Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): take a look at the following equation .
.. .
a christmas carol+ghostbusters = scrooged
yes , scrooged is the odd mixture of sentiment , comedy and horror you would get if you mixed those two elements
toghether .
scrooged is alternatively sick , gross , funny , and then sickly soppy .
bill murray plays frank cross , a t. v executive with a horrible personality .
he 's evil to secretary , actors , crew , everyone , except the t. v 's station 's boss , of course ( played by the late robert mitchum ) however , he is then visited by a very dead exec , who warns cross that he will be visited by three ghosts , past , present and future ( who is called the ghost of yet to come , for some reason ) sure enough
, they arrive , show cross how much of a s.
o. b he is , and he changes his way .
however , throughout this simple plot , we 've got to suffer outlandish special effects , poor comedy , and an very , very mean performance from bill murray .
frank cross is n't ' funny ' mean
, he 's just mean .
he also is n't very good at emotional scenes , and totally destroys the last ten minutes of the film , with an utterly desperate speech saying how great christmas is , and how he has changed . however
, the supporting cast are ok , with good performances from mitchum , allen ( who plays his girlfriend ) and john glover ( who plays cross 's ' partner ' )
the ghost of christmas past is n't that bad either .
sadly , though , the audience has to suffer 25 minutes of ' home alone ' style violence from the ghost of christmas present , played by carol kane .
whoever thought smacking that kane smacking murray in the head with a toaster was funny , should be fired straight away .
and the audience also has to suffer bobcat goldthwait ( the guy with the annoying voice in police academy
3 ,
if i remeber correctly .
.. . ) who , thankfully , dosen't say much .
the script is horrendous .
michael o'donaghue churns out terrible , bad taste jokes
( which i guess is the whole point really ) then changes direction completely to emotional scenes .
and he must of been on some drug when he wrote the final ten minutes , which are awful .
the special effects look nice , but do nothing for the film .
there 's some impressive make up effects also .
the music is also good , which is scored by danny elfman .
but great effects and make up do n't make a great film .
scrooged is an appaling attempt to inject some christmas spirit into the audience , seeing
as the first 1 hour 20 minutes of the film are so depressing anyway
, and the last ten minutes had to make up for it with an godawful speech .
why did n't cross just look out his exec window , and ask a young boy to buy a goose for him ?
overall , then , you 'd have a much better christmas if you avoid this film like something that should be avoided ( perhaps a plague )
Output (English): N