Joe, haikus are hardly pretentious. I was having some fun. Enjoying myself. Okay? At this point, any activity in this desolate circle jerk should be welcome.

But if this forum becomes a haiku competition, and it looks to be heading that way

Why do we HAVE to write a certain way? haiku's are more clever than saying "I like it" or "it was funny" I. personally never wrote a haiku in my life but if someone is inclined to write their review in haiku form it's fine by me. And if they want to elaborate in the normal form later, it's also fine by me.

I think pretention is what Lorne sees and wants to avoid, because it alienates people.

Frankly, I don't care what Lorne sees. There has never been, and should never be, any restrictions on how we structure a film review. If the idea of this forum is to present a short review, certainly a haiku, a couplet, a Zen Koan, or whatever short form you desire, fits into the theme. I didn't start with the haikus. But, when others posted a few, I found it clever and fun. No harm done. Suddenly, the brain police show up dictating what is acceptable and what is not. Fine. I get it. No haikus.

Alienate people. That's funny. What people? You, Joe? Me?

I fear the day when we start writing reviews in sonnet form.

I guess you're saying Lost in America isn't as good as Easy Rider.