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

[EX Q]: if you 're the type of person who goes on the submarine ride every time you visit disneyland , you 're going to love the hunt for red october .
you 'll also love the film if you enjoy cat and mouse military tactics , or if you 're a sean connery or alec baldwin fan , or if you admired director john mctiernan 's earlier films , die hard and predator .
in fact , the only people likely to be disappointed with the hunt for red october are those who have read the book , since films almost never live up to the novels which inspired them .
the hunt for red october is an epic thriller , adapted from tom clancy 's best selling novel .
set in an era before glasnost , the movie revolves around a top - secret soviet submarine , called the red october .
the nuclear sub has a revolutionary propulsion system , which makes the vessel silent and allows it to escape sonar detection .
the red october embarks on its maiden voyage under the command of captain marko ramius , played by sean connery .
ramius has strict orders just to test the submarine , but he has other ideas .
he takes the sub and its crew and disappears into the atlantic ocean .
is he planning to start world war
iii ?
cia analyst jack ryan does n't think so ; he 's convinced that ramius plans to defect to the u . s .
ryan , played by alec baldwin , is given three days to prove his theory and find the missing sub .
the characters in the hunt for red october are paper thin , but the performances , thankfully , are rock solid .
baldwin and connery anchor the film with their customary vigor .
sam
neil gives a sturdy performance
as connery 's somber first officer .
it 's ironic to see neil and connery playing russians , since they are both best known for their roles as british agents , connery as james bond and neil as reilly , " ace of spies .
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the large cast also includes scott glenn , james earl jones , tim curry , and joss ackland , plus richard jordan as the smooth u . s . national security adviser .
the special effects are remarkable , but more than anything , the hunt for red october is distinguished by its water - tight plot .
screenwriters larry ferguson and donald stewart have gracefully navigated red october through a story line full of twists and turns .
they keep us involved in the action by unveiling plot strands at just the right moment .
the movie does n't get as sweaty or breathless as die hard , because it would rather tell a good story than hit you over the head with non - stop action .
the finale is rousing and suspenseful , but essentially , the hunt for red october is a superior potboiler .
[EX A]: P

[EX Q]: there 's no reason to doubt that donnie brasco is based , as its opening credits proclaim , on a true story .
but if it 's an accurate picture of life on america 's mean streets , than cinematic depictions of organised crime have had a much stronger basis in reality than i would have previously thought .
for from the film 's outset , when a group of hoods jocularly trade differing opinions on the merits of various automobiles ( not unlike a number of movie lowlifes who recently gave a madonna song a close reading ) donnie brasco resembles more than passingly a few gangster flicks once believed to be works of fiction .
our eponymous hero ( johnny depp ) is not the cheap crook he first appears to be .
brasco is joseph pistone , an undercover fbi agent who has the task of chumming - up to lefty ( al pacino ) , a seasoned hood who tutors pistone in the art of being a " wiseguy " .
regrettably , pistone learns his lessons all too well .
his concern for lefty , who is burdened with a heroin addicted son , exacerbates his own family troubles : his children resent his lengthy absences and his wife fears that her husband 's gangster persona is becoming a little too convincing .
true , the focus on pistone 's family life does deviate from the typical gangster - flick formula , but this subplot never rises above its television drama origins .
the unhappy couple trade predictable lines and engage in drawn - out domestic squabbles ? including an ill - advised marriage guidance routine ?
that slow the film down unnecessarily . the biggest problem with donnie brasco , however , is that its wiseguy attitude and style lacks the flair of its many predecessors .
the awkward use of an occasional disco tune momentarily reminds us its the 70 's , but not with the consistent and blindingly tacky style ?
i loved those fluoro coloured suits ? of scorces ' costume drama casino .
more importantly , pacino 's presence triggers memories of his earlier movie triumphs in which similar territory was covered far more effectively .
donnie brasco 's take on american values , for instance , is feeble and obvious .
lefty rambles out dreams of material betterment to the accompaniment of grating inspirational music .
inexplicably , lefty 's horatio alger inspired gush is supposed to move us .
it does n't any more than his family troubles do , which are dealt in the same saccharine and obvious manner as pistone 's .
just think a minute on how these themes were explored in the godfather movies and scarface .
in these pictures pacino 's dedication to a peculiar and bloody hyper - capitalism was twisted and confronting , while his dogged application of macho wiseguy procedure meant that his relations to friends and family was intriguingly dark ?
neither were spared bloody retribution for breaching wiseguy regulations .
donnie brasco 's tawdry little crime , therefore is n't so much its repetition of familiar gangster themes , but
the shameless way in which it sanitises them .
( oh and by the way , i forgot to mention that the script also sports a startling subplot : pipstone 's superiors are obstructive incompetents who are infuriated by his constant insubordination ?
is that a " damn you mcbain !
" i hear from springfield way ? )
so
the movie is cliched .
big deal
, what do you expect from a gangster - flick ?
well you expect quality action sequences and bravado performances in abundance if its going to be a decent example of the genre .
donnie brasco fails on both counts .
the action scenes never rise above the ordinary and depp 's woeful performance tends to smother the good - work of his comrades .
admittedly , pacino does nothing new and michael madsen ( sonny ) simply smirks his way through the picture like a slightly subdued mr .
white , but both possess an unmistakable sly charm .
depp usually exhibits a bit of class himself , but regrettably , being in the presence of one of his betters must have left him star - struck , for he is completely hell - bent on mimicking pacino 's well - earned high style .
the consequences are painful to watch .
its no exaggeration to say that the film 's credibility is seriously strained by the sight of the pistone family 's uncanny ability to keep a straight face in front of their breadwinner 's phony brooklyn accent .
perhaps we should take pity on the makers of donnie brasco .
maybe a scrupulous adherence to pinpoint accuracy demanded tiered dialogue and scenarios weakly reminiscent of classic gangster flicks .
if this is indeed the case , surely the makers of donnie brasco could have explored the fascinating possibility that america 's underworld is committed to emulating , albeit in heavily attenuated form , their movie namesakes .
depp could have poignantly played a simple cop who becomes a hideous parody once he is forced to mimic big - screen gangster greats .
who knows what insights into the criminal psyche could have arisen ?
but then again , perhaps donnie brasco is n't so true after all .
[EX A]: N

