far more successful , if considerably less ambitious , than last year 's kubrick-meets-spielberg exercise 
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (ADJP (RB far) (RBR more) (JJ successful)) (, ,) (SBAR (IN if) (FRAG (ADJP (RB considerably) (RBR less) (JJ ambitious)))) (, ,)) (PP (IN than) (NP (NP (JJ last) (NN year) (POS 's)) (NML (NML (NN kubrick)) (HYPH -) (VP (NNS meets) (HYPH -) (NP (NN spielberg)))) (NN exercise)))))
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (RBR ) (JJ )) (, ) (SBAR (IN ) (FRAG (ADJP (RB ) (RBR ) (JJ )))) (, )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (JJ ) (NN ) (POS )) (NML (NML (NN )) (HYPH ) (VP (NNS ) (HYPH ) (NP (NN )))) (NN )))))