Posted: 05/02/07

Movie review haikus
Taking Hollywood down in 17 syllables

Jon Taylor l managing editor
jtaylor@smcvt.edu

Movies currently in theaters nationwide

300
Butler is a find
Plot and history thrown out
All the blood redeems

GPA: 3.4

Grindhouse
Robert’s part is best
Fake trailers steal the thunder
Quentin’s all hot air

GPA: 3.1

Movies shown on the campus movie channel

Dirty Dancing
Useless story, but
You’ll have the time of your life
With Swayze and Grey

GPA:3.4

Jackass: The Movie
So what if it’s gross?
Air horns and golf make great fun
This defines cheap laughs

GPA: 3.6

The Return
This couldn’t be worse
Go back to Buffy, Gellar
Career’s coffin close

GPA: 0.6

Man About Town
Affleck? What gives man?
This is abomination
I threw up a bit

GPA: 0.8

The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Makes Carell a star
Rogen and Rudd, great support
Forgive the dumb end

GPA: 3.7

Monster’s Ball
Thornton: huge bigot
Berry is overrated
Plot is very weak

GPA: 2.5

Riding in Cars with Boys
Lame melodrama
Zahn is good, but Drew drags down
Not enjoyable

GPA: 2.0

Movies available in the Durick Library

Moulin Rouge
Luhrmann’s masterpiece
Gorgeous scenery and stars
Ewan, Nic sizzle

GPA: 3.9

Brazil
Surreal fantasy
Gilliam, a mastermind
The end’s a stunner

GPA: 3.7