In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.

[EX Q]: " psycho meets the exorcist with no holds barred " .
a blurb like that sounds like desperate publicity for some low budget , third rate rip - off .
but no , this tacky plug comes from the poster for suspiria , perhaps italian horror director dario argento 's most consistently successful film .
what impresses most in re - watching this surrealistic , supernatural thriller is that argento 's directorial flair and stylish visuals are matched by a near - fully coherent narrative .
screenplays have always been his achilles heel ; confusing subplots , gaping holes , totally illogical incidents and reactions .
no question : argento has always been a better director than a writer .
fortunately , he gets the plotting pretty well right with suspiria , taking his cue from a book by thomas de quincey called " suspiria de profundis " .
the film 's storyline suffers from no major lapses in logic , provided one can accept the premise of a ballet school being a front for a coven of witches .
jessica harper plays an american who travels to germany to further her studies in dance .
arriving at the school late at night in driving rain , she sees a girl leave and run into the storm in a clearly distressed state .
what happens next - and i do n't make the comparison lightly - is a murder sequence that for intensity , shock value and sheer directorial flair ranks alongside alfred hitchcock 's infamous shower scene in psycho .
it 's quite possibly a homage to hitchcock , but with its baroque sets , graphic gore and brilliantly chaotic musical accompaniment by the gothic rock group goblin , this stunning sequence remains very much argento 's own .
though nothing else quite equals the intensity of suspiria 's opening 15 minutes , the film continues to be never anything less than engrossing as harper begins her own investigations and slowly comes to realise this is no ordinary ballet school .
we meet an assortment of slightly sinister characters , most notably the head ballet teacher played by alida valli in another one of those delicious sour - old - matriarch - from - hell roles she does so well .
several more violent murders ensue , including a startling scene in a deserted square where a blind man is . . .
well , i would n't want to spoil things now , would i ?
and the film 's climax , staged amid secret corridors and hidden rooms , has a gothic ghoulishness
that 's most impressive .
the english language versions of most argento movies usually suffer trimming , and not just for the violence - deep red and phenomena , for example , have been appallingly hacked about .
fortunately , the cuts to suspiria ( about 7 minutes in this version ) have not adversely affected the film .
the dubbing of the italian actors into english is quite competently done , too , excepting one appalling and unintentionally hilarious effort with a conversation between harper and a professor about the history of witchcraft in the region .
and the soundtrack ?
it is interesting to imagine what power the film would have lost if it had been scored by someone else .
as it stands , the use of goblin 's music in suspiria is outstanding .
apparently , argento played the soundtrack on location while filming so the actors could hear the music as they acted out their parts .
a stereo video player adds greatly to the viewer 's overall experience .
even better , see suspiria in a cinema , where you 'll get the added bonus of widescreen .
and the colours !
deep reds , eerie blues , a superb use of shadow and contrast .
the cinematography of luciano tovoli , whose more recent credits include reversal of fortune and single white female , is uniformly superb .
a nod also must go to production designer giuseppe bassan for his wonderful baroque interiors .
these kinds of settings are crucial to the atmosphere of argento 's more surreal excursions , the other most notable example being inferno ( 1980 ) on which bassan also worked .
suspiria is the film that broke dario argento into the major league of european directors , and it is fully deserving of its cult status .
the gore is at times a little excessive and overstated - that 's always been one of argento 's shortcomings - but overall
this is a fascinating , compelling example of italian horror .
[EX A]: P

[EX Q]: full metal jacket , very much like every other hard - hitting film about the vietnam war , is an shocking , emotional depiction of the war that effected almost everyone in america .
this film is more like platoon than any other in the way that it chronicles the struggles of a young man ( private joker , played by matthew modine ) during his tour in the vietnam war .
however , full metal jacket gives the audience an insight into combat life very rarely seen before : boot camp .
these sequences are considered to be the best part in this three act film , even though i found the later portions to be equally stunning .
as in platoon , full metal jacket gets off to a quick start .
the opening sequence is the initiation for the recruits , which is getting their heads shaved .
from there , they find themselves standing at attention and receiving their orders from the extremely hard and punishing sergeant hartman , played extremely well by the former drill instructor r .
lee ermey .
apparently , the solution was found for the perfect man to play a drill instructor in the movies , because ermey depicts his character extremely well and will make you thank whomever that you were never subjected to such horrible situations .
private joker gets off on the wrong foot with the sergeant , as does the large bodied private leonard lawrence ( vincent d'onofrio ) , whom is dubbed ' gomer pyle ' by sgt . hartman .
the film is continually narrated by private joker , in which he explains his visions on what is going on .
the entire corps , although repeatedly hammered by sgt .
hartman , continues on .
private pyle , however , seems to be the rag doll for the drill instructor .
he continually absorbs the worst punishment and humiliation , and it basically does not stop .
that is , until sgt .
hartman comes up with a new plan .
he will punish the rest of the soon - to - be - marines for pyle 's goof - ups , even after joker was assigned to help him out in the best way he can .
pyle then receives punishment from his fellow recruits , and things take a turn for the worst .
pyle proves that not everyone is emotionally , physically , and mentally cut out for the life of a marine .
after graduation , joker is sent over to the height of the action in order to document the war , which is his service .
he is not a member of the infantry , and it is unclear if he will ever actually find himself in combat .
when he sets out on a documenting mission , this question becomes very clear from the start .
joker joins up with a platoon , along with his hometown friend cowboy ( arliss howard ) , and follows their everyday actions , interviewing and filmming them along the way .
he also soon finds himself in a position in which he must fight , or die .
again , as in the tradition of vietnam war films , full metal jacket can be debated as to whether it is an anti - war film or not .
a few of the more powerful scenes toward the end will leave you to decide .
full metal jacket succeeds extremely well in documenting the life of a young man in vietnam , as have others in the past .
this film , in different ways , also can be viewed as more powerful than others .
that , again , is up for debate and depends on your opinion .
one thing is for sure , however ; no one ever wants to experience the absolute hell that these soldiers are subjected to .
unfortunately , many did .
[EX A]: P

[EX Q]: bob the happy bastard 's quickie review : the odd couple ii grumpy old men , it ai n't .
hell , my fellow americans
, it ai n't .
walter matthau and jack lemmon team up again for an even more worn out vehicle
than any of their films over the past few years .
odd couple ii feels terribly generic , where in the first movie , made thirty one years ago , feels like a wonderful tale .
that 's like repackaging campbell 's soup in a generic food can , really .
how writer neil simon could 've made such a horrible mistake
in screen writing is beyond me .
throughout the movie , i really did n't laugh once . honestly .
i mean , there were dumb situations , yeah , like the cropduster who let these old geezers have it without any notice , but they just really did n't seem funny to me .
and that car rolling off the cliff ?
the only way i would 've seen humor in that is if they were still in it .
and the ending gets all super - mushy , too .
in the final twenty minutes or so , lemmon meets a girl he thinks is the one , then loses her ; matthau talks to his son ( a wasted jonathan silverman ) about his amrriage to lemmon 's daughter ; and , of course , lemmon and matthau have another roomie situation on their hands .
ooh , i really gave a lot away there , i 'm sure .
consider it a hospitable gester ,
you wo n't waste your time renting this muck .
[EX A]:
N