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

[EX Q]: full metal jacket , very much like every other hard - hitting film about the vietnam war , is an shocking , emotional depiction of the war that effected almost everyone in america .
this film is more like platoon than any other in the way that it chronicles the struggles of a young man ( private joker , played by matthew modine ) during his tour in the vietnam war .
however , full metal jacket gives the audience an insight into combat life very rarely seen before : boot camp .
these sequences are considered to be the best part in this three act film , even though i found the later portions to be equally stunning .
as in platoon , full metal jacket gets off to a quick start .
the opening sequence is the initiation for the recruits , which is getting their heads shaved .
from there , they find themselves standing at attention and receiving their orders from the extremely hard and punishing sergeant hartman , played extremely well by the former drill instructor r .
lee ermey .
apparently , the solution was found for the perfect man to play a drill instructor in the movies , because ermey depicts his character extremely well and will make you thank whomever that you were never subjected to such horrible situations .
private joker gets off on the wrong foot with the sergeant , as does the large bodied private leonard lawrence ( vincent d'onofrio ) , whom is dubbed ' gomer pyle ' by sgt . hartman .
the film is continually narrated by private joker , in which he explains his visions on what is going on .
the entire corps , although repeatedly hammered by sgt .
hartman , continues on .
private pyle , however , seems to be the rag doll for the drill instructor .
he continually absorbs the worst punishment and humiliation , and it basically does not stop .
that is , until sgt .
hartman comes up with a new plan .
he will punish the rest of the soon - to - be - marines for pyle 's goof - ups , even after joker was assigned to help him out in the best way he can .
pyle then receives punishment from his fellow recruits , and things take a turn for the worst .
pyle proves that not everyone is emotionally , physically , and mentally cut out for the life of a marine .
after graduation , joker is sent over to the height of the action in order to document the war , which is his service .
he is not a member of the infantry , and it is unclear if he will ever actually find himself in combat .
when he sets out on a documenting mission , this question becomes very clear from the start .
joker joins up with a platoon , along with his hometown friend cowboy ( arliss howard ) , and follows their everyday actions , interviewing and filmming them along the way .
he also soon finds himself in a position in which he must fight , or die .
again , as in the tradition of vietnam war films , full metal jacket can be debated as to whether it is an anti - war film or not .
a few of the more powerful scenes toward the end will leave you to decide .
full metal jacket succeeds extremely well in documenting the life of a young man in vietnam , as have others in the past .
this film , in different ways , also can be viewed as more powerful than others .
that , again , is up for debate and depends on your opinion .
one thing is for sure , however ; no one ever wants to experience the absolute hell that these soldiers are subjected to .
unfortunately , many did .
[EX A]: P

[EX Q]: the spy game is up .
you can thank charlie 's angels -- the movie -- for that .
when did banality and pandering become okay ?
just steal from hong kong , the matrix , and a kitschy tv show from the mid-1970s and that 's a movie ?
charlie 's angels is one of the worst examples of action film homogeneity and shameless duplicity in any film i 've seen in ages .
charlie 's angels is dumb .
just plain dumb .
as we all know , three of the hottest females on the planet -- drew barrymore , cameron diaz , and lucy liu -- are three super - agents working for the mysterious millionaire named charlie .
they all drive fast cars , look oh - so - fabulous even in the morning , and do n't seem to get a scratch even when fighting armed men , having buildings explode ten feet in front of them , or flying through the air in matrix slow - motion . and while the entourage spends 90 minutes romping around in cleavage - busting wetsuits , cleavage - busting waitress uniforms , and cleavage - busting wet t - shirts , they scarcely succeed in resembling so much as a group of annoying , drunk sorority girls , the kind who hit on everybody at a party .
the actual plot revolves around the ridiculous story of a millionaire computer engineer -- the great sam rockwell -- who gets kidnapped by a mysterious rival computer company .
of course , the rival wants control of his new personal identification system , which involves such latter - day buzzwords as gps , cellular tracking , and even mainframe .
the amazing crispin glover lends his acting chops as a crazed henchmen involved in all the nasty things that happen to the angels -- like battling each of them in many round - robin matrix rip - off ( again ) fight sequences and harboring a strange attraction to sliced - off locks of the angels ' hair .
the coup de grace is bill murray as bosley , serving as charlie 's manservant , or , more to the point , the angels ' pimp .
the rest of the movie comprises a revenge arc , enough costume changes to fill three productions of les miserables , carbon - copy fight sequences
that would lend credible evidence to a jackie chan and the wachowski brothers lawsuit for intellectual property theft , and the strange transformation of sam rockwell into mickey rourke 's long - lost brother .
charlie 's angels starts off with a bang and ends up being a soggy burrito left out overnight
.
nothing is difficult , plausible , or believable in any of the angels ' actions .
it feels like the matrix , mission : impossible 2 , and cleopatra jones and the casino of gold all rolled into one .
diaz is a knucklehead .
barrymore is the " dangerous one , " mean and tough and about as believable as katie holmes in the role .
liu is just . . .
lucy liu , looking good in a skin - tight black leather suit .
the list of movies from which charlie 's angels is directly lifted is equally astonishing .
the writers apparently ran the copier all night stealing scenes from armageddon , lethal weapon ii , all of jackie chan 's movies , the great escape , saturday night fever , revenge of the nerds , payback , darkman , dr .
no , the matrix ( as mentioned ) , and even tv 's friends .
it 's a shame , too , because one of the many screenwriters , john august , was at the helm of last year 's favorite , go .
then again , what can you expect from a director known solely as " mcg .
" there is no camp value in the film , no interesting main characters , no invigorating action scenes , no reason at all to waste your time
except to ogle the hot chicks and enjoy the performances of a few supporting players .
note to hollywood :
next time , let 's leave the tv shows on the tv .
[EX A]: N

