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In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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this is one of the most funny and entertaining comedies of the year
and it just happens to be animated .
there are some great voice over commentaries from hollywood 's most famous celebrities , some fabulous animation and a compelling story .
this is the best we 've seen from disney since " beauty and the beast " ( 1996 ) .
this film begins an unspecified time following the happily - ever - after conclusion to toy story .
in the aftermath of their earlier adventures , buzz ( voice of tim allen ) and woody ( voice of tom hanks ) are now fast friends and all the toys live in perfect harmony , content with their " lives " .
one day , andy broke woody 's arm off , while playing with him .
woody is now officially discarged and worthless , left with his nightmares , where he lies in a trash can with the other discards .
later andy 's mother decides to have a yard sale , and she collects a few old toys from her son 's room .
since one of these discards is a member of the moving toy gang , woody goes to the rescue , leaving the safety of the house for the uncertainty of the front lawn in order to bring the toy back .
although his mission is successful , he is placed in a serious predicament when a toy collector named al ( voice of wayne knight ) spies woody while hunting through the wares available at the sale .
the cowboy toy represents the final collectible needed to complete his collection of merchandise from the old tv series , " woody 's roundup .
" if he can acquire woody , al can ship everything to a toy museum in japan for a huge profit .
so , after andy 's mother refuses to sell the wooden cowboy
, al steals him , and it 's up to the other toys , led by buzz , to go into the city to save their friend .
and so , buzz , rex ( voice of wallace shawn ) , hamm ( voice of john ratzenberger ) , mr .
potatohead ( voice of don rickles ) , and slinky ( voice of jim varney ) , go out on a dangerous journey to rescue their friend , they find themselves confronting things like busy streets and other buzz lightyear toys .
there are car chases , gun fights and finally the confrontation between buzz and his nemesis ( who , by the way , resembles darth vader ) .
meanwhile , woody learns that he was once a tv celebrity and has a family - a cowgirl named jessie ( voice of joan cusack ) , a horse named bullseye , and a father figure called the prospector ( voice of kelsey grammar ) .
they offer him another life , as a celebrity -- a toy in a museum in japan .
he is now forced to choose between being loved intensively by andy for a little while ( before he grows up ) and be forgotten , or be admired by children for generations .
the problem is , if woody escapes from al 's clutches and returns home , they will end up back in the lonely darkness of storage .
a real effort is made in the technical department .
the animation is rich and colorful , with lots of wonderful details .
the
" cinematography " is also extremely improved since toy story ; there are a lot of complicated swings , turns and close - ups that really make an impression .
lighting and filters are used to create a mood ( as in a surprisingly emotional moment - jessie 's remembrance of her days when she was a beloved toy ) the film contains a lot of in - side jokes ( such as the one about videogames ) , and entertaining parodies on " jurassic park " and " star wars " .
the film ends with the " failed takes " , the kind of scenes that we are used to see after comedy shows on tv .
these outtakes are some of the funniest scenes in the film . but what in the end makes " toy story 2 " a memorable experience is not the jokes , its multiple parodies or marvelous animation .
it is its heart and emotions -- the story about the meaning of friendship , love and even life itself .
it is not difficult to predict that " toy story 2 " would be a huge economical success , but its artistic achievement was unexpected .
unexpected because the first film was n't much more than a demonstration of special effects .
but mostly it was unexpected because disney has n't produced anything spectacular in years and is constantly surpassed by companies such as dreamworks and warner brs .
but here the director has changed the atmosphere of the film , making it more accessible and interesting for persons older that 9 years .
this is a big step - away from the ancient laws of disney - animation .
off course , this is not " antz " , it is not as intelligent ; this is not a landmark and no masterpiece , but i promise that you 'll find it as funny and enjoyable as i have .
whether this is the best animated film of the year , i dare not say .
my choice would probably be " the iron giant " , but ( along side with " american pie " ) this is the comedy of the year .
i almost lost my hopes for disney , but " toy story 2
" proves that disney has n't lost their ability to entertain .
answer:
P


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along his carreer , mel gibson has collected several successes , not only from an economic point of view but also from an artistic point of view .
for all that , i think no one could guess the skills and abilities now disclosed in braveheart .
the australian actor decided to produce and direct a film about sir william wallace , a popular scotch hero of the 13th century , where he would also perform the principal role . accepting so huge challenge , mel gibson run the risk of stain all his work of years , with a suppoosed failure , just to see recognized , by everyone , all his potentialities and , that way , to consolidate his position in hollywood .
it was , definitely , an enormous risk
but i 'm sure mel knew exactly well what he was going to face .
braveheart is , in fact , a magnificent and magisterial film .
for three hours we are completely absorbed by the narrative 's rhyitm which never gives place to a single moment of monotony or uninterest .
the william wallace 's story is the story of so many others brave liberty 's defenders who fought and gave the life for that essential value , along the centuries .
seeing himself and his people victims of injustices and violent repression , william wallace dares to face the powerful edward i , king of england , in a war by the autonomy of scotland .
as the victories succeed the number of fighters with wallace goes growing up .
his courage and inteligence are admired by everyone , including the princess isabelle of wales , wife of edward 's son .
however , william wallace was also surrounded by enemies and some of them were closer than he thought .
braveheart may not be an historically corrected movie but the nature of its message make us think about the importance that we give to liberty , nowadays .
mel gibson directs with a lot of brilliancy a brilliant cast .
patrick mcgoohan has a very nice performance
as edward i , the king longshank .
the scene when he waits for the death and loses his voice is really good .
sophie marceau , as princess isabelle , has along the movie no more than fifteen minutes of performance but mel gibson gave to those minutes such a very special treatment that princess isabelle soon becomes one of the major characters in braveheart .
i also liked the performances of angus macfadyen , as robert the bruce , and , of course , mel gibson , as william wallace .
however , i think this time the mel gibson 's work as director was much better than his work as actor .
the excellent music composed by james horner is another thing that helps braveheart to be the success that it really is .
when we join that music to the beautiful scotch landscapes , view by the camera of john toll , then we realize all the beauty of this film .
braveheart is , in my opinion ,
one of the best movies of 1995 !
i 've heard some people saying that mel gibson is gon na be a new david lean .
for now , let 's see if braveheart equalizes the 6 oscars of lawrence of arabia .
it wo n't be easy !
it 's gon na be one more challenge for mel gibson .
answer:
P


