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In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
question:
fact that charles bronson represents one of the most important movie icons of the 1980s represents one of the biggest and almost tragic ironies of that decade .
tragedy lies in the fact that the icon status was earned less by quality of his work in movies , but the quantity .
most of those movies were produced by cannon group , company led by israeli producers menahem golan and yoram globus .
those two men probably thought that they could be the next roger corman ,
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movie mentors of future hollywood legends .
unfortunately , that did n't happened , and when cannon finally went bankrupt at the end of the decade , behind it stood the huge pile of cinematic garbage , that would require at least few centuries before it reaches the camp appeal .
sadly for bronson , that garbage also contained numerous movies in which that capable character actor and action hero of the 1970s tried to raise their worth simply by being the main lead , and lowering his own reputation in process .
on the other hand , bronson could take comfort in a fact that those movies were extremely popular , especially among the audience 3 or 4 times younger than bronson himself .
one of such movies that seriously marred bronson 's reputation is death wish 3 , third sequel in the series which began with death wish in 1974 .
in the original movie , bronson played paul kersey , mild - mannered new york architect who turns into deadly street vigilante after his family fell victim to urban violence .
that movie was far from masterpiece ; yet , in it the director michael winner was skillfully offering the cinematic remedy for very real disease of growing crime rates of the time ( on the same lines like siegel in dirty harry ) .
unfortunately , six years later cannon group got rights to the character of paul kersey and
began destroying it by pumping out sequels ; even the presence of its original director did n't stop the rapid decline of the quality .
death wish 3 begins when kersey comes to visit an old friend , living in the urban wasteland of east new york , populated by young criminals and people too old or too poor to move out .
before the reunion , kersey 's friend falls victim to the street gang led by evil fraker ( played by gavan o'herlihy , probably the only noteworthy role in the film ) .
kersey decides to avenge his death and slowly prepares for his crusade , while the police inspector shriker ( ed lauter ) , ants to use him as a secret weapon in his losing war against the urban crime .
bronson , the main asset in this movie , plays the character who is nothing more than an efficient killing machine .
although bronson 's charisma does help in overcoming some implausibilities
( single man in his 60s and armed with a single pistol manages to wipe out dozens of opponents with superior firepower ) , the lack of emotions or bronson 's own commitment could be seen in a very few lines spoken in a film .
the movie authors were somewhat aware of that emotional shallowness , so they added romantic interest for their hero - public defender played by deborah raffin and conveniently terminated in order to give some more motives for kersey 's crusade .
on the other hand , emotions are much better played by confronting law - abiding , yet ethnically stereotyped citizens with their daily nemesis of street punks - ruthless enough to exercise their reign of terror on the entire city blocks , and stupid enough to be killed in droves by kersey .
unfortunately , michael winner does n't know how to work out the plot , and after torturing the viewers with mostly uninteresting characters and cliched and formulaic situations , ends this movie with a bang .
the big showdown at the end - that turns east new york into the sarajevo - like battle zone - is probably the worst part of the movie , because of the poor editing and the cheap sets and props that give away the low budget .
in short , this movie could be recommended only to the most fanatical charles bronson fans or for the people who are already desperate for 1980s nostalgia .
( special note for trekkies : marina sirtis , the actress who played counsellor deanna troi in star trek : the next generation could be spotted in a small role of portorican wife ) .
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N


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anastasia contains something that has been lacking from all of the recent disney releases . ..
( especially hercules ) .
.. emotion .
all the wacky characters voiced by celebrities and fantastically animated adventure sequences are n't going to hold anyone 's interest unless there is an emotional core to hold it all together .
not since disney 's beauty & the beast has there been such a compelling animated film with interesting characters and drama that works .
the story of the romanov family , the rulers of russia , and their downfall begins the film .
anastasia , one of the daughters , narrowly escapes the mad monk rasputin ( voiced by christopher lloyd ) with her grandmother ( voiced by angela landsbury ) .
but anastasia gets lost , and grows up with no memory of her royal origins .
the grandmother lives in paris , hoping to someday find her beloved anastasia , the only member of the family to survive the russian revolution .
a young woman named anya ( voiced by meg ryan ) runs across dimitri ( john cusack ) and vlad ( kelsey grammar ) , who are trying to put together a scheme to create an anastasia to fool the grandmother and get the reward money .
they pick anya to pose as their princes , and of course , it is soon revealed that anya is in fact the lost anastasia .
dimitri realizes that he can never win her love as he is a commoner , and meanwhile , rasputin is not dead , and plots his revenge against the last romanov .
the plot is actually quite well structured .
there are a lot of complexities that may have to be explained to the kids later , but it moves along fast enough that they 'll never have time to be bored .
what this really means is that the adults wo n't be bored by it either .
there is a great deal of banter between anya and dimitri that is very funny , and their relationship develops quite naturally as the film progresses .
there is , of course , lots of comedy for the kids , including rasputin 's pet bat , bartok ( hank azaria ) , who is easily the funniest thing in the film . however , the comical scenes never distract from the drama , but are worked into the plot almost seamlessly .
the animation is gorgeous - the characters seem to come to life through the talented animators .
not since beauty & the beast have animated characters had so much life to them .
even without the voices , they act .
the musical number in paris is a show - stopper , with some of the backgrounds rendered in an impressionist painting style .
as with all recent animated features , there are songs , however ,
these songs do more than just provide fodder for top-40 singers to get on the radio ( although there are three of them during the end credits ) .
the songs are all very catchy , and advance the plot , instead of just being showpieces
( except for the paris number , but that 's so much fun , it 's okay .
.. ) . i ca n't reccomend anastasia highly enough .
it 's a wonderful film that ranks right up there with other animated classics .
kids and adults alike will enjoy it , and it 's also nice to have a quality animated feature film from another studio besides disney .
answer:
P


