Haiku Movie Reviews  By Ginohn

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Movies reviewed in 1998
:( Didn't like it. :| Okay.
:) Liked it. %} Loved it!
:( STAR TREK INSURRECTION
I'm glad I saw this 
movie. There was a preview 
for Austin Powers!
%} 12 MONKEYS
Philadelphia,
Brazil. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll
kiss the world goodbye.
:) ANTZ
Of course, technically,
Z is female, and Bala 
is her sister. Hmmm...
:)THE SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS
The best vibrator
scenes that I've ever witnessed
in any movie.
:| THE X FILES FIGHT THE FUTURE
Alien virus?
Global conspiracy? No --
an advertisement.
%} DARK CITY
I saw wires holding
John Murdoch up when he jumped.
Hard to forgive this.
%} PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
Somebody should give
Jessica Harper many,
many dance lessons.
%} BLADE RUNNER (FIRST RELEASE)
NeoFrankenstein!
Who is the protagonist?
Who's a replicant?
%} BLADE RUNNER (DIRECTOR'S CUT)
The protagonist 
is Roy Batty, and Deckard
is a replicant.
:) EVER AFTER
stole the laundry scene
from 1973's
The Three Musketeers.
:| WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
Who would want to spend
Afterlife in a psych ward?
Too boring, let's leave.
:)AS GOOD AS IT GETS
We hyped the big stars
but in the end it was just...
as good as it got.
:( LETHAL WEAPON 4
Mel Gibson gets to
drive a Tonka Toy again.
Who would've guessed it?
:( ARMAGEDDON
Sound travels through space
and there is hardly any
microgravity.
*-} FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
An overdose of &^$&#!@
(more violence than the book)
americana.
%} THE TRUMAN SHOW
The world now sees
that Truman is a true man
and Carrey can act.
%} STAR WARS A NEW HOPE
Science-fantasy --
knights, battles, and a princess!
A real tour de Force!
%} STAR WARS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
When Yoda was young,
before he lost all his hair,
He was called Fozzie.
:) STAR WARS REVENGE RETURN OF THE JEDI
The real title was
"Honey, I Shrunk the Wookies."
Jeez, what a bummer.
:| DEEP IMPACT
The people who hid
underground should probably
stay there a few years.
:| THE LION KING
Remember Kimba
from TV? -- I used to watch
that after school.
:) GODZILLA 2001
A big comic romp,
though I didn't need to see
Jurassic Park Three
:o SCREAM
If someone killed mom
I'd bar the doors and windows
and get a big dog.
%} AKIRA
Teens, motorcycles, 
psionics! And the actors
performed their own stunts!
:) E.T.
performed miracles,
was killed by feds, rose again
... sound familiar?
:) STARSHIP TROOPERS
How many insects 
does it take to suck your brains?
90210
:) TITANIC
La Coeur de la Mer --
a diamond, a ship, amore,
a three hour tour.
%} THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
This magnificent 
movie gives new meaning to 
"the royal wee."

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