Review: is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films 
Sentiment: positive

Review: uses a totally unnecessary prologue , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: eccentric and good-naturedly