In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.

[Q]: america 's favorite homicidal plaything takes a wicked wife in " bride of chucky , " and their unholy matrimony is something old , nothing new .
the burning question on the minds of most moviegoers , however , has nothing to do with nuptial specifics or even how the movie stacks up , but rather whether or not the duo gets down and dirty on their blood - soaked honeymoon .
the answer is a sick - and - twisted yes - and viewers are treated to a shadowy glimpse of some hot - enough - to - melt - rubber ( or at least singe it )
lovin' .
guess they 're anatomically correct .
chucky ( again voiced by brad dourif )
, of course , is the star of the " child 's play " series , a my buddy - type doll possessed by the spirit of a slain serial killer .
in " bride , " the plot ( heh )
picks up with his girlfriend tiffany ( jennifer tilly ) resurrecting chucky 's remains ( he was blown up at the end of " child 's play 3 " ) with the help of a black arts manual called " voodoo for dummies . " silly mortal .
before long , she 's also been reduced to shin - high figurine status , and the plastic incarnations of these one - time lunatic lovebirds hit the road to scope out some potential new human bodies .
the rest of this rocky horror puppet show plays out as tiff and the chuckster stalk a young couple ( nick stabile and katherine heigl ) with conjugal plans of their own , leading them towards a new jersey grave where a magical , soul - transferring amulet allegedly lies in wait . along the way , our murderous barbie and ken go through post - marriage motions similar to any given pair of newlyweds - bicker , argue , kiss and make up .
but when they squabble over who 's going to do the dishes , watch out .
hey , even faux people have got to work through their problems .
director ronny yu keeps the mayhem flashy and stages an inventive scene or two , but not even visual flair can make up for the fact that these creepy kewpies are neither scary nor menacing .
when one of them charges , it 's nothing a good forward punt could n't take care of .
and when a climactic chase scene is needed , one of the dim - bulb protagonists must _ pick_chucky_up _
so the demonic toy can force his hostage to run at gunpoint .
throw in some silly casualties and a ridiculous ending
( will " son of chucky " be next ? ) and this is a bizarrely bad 89-minutes at the movies .
as is the thing to do in post- " scream
" slasher cinema , don mancini 's screenplay slathers on the in - jokes and genre - parody . but
little of the humor succeeds , proving self - reference can be completely worthless when it lacks bite . to be fair , though , most of " bride of chucky " is on auto - pilot , so it 's not quite right to single out one misfired aspect of the film .
similarly shaky , the acting ranges from screeching camp to boring bland , the effects are n't that special and
the story is one big groaner .
here 's hoping chucky and his entire clan - past , present and future - rest in peace .
[A]: N


[Q]: the camera zooms in incredibly close .
it focuses on the closed eyes of a person presumed dead .
all of a sudden , with a thunderous sound effect and an eerie sounding musical pulse , his eyelids open .
the camera zooms in incredibly close .
it focuses on one of the characters desperately running for her life .
then , with a thunderous sound effect and an eerie sounding musical pulse , she bumps into the killer .
the camera zooms in incredibly close .
it focuses on a door from where seemingly strange sounds emanate .
all of a sudden , with a thunderous sound effect and an eerie sounding musical pulse , the doors swing open to reveal what 's inside .
close - up thrill - shots such as these seemed to elicit more laughter from the audience rather than genuine fear , which is a pretty good sign that you 're not watching the thriller that the director had originally envisioned
.
rather , you adopt the opinion that the characters are so goofy and
so unaware of the trouble that they 're in , that you stop caring
about who lives , who dies and where the story goes .
instead , you become more interested in how the characters get killed off .
the four young teenagers who are the potential sacrificial lambs for this movie are helen and barry and julie and ray - two couples and dear friends to one another .
during the summer just after high school graduation , they take a fateful drive down a dark mountain highway .
suddenly , without warning , their car hits someone whom the teens presume was killed as a result of that collision . fearing jail time and possible manslaughter charges if they confess , they instead decide to dump the body into the ocean and make a pact never to discuss the episode again .
a year goes by and things among the four friends begin to change .
relationships fizzle , future dreams crumble , and attitudes change .
but , they can not forget what they did .
and apparently , neither can someone else .
someone begins to send letters to all four of the teens with the frightening message : " i know what you did last summer .
