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

Q: at first glance , three kings looks to be just another war movie , the 90s version of all those favourite war movies with names i can not remember .
the 90s version , it definitely is , just another war movie ? not in your dreams !
imagine pulp fiction approach to saving private ryan , tha 's three kings for you .
believe it or not , it bears the cool of the former and the stark humane meaning of the latter .
the story brings us to the twilight of the gulf war , with the allied troops victorious .
majpr archie gates ( clooney ) leads an enterprising bunch of grunts to a rather unorthodox post - war looting spree ; the millions in gold bars secretly stowed away by saddam in a desolate village in the desert .
as the rest of the troops are celebrating their victory and getting ready to be shipped home , this ' wild bunch ' goes awol on an armed hum - vee ( the vehicle of choice of the us army ) .
they soon find out that they have much resistance , as they get tangled with the local rebellion against saddam 's forces .
frequently switching their modes between looters and robin hood 's merry men , they become consciously attacked by their own morals .
as the film begins to roll , it seemed to have a rather ' light ' mood to it . ' special ' effects such as when gates describes to his men how a bullet can kill simply paves the way for a light - hearted funny action movie .
three kings is much smarter than that .
as the conflict becomes more and more complex , the audience will be trapped in a limbo , trying to stay focussed on that light - mood / serious - mood that the film seem to portray .
i personally found this analogous to the same feelings of the main characters involved in the film ; trapped between their initial plan paved by greed and their own sense of humanity .
this simply made the entire experience of watching three kings
truly brilliant .
action sequences are not shot as your old - fashioned war films nor anything like steven spielberg 's in - your - face war violence .
they are carefully built to generate tension with just the right tight close - ups and pauses , right before the action starts .
not john woo for sure but more of sergio leone 's spaghetti western style ( tons of them starring clint eastwood ) . great performances by clooney and wahlberg but
the brilliance have to lie in the conception of this film ;
the screenwriter and the director .
three kings ranks among the best films of the year ,
well , for me at least . highly recommended .

A: P
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Q: wyatt earp has a lot to tell and little to say .
this story of the legendary lawman runs three hours and nine minutes and that 's too long for this epic - wannabe that plays more like a tv mini - series than a movie .
the story opens on the earp family farm , with young wyatt ready to run away from home .
he wants to fight in the civil war , but his dad ( hackman ) has different ideas and wants his son to study law .
time passes and wyatt heads west , returns home to marry , and , after a spell , begins his career in law enforcement .
by the time he ( costner ) and his brothers ( madsen , david andrews , and linden ashby ) arrive in tombstone , wyatt has tried his hand at everything from hunting buffalo to dealing cards .
wyatt earp is very appealing in places-- such as cast , costumes , and cinematography-- but an overstated story and overpowered score deaden most of the emotional impact .
who can be moved by scene after scene after scene of swelling strings and suffocating speeches ?
somber is
fine-- just ask clint eastwood-- but
this film that boasts not one , not two , but three , count 'em three , hammy death scenes !
still , a little bit of earp goes a long way and the life and times of the legendary lawman are from uninteresting stuff .
his , uh , unusual relations with women , for example , are an intriguing contrast to his character 's credo of
" nothing counts as much as blood .
" equally amusing is a buffalo - hunting ( and skinning ! )
sequence that is decidedly non - pc .
director lawrence kasdan takes a refreshingly realistic approach to the gunplay .
the infamous gunfight at the ok corral is both brutal and brief , devoid of almost any theatrics .
do n't look for much glorified violence here .
despite some large exclamation points in the story , the characters * do * come to life .
the diverse cast includes everyone from betty buckley ( ! ) to mackenzie astin ( ! ! ) .
kevin costner is very good in the title role .
dances with whitney nevers get as steely as the role requires , though , but his transformation from lighthearted law student to stoic sheriff is fun to watch .
he was tougher in a perfect world .
his foil is dennis quaid , who pulled a deniro by losing 40 + pounds to play the tubercular terror doc holliday .
gaunt * and * gamely ,
he 's a scene stealer who 's seen too little .
other familiar faces include tom sizemore ( looking like bruce mcgill ) , bill pullman ( looking like jeff daniels ) , and lea thompson ( looking like someone other than lea thompson ) .
both gene hackman and isabella rosselini appear and disappear like magic , while late entries catherine o'hara and jobeth williams are surprisingly solid .
though the story and score should 've tried " less is more , " all other credits are technical tops .
production designer ida random , art director gary wissner , and costume designer colleen atwood are some of the vips who helped spend what must 've been an enormous budget .
clearly no expense was spared .

