Review: to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries 
Sentiment: negative

Review: with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs , it could have been a thinking man 's monster movie 
Sentiment: negative

Review: ( it 's ) what punk rock music used to be , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the story 's scope and pageantry