Detailed Instructions: In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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Problem: plot : two teen couples go to a church party , drink and then drive .
they get into an accident .
one of the guys dies , but his girlfriend continues to see him in her life , and has nightmares .
what 's the deal ?
watch the movie and " sorta " find out . . .
critique : a mind - fuck movie for the teen generation that touches on a very cool idea , but presents it in a very bad package .
which is what makes this review an even harder one to write , since i generally applaud films which attempt to break the mold , mess with your head and such ( lost highway & memento ) , but there are good and bad ways of making all types of films , and these folks just did n't snag this one correctly
.
they seem to have taken this pretty neat concept , but executed it terribly .
so what are the problems with the movie ?
well , its main problem is that it 's simply too jumbled
.
it starts off " normal " but then downshifts into this " fantasy " world in which you , as an audience member ,
have no idea what 's going on
.
there are dreams , there are characters coming back from the dead , there are others who look like the dead , there are strange apparitions , there are disappearances , there are a looooot of chase scenes , there are tons of weird things that happen , and most of it is simply not explained .
now i personally do n't mind trying to unravel a film every now and then , but when all it does is give me the same clue over and over again , i get kind of fed up after a while , which is this film 's biggest problem .
it 's obviously got this big secret to hide , but it seems to want to hide it completely until its final five minutes .
and do they make things entertaining , thrilling or even engaging , in the meantime ?
not really .
the sad part is that the arrow and i both dig on flicks like this , so we actually figured most of it out by the half - way point , so all of the strangeness after that did start to make a little bit of sense , but it still did n't the make the film all that more entertaining .
i guess the bottom line with movies like this is that you should always make sure that the audience is " into it " even before they are given the secret password to enter your world of understanding .
i mean , showing melissa sagemiller running away from visions for about 20 minutes throughout the movie is just plain lazy ! !
okay , we get it .
. .
there are people chasing her and we do n't know who they are .
do we really need to see it over and over again ?
how about giving us different scenes offering further insight into all of the strangeness going down in the movie ?
apparently , the studio took this film away from its director and chopped it up themselves , and it shows .
there might 've been a pretty decent teen mind - fuck movie in here somewhere , but i guess " the suits " decided that turning it into a music video with little edge , would make more sense .
the actors are pretty good for the most part , although wes bentley just seemed to be playing the exact same character that he did in american beauty , only in a new neighborhood .
but my biggest kudos go out to sagemiller , who holds her own throughout the entire film , and actually has you feeling her character 's unraveling .
overall , the film does n't stick
because it does n't entertain , it 's confusing , it rarely excites and
it feels pretty redundant for most of its runtime , despite a pretty cool ending and explanation to all of the craziness that came before it .
oh ,
and by the way , this is not a horror or teen slasher flick . . .
it 's just packaged to look that way because someone is apparently assuming that the genre is still hot with the kids .
it also wrapped production two years ago and has been sitting on the shelves ever since .
whatever . .
. skip it !
where 's joblo coming from ?
a nightmare of elm street 3 ( 7/10 ) - blair witch 2 ( 7/10 ) - the crow ( 9/10 ) - the crow : salvation ( 4/10 )
- lost highway ( 10/10 ) - memento ( 10/10 ) - the others ( 9/10 ) - stir of echoes ( 8/10 )
Solution: N
Explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").

Problem: if i were to plot a graph of year against movie - plot - ridiculity for = hollywood movies , you 'll probably see a line with constant gradient .
= now , if i were to plot that same graph for the movies that the michael = bay / jerry bruckheimer has made over the last 4 years , that line would be = exponential in growth .
the team started out with the will smith vehicle = bad boys which was no more than a 2hr long action - music - video , = nevertheless entertaining .
then came the rock , where audiences flocked = to see nicholas cage team up with sean connery against some terrorizing = general fighting over some stupid cause .
con - air was ridiculousy dumb in = its premise
but it did have fun moments , and who can forget the nursery
= rhyme sang by that psycho killer played by steve buscemi .
while these = movies worked because there was something better to cover - up the dirt , = armageddon
does not .
very much like deep impact , a meteor is heading towards earth and they = did n't realize it until 18 days from impact .
deep impact settled with = the modest meteor size as large as the city of new york but armageddon = just had to be bigger . . . .
well about the size of texas ( that kinda meteor = whould probably knock earth out of its orbit ! ) .
the panic of this =
sighting spurs the idea of landing people on the meteor , drill it then
= nuke it ( sounds familiar ) and who better to do such a job than harry = stamper ( bruce willis ) , your very own oil - driller extraordinaire and
= his team of macho - misfits , nursing the tagline ' there ai n't nothin' on = this planet that harry ca n't drill ! '
.
in that 18 days , harry 's group was = split into 2 teams , trained for deep - space flight and finally blasted = into space in with special drilling vehicles on 2 new space shuttles .
the main relationship drama of armageddon is formed within the = relationship of harry , a .
j . and grace .
to give you an idea , a .
j .
works = for harry , and loves grace , harry 's daughter .
the problem is , harry = hates to see his daughter hanging around some scruffy grunt like himself = for the rest of her life .
so while a .
j .
and harry struts it out , grace = is place in a position where she is unable to take sides , so she remains = seated in the nasa control tower , crying over both of them in about 80 % = of the movie .
the human elements this movie tries to inject proves to be nothing more = than just an excuse for more slow - mo 's and gold - tinted photography .
the = anguish of the world is potrayed with scenes of people praying , running = for their lives or just sitting still staring at the sky , sounds fine = right ?
i know ,
but it looks too out of place on screen , too staged .
if = you were to ask yourself , ' what 's the difference between armageddon and = a r&b music video ?
"
you 'd probably just said ' the music .
" .
not = surprising since michael bay is a child of that industry and has = actually managed to transpose his mtv skills to screen successfully .
his = foray into armageddon just proves that he does n't when to stop .
well there 's really nothing much to sum up here .
the = stock - aitken - waterman of hollywood movies have projected their art - form = into ridiculity , beyond the plane believability , where people still = accept even if they did n't believe .
deep impact was ridiculous in most = aspects and i believe the makers know this .
the thing is , they decided = to shroud myth and fantasy with a purely believable human tale of = suffering and coming in terms with ones problems , which ultimately = brought it above the ashes which it had initially put itself in .
= armageddon , is an overcrowded , loud , messy , preposterously manipulative = waste of money and deserves to remain in that same pile of ash . .
= 20 if you have planned to watched this over deep impact because of liv = tyler , bruce willis or the tagline " from the makers of ' the rock ' ! !
" . = please catch deep impact before it finishes its run , it may be the only = meteor worth watching in long - long time . if you have to see it , please = bring ear - plugs and some aspirins ( for the vertigo ) .
expect armageddon =
ld 's to retail at s$19 .
90 at carrefour come release time .
gee . . . .
. .
even = that 's not worth it !
Solution:
N