import os
import nltk
import pandas as pd
import sklearn
import re
from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import CountVectorizer
from nltk.tokenize import word_tokenize
from nltk.probability import FreqDist
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from nltk.corpus import stopwords
from nltk.stem import PorterStemmer
from nltk.tokenize import sent_tokenize, word_tokenize
from nltk.stem.wordnet import WordNetLemmatizer
from nltk.stem.porter import PorterStemmer
# filename = 'moviereviewRAW.csv'
filename = 'moviereviewRAW_sm.csv'
file = open(filename, 'r') # 'r' is for 'read' permissions
file_data = [row for row in file]
clean_filename = "clean_movies.csv"
clean_file = open(clean_filename, 'w') # 'w' is for 'write' permissions
first_row = "label,text\n"
clean_file.write(first_row)
clean_file.close()
output_filename = 'output.txt'
outfile = open(output_filename, 'w')
outfile.close()
outfile = open(output_filename, 'a')
# filename = 'moviereviewRAW_sm.csv'
# file = open(filename, 'r') # 'r' is for 'read' permissions
output_filename = 'output.txt'
outfile = open(output_filename, 'w')
outfile.close()
outfile = open(output_filename, 'a')
def display_rows(file_data):
for row in file_data:
row = row.lstrip()
row = row.rstrip()
row = row.strip()
raw_row = "\n\nROW:" + row + "\n"
outfile.write(raw_row)
# print(raw_row)
display_rows(file_data)
file.close()
output_filename = 'output.txt'
outfile = open(output_filename, 'w')
outfile.close()
outfile = open(output_filename, 'a')
def clean_word(word):
word=word.lower()
word=word.lstrip()
word=word.lstrip("\\n")
word=word.strip("\n")
# word=word.strip("\\n")
word=word.replace(",","")
word=word.replace(" ","")
word=word.replace("_","")
word=re.sub('\+', ' ',word)
word=re.sub('.*\+\n', '',word)
word=re.sub('zz+', ' ',word)
word=word.replace("\t","")
word=word.replace(".","")
#word=word.replace("\'s","")
word=word.strip()
word = word.replace("\\'","")
if word not in ["", "\\", '"', "'", "*", ":", ";"]:
if len(word) >= 3:
if not re.search(r'\d', word): ##remove digits
return word
clean_filename = "clean_movies_v2.txt"
cleanfile = open(clean_filename, 'w')
cleanfile.close()
cleanfile = open(clean_filename, 'a')
def display_rows(file_data):
for row in file_data:
row = row.lstrip()
row = row.rstrip()
row = row.strip()
raw_row = "\n\nROW:" + row + "\n"
# outfile.write(raw_row)
row_list = row.split(" ")
new_list = []
for word in row_list:
# to_put_in_outfile = "The next word BEFORE is: "+ word +"\n"
# outfile.write(to_put_in_outfile)
word = clean_word(word)
# print(word)
if word:
new_list.append(word)
# label = new_list[-1]
label = ''.join(char for char in new_list[-1] if char.isalpha())
new_list.pop()
just_text = ' '.join(new_list)
# print(label)
# print(just_text)
to_write = label + ',' + just_text + '\n'
print('TO WRITE', to_write)
cleanfile.write(to_write)
# clean_file.close()
# print('*************')
# print(word)
new_list = display_rows(file_data)
file.close()
cleanfile.close()
TO WRITE textreviewclass, TO WRITE neg,'plot two teen couples church party drink and then drive they get into accident one the guys dies but his girlfriend continues see him her life and has ightmares whats the deal watch the movie and sorta find out critique mind-fuck movie for the teen generation that touches very cool idea but presents very bad package which what makes this review even harder one write since generally applaud films which attempt break the mold mess with your head and such lost highway memento but there are good and bad ways making all types films and these folks just didnt snag this one correctly they seem have taken this pretty eat concept but executed terribly what are the problems with the movie well its main problem that its simply too jumbled starts off ormal but then downshifts into this fantasy world which you audience member have idea whats going 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 looooot chase scenes there are tons weird things that happen and most simply explained personally dont mind trying unravel film every and then but when all does give the same clue over and over again get kind fed after while which this films biggest problem its obviously got this big secret hide but seems want hide completely until its final five minutes and they make things entertaining thrilling even engaging the meantime really the sad part that the arrow and both dig flicks like this actually figured most out the half-way point all the strangeness after that did start make little bit sense but still didnt the make the film all that more entertaining guess the bottom line with movies like this that you should always make sure that the audience into even before they are given the secret password enter your world understanding mean showing melissa sagemiller running away from visions for about minutes throughout the movie just plain lazy okay get there are people chasing her and dont know who they are really eed see over and over again how about giving different scenes offering further insight into all the strangeness going down the movie apparently the studio took this film away from its director and chopped themselves and shows there mightve been pretty decent teen mind-fuck movie here somewhere but guess the suits decided that turning into music video with little edge would make more sense the actors are pretty good for the most part although wes bentley just seemed playing the exact same character that did american beauty only eighborhood but biggest kudos out sagemiller who holds her own throughout the entire film and actually has you feeling her characters unraveling overall the film doesnt stick because doesnt entertain its confusing rarely excites and feels pretty redundant for most its runtime despite pretty cool ending and explanation all the craziness that came before and the way this horror teen slasher flick its just packaged look that way because someone apparently assuming that the genre still hot with the kids also wrapped production two years ago and has been