In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
One example: 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 is here: N
Explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").

Now, solve this: " book " should have remained in shadows book of shadows :
blair witch 2
a film review by michael redman copyright 2000 by michael redman certain things in our lives are inevitable .
death , sorrow , love , heartbreak , pain , joy .
we expect these events .
we know they 're going to happen and some , we even look forward to .
it 's part of the human condition .
we have also become accustomed to inevitable occurrences in our society .
as we near the fall election , several of them are hitting us in the face .
politicians exaggerate their own importance .
our side is always right ; theirs is always wrong .
in the end , voters are usually forced to choose the lesser of two whocares .
in hollywood
the one indisputable inevitable is that if a film makes big money , there will be a sequel .
even if the original story does n't merit one .
even if the first film is complete in itself .
even if success is a fluke .
" the blair witch project " was made with a budget of $ 1 . 75 and exploded on the screen , raking in huge profits .
the concept was brilliant .
the filmmakers created a remarkable buzz that the story might be real .
the film itself was even more convincing .
the movie _ must _ be authentic .
why else would such amateurish footage be on the big screen ?
the first film caught lightning in a bottle .
the sequel proves you ca n't pour that old lightning into a new bottle .
you have to give this effort some credit .
it would have been easy to have made the same movie again with a new group of kids .
it would have been easy , but of course , it would n't have worked .
instead " book of shadows " acknowledges the first film as a movie and concentrates on the hysteria following its release .
it 's a great scheme and possibly the only entertaining way to do a sequel .
unfortunately it does n't work either .
five kids spend the night in the woods at the scene of the first film .
weird stuff happens and they retreat to an old factory where one of them lives .
even weirder stuff happens .
some people die , there 's blood and knives
and none of the characters have a lick of common sense .
while supposedly doing serious research , the group sets up a circle of surveillance cameras in the ruins of the old house in the woods and vows to stay alert all night awaiting a visitation .
then they proceed to get totally trashed on drugs and alcohol and party down with very loud
, very obnoxious heavy metal music .
it 's a bad plan .
the cast shows some early promise .
a couple is doing research on a " blair witch " book .
the tour guide is a former mental patient turned ebay aficionado .
a goth amazon princess adds a bit of comedic relief .
the obligatory hot babe is the 2000 spiritual cinematic descendent of the cute hippie chick , the cute rock and roll chick and the cute disco chick : the cute wiccan chick .
the first film 's unaccomplished actors came across as real people in a real situation because hours and hours of video were shot during days in the woods .
this time , these unaccomplished actors just come across as unaccomplished actors .
there 's not one character you care about when they start shouting for no reason .
although what passes for a plot starts out with a solid idea , it 's ruined by poor execution .
the follow - up to one of the most successful horror films ever is nothing more than a bad slasher movie .
they 're trapped in an old big weird house .
they stupidly separate into various rooms .
there are strange noises , they see scary apparitions and people disappear .
ever see this movie ?
seasoned documentary director joe berlinger should know better .
the film features mostly cheap tricks and unnecessary gore .
for a storyline filled with surprises , it 's oddly predicable .
" the blair witch project " was a rare triumph of style over substance .
"
the book of shadows " is a triumph of tedium over promise .
Solution:
N