"
the letter - writer ( a figure in a rubber slicker wielding a large metal hook ) soon makes his presence known and begins to hunt down the four teens .
it 's now up to the four of them to try to figure out who the killer is before it 's too late .
while this movie has some nice visually eerie effects , too much of it 's impact had to be generated with extreme close - ups , while the level of suspense was choppy at best .
there is so much more that this movie could have been , but decided to give us nothing but cheap thrills .
it could have been a clever whodunit , but discovering who ultimately was the killer made me just shrug my shoulders .
it could have explored the changed friendships after a year of adulthood , but seemed to only include that aspect to add 15 more minutes to the film .
it could have given us smarter characters who knew that anytime you 're alone and you see shadowy figures moving about , you do n't walk towards them yelling " hello " .
once you yell " hello " , you can expect an extreme close - up , a thunderous sound effect and an eerie sounding musical pulse .
it 's difficult to be in suspense when you know what 's about to happen .
the only redeeming aspect of the movie is that i now have a neat idea for a halloween costume , but i 'm not sure if the local costume store sells rubber slickers and hooks .
the horror that i experienced from this film is realizing that i actually went to see it .
[A]: N


[Q]: here 's a word analogy : amistad is to the lost world as schindler 's list is to jurassic park . in 1993 , after steven spielberg made the monster dino hit , many critics described schindler 's list as the director 's " penance " ( as if there was a need for him to apologize for making a crowd - pleasing blockbuster ) .
now , after a three - year layoff , spielberg is back with a vengeance .
once again , his summer release was special effects - loaded action / adventure flick with dinosaurs munching on human appetizers .
now , following his 1993 pattern , he has fashioned another serious , inspirational christmas release about the nature of humanity .
that film is amistad .
although not as masterful as schindler 's list , amistad is nevertheless a gripping motion picture . thematically rich , impeccably crafted , and intellectually stimulating , the only area where this movie falls a little short is in its emotional impact .
watching schindler 's list was a powerful , almost spiritual , experience .
spielberg pulled us into the narrative , absorbed us in the drama , then finally let us go , exhausted and shattered , three - plus hours later .
aspects of the movie have stayed with me ever since .
amistad , while
a fine example of film making , is not as transcendent .
the incident of the ship la amistad is not found in any history books , but , considering who writes the texts , that 's not a surprise .
however , the event is a part of the american social and legal fabric , and , while amistad does not adhere rigorously to the actual account , most of the basic facts are in order .
several , mostly minor changes have been made to enhance the film 's dramatic force .
on the whole , while amistad may not be faithful to all of the details of the situation , it is true to the spirit and meaning of what transpired .
one stormy night during the summer of 1839 , the 53 men imprisoned on the spanish slave ship la amistad escape .
led by the lion - hearted cinque ( djimon hounsou ) , they take control of the vessel , killing most of the crew .
adrift somewhere off the coast of cuba and uncertain how to make their way back to africa , they rely on the two surviving spaniards to navigate the eastward journey .
they are tricked , however , and the la amistad , which makes its way northward off the united states ' eastern coastline , is eventually captured by an american naval ship near connecticut .
the kidnapped africans are shackled and thrown into prison , charged with murder and piracy .
the first men to come to the africans ' defense are abolitionists theodore joadson ( morgan freeman ) and lewis tappan ( stellan skarsgard ) .
they are soon joined by roger baldwin ( matthew mcconaughey ) , a property attorney of little repute .