sitting the shelves ever since whatever skip wheres joblo coming from ightmare elm street blair witch the crow the crow salvation lost highway memento the others stir echoes TO WRITE neg,'the happy bastards quick movie review damn that bug its got head start this movie starring jamie lee curtis and another baldwin brother william this time story regarding crew tugboat that comes across deserted russian tech ship that has strangeness when they kick the power back little they know the power within going for the gore and bringing few action sequences here and there virus still feels very empty like movie going for all flash and substance dont know why the crew was really out the middle owhere dont know the origin what took over the ship just that big pink flashy thing hit the mir and course dont know why donald sutherland stumbling around drunkenly throughout here its just hey lets chase these people around with some robots the acting below average even from the likes curtis youre more likely get kick out her work halloween sutherland wasted and baldwin well hes acting like baldwin course the real star here are stan winstons robot design some schna y cgi and the occasional good gore shot like picking into someones brain robots and body parts really turn you heres your movie otherwise its pretty much sunken ship movie TO WRITE neg,'it movies like these that make jaded movie viewer thankful for the invention the timex indiglo watch based the late television show the same ame the mod squad tells the tale three reformed criminals under the employ the police undercover however things wrong evidence gets stolen and they are immediately under suspicion course the ads make seem like much more quick cuts cool music claire danes ice hair and cute outfits car chases stuff blowing and the like sounds like cool movie does after the first fifteen minutes quickly becomes apparent that the mod squad certainly slick looking production complete with ice hair and costumes but that simply isnt enough the film best described cross between hour-long cop show and music video both stretched out into the span hour and half and with comes every single clich doesnt really matter that the film based television show most the plot elements have been recycled from everything weve already seen the characters and acting othing spectacular sometimes even bordering wooden claire danes and omar epps deliver their lines they are bored which really transfers onto the audience the only one escape relatively unscathed giovanni ribisi who plays the resident crazy man ultimately being the only thing worth watching unfortunately even hes enough save this convoluted mess all the characters dont much apart from occupying screen time with the young cast cool clothes ice hair and hip soundtrack appears that the film geared towards the teenage mindset despite american rating which the content does justify the film way too juvenile for the older mindset information the characters literally spoon-fed the audience would that hard show instead telling dialogue poorly written and the plot extremely predictable the way the film progresses you likely wont even care the heroes are any jeopardy because youll know they arent basing the show television show that obody remembers questionable wisdom especially when one considers the target audience and the fact that the umber memorable films based television shows can counted one hand even one thats missing finger two the umber times that checked watch six clear indication that this film one them clear that the film othing more than attempt cash the teenage spending dollar judging from the rash really awful teen-flicks that weve been seeing late avoid this film all costs TO WRITE neg,quest for camelot warner bros first feature-length fully-animated attempt steal clout from disneys cartoon empire but the mouse has reason worried the only other recent challenger their throne was last falls promising flawed century fox production anastasia but disneys hercules with its lively cast and colorful palate had her beat hands-down when came time crown best piece animation this year its contest quest for camelot pretty much dead arrival even the magic kingdom its most mediocre thatd pocahontas for those you keeping score isnt early dull this the story revolves around the adventures free-spirited kayley voiced jessalyn gilsig the early-teen daughter belated knight from king arthurs round table kayleys only dream follow her fathers footsteps and she gets her chance when evil warlord ruber gary oldman ex-round table member-gone-bad steals arthurs magical sword excalibur and accidentally loses dangerous booby-trapped forest with the help hunky blind timberland-dweller garrett carey elwes and two-headed dragon eric idle and don rickles thats always arguing with itself kayley just might able break the medieval sexist mold and prove her worth fighter arthurs side quest for camelot missing pure showmanship essential element its ever expected climb the high ranks disney theres othing here that differentiates quest from something youd see any given saturday morning cartoon subpar animation instantly forgettable songs poorly-integrated computerized footage compare kayley and garretts run-in with the angry ogre hercs battle with the hydra rest case even the characters stink one them are remotely interesting much that the film becomes race see which one can out-bland the others the end its tie they all win that dragons comedy shtick awfully cloying but least shows signs pulse least fans the tgif television line-up will thrilled find jaleel urkel white and bronson balki pinchot sharing the same footage few scenes are icely realized though loss recall enough specific and the actors providing the voice talent are enthusiastic though most are paired with singers who dont sound thing like them for their big musical moments jane seymour and celine dion but one must strain through too much this mess find the good aside from the fact that children will probably bored watching