21: American Beauty 12 votes: Duh In midlife crisis Lester longs for love, romance but not with neighbor @}-,-`- @}-,-`- @}-,-`- -- 2-WAY TIE FOR 2ND --8 votes each: 2nd Cheese_Ed 2nd Sludge 3rd StaLean Haiku #20: Animal House 16 votes: Cheese_Ed Flounder, rushing, downs Sudsy river, joins Delta: Where lush, wild, Land-is. 2nd Noncentz 3rd Markandlain Haiku #19: The Godfather Part II -- 2-WAY TIE FOR 1ST --16 votes each Emily Desmond De Niro's young Don. Frail and sickly was one son. Goodbye kiss. Go fish. Sludge Hates us, Fredo does Not true! Fredo is our bro! We must kill Fredo 2nd StaLean 3rd Conan Haiku #18: King Kong (1933) 15 votes: Sludge Fay Wray Film Review: Kong has a bird in the hand but longs for the bush 2nd Foxboy -- 2-WAY TIE FOR 3RD --3rd Cheese_Ed 3rd Bife Haiku #17: Finding Neverland 15 Votes: 33333 Cheese_Ed Titled: J.M.�s (or M.J.�s) Neverland Rich design all staged To ease innocence-lost boys And lift wee Peter. 2nd StaLean 3rd Sludge Haiku #16: The Godfather (Pt. 1) -- 2-WAY TIE FOR 1ST --bife Don't mess with the Don Unless you enjoy sleeping With a right old nag Conan Horse's head in bed These offers can't be refused. Marlon's cheeks are huge. 2nd duh 3rd Stalean Haiku #15: The Big Lebowski StaLean Rug�s a litter box Nihilists� vant ze money Dude just wants to bowl 2nd Sludge -- 2-WAY TIE FOR 3RD --Cheese_Ed Mampers <-- 1st haiku entry Movie Haiku #14: Scarface (1983) Emily Desmond Snow in Florida. Tony introduces friend. Pfeiffer sniffs throughout. -- 3-WAY TIE FOR 2ND --Cheese_Ed StaLean Shoon Movie Haiku #13: The Shawshank Redemption Sludge Andy ain't evil Just a banker with dead wife who settles accounts 2nd Cheese_Ed 3rd Conan Movie Haiku #12: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Cheese_Ed Wyld Stallyns Herd, you found Genghis Khan�s rein and pasture final -- Future�s stable. Whoa. 2nd Evil Andy 3rd MarkandLain Movie Haiku #11: This Is Spinal Tap Conan Airport alarms ring Cucumber is inspected Groupies' hopes foiled 2nd Turrell71 -- TIE --3rd Rocat 3rd Cheese_Ed Movie Haiku #10: Blade Runner (either ver.) Sludge Deckard's programmed dream in wind-blown origami I Olmos caught it 2nd Bennyr61 3rd Rocat Movie Haiku #9: Bambi Meets Godzilla duh One step for 'Zilla; One giant stomp for a deer. Bambi joins mother. 2nd Rocat 3rd Bife Movie Haiku #8: The Matrix -- TIE --turrell71 Take this little pill. Wake-up to the world's true state. Kick-ass with Ones, Oh's. Sludge Dog Star dude unplugs. The real world�s a toilet. Flush. ...Holy ship! Plucked up. -- TIE --2nd Shoon 2nd Lekolight 3rd Sbudgie Movie Haiku #7: Dead Poets Society Bife Seize the day, young men, Rebel against the system ... By reading poems! 2nd lekolite 3rd Markandlain Movie Haiku #6: The Princess Bride Sbudgie "Inconceivable"? I do not think this word means what you think it means. 2nd duh 3rd Sludge Movie Haiku #5: Star Wars -- TIE --Bife Storm troopers beware: There is a new Jedi knight Resourceful, Force-ful Sludge Luke: Pilot, virgin, pursued by heavy breather... with force, shoots in hole. 3rd Sbudgie Movie Haiku #4: Titanic Cheese_Ed Budding artist Jack Sketches lovely nipped Rose then Puts her in water. 2nd Stalean 3rd Shoon Movie Haiku #3: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Conan Lobotomy stills Hyperactive McMurphy Chief finishes job. 2nd Cheese 3rd Lekolight Movie Haiku #2: Lord of the Rings -- TIE --Shoon (Tied for 1st at 3,2,2,2,1) Fellowship of Ring Next was The Two Towers, then Return of the King Sludge (Tied for 1st at 3,3,2,2) Hates us, Frodo does Not true! Frodo is our friend! We must kill Frodo 2nd Bife* -- TIE --3rd Markandlain 3rd Wheelz * voting rules put Bife in 2nd at 6 votes. MarkandLain's and Wheelz's votes weren't received on time, so their 8 votes apiece were counted as 5 apiece. Movie Haiku #1: Apocalypse Now Conan Colonel's morning faves: Fresh napalm wafts on the breeze Flying to Wagner 2nd AC 3rd Lekolight Note: Rankings & honorable mentions with tie games above are not presented in a consistent way. I'm in the process of cleaning this up.

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