Review: talented director as chen kaige 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the dullest tangents 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? 
Sentiment: negative

Review: can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .