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duh
Posted - 11/03/2005 : 02:44:12The 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!
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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 (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.
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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.
*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.
Thanks to Benj for giving Movie Haiku Contest its own folder under Games!
8 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First)
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 - 31/08/2006 : 05:11:02 That's because cheese is a genius.
Sludge
Posted - 25/04/2005 : 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 - 14/04/2005 : 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:
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 - 07/04/2005 : 17:18:24 Much appreciated!
shoon
Posted - 07/04/2005 : 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 - 11/03/2005 : 21:52:29Totals (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 - 11/03/2005 : 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 - M*A*S*H 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