A: P
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Q: synopsis : private detective tom welles is hired by a wealthy widow to uncover the origins of a snuff film owned by her late husband .
after uncovering the authenticity of the film , welles descends into an underground world of perverse pornographers seeking vigilante revenge on the filmmakers .
comments : 8 mm is one of the more disturbing mainstream movies i have seen in a long time .
though it does n't present a snuff film ( a movie which documents a person 's murder for real , usually during or after some form of sexual act ) as explicitly as the cult classic mute witness and violence as shockingly as , say , natural born killers , 8 mm stays in your head long after you see it .
it is not fun to watch ; see something else if you get upset by realistic , sadistic violence .
this film 's violence and perverse sexuality skirts closely into nc-17 territory .
for those with strong stomachs , however , 8 mm is an intelligent , worthwhile thriller , especially during its second hour .
nicolas cage , after a couple ho - hum movies , returns to material which allows him to utilize his strong acting abilities .
as tom welles , a private detective and caring family man to a wife and newly - born daughter , cage skillfully and convincingly portrays a decent man whose unwavering energy slowly transforms into obssession and violence as he is pulled into a nightmarish world of underground pornographers and brutal sexual deviants .
serving as a guide to this world is joaquin phoenix , who plays a struggling songwriter named max california .
california , despite his name , is a surprisingly intelligent and complex character , and phoenix
does a very good job at slowly pulling the audience to sympathy for the character .
the real star of the movie , though , must be peter stormare .
stormare played the " really , really evil guy " in fargo , and his character , dino velvet , in this movie seems about ten times more evil and unpredictable .
his performance is very chilling .
8 mm 's success may hardly be surprising .
it was directed by joel schumacher , who , hopefully , saw this film as an apology for the absolutely dreadful batman and robin .
before directing the last two batman duds , however , schumacher was responsible for several well - made horror flicks : lost boys , flatliners , and falling down .
8 mm certainly joins the rank of these minor classics and is perhaps most reminiscent of falling down in that both films present an average man who self - destructs before the audience 's eyes .
8 mm was written by andrew kevin walker , who also penned the academy award - winning thriller seven a few years back .
like seven , 8 mm is full of dialogue which haunts you well after leaving the theater .
welles is searching for answers .
how could anyone possibly drug and then slowly , methodically , sadistically kill a teenaged girl to make a film ?
when confronting one of the perpretrators at the end , the murderer responds that there are no reasons .
he just enjoys it .
that , walker seems to suggest , is where the real terror lays : not in the crime itself but in the fact that rational motives do not exist .
a couple minor faults led me to my four - star rating ( five stars is the highest rating i give ) .
one , i found it a little difficult , early on , to accept the fact that a hardened private detective would get physically disgusted when first seeing a snuff film .
yes , snuff is a horrible thing , but a detective of welles ' caliber has probably encountered awful things before .
second , some of the clues welles gathers are too convenient .
he discovers , for example , the victim 's diary in her private bathroom , despite the fact the the police , the fbi , and her own mother have all investigated the room before .
finally , the closing scene seemed trite and improbable considering the rest of the film .
despite the above criticisms , 8 mm is an engrossing story .
one of the best scenes in the film occurs toward the end as a crazed welles , who no longer seems like a hero , brutally beats one of the pornographers responsible for the snuff film .
he pulls a gun on the man and , for a relatively long amount of time , struggles to decide whether or not to kill him .
he then leaves the building and calls the victim 's mother , in the middle of the night , to basically see if she would support the action .
the entire scene is tense , unpredictable , and emotionally charged .
rarely , anymore , do horror films or thrillers provoke suspense in me as 8 mm , with scenes like this , did .
8 mm is most certainly not for the faint of heart .
this is a graphic , oftentimes unflinching , look into the darkness which resides in both ordinary and extraordinary people .
if you 're prepared for a film of this nature , i give it an enthusiastic recommendation .

A:
P
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