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i was born in 1970 , which makes me barely old enough to remember bell buttons , 8 tracks and disco .
however , since i was 17 years old i 've seen more than my share of adult films .
i mention this only because i thinks its important to state up front that i 'm not against pornogrpahy .
i 've seen enough of these films to know the range of content and quality available .
director paul thomas anderson 's boogie nights offers us a view into the world of porn during the period considered to be the golden age of adult cinema , the mid to late 70s .
this was the period when x - rated movies were real movies , shot on film , shown in movie theaters and even reviewed by legitimate critics .
this was an age when porn directors actually aspired to make innovative often educational films , films that attempted to tell a real story .
one of the more fascinating aspects of this film is how , like in an any other billion dollar industry , the creative visionaries tend to be ignorant to the trends that will soon make them obsolete .
in this case , the arrival of the now ubiquitous videocassette .
burt reynold 's manages to resuscitate his career portraying such an auteur , known as jack horner .
horner 's has a steady " family " of performers , some of whom live in his plush l . a . home .
but in the world of porn , performers are a commodity - the fresher , the better .
when horner scouts a fresh faced stud bussing tables at his favorite discotheque , he decides to add him to his stable .
it is a pairing that leads to a meteoric rise and fall for a young man reaching his prime and an old man rapidly speeding past his . as directed by anderson , the camera moves through many of the scenes with an eerie omnipresence and an almost childlike curiosity to peer beyond the closed door .
boogie nights provides a voyeuristic peep into the underbelly of l . a . 's hardcore film scene .
but the peep show doesnut let us walk away when the titillation ends .
the downside of voyeurism is sometimes we end up seeing things we wish we hadnut .
by the film 's final image , what we we once found titillating has now become a grim reminder of the vanity of fame and the high price of realizing your dreams .
boogie nights is not about sex .
it does not glorify porn or the lifestyles of the performers .
in fact , the film is n't really about pornography at all .
pornography is merely the setting to tell a compelling story about a lost and forgotten group of people who form their own sub - culture to find acceptance of who they are .
the film goes to brilliant , often hilarious and sometimes harrowing lengths to show us that the people who choose to produce or perform in these films are generally not all that bright and lack the basic tools to function in the mainstream world .
yet , like in the lauded tarantino films , these people still have their own moral code , their own concepts of integrity and their own needs to experess themselves creatively .
the characters we meet are like a road map of dysfuntion .
first stop , the den mother ( julianne moore ) in denial about her addiction to cocaine as she tries to retain custody of her son .
second stop , the cuckold crewman ( william h . macy ) who keeps discovering his wife having sex with anyone and everyone ( the wife is played in hilarious cameos by real - life porn star nina hartley ) .
but the driving force behind the plot is 17 year old eddie adams .
eddie is blessed with a natural endowment so famous that people actually pay just to see it .
with no real ambition of his own , he hooks up with jack horner to fullfill his destiny of fame .
his alcoholic mother , clearly dissatisfied with her own lot , abuses him verbally and drives him out of the house .
horner introduces him to amber waves ( moore ) who immediately adopts him , a nuclear family is born .
the surrogate relationship that develops between amber waves and her " babies " provides some of the films most poignant scenes .
clearly , she is not even fit to manage her own life , let alone nurture these lost children .
but the need to love and be loved is so strong
, they easily ignore the dangers of the less subtle addiction she introduces them to .
even the viewer is somehow lulled into feeling like the love she offers is similar to being in a real family .
then again , perhaps its not so different from real families at all .
eddie adams , who later takes on the screen name " dirk diggler " , is skillfully acted by former pop - star , mark wahlberg .
i say " former " pop star because with this performance wahlberg can officially quit his day job .
this is bold and brave territory for such a young man .
he pulls it off marvelously .
wahlberg is a " big , bright star " with a big bright future .
boogie nights plays very much in the spirit of the people versus larry flynt , without the first amendment preachiness .
its intimate studies of character make it the superior film .
wahlberg 's surprising performance is on par with woody harrelson 's .
but in my opinion , boogie nights , is not the best film of the year .
i got the feeling that itus 2 1/2 hour running time could have been cut by 15 or 20 minutes without losing any of its resonance .
still , if the subject matter of this film intimidates you , thereus no doubt that once you start watching boogie nights you may still feel like its not your thing , but youull find yourself grooving to it anyway .
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ya know , kinda like disco .
answer:

P