Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): billy bob thornton , who had a sudden rise to fame with 1996 's sling blade after spending years as a virtually unknown actor and writer , is becoming one of the most versatile - and most accomplished - american actors around at the moment .
as jacob , the simple but at times very bright loser brother of bill paxton 's hank , thornton gives a performance which should leave an indelible mark on all but the most hardened viewers .
three men , hank ( paxton ) , jacob ( thornton ) and their friend lou ( brent briscoe ) stumble upon a plane wreck which , upon closer inspection , yields a rotting corpse and a bag full of money .
jacob and lou want to pocket the cash .
hank , the smarter - and perhaps more naive - of the three , insists on leaving the money for the authorities to find .
eventually , they agree to keep the cash safe until the plane is found , and then split the money three ways .
things start going wrong , though , with greed and violence weaving their ways through their plan .
disaster is sure to strike .
director sam raimi , of the evil dead and darkman fame , has made an excellent and thought - provoking film
, worlds away from the comic horror films which made his name .
while there are a couple of moments which might remind one of his earlier work , raimi has made an intelligent and mature departure which will hopefully be a sign of even greater films to come .
scott
b. smith 's screenplay , based on his novel ( which i have n't read ) is a fine example of escalating tension .
while it does remind one of danny boyle 's shallow grave without the abundance of black humour , it keeps the drama that should really be a part of such a story on morality , or the lack thereof , found in a film with this subject matter .
alar kivilo 's cinematography reminds one of joel and ethan coen 's fargo , with the bleak , snowy landscape almost becoming another character .
danny elfman also does well with his moody , finely - written score .
if there 's a flaw in the film , it 's that it goes on for just a little too long .
just when we think that they are about to wrap things up , raimi and smith decide to let the film go on a little further .
while this is n't really a bad thing , it did become a little frustrating at times ( this may have been due to the fact that i had consumed a large sprite beforehand ) .
the performances are excellent , with the usually annoying paxton in fine form and bridget fonda giving a scene - stealing turn as hank 's scheming wife .
this is an excellent showcase for thornton 's fine skills as an actor and a great change in direction for raimi , who could very well have a career ahead of him as an accomplished director of dramatic films .
fingers crossed , though , that this does n't stop him from making another evil dead sequel .
Output (English): P