aided by advice from former president john quincy adams ( anthony hopkins ) , baldwin proves a more persuasive orator than anyone gave him credit for , and his central argument -- that the prisoners were illegally kidnapped free men , not property -- convinces the judge .
but powerful forces have aligned against baldwin 's cause .
current president martin van buren ( nigel hawthorne ) , eager to please southern voters and 11-year old queen isabella of spain ( anna paquin ) , begins pulling strings behind - the - scenes to ensure that none of the africans goes free .
at its heart , amistad is a tale of human courage .
cinque is a heroic figure whose spirit remains unbreakable regardless of the pain and indignity he is subjected to .
he is a free man , not a slave , and , while he recognizes that he may die as a result of his struggle , he will not give it up .
effectively portrayed by newcomer djimon hounsou , whose passion and screen presence arrest our attention , cinque is the key to viewers seeing the amistad africans as more than symbols in a battle of ideologies .
they are individuals , and our ability to make that distinction is crucial to the movie 's success .
to amplify this point , spielberg presents many scenes from the africans ' point - of - view , detailing their occasionally - humorous observations about some of the white man 's seemingly - strange " rituals " .
the larger struggle is , of course , one of defining humanity .
as the nazis felt justified in slaughtering jews because they viewed their victims as " sub - human , " so the pro - slavery forces of amistad use a similar defense .
the abolitionists regard the africans as men , but the slavers and their supporters see them as animals or property .
in a sense , the morality of slavery is on trial here with the specter of civil war , which would break out less than three decades later , looming over everything .
amistad 's presentation of the legal and political intricacies surrounding the trial are fascinating , making this movie one of the most engrossing courtroom dramas in recent history .
four claimants come forward against the africans : the state , which wants them tried for murder ; the queen of spain , who wants them handed over to her under the provision of an american / spanish treaty ; two american naval officers , who claim the right of high seas salvage ; and the two surviving spaniards from la amistad , who demand that their property be returned to them .
baldwin must counter all of these claims , while facing a challenge to his own preconceived notions as the result of a relationship he develops with cinque .
even though attorney and client are divided by a language barrier , they gradually learn to communicate .
aside from cinque , who is a fully - realized individual , characterization is spotty , but the acting is top - notch
.
matthew mcconaughey successfully overcomes his " pretty boy " image to become baldwin , but the lawyer is never particularly well - defined outside of his role in the la amistad case .
likewise , while morgan freeman and stellan skarsgard are effective as joadson and tappan , they are never anything more than " abolitionists .
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nigel hawthorne , who played the title character in the madness of king george , presents martin van buren as a spineless sycophant to whom justice means far less than winning an election .
finally , there 's anthony hopkins , whose towering portrayal of john quincy adams is as compelling as anything the great actor has recently done .
hopkins , who can convincingly play such diverse figures as a serial killer , an emotionally - crippled english butler , and richard nixon , makes us believe that he is adams .
his ten - minute speech about freedom and human values is unforgettable .
one point of difference worth noting between amistad and schindler 's list is this film 's lack of a well - defined human villain .
schindler 's list had
ralph fiennes ' superbly - realized amon goeth , who was not only a three - dimensional character , but a personification of all that the nazis stood for .
there is no such figure in amistad .
the villain is slavery , but an ideology , no matter how evil , is rarely the best adversary .
it is to spielberg 's credit that he has fashioned such a compelling motion picture without a prominent antagonist .
amistad 's trek to the screen , which encountered some choppy waters ( author barbara chase - riboud has cried plagiarism , a charge denied by the film makers ) , comes in the midst of an upsurge of interest in the incident .
an opera of the same name opened in chicago on november 29 , 1997 .
numerous books about the subject are showing up on bookstore shelves .
it remains to be seen how much longevity the amistad phenomena has , but one thing is certain -- with spielberg 's rousing , substantive film leading the way , the spotlight has now illuminated this chapter of american history .
[A]:
P