TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
PROBLEM: humanities quest for knowledge never ends .
so a team of scientists and film - makers travel to the amazon to search for a legendary indian tribe .
the party consists of anthropologist steven cale ( eric stoltz ) and the camera team consisting of terri flores ( jennifer lopez ) , danny rich ( ice cube ) , gary dixon ( owen wilson ) , denise kahlberg ( kari wuhrer ) and warren westridge ( jonathan hyde ) .
early on their journey they meet paul sarone ( jon voight ) whose boat is stuck on the shore .
they agree to give him a ride to the next village .
he claims to know the area well and can be useful locating the native tribe .
very soon their friendliness backfires on the group because sarone turns out to be a snake hunter without scruples who only wants to catch a giant anaconda and sell it to a zoo .
we do n't have to wait too long for the giant snake .
she just had a panther hors d'oevre and now is looking for the main course .
our heroes paddle around in the amazonas as if it were the pool in their own backyard .
no wonder giant animals mistake their splashing for a dinner bell .
our anaconda is a polite one and swallows the first victim in one big gulp .
enjoy !
so much for the first attempt to catch her .
but who would want to catch a giant snake with a fishing pole ?
our villain sarone shows his soft side when he stops terri from shooting the snake . too bad that anaconda is just about to strangle another member of the expedition .
one by one she goes after the others .
eric stoltz is stung by a giant wasp right in the beginning and is mercifully unconcious for the rest of the adventure .
the rest of the crew keeps entertaining the viewer although not the way the makers of the movie had planned .
however the scenes without the anaconda are rather boring .
whenever the leading lady shows up we 're in for a laugh .
the snake reminds us of a favorite character of a famous animated movie even if she should be an awe - inspiring monster .
her attacks always follow the same plan : one last hypnotic look - she 's looking at you , kid - then she speedily wraps herself around her victim and starts to gush it down .
mostly we do n't see the act of devouring .
but she looks nice when she wiggles away with her bulging middle part . whoever did the special effects on this movie may have wanted to go to a zoo first and study some real snakes .
maybe then the anaconda model would have looked more real .
the animatronics are somewhat more believable .
but that did n't work for the strangling scenes .
do n't go see the movie for the f / x .
they are everything but up - to - date .
the viewer who likes to watch the end credits will see to his / her surprise that a snake expert was a consultant for the team .
we may doubt though that he has ever seen the final result of his work .
a well known american science magazine is also mentioned in the credits , but i will refrain from naming it here to avoid further damage to its reputation .
the majority of viewer will have left the theater as soon as the credits start rolling , anyway .
what kind of audience is the target group for this movie ?
hard to say .
this ca n't be a serious horror movie , or can it ? see for yourself .

SOLUTION: N

PROBLEM: an entertaining 2 hours awaits the audience in this film set in the early 80 's . sevigny and beckinsale play disco chicks alice and charlotte , who are on the lookout for love .
alice is mousy , shy , intellectual , charlotte is bitchy , out - going and fun .
we join their adventures as they go through a variety of adventures , and men , all to the background of the local disco .
whit stillman has both written and directed an interesting and believable story .
alice and charlotte are both well written characters , and the actresses who play them are n't bad aswell .
sevigny delivers an honest performance , and makes the audience feel for her character .
beckinsale plays extreme bitch personified , yet her character never becomes completely unlikeable .
the huge supporting cast also play a part in making sure this movie is thoroughly entertaining .
the dialogue is sharp and well written ,
with many funny set pieces .
for example , there 's a great discussion about lady & the tramp by the main characters .
the disco tunes playing in the background also make sure that this admittedly long film is good fun .
the direction is good , bringing out the drama and comedy in the scenes .
but their are slight flaws with the movie .
firstly , although it is supposedly set in the 80 's , the characters are very , very 90 's .
the way they dress and act have a very 90 's feel to them .
although the male hairstyles look slightly 80 's , frankly the 80 's atmosphere just was n't conveyed , which is a shame .
also , as mentioned above , the film is too long , and some parts do lag .
the charm of the characters do help these moments , but generally the editing could of been a bit tighter .
the plot also side - tracks into a silly cocaine dealing bust , which seemed out of place in this movie .
finally , their are almost too many characters in the film , and despite the running time , the film never really spends enough time on them .
some of the characters are very slight , which is a shame .
the conclusion , while funny , is also surprisingly weak , and certainly not strong enough . but despite these qualms , the last days of disco is a funny , warm movie , which is certainly worth seeing , and is a fitting homage to the disco era of the 80 's . worth a look .
overall rating= review by david wilcock ?
1998
" you know , for kids " - norville barnes

SOLUTION: P

PROBLEM: what is a scary movie anyhow ? is it a movie where a person gets ripped to shreds ?
is it where a person is being chased by some damned teenager who wants revenge ?
possibly its some guy with a hook who wants to know what you did last summer .
what ever happened to horror movies , where the horror was in the atmosphere , and in the characters .
movies like " halloween " and " psycho " which revolutionized horror genre forever , but wait in 1973 came a movie based on the bestselling book by william peter blatty , entitled " the exorcist " , the movie opened to rave reviews , and scared audiences to death , now in the year 2000 " the exorcist " comes back to the big screen in a version you 've never seen complete with six channel digital surround sound , and fifteen minutes of new footage never before seen as long as a new ending .
chris mcniell is an actress living in georgetown washington with her twelve year old daughter regan .
while working on a new film , chris still stays close to regan , but starts to wonder why her bed shakes at night , and why regan starts to have convulsions all of a sudden .
when chris finds out that regan is possessed by a demon , she shuns at the fact of it , but considers getting a priest to help her daughter .
father karras ( jason miller ) is the man they bring in , his mother has just died , and still in mourning he decides to help this little girl .
christ , father karras , and their nanny sharon ( kitty winn ) have to sit and wait until a man shows up , that man is the exorcist , and that man will help this little girl .
excrutiatingly scary , the exorcist is a classic horror film , which twenty seven years later still scares audiences half to death .
now we get to the experience " the exorcist " the way it was meant to be seen in a director 's cut which incorpates fifteen minutes of new footage cut by friedkin at the time of the release for content and time , a new ending has been added as well , and adds more of a lighter feeling to the movie , which i prefer the original darker ending more .
the movie has also been remastered in a wonderful six channel digital sound mix , and is amazing .
the voices are all clear , the music pours out on you and engulfs you in richness .
as a director friedkin has been well known for other films , but his standout film is " the exorcist " nominated for several academy awards it one a few , but was somehow doubted best picture , best actress ( ellen burstyn ) and best supporting actress ( linda blair ) who at the age of i believe thirteen does a wonderful job of being a little girl , alone , possessed and unable to stop what is going on .
ellen burstyn i think gives her best performance to date , and can be seen currently in " requiem for a dream " to which she is getting rave reviews for .
jason miller ( jason patrik 's dad ) is amazing as father karras , and his performance will be forever embedded in my mind , to me
he is the character who makes the entire film float along .
i was saddened when i saw this film with an audience of mostly younger people to see them laughing at this movie , i in no way , think that this movie is comical , yes some of the stuff regan says is funny , but they were laughing at her head spinning , and the green pea soup , come on people this is some creepy stuff !
anyway the re - release of the film has managed to make $ 40 million dollars , and is still going .
hopefully one day they re - release it again in twenty years for more generations to come to enjoy .

SOLUTION:
P