instruction:
In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
question:
so many students strive to get into schools such as harvard of princeton , but they just do n't get the good grades .
so many students would do anything to reach their goal of getting into this schools .
legend has it that if your roommate commits suicide , the remaining roommates will get an automatic 4 . 0 .
chris ( michael vartan ) and
tim ( matthew lillard ) are two guys who really want the 4 . 0 to get into harvard .
how far will they go to get their 4 . 0 ?
chris and tim are also roommates with rand , played by randall batinkoff .
the two scheme to murder rand , make it look like a suicide , so they can supposedly get their 4 . 0 .
they have heard this rumor many places , and they are willing to take the chance to find out .
rand is a very , very mean person .
he treats his girlfriend natalie , played by tamara craig thomas , like she does n't matter at all .
she is very afraid of him , and she especially afraid now that she must tell him she is pregnant .
she does tell him , and he becomes enraged .
that night would be the last night of rand 's life .
tim and chris give rand a bottle of rat poison , making him think that it is beer .
rand drinks down the poison , and then dies .
now , tim pushes him off of a mountain with a suicide note near the site to make it look like he killed himself .
it does not take long until the suicide note is found , but the body is n't found .
the police question chris and tim about rand to try and find any information .
feeling extreme guilt , chris is having a very hard time , especially with his girlfriend , emma , played by keri russell .
she wants to know more , but he will not even speak with her .
will he give in ?
will tim turn chris in ?
will chris turn tim in ?
will they turn themselves in ?
all of these questions were running through my mind while watching this slick suspense film .
the events in the curve are very surprising , original , and fun .
the plot sounds much like dead man on campus , but that is not the deal with this film .
this film is a very serious one , with not many laughs .
there are many twists and turns that make this film different from most films .
the ending in particular is completely unpredictable and satisfying .
it is a terrific , suspenseful ending that i could never predict would happen . hands down to dan rosen who wrote this wild ride .
the sound really stood out in the film .
it is quite eerie and it really adds to the feel of the film .
the way the movie is filmed is also great .
all of the technical aspects , as well as the acting and directing aspects are very well done .
the performances in the curve are very good .
matthew lillard gets to play another creepy role , just like in 1996 's scream .
( a+ )
he is very strange in this film as well .
i like him in this sort of role , rather than the roles he has been playing in comedies such as senseless
and she 's all that .
michael vartan is fantastic as chris , who has extremely mixed emotions about the entire murder and the 4 . 0 . michael vartan was also superb in never been kissed , where he co - starred with drew barrymore as a teacher who fell in love with his student .
keri russell also gives a great performance .
she should be a good actress in the horror department of the film .
tamara craig thomas is also realistic , especially coping with the death of her boyfriend .
some very strong supporting performances came from smaller roles , such as bo dietl and anthony griffith who play two detectives investigating the case .
the bottom line-
i might just have to curve that a- into an a .
* note-
the curve premiered at the sundance film festival in early 1998 .
it was decided the film would not be released widely .
it is now available at blockbuster video only , and for rent only .
see you at the video store !
answer:
P


question:
notting hill 's trailer is awful : a laughless , schmaltzy montage .
the movie was desperately marketed to the anti - phantom menace crowd , the same lovelorn females who ignored the love letter .
and it apparently worked .
perhaps the presence of julia roberts - whose allure beyond those perfect teeth still escapes me - had a lot to do with notting hill 's opening weekend success , but the film 's staying power is based on word of mouth . allow me to spread some more good buzz for notting hill .
grant stars as william thacker , a travel - bookstore owner who works and resides in a tiny english district called notting hill .
into his shop one day wanders famous actress anna scott ( roberts ) .
a common thief , some spilled orange juice , and
some stilted conversation leads to their first , highly impetuous ( or is that improbable ? ) , kiss .
days later , william sneaks into her hotel suite under the guise of a magazine journalist , and so begins a passionate , albeit surreptitious , affair .
( aside : notting hill 's portrayal of press junkets is deadly accurate . )
only anna 's celebrity - or william 's lack thereof - threatens to drive a wedge between them .
richard curtis has tapped into fantasy we all have considered , and for at least its first half - hour the picture 's " beauty and the beast " -like scenario is ( romantic ) escapism of the highest order .
as with groundhog day or pleasantville , while watching the high - concept comedy notting hill one constantly imagines him / herself in the lead ; it 's william 's ordinaryness that entices the spoiled and bored anna .
curtis ( who previously penned four weddings and a funeral ) is also smart enough to know that the unlikely couple 's situation is not enough to fuel two hours ' worth of entertainment , so
some of notting hill 's finest moments revolve around william 's eccentric friends and family .
by now , dear reader , you 've probably heard a lot about rhys ifans ' performance as william 's imbecilic welsh flatmate .
yes , he 's a crowd pleaser , a walking sight gag , but his character is not nearly as involving as the wheelchair - bound ( and appropriately named ) bella ( mckee , the anguished waitress of naked ) or max ( tom mcinnerny ) , her lousy chef of a husband .
in the movie 's best sequence , william , anna , and company sit around bloated from max 's latest concoction and hold a contest : the last brownie on the table goes to the diner with the saddest life .
the scene ends only as a british writer would end it .
if anything , fantastic bits like these dull the main plot 's dramatic impact .
roberts and grant , especially , are appealing , but their relationship is convolutedly interrupted too many times ( four weddings ' suffered similar flaws ) , and william and anna ultimately only have one thing in common
: they 're lonely .
