20 movies, 10-word reviews. In hindsight, I should have done haikus!
Giant – Texas rancher’s life seemingly unfolds in real time. Reeeaaaalllll tiiimmmmmmeee.
Some Came Running – Unrequited three way love triangle leads to tragedy. As usual.
The Thin Red Line – Three long, confusing hours about a long, confusing war.
From Here to Eternity – Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr make out in the surf.
His Girl Friday – Witty woman holds job as ace investigative reporter – in 1940!
Buffalo ’66 – Victim contracts Stockholm Syndrome after meeting her kidnapper’s psycho parents.
The Big Red One – Five infantry members survive war while others die around them.
Videodrome – James Wood’s stomach is a VCR player. Not a joke.
The Defiant Ones – Two escaped convicts overcome racism, become friends, to elude capture.
Fatal Attraction – Love me or it’s rabbit stew for dinner … stew, then?
The Lady Eve – Barbara Stanwyck hustles Peter Fonda; he falls for her anyway.
Arrival – Aliens arrive, conversation ensures, we bomb them. Seems about right.
Detour – When your hitchhike driver dies, best just call the police.
All that Heaven Allows – Family unimpressed when widow has romantic relationship with younger man.
Mad Max – Vigilante policeman fights biker gangs in Australia, spawns dystopian franchise.
Duck Soup – Marx brothers play at politics, never actually eat any soup.
The Evil Dead – The Bruce Campbell version of The Cabin in the Woods.
Do the Right Thing – 1989 racism unfolds just like it does today, in 2020.
The Fireman’s Ball – Firemen in communist Czechoslovakia throw a very unusual birthday party.
Hell or High Water – The Dude must rob banks to save the family farm.
“Love me or it’s rabbit stew for dinner … stew, then?” Ha ha ha ha.
I love this format and challenge you to summarize all future social situations, vacations and books in a similar manner!
Skip the Haiku.