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

Example input: 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 output: N
Example explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").
Q: i have to admit that i disliked this film initially .
it certianly is n't for every taste , and it 's sheer torture to sit through if you 're in a restless mood .
that said , if you are in the right mood , it 's absolutely incredible
.
this was my second favorite movie of 1998 , and would have been a shoo - in for first
in almost any other year .
perhaps the big turn - off for many was this film 's unconventionality .
i 'd be hard - pressed to compare it to any other film that i 've seen - it is very , very artsy , incredibly slow - and amazingly , it works beautifully .
on my second viewing , i realized that the film follows the three act structure ( i did n't think it had any sort of structure at all when i first saw it ) .
the first act serves to set up the characters - sort of .
it exists even moreso to set a mood of tension and restlesness , and perhaps even feelings of boredom .
and then it is shattered by the intense violence of the second ( which encompasses most of the movie ) .
the majority of the film is one extended battle scene , intercut with brief flashbacks and voice - overs .
the artsier elements do not detract from the action , but add to it - they succeed in briefly letting the viewer peek into the minds of the soldiers , only to be suddenly yanked back into reality when the battle resumes .
the battle scenes are amazing
( second only to " saving private ryan " in my opinion ) .
they 're brutal , horrifying , and at times beautiful due to the amazing cinematography .
the second act is as immersive , brilliant , and haunting as any film that i have ever seen .
the only problems come during the first and third acts .
malick takes a little too long to get the film started .
although the initial scenes - which consist of two soldiers ' experiencing a near - eden - like paradise while going awol , and the preperations for battle - are effective and necessary , hints of pretentiousness sink in .
the film is just a tad too artsy near the beginning , and a lot of people that disliked the movie probably gave up on it because of this .
the final act is effective at winding the film down , but the problems from the first persist - it 's a bit too long , and comes over as pretentious at times .
that said , there are two sequences ( one where a soldier gets a devastating note from his wife , and another where one of the main characters is killed ) that are nothing short of incredible .
the performances are phenominal all around .
the two standouts are nick nolte and newcomer jim caviezel , both of whom should have been nominated for oscars .
nolte is riveting and intense as the colonel in charge of the operation .
his character is hard , mean , and somewhat reckless with the lives of his men , and yet nolte somehow manages to evoke sympathy for him .
caviezel is forever questioning the nature of war , his place in it , and if there 's any deeper meaning to the hell that he 's going through .
he is absolutely perfect - genuine , sympathetic , sincere , and yet strong when he needs to be .
although restricted to a relatively small role , sean penn is also very good
as the company 's pessimistic seargent .
as to how it stacks up to " saving private ryan " - it was my second favorite movie of 1998 , " ryan " was my first .
it 's really hard to compare the two -
they are so , so different - so
i wo n't , beyond saying that spielberg 's film had more of an impact on me .
however , the two are comparable from the standpoint of quality ( i can easily see why someone would " the thin red line " above " ryan ) .
i highly recommend both of them , and consider them to be the two best war movies ever made .
all in all , " the thin red line " is filmmaking of an incredibly high order .
it 's slight faults are easily offset by the sheer brilliance of what is done right
.
it 's a real shame that it tanked at the box office - films
this unconventional , powerful , and thought - provoking do n't come along very often .
A:
P