( worth noting in roberts ' and grant 's favour : the ubiquitous " i 'm just a girl , standing across from a boy , asking him to love her " episode is not nearly so syrupy as it appears in clips , and it features some of the best emoting either actor has ever done . )
notting hill is nonetheless enjoyable
; on the visual side of things , i especially appreciated michell 's playful changing - of - the - seasons number . if only ( and this is a surprisinly minor gripe ) he had lopped off the egregious epilogue ; for a story that thrives on what we bring to it , the filmmakers work too hard to tidy things up , leaving our imaginations in the lurch .
answer:
P


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" tarzan and the lost city " is one of the most anemic movies to come out in quite a while .
not only it is poorly written , badly acted , and generally incompetent in all cinematic areas , it is thoroughly uninspired and insipid .
unfortunately , it 's not bad in the way great
, colossal misfires like " heaven 's gate " ( 1980 ) or " ishtar " ( 1987 ) were bad .
instead , it literally drips off the screen like a movie nobody wanted to be associated with , which begs the question of why it was made in the first place .
with all the good scripts lying around hollywood un - produced , how does needless drek like this make its way to the big screen ?
of course , tarzan is one of the most filmed characters in all of motion picture history - he has appeared in over forty films , which have ranged from the very good ( 1984 's " greystoke : the legend of tarzan , lord of the apes " ) down to the really bad ( 1981 's " tarzan , the ape man " with bo derek ) .
most of these films were just cheapie b - movies made in the thirties and forties , starring ex - olympic athletes and a lot of cutsie chimps .
therefore , if another tarzan movie is to be made , one might assume that it would have something new to offer - a different angle , an original storyline , anything to set it apart from all the others .
" greystoke " added a never - before - seen level of realism to the pulpy tale , and even " tarzan , the ape man " at least had the mis - guided audacity to sexualize the story as a vehicle for bo derek 's bare breasts .
" tarzan and the lost city , " on the other hand , has absolutely nothing to offer but a bunch of recycled storylines and bad dialogue .
the script , by bayard johnson and
j .
anderson black is about as formulaic and generic as they come .
comic books have better plots than this .
the movie is so bad
, in fact , that it retains that ridiculous tarzan call that was so tirelessly mocked in last summer 's comedy " george of the jungle .
" did n't the producers think to leave that back in the old weissmuller pictures where it belongs ?
the story starts with the legend of tarzan already firmly established : a quick opening narration tells of tarzan ( casper van dien ) being found in the jungle after having been raised by apes , and his return to england where he assumes his greystoke heritage .
when the movie starts in 1913 , he is a civilized english gentleman ( without an english accent ) , and he is to marry jane ( jane march ) in less than a week .
however , when a wicked archeologist / grave - robber named nigel ravens ( steve waddington ) begins hunting for the fabled lost city of opar , one of africa 's last great secrets , the witch doctor of an ancient african tribe summons tarzan back to the jungle .
at first , jane refuses to go , pouting about how it will interfere with their wedding ; but after tarzan leaves she changes her mind and tracks him down , therefore assuring lots of lame smooch scenes between her and her ape - man .
once the film gets going ( in its own sluggish way ) , it delves into a series of jungle adventures , as tarzan , jane , and the natives attempt the thwart ravens and his crew from discovering the city .
most of the so - called adventures are cheesy , predictable , and unexciting , with no pace , tension , or action to speak of .
there are sequences stolen from innumerable recent adventure movies , ranging from " raiders of the lost ark " ( 1981 ) to " the goonies " ( 1985 ) .
when the movie is running short on action , it includes a few greenpeace - friendly scenes of tarzan freeing caged animals , releasing a baby elephant from a trap , and throwing ivory tusks into the river .
the movie is also lacking even a remote hint of reality . for instance , when tarzan - who was raised in the jungle - is bit by a cobra , he does n't even attempt to suck the venom out like any semi - experienced weekend backpacker would do .
instead , he ties a tourniquet around his arm and stumbles off into the jungle with no plan for survival .
of course , one ca n't help but notice how fundamentally misleading the title is . not to ruin the ending or anything , but there is no lost city .
there is , however ,
a lost pyramid , which i suppose is all the resource - strapped fx department could come up with ( the special effects are not worthy of a made - for - tv movie ) . which also brings up the question of why the treasure hunters had to slog through numerous underground caverns to get to the lost pyramid , when it 's sitting right out in the middle of an open field ? strictly speaking , " tarzan and the lost city " is n't even bad enough to have camp quality , although casper van dien 's laughably stiff performance comes real close .
this movie proves what " starship troopers " only hinted at : he can not act , but he sure looks well - groomed , even in the deepest heart of the african jungle .
van dien is much too much of a pretty - boy to be an effective tarzan ; he 's a calvin klein model in a loin cloth .
i also wondered what the make - up department was thinking when it outfitted him with that awful circa-1983 steve perry haircut .
waddington makes a decent villain , although he 's like a charmless version of belloq from " raiders of the lost ark .
" as jane , the ex - model jane march has little to do but smile and look pretty next to tarzan .
she does fire off a gun at the evil treasure hunters a time or two , but whenever a snake comes into the picture , she is reduced to a hysterical mess .
however , amidst all this complaining , i do have one piece of good news .
" tarzan and the lost city " is so lacking in ideas both new and old , that it is unable to fill even an hour and a half of celluloid .
so , we can say this much for it : at least it had the decency to be short .
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N