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

[Q]: this sunday afternoon i had the priviledge of attending a private screening at the sony astor cinema in new york city , of james cameron 's most heralded film , titanic .
postponed from last summer , with an escalated budget that makes it the most expensive movie in history , this was one film i was eager to preview .
so , is this movie going to sink or swim this holiday ?
my best guess .
. . . it will sink , though with many awards attatched to its hull .
no doubt , titanic is the most elaborate disaster movie ever made .
it boasts the most amazing effects that i have ever seen done to date .
to see a ship fall apart , with actual people running across the ship , flying across the deck , and falling to the water , is just amazing to look at .
the effects are so stunningly realistic , you would swear you were looking at actual footage .
but titanic is more than a disaster movie , and that 's where the problem lies .
there is a love story attatched that nearly ruins the entire premise .
i 'll give a capsule summary of the story without spoiling anything for you : the film begins with a modern day excavation of sorts of the sunken titanic .
we see actual footage of the sunken ship , as cammeron had set up special cameras to film the wreckage on the ocean floor .
bill paxton leads the expedition , in search of sunken treasure .
what he finds instead , leads him to a mysterious old woman who recounts her tale of the titanic voyage .
we meet rose ( kate winslet ) , a young woman , who comes from an upper - class family .
rose is to be we d to a man she does not love .
we meet jack ( leonardo dicaprio ) , a young man , who comes from a poor financial background , and wins a ticket aboard the titanic , in a poker game .
the two meet under interesting circumstances , and the love story begins .
add in a jealous fiance , and a not - so - nice law officer played by david warner , and you have a story that , well , gets a bit overplayed and oversappy .
i must add , at this point , that the most likeable character in the movie is played by kathy bates , as a woman with " new money " who is a lot less uptight than the other rich folk on the ship .
she is a pleasure to see on screen .
when the ship does hit the iceberg at exactly 1 : 40 into the film , and eventually sinks , you never really feel for any of these characters .
the film is just loaded with unlikeable rich snobs and other folk you never really get a grasp on .
the effects are tremendous .
from the roars of gears and pumps in the engine room , to a doomed ship cracking at the seams , this is an effects picture that looks and sounds like no other .
we saw titanic in dolby digital surround , and by far , it is the best sounding movie i have ever seen .
my friend commented it was the best sound mix he has ever heard
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when people are in the water , at film 's end , you are surrounded by the voices of lost soles .
titanic runs far too long .
the movie is 3 hours and 15 minutes in length .
and , while most of the first 2 .
5 hours runs very fast and well - paced
, the final 45 minutes almost comes to a sudden stop , and you realize that this sappy love story has to finish itself out before the movie finally ends .
do n't get me wrong about titanic . . . .
it 's not a bad as i am making it out to be .
it really is an exceptionaly well - made film .
the costumes and sets are incredible , and true to the time period .
the ship is painstakingly created exactly true to form , as we see actual pictures of the modern - day wreckage , transformed into the movie depiction .
this film will certainly win on effects , costume , set design and sound .
cameron has certainly made his best film to date .
unfortunately , titanic is not a best picture candidate .
it just does n't have a strong supporting story .
it 's an exceptional disaster film with sappy filler inside .
it just does n't have the emotional impact that i suspect mr .
cameron was shooting for .
i predict that titanic will open to likeable reviews .
it is a film worth seeing .
i predict that it will only do moderately well at the box office .
with its extreme running time , and lack of enough robust to get substantial word - of - mouth , i expect that it will do even better on home video .
this will certainly be the definitive ac3 movie for all you home theater enthusiasts .
titanic opens december 19th , and is released by paramount pictures and twentieth century - fox .
i give titanic 3 stars ( .
that 's not bad .
ron epstein riginally posted in home theater forum
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[A]: P


