instruction:
In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
question:
not too many people know who james whale is , but it 's a safe bet that a good chunk of them have seen his movies .
if we are to believe the semi- biographical gods and monsters , whale would have wanted it to be that way .
this is an insightful , haunting exploration of the last days of the frankenstein and bride of frankenstein director , and it is notable for introducing one of the first complicated gay characters in a hollywood movie .
gods and monsters has no interest in being a biopic of whale 's life because it tracks only the final few days of his life , and it 's probably a better movie for it .
it 's focus is on whale 's ( ian mckellen ) untraditional and deceptive lust for heterosexual gardener clayton boone ( brendan fraser ) .
it begins with whale ( a fairly talented artist , aside from being a director ) asking boone to " sit for him ,
" ( pose for a portrait ) .
at first , boone does n't realize that whale is gay and grows fascinated with the old man .
when he does discover whale 's sexual orientation from his dedicated and protective maid ( lynn redgrave ) , he is frightened , refusing to sit for the guy .
but he comes back , only to storm out again , disgusted with whale 's " locker room talk .
" boone returns yet another time , after whale promises to tone down the aforementioned " locker room talk , " and finds their platonic relationship to be strengthening .
meanwhile , jimmy himself is suffering from hallucinations and mental attacks as a result of his stroke not long ago .
his ailment leads to desperation and depression , which build to the point where he is forced to ask boone for an incredulously big favor .
what is perhaps most sensational about gods and monsters is brendan fraser 's bravura performance ; up until seeing this film i intensely disliked the young actor because of his tendency to ruin the movies he is in ( blast from the past , for example ) .
i was surprised how expressive an actor he proved himself to be here .
this is impressive because his character 's dialogue is minimal , with mckellan doing most of the talking .
that requires fraser to act through body language ; a difficult skill to master , but something he proves capable of doing well .
this is not to ignore mckellan 's oscar nominated turn .
he earned that nomination with his touching performance here ( although , at the risk of sounding like a philistine , i would have chosen his performance as the nazi in apt pupil for the nomination ) ; an understated , compelling gem .
whale dreaded being remembered solely for his work in the hollywood horror genre , and he thought hollywood to be the equivalent of a battlefield .
he rejoiced in being free from it , only reluctantly going to receptions with fellow movie people .
in the end , perhaps , it is what killed him : the memories of hollywood and war blending together to form a living nightmare . ?
1999 eugene novikov&#137 ;
answer:
P


question:
robin hood :
men in tights is another mel - brooks - produced film in the classic tradition of movies like blazing saddles and young frankenstein .
mel brooks is well known for his comic look at regular life , his fast paced dialogue and sharp wit .
unfortunately , robin hood :
men in tights has none of the easy going humor of blazing saddles , none of the fun acting of young frankenstein , is devoid of the charm of spaceballs , and is even lacking the good , solid dialogue of history of the world .
it is , in short , one of the worst movies i have seen mel brooks , or anybody else , produce .
the plot borrows heavily from the well - received kevin costner movie of last year , robin hood : prince of thieves .
this is not surprising in and of itself , and could have been used to great comic effect , mainly by parodying scenes from the orginal movie .
mel brooks does not take advantage of this , however , and uses the film to launch several ideas into the air , none of which connect and none of which are explained later on .
the movie 's scenes could be shuffled around in any order and one would be hard pressed to notice .
cary elwes , of princess bride fame , plays robin of loxley , a man who was captured in the crusades , fighting with king richard .
he escapes and , joining with a man named achoo
( i am sure you can see the obvious joke ) , fights in england to reclaim his name and the throne for richard , which has been captured by evil prince john , played by funny comic richard lewis .
he also tries for the love of maid marian and attempts to overthrow the evil " sheriff of rottingham " .
a good adventure plot that is sadly unused .
elwes and lewis are both excellent comics , but the dialogue in the movie is simply excruciating .
neither actor has any good words to work with , and the lines simply are n't funny , nor believable .
perhaps the worst example of this is when the group of merry men encounter a man playing a macaulay culkin clone from the hit movie home alone .
this particular scene is so out of place and so badly acted , and followed by so many other scenes of equal miserable ideas , that i really felt like leaving the theatre .
much of the audience continued to look at their watches throughout , and some left the theatre .
chuckles were few and far between , and they mostly dealt with visual jokes ( such as an old , beaten up horse from " rent - a - wreck " ) then from any dialogue whatsoever .
scenes that could have been classics , such as the archery contest , are ruined by poor acting .
perhaps the largest problem with the movie is that it is simply offensive .
the basic plot , that robin has received a key that will unlock the chastity belt of maid marian , is not witty nor funny .
mel brooks as a circumcision - giving rabbi is also offensive to me and others in the audience ( not all jewish , either ) .
the movie simply tries to hard trying to be funny and by and large fails .
the addition of a blind man who stumbles around , falling off cliffs , walking into ledges and being a general buffoon could have had some humorous potential , but is also made terribly offensive .
the only reason to see this movie is the surprise actor at the end who plays king richard .
he is well worth waiting for , if you can stand an hour and half of unfunny dialogue , excruciating visual humor , old puns , ancient jokes and bad acting .
if you ca n't , do n't even bother watching this miserable film .
answer:
N