this adults quest for camelot most grievous error its complete lack personality and personality learn from this mess goes very long way TO WRITE neg,'synopsis mentally unstable man undergoing psychotherapy saves boy from potentially fatal accident and then falls love with the boys mother fledgling restauranteur unsuccessfully attempting gain the womans favor takes pictures her and kills umber people his way comments stalked yet another seemingly endless string spurned-psychos-getting-their-revenge type movies which are stable category the film industry both theatrical and direct-to-video their proliferation may due part the fact that theyre typically inexpensive produce special effects big ame stars and serve vehicles flash udity allowing them frequent late-night cable television stalked wavers slightly from the orm one respect the psycho ever actually has affair the contrary hes rejected rather quickly the psycho typically ex-lover ex-wife ex-husband other than that stalked just another redundant entry doomed collect dust video shelves and viewed after midnight cable stalked does provide much suspense though that what sets out interspersed throughout the opening credits for instance serious-sounding arrator spouts statistics about stalkers and ponders what may cause man stalk its implicitly implied that all stalkers are men while pictures boy are shown the screen after these credits snapshot actor jay underwood appears the arrator states that this the story daryl gleason and tells the audience that the stalker course really this the story restauranteur brooke daniels the movie was meant about daryl then should have been called stalker stalked okay know who the stalker even before the movie starts guesswork required stalked proceeds then begins obvious obvious obvious the opening sequence contrived quite bit brings daryl and brooke the victim together daryl obsesses over brooke follows her around and tries woo her ultimately rejected her his plans become more and more desperate and elaborate these plans include the all-time psycho-in-love cliche the murdered pet for some reason this genres films require dead pet found the victim stalked stalked exception its cat this time found the shower events like these lead the inevitable showdown between stalker and stalked where only one survives guess who invariably always and youll guess the conclusion this turkey stalkeds cast uniformly adequate anything write home about but also all that bad either jay underwood the stalker turns toward melodrama bit too much overdoes other words but still manages creepy enough pass the type stalker the story demands maryam dabo about the only actor close being star here she played the bond chick the living daylights equally adequate the stalked the title even though she seems too ditzy times strong independent business-owner brooke dabo eeds ditzy however for the plot proceed toward the end for example brooke has her suspicions about daryl ensure wont use another excuse see her brooke decides return toolbox had left her place his house does she just leave the toolbox the door when one answers course she tries the door opens and wanders around the house when daryl returns enters the house course our heroine danger somehow even though her car parked the front the house right the front door daryl oblivious her presence inside the whole episode places incredible strain the audiences suspension disbelief and questions the validity either characters intelligence stalked receives two stars because even though highly derivative and somewhat boring bad that cannot watched rated mostly for several murder scenes and brief udity strip bar offensive many other thrillers this genre are youre the mood for good suspense film though stake out something else TO WRITE neg,'capsule the planet mars police taking into custody accused murderer face the title menace there lot fighting and whole lot story otherwise john carpenter reprises many ideas from his previous films especially assault precinct that the film comes off his homage himself john carpenter apparently believes that action scenes which people fight something horrible are the same horror scenes for writer and director horror films supposedly expert horror very bad mistake make ghosts mars called horror movie but more just drawn out fight between humans and surprisingly low-powered alien menace addition anybody but john carpenter had made ghosts mars carpenter would have grounds sue this film just chock full pieces taken from assault precinct the thing and prince darkness fact surprising that carpenter managed fit many pieces his previous work into this film such admittedly ovel way but that still does make for really good science fiction experience ghosts mars takes place the year mars has been mostly terraformed that humans can walk the surface without breathing gear which good for the films budget ever mentioned but the gravity mars has been increased somehow earth-normal again making easier film society has changed bit that time but has advanced surprisingly little apparently the culture has changed that women are much more positions control and from carpenters view women have really made mess things society has stagnated under female control that beyond some minor technological advances society has changed less years than might expect change ten the basic plot ghosts mars has much common with that assault precinct except that precinct yes precinct has been replaced somewhat tacky looking rundown martian mining colony instead having the criminal apolean wilson this film has the criminal desolation williams instead facing hoodlums with automatic weapons the police face well ghosts mars because the ghosts are somewhat alien ature they should behave some alien manner but they essentially behave human savages another lapse imagination the story told flashback flashback within flashback and flashback within flashback within flashback ghosts mars takes place entirely ight and filmed almost entirely tones red yellow