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cinematically speaking , gordon parks ' original 1971 _ shaft
_ is not a great film .
a bit slow at times and more than a little rough around the edges as it builds to its climactic explosion of violent action ,
this spirited but formulaic yarn that initially brought ernest tidyman 's
" black private dick
that 's a sex machine to all the chicks " to the big screen hardly qualifies as groundbreaking filmmaking .
yet nearly 30 years after its original release -- and long after the genre it spawned , " blaxploitation , " died with that decade -- the 1971 _ shaft
_ remains an extremely entertaining watch , never having completely escaped pop culture consciousness .
the reason for this is the same one that explains the film 's connection with moviegoers far beyond the target african - american audience : the title character of john shaft .
while the fact that the strong , smart , virile , and superbly suave shaft is black is the primary factor for his historical and cultural significance , his broad - based appeal stems from an idea that transcends race : he is comfortable , confident , and proud about who he is , and anyone who had a problem with that could simply kiss his ass .
this fact also explains why john singleton 's y2 g revival of john shaft is as enjoyable as it is .
much like the film that started the franchise , this _ shaft _ 's plot does n't score points in the originality department , but the energy level and smooth attitude distinguishes it from standard crime thrillers .
contrary to what has been reported over the past few months , this _ shaft _ is not a remake of the original film , but more of a sequel / spinoff .
the star audiences know and love from the original film and its first two sequels
( 1972 's _ shaft's_big_score !
_ and 1973 's _ shaft_in_africa _ ) , richard roundtree , once again plays john shaft , who still runs a private investigation firm in new york city .
however , the focus of the film lies on his same - named nephew ( samuel l. jackson ) , who , as the film begins , is a cop whose take - no - crap demeanor constantly leaves him at odds with his superiors .
when a privileged young man named walter wade jr .
( christian bale ) accused of a brutal , racially - motivated murder is allowed to be released on bail , a disgusted shaft leaves the force and decides to take matters into his own hands as a p. i.
but that 's easier
said than done , for also standing in the way of shaft and his way of justice is peoples hernandez ( jeffrey wright ) , a dominican gangster who is hired by walter to rub out waitress diane palmieri ( toni collette ) , the only eyewitness to his crime .
peoples -- or , rather , wright is also the big obstacle in jackson 's way toward commanding this film .
peoples is more of an outrageous comic character for most of the running time , and wright is insanely funny during these stages .
however , he is n't so funny as to make the character come off as goofy and buffoonish , and
peoples ' eventual turn to more serious villainy is seamless and believable
( which probably would not have been the case had he been played by original casting choice john leguizamo , who bowed out before filming ) .
it 's no easy task to steal a film from the jackson ( who is his usual captivating , charismatic self here ) , but that 's exactly what wright does -- and makes it seem effortless .
then again , with such a talented ensemble surrounding him , it is not too surprising
that jackson 's impressive star turn does n't quite tower over the rest ; he is strongly complemented not only by wright but all his other co - stars .
bale has already proven his ability to play an uppity killer in _ american_psycho _ , so it only follows that his performance as a similar , less exaggerated character would be spot - on .
collette lends the film some convincing and welcome dramatic weight as the frightened , conflicted diane .
busta rhymes brings some good laughs as shaft 's sidekick rasaan .
registering not as strongly -- but through no fault of their own -- are vanessa williams ( as tough narcotics cop carmen vasquez ) and a dismayingly underused roundtree ; they simply are given little to do in the script credited to richard price , singleton , and shane salerno .
( jackson also has little to " do " in a sense ; some throwaway footage during the opening credits aside , his shaft does n't even have one sex scene . )
that singleton once again proves his ability with actors is an especially good thing since he 's not really an action director .
this is not to say that he does a bad job with the numerous gunfights and the requisite foot and car chases .
they move well ( as does the film as a whole ) and are reasonably exciting ; it 's just that there 's nothing terribly inventive about them .
these set pieces are functional in the way the script is : they work well enough , but they 're unsurprising and conventional .
but if there 's anything that a _ shaft _ movie does well , it 's make the familiar look cool -- and this _ shaft _ keeps that tradition alive .
from the slick title sequence -- scored , of course , to isaac hayes ' ever - infectious oscar - winning theme song , which singleton wisely sprinkles throughout the film -- on , the film looks great and easily sweeps the viewer into its world with its energetic bravado .
even a common visual trick such as employing fancy wipes for scene transitions not only feels unforced , it feels necessary .
style does n't exactly make for a great film , but when it comes to _ shaft _
, that 's of little consequence .
what matters above all else is having a good time , and the latest _ shaft _ should be just the first of many fun rides to be had with this bad mutha -- shut your mouth .
answer:

P