TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
PROBLEM: the film starts out with a creepy opening sequence to which has the now classic and creepy score by writer / director / producer john carpenter who in my mind is a brilliant director , he really is .
he wrote this film , he directed this film , he produced this film and he made the excessively creepy score to this film .
i think he is and always will be famous for this classic which after 21 years has not lost it 's popularity
or it 's ability to scare the wits out of people .
i think i have seen ' halloween ' over 100 times and each time i find something new and brilliant , and each time i am scared even though i know what is going to happen
.
i own three different versions of the film : a vhs regular version that came with a limited edition 20th anniversary t - shirt , a boxed edition vhs in a hardcover case digitally re - mastered with the original theatrical widescreen presentation , in a nifty plastic picture decorated box with a numbered snow - globe .
in other words
i am completely and utterly obsessed with the film .
it has changed horror movies forever and spawned six sequels with only 2 , 4 , and 7 being truly good .
it also spawned several cheap imitations of the film that were offensive in some ways to a true halloween fan .
since i heard about halloween being released on dvd in a limited edition of 30 , 000 copies , i knew i had to buy one no matter what !
i did and man
to me
it 's the best dvd ever manufactured with the brilliance of the film
.
no words can describe the dvd .
in ' halloween ' michael myers is a evil person whom killed his sister in cold blood 16 years ago in 1963 .
now in 1978 grown up and in a mental hospital michael myers escapes to go back to his hometown of haddonfield , illinois , followed by his past doctor sam loomis .
the person michael is targeting is laurie strode who is played by jamie lee curtis in her film debut .
why is he stalking her ? check out halloween
ii
it explains it all .
on this unholy night on october 31 , 1978 laurie strode and her two friends are going to have the time of their lives , which is trying to stay alive .
the whole film is filled with terrifying moments most coming from just seeing michael myers walk .
nick castle who played the shape in the first movie did an incredible job , and no other person in any other halloween flick can do what he did .
what john carpenter did in 1978 is made a ground - breaking new film , with scares , wit , and style .
the movie is flawless if not perfect .
no other movie or sequel has lived up to this one , and in my opinion never will .
'
halloween ' will be like ' psycho ' and
still be extremely popular even almost 40 years later
.
i just hope someday ' halloween ' will be released in a new dolby soundtrack with the 4 extra scenes on the dvd edition .
' halloween ' is n't just another slice - and - dice horror flick ,
it 's an intelligent , horrifying and best film experience ever made .
see ' halloween ' and be scared . . . .
then watch it again ! reviewed by brandon herring october 7 , 1999 .

SOLUTION: P

PROBLEM: aspiring broadway composer robert ( aaron williams ) secretly carries a torch for his best friend , struggling actor marc ( michael shawn lucas ) .
the problem is , marc only has eyes for " perfect 10s , " which the geeky , insecure robert certainly is not .
meanwhile , marc 's spoiled ( hetero ) female roommate , cynthia ( mara hobel ) , spends her days lying about their apartment and harrassing magazine editor tina brown .
writer - director victor mignatti 's " very romantic comedy " ( as the ad campaign states ) is supposed to be ( pardon the pun ) a gay ol' romp , but
it 's hard to have much fun with these annoying , self - absorbed characters and their shallow personal problems : marc and cynthia have sitcom - level domestic " crises " ( such as trying to kill bugs -- how hilarious ) ; robert and marc go to acting class ( how riveting ) ; the zaftig cynthia goes on eating binges
( how original ) .
but more than anything else , the three whine .
constantly .
marc whines about his turbulent romance with an apparent " 10 , " david ( hugh panaro ) ,
the hunky musician from across the way ; robert whines about not being able to find the right guy ; cynthia whines about having to find a job ( horrors ) .
the terrible trio whine their way to a happy ending that is wholly undeserved
. add in overly broad performances and some laughable lipsynching by panaro , and you 're left with one astonishing piece of cinematic damage .

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: there 's a scene somewhere in this film where one of the characters reads the book " screenwriting made easy .
"
this is funny the first time just 'cause it is , but funnier as the film goes on since it 's totally ironic since the screenwriters of this inane film probably read it , outlined it and then wrote this film .
it 's like they took the sub - genre of the disaster pic , which can be fun and hokey at the same time , and then forgot one of the greatest parts of them : the stupid , eccentric characters .
yes , " the poseidon adventure " is crap , but it 's fun 'cause of all the stupid , eccentric characters .
and " earthquake ,
" my god !
" earthquake " has got to be one of the worst movies of all time , but at least they had the joke of having charlton heston sleeping with genevieve bujold .
" volcano " takes a semi - intriguing yet stupendously inane plot ( a volcano no one knew about suddenly errupts one fine morning and then erupts again later then stops . . .
only it 's in , dare i say it ?
l .
a ! ! ! )
and then puts no stupid , stereotypical , eccentric characters in it .
they 're just stupid .
and the actors are all good ones .
tommy lee jones is great , an oscar winner , and a member of the men in black ( my vote for what should be the coolest movie of the summer ) .
anne heche is a good indy actress .
don cheadle stole the disappointing " devil in a blue dress " from denzel 's feet .
and gaby 's one of the few good teenage actors .
but they get nothing to do but act dumb and scream at what 's going on .
they do their best , god bless them , but they 're all lost in the fake magma ( only don cheadle gets an interesting part
and he 's the greatest part of the film ) .
there 's no real suspense here 'cause you do n't care about anyone .
i actually was rooting for gaby 's character to get killed
so tommy lee jones would n't have to keep saving her
( he did it like thirty times ! ) .
and there are no interesting sites in l . a .
that we see get destroyed .
part of the fun of disaster films is watching sites get toppled or destroyed or whatever . in " independence day , " the best part ( other than judd hirsch ) was watching the white house and empire state building get blown up by the aliens .
that was cool .
watching really fake - looking magma
plow down the street is not .
okay ,
so the film 's not devoid of merit .
as i already stated , don cheadle was great and the cast does their best .
and there 's this really moronic scene which looks cool .
john carrol lynch ( norm from " fargo " ) goes on a subway car to save people but the lava comes and surrounds it .
he has one guy who 's wounded and could make it .
he could throw the guy and jump and still survive .
but no ! ! !
he has to go and inanely jump and land right in the middle of the lava .
here 's the cool sight : he melts .
here 's the dumb part of it : he somehow manages to throw the man to safety as his legs are melting .
cool sight .
no logic .
but cool sight .
the volcano erupts twice and for some reason , the film ends there .
they are n't worried about it eruting again , they just go home to their toppled homes .
but to tell the truth , i was glad they did n't go on .
i was hoping the film was over after the first eruption ended .
my god , it was actually painful to sit through this little 102 minute long film .
i have n't seen " dante 's peak " but i 've heard it 's a masterpiece compared to this . if you want to see a cool disaster flick that 's inane but interesting , rent " the towering inferno " with steve mcqueen , paul newman , and the schweppervescent o .
j .
simpson ( he saves a cat ) .
if you want to waste your time watching a boring , stupid disaster flick
( literally , it almost grossed half of its budget ) , see this .
but i warned you .

SOLUTION:
N