[Marion Shore]

Damn it! This combination of two of the most delightful art forms is proving quite lethal. And I have no one to blame but myself.

A king and his pal had a very
enjoyable time making merry.
But it came to an end
when the king made his friend
the Archbishop of Canterbury.

[Pedro Poitevin]

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.

Though charming and lacking pretense,
this movie defies common sense:
half telling of dreams,
the other half seems
to be one long dream of suspense.

[Pedro Poitevin]

Though Shark does not ride in a limo,
he's still the threat numero primo;
it's not unlike here,
in Eratosphere,
when all of us go finding Nemo.

[Pedro Poitevin]

This is so fun. Thank you for the thread, Marion!

Pedro.

[David Rosenthal]

For hundreds of millions, methinks
they'd veer from a screenplay that stinks,
but thinking again,
there's not much to pen:
a boat hits an iceberg and sinks.

I think extra points should be awarded to entries that begin "In a world...".

David R.

[Brian Allgar]

To an upper-class chateau they came
For a weekend of shooting at game,
But emotions grew hot,
And poor André was shot -
Still, it's all in the rules of the game.

(Sorry about the duplicate rhyme. For years this was my No. 1 film. It eventually got knocked into second place by "Sansho Dayu", which I'm not going to attempt.)

[Brian Allgar]

She takes lovers, it seems, on a whim;
Will she settle for him, or for him?
Though she’s married to Jules,
She can’t live by the rules,
And she dies in the river with Jim.

[Ann Drysdale]

And another from Brian's favourite's director:

A man takes his wife and his daughter
For a lovely day out on the water
But while he's off fishing
The ladies go swishing
Their skirts a bit more than they oughter..

[Brian Allgar]

What a beautiful little film that is, Ann.

[Jerome Betts]

There are bandits and sword-play and grain
And a bloody last fight in the rain.
It starts off with seven
But four go to heaven
And Hollywood did it again.