[EX Q]: titanic is so close to being the perfect movie
it 's upsetting that it is n't .
the film , which cost $ 200 million+ to make and could of put 20th century fox into a lot of finicial trouble if it ' sunk ' ( pun intended ) is a labour of love for cameron , who wrote and directed the film .
we all know that big budget dosen't mean great film ( see waterworld ( 1995 ) ) but titanic is far superior to kevin costners waterlogged epic .
but sadly , titanic just misses the mark of masterpiece ( although it is one of cameron 's best films )
the film starts with present day explorers searching the runied titanic .
they find a safe , and inside a picture of a woman .
the woman in the picture ( an old winslet ) tells the explorers that the picture is of her .
the explorers invite her over , and she then tells her story of titanic .
in the flashback , dicaprio plays poor boy jack dawson , who , after winning a poker game , wins two tickets to board the grand ship titanic , leaving liverpool to go to america .
also boarding the ship is rich woman rose dewitt bukater ( winslet ) who is being forced into a marriage with a man she dosen't love at all , cal hockley ( zane ) so her family can remain rich .
she nearly commits suicide on the ship , but jack comes to the rescue , saves rose , they fall in love , and cal gets jealous and eventually tries to kill them .
oh yeah , and the ship sinks .
and that is the main problem with the film , and which stops it from being a work of genius .
the story and script ( both by cameron ) are both weak .
the story is full of cliched characters , ( the creepy man who the nice girl has to marry , the poor boy with heart , the stuck - up mother ) and poor dialogue ( the script consists of lots of in - jokes of how the boat wo n't sink , and most of the dialogue is pretty basic )
it 's a shame really , as the audience does have to sit through 3 hours of this film .
without good dialogue , a film could become a very long , very boring film ( like camerons own terminator 2 , 1992 ) but , luckily ,
there are some redeeming features that make the story and dialogue problems just disappear .
firstly , there 's cameron 's direction .
there are some great sweeping shots of the titanic , and some clever fades between the flashback titanic and the ruined titanic .
but the scenes cameron directs especially well are the disaster scenes at the end .
there is a lot of mayhem and panic ,
all done very well by cameron .
it 's a scary sight , watching bodies fall from great heights into the watery depths below .
thanks to cameron 's direction , then , the audiences attention is held for the full 3 hours 15 minutes .
to support the directing are the excellent cast , working very well with their underwritten characters .
dicaprio is good , although he only looks 16 - 17 years old .
his performance of a over excitiable , yet also well mannered boy is excellent , and he also has some funny lines .
winslet is great also , and her transistion from a well mannered rich girl to a rebelous young adult is pretty smooth .
zane is deliciously evil as cal , saying every line with a sneer and a flicker of the eye lash .
the audience really does come to hate him .
he may be playing the same character he plays in every film he 's in ( like dead calm , 1988 ) but
he does it really , really well .
also worthy of note is kathy bates ( edward scissorhands , 1990 ) as a loud mouthed american .
finally , the icing on the ' great things ' cake are the special effects .
cameron is a whiz with effects
( just watch aliens ( 1988 ) , terminator 2 and true lies , 1994 ) and they are used very well throughout .
the sweeps of the ships are awesome , although digital domain , who did the effects , can not animate human movement too well .
the humans seem to move to ' smoothly ' , there 's just something odd about them .
you can tell that they have been animated on a computer .
of course , the ship sinking scenes are awesome , with bodies flying all over the place , and the scene where the ship splits in half has to be seen to be believed .
titanic is one of the only films where effects have reinforced the film .
titanic , then , is a wonder of directing , acting and cgi , but not writing and story .
again , like most of camerons films , the editing is loose ( cameron edits himself ) , and the film could of come in under three hours with a few more cuts .
titanic , then , although not the godfather of movies it could of been , is a wonderful attempt at creating a work of genius .
enjoyable , scary , and even sad , titanic is a film cinema was invented for , filling the screen with incredible images , and assaulting the ears with awesome sound . a superb film , but sadly not perfect .
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[EX A]:
P