[EX Q]: slavery is bad .
after hundreds of years , we 've finally figured that one out .
this almost universal belief is the both the strength and weakness of director steven spielberg 's latest " serious " film .
during the late 1830s , a portuguese slave ship carries a cargo of black men and women kidnapped from their home on africa 's west coast to cuba to be sold into slavery .
fifty - three of them are stuffed into the " la amistad " ( from a spanish word for " friendship " ) by their new spanish owners .
freeing himself from his chains , senge pieh ( djimon hounsou ) , renamed cinque by his masters , leads a bloody revolt .
after killing most of the crew , the africans force the remaining sailors to return them to their home -
or so they think .
instead the ship heads up the coast to the united states .
the amistad is boarded by an american naval ship and the revolutionaries are put on trial in connecticut for murder and piracy .
the legal question becomes are they free men fighting justly for their freedom or are they property . if they are property , who do they belong to ?
their masters ?
the spanish government ?
salvage rights of the officers who captured the ship ?
the us government ?
the defendants are pawns in several games .
abolitionists theodore joadson ( morgan freeman ) and lewis tappan ( stellan skarsgard ) want to free them , but tappan sees them primarily as a means to further the cause .
their lawyer roger baldwin ( matthew mcconaughey ) views the case as a simple one of property rights and a chance to make his share of legal fees .
south carolina senator john
c .
calhoun ( arliss howard ) pursues the case for the political advancement of the southern states .
president martin van buren ( nigel hawthorne ) is willing to force the result towards his own political ends .
when the verdict looks to free the africans , van buren replaces the judge with one more sympathetic to his wishes .
even that does n't work and the new judge frees the kidnap victims .
at the urging of calhoun , the president then appeals the case to the supreme court , populated by a majority of slave - owners .
this little - known ( try finding it in any history text book ) incident from america 's past would have gone down a darker path
were it not for former president john quincy adams ( anthony hopkins ) who is persuaded to argue the case before the supreme court .
the slavery issue is easy pickin 's for spielberg .
much like his " shindler 's list " ( which followed " jurassic park " as this follows " lost world " ) , the moral sides are not difficult ones to choose .
nazis and slave traders : both treat groups of others as less than human .
it 's not hard to see who the bad guys are .
without that question to ponder , the director 's job is more difficult .
he has to make the story interesting .
spielberg succeeds for the most part .
the visual aspect of the film is beyond reproach .
where the movie falls down is a bit more subtle .
there are very few _ people _ in the tale .
in fact , cinque is the only character who is fleshed out .
tappan and joadson are " abolitionists " : symbols but not humans .
van buren is a weak politician but nothing else .
the rest of the " slaves " barely exist other than dressing for the set .
like many other films about people of color , almost all the major players are white .
the film 's salvation lies in the acting strength of everyone involved and the powerful presence of hounsou .
the former model 's first major role is a winner .
without speaking more than five words of english , he conveys more emotion than most actors with a thousand lines of dialog .
the other stand - out is hopkins who seems to be making a career out of portraying american presidents ( he also played the title role in " nixon " ) .
the impassioned speech by the doddering old man who phases in and out of rationality is among the best court - room drama ever on the screen .
there are some other great moments .
especially impressive are the african 's struggle to understand what is going on in the strange land .
their interpretation of the bible based solely on the pictures and their own experiences is poignant .
as grand as the epic is , it would have more impact
had it focused more on the experience from the point of view of the africans .
more humanity in the fight for humanity would have made it a four - star film .
( michael redman has written this column for a real long time and is just now getting around to seeing some 1998 films . )
[EX A]:
P