In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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Question: there is n't much good about this movie .
not much i can say about the acting , directing , or writing that would make you consider seeing this movie .
so i 'll get my one good comment out of the way , at least joel schuemacher ( batman & robin )
did n't direct it or it would be titled " technicolor city " .
in fact there is nothing colorful about this movie , its dark and depressingly gloomy right down to the bitter end .
the plot has a tendency to be interesting , but all that passes while your laughing at the ridiculous things thrown into what could have been a fascinating movie .
the plot is impossible to explain due to how senseless it gets , so i will just touch on the bare minimum .
john murdoch ( rufus sewell ) awakes in the bathtub of a cheap hotel , only to find out he has forgotten everything .
john must find out who he is before the " strangers " ( a .
k .
a . mind erasing aliens ) find him and use him for their own evil conspiracy .
during the film some interesting points are raised about human individuality , and the existence of inherently evil people .
any of these points however are completely " erased " from your mind as you watch the actors stumble through the dreadful script .
as i mentioned earlier , nothing but the atmosphere is right in this film .
the acting is bland , and since there is virtually no character development
no one seems to care .
the special effects are low budget and some even hilariously fake , a sign of a true " b - movie " . the direction is poor and there is little continuity , not that you would expect it in a movie switching realities constantly .
lastly the script is weak and has no concept of reality , and does n't deserve to have the word " science " in science - fiction .
if i have n't got my point across , i 'll say it more plainly : this is a bad movie .
lets hope the next movie by alex
" i wish i was tim burton " proyas is at least tolerable .

Answer: N

Question: a big surprise to me .
the good trailer had hinted that they pulled the impossible off , but making a blues brothers movie without jake blues ( john belushi ) is such a dumb idea i really had no hope .
they replaced him just fine .
not with john goodman , he did n't do much of anything , but with the brilliant actor joe morton , who can really sing .
the fourth blues brother is j evan bonifant , who 's ten .
this was another of my fears for the film , but he 's a really good dancer , and plays a mean harmonica
( although he may have been dubbed ) .
things that intellectually had bothered me before , like no mission from god , everyone being richer , it not being filmed in chicago -- gave me no problems at all .
i 'm quite pleased that there were less car pile - ups , because they meant less music , and john landis seems to have lost interest in the whole thing .
there 's a few early crashes , and then one huge pile - up , but after that it all stops .
it 's just the music .
one of my problems with the first is that cab calloway 's song is so good the actually blues brothers look dull after him , but there 's no problems with this .
the music is all as good as ever , tons of great musicians showing up -- with the exception of johnny lang , who ca n't sing ,
all the musicians do a great job .
the only real problems i had was the special effects .
these were superfluous and a waste of money .
since the film is n't doing very well , they could mean we have no possibility of another sequel , which i want to see .
the bluegrass version of riders in the sky is even better than rawhide .
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peter o'toole

Answer: P

Question: a highly intelligent life form that is completely electronic in nature , beams itself onto a russian science vessel .
well , this is the point where the movie strays from becoming a decent and original movie and simply becomes a predictable sci - fi thriller
.
anyhow , this life form takes control of the computers on the russian vessel then starts creating highly advanced robots to help it in its gruesome task of exterminating the ? virus ' known as man .
the original crew of the russian vessel is all but exterminated , and then a hapless crew on a tug discovers the derelict ship and tries to salvage it .
no more needs to be said as to what happens and where the conflict lies , the movie is that predictable .
the story is full of very shallow characters that do n't do much other than subsist .
the captain of the tug , played by donald sutherland , makes irrational choice after irrational choice leaving the audience wondering as to how he has survived long enough to reach his age ( looks to be in his 60 's ) .
to add to this we 're shown this motley crew that at times seems to be highly skilled in specific fields , and at others seems barely capable of basic tasks .
some of the supposed capabilities of the characters leads one to wonder what they are doing on a tug transporting cargo in the middle of the pacific , in a typhoon no less .
none of the characters seem to work together at all ; they are always bickering and vying for some form of control .
this makes no sense what so ever and only takes away from the story , a story that is full of holes and is extremely predictable .
all the flaws of the actual story are only helped along by the special effects .
the waves that are generated to be part of the typhoon make it look like boat was is small model sitting in a tub and someone is simply creating waves .
it looks genuinely fake , granted trying to recreate a typhoon or hurricane can not be easy by any stretch of the imagination but having the storm approach in a style similar to the huge wave of deep impact only ends up looking corny and amateurish .
also on the topic of flaws , the robotics that the advanced life form creates seem to move extremely slowly , why ? if this life form that is so advanced as to be able to create these robotics , should it not be able to create them move faster ?
regardless , the special effects in this movie in many cases take away from the film rather than add to it .
as to the actual casting for the movie , finally there is nothing to complain about .
the actors were superb , but then again it is highly doubtful that chimpanzees would have had difficulty acting the roles .
having the cast that was present probably saved this movie from being an absolute catastrophe .
watching these actors act this story out made it bearable , if barely .
the one saving grace of this movie is that it was highly action packed and there always seemed to be something happening .
so if you are going into this movie not expecting to see anything grand and are only going to kill some time and watch a mediocre sci - fi thriller
then you wo n't be too disappointed .
as the movie is but the latest in a genre that was originally created by aliens , it does little more than try to cash in on that aspect .
this movie would be best left for video and even then you might be advised to simply wait for one of the major networks to air it on tv .

Answer:
N