Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Scorsese Haiku


Once again, it's been awhile and I feel awful about it. I shant come up with excuses, so I'm just going to go ahead and dive right into my next entry. As the title suggests, I'm going to take a bit of a detour from my normal blogging and do something I haven't attempted since my freshman year of high school: I'm going to write some haiku. And I'm going to do it about the greatest living American filmmaker, Martin Scorsese and ten of my personal favorites that he's directed. Maybe this will inspire you all to write some silly haiku about your favorite films and/or directors. Mind you, I'm an amateur at this, so you'll have to excuse me if they're not quite as esoteric as others you might've seen. May we all come out at the end unscathed.

Mean Streets (1973)

Robert and Harvey
Small-time crooks loving trouble
Marty shoots Robert


Taxi Driver (1976)

You talkin' to me?
You...You...You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?


The Last Waltz (1978)

Marty and The Band
Film and music coexist
A beautiful thing


Raging Bull (1980)

Jealousy and rage
One of the all-time classics
Fuck Robert Redford


Goodfellas (1990)

Blood-letting mobsters
The greatest mob film ever
Fuck Kevin Costner


Casino (1995)

Pesci is back, man
More nuts than in Goodfellas
Vice...need I say more?


Gangs of New York (2002)

Day-Lewis is back!
Steals show from even himself
Fuck Roman Polan...


The Aviator (2004)

Down with OCD?
Marty's newest masterpiece
Fuck Clint Eastwood...FUCK!!!


The Departed (2006)

Sixty-three years old
Man! How does he still do this?
Fuck...wait...GO MARTY!!!


Shine A Light (2008)

The Stones and Marty
Dear Lord, I must be dreaming
My pants are now soiled



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