[Q]: there is nothing like american history x in theaters or on video .
no other feature film takes such a cold hard look at the lure , the culture , and the brotherhood of white supremacy .
nice guy ed norton jr .
( who sang in everyone says i love you )
plays derek , a twenty - year old skinhead .
dad 's subtle racism grew large in derek , after gang members killed his father .
dad was fighting a fire when they shot him .
now derek keeps his head shaved and has a giant swastika tattooed over his heart .
derek is more interested in the ideas of white supremacy than in its culture of violence .
at a basketball court , black and white tempers flare .
derek channels the aggression into a game , black versus white , for ownership of the courts .
when the choice presents itself , derek goes for game point instead of the sucker - punch .
cameron ( stacy keach ) steps in to derek 's life as a surrogate father .
he takes derek under his wing and nurtures his racist feelings .
keeping his own criminal record spotless , he uses derek as a leader and organizer for high - visibility racial intimidation .
derek obliges by leading his younger and dumber friends in race - motivated mob crimes .
at the bottom of the chain , derek 's younger brother danny ( edward furlong , made famous in terminator 2 ) joins the skinheads not for ideological or intellectual reasons , but because he admires his brother and he wants to belong .
one night three black youths break into derek 's truck , which is exactly what derek has been waiting for .
outside in his shorts and his tattoo , he shoots them all .
the third would - be thief , unarmed , is only wounded .
in the key scene of the film , derek commands the kid into a position where he can be killed with one glorious , enraptured , awful stomp .
( the fun - spoiling nc-17 of orgazmo seems even more inappropriate , considering american history x was rated r .
what sort of country is this that says sex comedies are a bigger threat to our youth than brutal , ecstatic violence ? )
the police arrive just as derek kills the last thief .
derek does not resist the cops , and as they spin him around to cuff him , the film slows down .
derek raises his eyebrows and smiles at his little brother in a chilling , sadistic , satisfied grin .
now in prison , derek faces new challenges .
as the black man in the laundry tells him , " in the joint , you the nigra , not me .
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there is a clique of swastika - wearing skinheads , but they are not interested in the ideology of white supremacy .
they only use the symbols as a means of intimidation .
derek finds himself truly alone , truly in danger , and truly afraid .
when derek finally gets out of prison , he finds that his friends from the gang have also changed .
without derek 's leadership , they have shunned the white supremacist ideology for the white supremacist culture .
it is the final factor that makes him realize how badly he 's screwed up .
in the end , he spends quality time with is brother trying to undo the respect and admiration he had earlier inspired in danny .
the film ends a little too deliberately , too neatly after the unchained emotion and violent glee of the rest of the film , but it barely detracts from the overall experience .
edward norton gives an oscar - worthy performance .
although some of his dialogue seemed to be written without enough conviction , norton 's performance compensated .
( an example that comes to mind is his pep talk before looting the store . )
he also captured the essence of an older brother .
he took his responsibility as a role model to his younger brother very seriously , very lovingly , both before and after his change of heart .
though clearly not for all tastes , this film is bold and daring .
the subject matter is ugly , cruel , and at times hard to look at .
nevertheless its subjects are part of humanity 's great face .
kaye gives us a good look at this fascinating , if distasteful , american subculture .
[A]: P


[Q]: coinciding with the emerging popularity of movies that deal with anything related to serial killers , relentless , 1989 low budget thriller about lapd detective sam dietz , played by character actor leo rossi , spawned three more sequels . relentless 3 , third in the row , features sam dietz again , but this time detective , who had to catch vicious serial killer in his very first case , does n't want to deal with similar line of work .
divorced , demoralised and transferred , he reluctantly returns to his old post when los angeles becomes a hunting ground for another serial killer , and evidence indicate connection with one of dietz 's old cases .
to make things even more interesting , it seems that the killer deliberately stages murders in order to bring dietz to the investigation .
fans of the british tv films and mini - series like prime suspect or cracker would probably see a lot of similarities relentless series of movies .
they both feature vicious psychopathic killers , yet also give a lot of , usually depressive , details about chief investigator 's private lives .
this one is n't an exception , but similarities with british television are only in content .
the execution and style is different , which makes this film mediocre piece of entertainment at best
. useless , gratuitous erotica also does n't help
either , obviously making this film longer than it should be .
the actors are good , though - leo rossi is fine as usual , and william forsythe plays one of more compelling villains in his career .
signy coleman as dietz 's love interest , is , on the other hand , quite miscast .
but she wo n't have to worry about it in the future career , since relentless 3 was n't supposed to be anybody 's finest moment anyway .
[A]:
N


