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

Problem: what do you get when you slap together a movie based on a story by the legendary george lucas , directed by virtuoso director steven spielberg , and starring one of the biggest box - office stars in the world , harrison ford ?
you get one hot - fudge - rockin ' good time , that 's what you get ! ! !
plot : professor / archeologist indiana jones sets out to find the long - lost mystical ark of the covenant before the nazis get their grubby fingers hands on it .
adventures , snakes , romance and mucho action ensues .
critique : astounding movie packed with non - stop action , stunts galore , an interesting story line , great one - liners , a solid cast , a catchy musical score , and all the fun and adventure that you could squeeze into a two - hour thrill ride .
if you do n't enjoy this film , then you just do n't like action movies , period !
if you 're young , you 'll enjoy its humor , its cool action sequences and its gross - out factor at times .
if you 're a little older , you 'll appreciate the interesting plot line , the romance , and yes
, the mountains of adventure .
watching this movie made me feel like a kid again , dreaming and fantasizing about fighting the bad guys , travelling to different countries , making the impossible , possible !
harrison ford is perfect
as the every - man with the brains of a scientist and the brawn of an outdoors adventurer , and spielberg manages to achieve the ideal balance of action , fun , adventure and humor .
now if you really want to have a good time , check into this movie on the same night as its two sequels , rent a jug of iced coke , truckloads of nachos and salsa , an adventure hat and whip , and
prepare to gag yourself into a world of action - movie heaven !
little known facts about this film and its stars : this picture was nominated for eight 1981 oscar nominations , including best picture .
it lost that award to chariots of fire , but did manage to win for best art direction , best special effects , best film editing and best sound .
actor tom selleck was originally cast as indiana jones , but was committed to his hit tv show , " magnum p .
i .
" .
in filming the well of souls sequence , the producers scoured every pet shop in london and the south of england for every snake they could lay their hands on .
hence there are snakes that are identifiable from many different geographical areas .
however , once all the snakes were on set , it became clear that there were not nearly enough of them , so spielberg had several hoses cut into lengths , and these were used as well . looking closely , you can tell which are the real snakes and which are not .
an early draft of the script had indy travelling to shanghai to recover a piece of the staff of ra .
during his escape from the museum where it was housed , he sheltered from machine gun fire behind a giant rolling gong .
also in the same script , indy and marion flee the chaos caused by the opening of the ark in a wild mine - cart chase sequence .
both of these scenes were cut from the script , but ended up in 1984 's indiana jones and the temple of doom .
this film begins with a shot of a peak in the jungle which is reminiscent of the paramount pictures logo .
the same type of opening is present in its sequels .
jock 's airplane at the beginning of the film has the registration number " ob - cpo " .
this is a reference to obi - wan and c-3po from george lucas ' star wars ( 9 . 5/10 ) .
also , the hieroglyphics in the well of souls include engravings of r2-d2 and c-3po .
they can be seen on a post to the right of indy and sallah as they remove the ark .
the script originally included a long fight between a swordsman and indiana with his whip .
as legend has it , actor harrison ford was suffering diarrhea at the time , and asked if the scene could be shortened .
spielberg said the only way he could shorten it was if indy pulled out his gun and just shot the guy .
the entire crew laughed and that 's how it was filmed .
when indy first falls in the well of souls and is face to face with the cobra , you can see the snake 's reflection on the glass dividing it and harrison ford , also some fingerprints and stuff like that .
when indy is dragging along the ground , hanging onto the nazi soldier 's truck with the ark inside , you can see the pad that he 's being dragged on .
Solution: P