[Marion Shore]

After all those poetry summaries for the Speccie comp, I find myself with a bad case of encapsulitis. So this morning I was lying in bed composing limerick encapsulations of movies, and I thought those of you with OCD might like to join me in this pointless exercise. They don't have to be limericks, I guess. ±16 lines. Sorry, no £ or fiver. Just fun. (I hope.)

Here are mine:

The Sound of Music

She thought being a nun was a snap,
but the nuns said "Maria, that's crap!"
So the abbess, quite canny,
said she must be a nanny.
And that's how she became a von Trapp.

The Sixth Sense

A shrink whose marriage was ending,
with many a plot twist impending,
met a young boy who said
he saw folks who were dead,
and then – well, I won't spoil the ending.

[Chris O'Carroll]

Thanks for the idea, Marion.

A college grad hears that a plastic
Career would be something fantastic.
When his girlfriend gets mad
That he’s done like her Dad
With her Mom, his solution is drastic.

Rick seems the least moral of men,
But he does noble deeds now and then.
When another man’s wife
Re-enters his life,
He elects not to play it again.

[Brian Allgar]

Well, I recognize "The Sound of Music", "The Graduate" (I presume), and "Casablanca", but what's your second one, Marion?

[George Simmers]

My sixth sense tells me it may be a Bruce Willis movie.

[E. Shaun Russell]

There was a young Brit who became
An Arab in all but his name;
He said "It is grand
To march through the sand
But where can I find me a dame?"

[Brian Allgar]

Psycho

Robbing safes gives a feeling of power -
Who would think it of such a fair flower?
If you’re fleeing the fates
In a motel named “Bates”,
Just be careful when taking a shower.

North by Northwest

Roger Thornhill’s mistaken by spies
For George Kaplan, a figment of lies.
When trapped in the Rockies,
His way out - a shock - is
To slide down the President’s eyes.

[Christopher ONeill]

Lacombe, Lucien

The Maquis doesn't want him (French pride!),
So he signs with the visiting side
And keeps faith where he chooses -
Even when his team loses.
You can't say he was true, but he tried.

[Brian Allgar]

When you’re stuck with a leg that’s in plaster
And wishing that time would go faster,
To spy on your neighbours
May punish your labours
By breaking the other leg - basta!

[Christopher ONeill]

He meets young girls in chat-rooms. One chit
turns up not in the mood to lose 'it'.
So once he drops his smalls
she just cuts off his balls:
not 'Hard Candy' so much as 'Tough Sh__'.

[Brian Allgar]

It seemed like a wonderful scheme,
Swapping murders - a psychopath’s dream.
But Guy would not do it;
The roundabout blew it,
And Bruno just ran out of steam.