question:
curdled is a deliciously dark and witty black comedy , but its humour wo n't appeal to everyone .
to be specific , let me give you an example .
do you know in pulp fiction where jules and vincent go on brain detail after marvin and his head accidentally get separated ?
if you thought that was completely tasteless and unfunny , do n't see curdled .
on the other hand , if you found that sequence to be pretty funny , you have the sense of humour that curdled is aimed at .
our film 's heroine , gabriela , played by angela jones , is a woman obssessively curious about murder and serial killers ; she even keeps a scrapbook of news articles .
luckily for her , miami is being plagued by a serial killer rampage - her scrapbook is getting pretty big .
the killer 's nickname in the press is the blue blood killer , because he preys on older rich socialite women , and he 's played by william baldwin ( this is not a spoiler ) .
one particularly striking m .
o . on the blue blood killer is his propensity to decapitate his victims .
gabriela is watching television one day when she spots an advertisement for a firm whose line of work is perfectly attuned to her interests .
she immediately quits her job , and signs on with pfcs , which stands for post - forensic cleaning service .
no points for guessing what they do .
her workmates are confused by gabriela 's fascination with murder ; to them , it 's just a day job .
there 's a hilarious locker room scene where they debate whether decapitated heads can talk , and what they would say .
gabriela 's partner , elena , played by mel gorham , is particularly perturbed by gabriela 's wide - eyed fascination , and becomes really upset when gabriela volunteers them to clean up the blue blood killer 's latest scene - they 're the messiest , you see .
unbeknownst to them , the last victim left something on the scene which would i d the blue blood killer , so he 's also heading over there . .
the comparison to pulp fiction earlier on was not accidental - quentin tarantino executive - produced this film , which began life as a short film he saw at a film festival .
apparently tarantino was so impressed that he helped braddock convert this into a feature - length film .
there are other parallels
- the star of curdled is angela jones ( the top billing goes to william baldwin , but really , jones is the central character ) , who 's probably best known for her role as esmerelda villalobos , the death - obssessed taxi driver in pulp fiction .
that role was written specifically for jones based upon her similar character in the aforementioned short film , curdled jr .
jones is great in curdled - she 's wonderfully funny and maintains an amusing wide - eyed naive curiousity about murder without compromising her character 's innocence or likeability .
she can express so much with one lift of her eyebrow .
it 's a great performance .
reb braddock 's direction is extremely sharp and clever , toeing the line between black humour and bad taste .
the best scene in the film is an outrageously funny sequence involves jones and dancing -
any more than that would be a spoiler .
the opening credit sequence is also inventive and amusing .
of course , it 's impossible to really take this stuff seriously , but then again you 're not really supposed to - braddock knows the audience is in on the joke , and makes it a fun little romp as a result .
the one drawback of curdled is that it was based on a short film , and it feels like it ; the material is just stretched too thin in order to fulfill a feature length running time , and some parts just seem to drag .
while its running time is already a short 94 minutes , it could really stand to lose twenty minutes or so to give it better pacing .
curdled seems destined to be a nice cult film for miramax .
it 'll be interesting to see if it will appeal to mainstream audiences as well .
answer:

P