and black carpenter manages give powerful opening scene showing mining train rushing through the martian ight the sound music with heavy beat sadly what follows really the buildup the terror creates looks little too much like fugitive wannabes from the rock band kiss his idea building suspense having bunch sudden jump scenes that sucker the viewer into thinking something scary happening and then prove just something boring these are standard haunted house film shock effects that require great talent give the audience somewhat ewer but also unimpressive are the cgi digital decapitations some the fights within short stretch time have seen the release mission mars red planet and ghosts mars after mission mars was panned too many reviewers looks better and better and better time goes rate ghosts mars the scale and the scale following the movie showed wife who liked ghosts mars moderately more than did carpenters classic assault precinct her comment that was seeing the same film twice TO WRITE neg,"'so ask yourself what eight millimeter really all about about wholesome surveillance man who loses sight his values after becoming enmeshed the seedy sleazy underworld hardcore pornography about the business itself how bubbling just beneath the surface big-town americana theres sordid world sick and depraved people who wont ecessarily stop short murder order satisfy their sick and twisted desires about those who can those who are position influence the making the kinds films sick and demented people want see talking about snuff films supposed documentaries victims being brutalized and killed camera talking about films like and its director joel schumacher with recent run big budget movies his credit-- batman robin time kill batman forever the client --schumacher certainly has that kind influence something you really want see probably the first two-thirds unwind fairly conventional missing persons drama albeit with particularly unsavory core then its been threatening all along the film explodes into violence and just when you think its finally over schumacher tags ridiculous self-righteous finale that drags the whole unpleasant experience down even further trust there are better ways waste two hours your life icolas snake eyes cage plays private investigator tom welles who hired wealthy philadelphia widow determine whether reel film found her late husbands safe documents young girls murder welles goes about his assignment rather matter-of-factly and the pieces the pu le fall into place rather eatly almost you dont eed any specialized skills training this welles certainly makes look easy and cops obviously ever look toilet tanks for clues the deeper welles digs into his investigation the more obsessed becomes like george scott paul schraders hardcore occasionally little flickering sound whirs his head like sprockets winding through film projector reminding him his unpleasant task there are hints that this taking its toll his lovely wife played catherine keener who frustrated her husband spending all his time cleveland rather than their ugly split-level home harrisburg doesnt condemn condone its subject matter just exploits the irony course that schumacher and seven scribe andrew kevin walkers vision life the snuff lane limited what they can show r-rated first-run hollywood product only see snippets snuff and lot more footage icolas cage covering his face horror later its the turn joaquin phoenix whos quite good and far the films most interesting character adult bookstore flunky max california cover his face the horrid thing screened over and over again all this get the familiar yet offensive revelation that sexual deviants are indeed monsters but everyday people like you and either super standard shocking only its banality TO WRITE neg,'thats exactly how long the movie felt there werent even ine laughs ine months its terrible mess movie starring terrible mess man hugh grant huge dork its the whole oral-sex/prostitution thing referring grant that bugs its the fact that grant annoying just adam sandler-annoying were talking jim carrey-annoying since when eye flutters and ervous smiles pass for acting but the other hand since when really bad slapstick fistfight the delivery room culminating grants head joan cusacks lap--a scene paid have included the movie and obscene double entendres robin williams the obstetrician tells grants pregnant girlfriend she has big pussy referring course the size the cat hairs her coat but onetheless grant paid have the exchange included the movie pass for comedy ine months predictable cookie-cutter movie with originality humor plot hugh grant plays successful child psychiatrist why child psychologist the scriptwriters could inject the following unfunny exchange kid dads asshole grant flutters eyelashes offers ervous smile then responds his annoying english accent and i-think-i-actually-have- talent attitude could you possibly elaborate that kid dads huge asshole more like hugh asshole but thats beside the point which ine months includes too many eedlessly stupid jokes that get laughs from the ten year olds the audience while everyone else shakes his her head disbelief anyway grant finds out his girlfriend pregnant and does his usual reaction fluttered eyelashes ervous smiles this paves the way for every possible pregnancy/child birth gag the book especially since grants equally annoying friends wife also pregnant the annoying friend played tom arnold who provides most the cacophonous slapstick one which funny such scene where arnold beats costumed arnie the dinosaur you draw your own parallels that one toy store the only interesting character the movie played jeff goldblum who should have hid himself away somewhere after the dreadful hideaway artist with fear and simultaneous longing for commitment even robin williams who plays russian doctor who has recently decided switch from veterinary medicine obstetrics has much humor his one-joke character-- the old foreign-guy-who-mispronounces-english stereotype did someone say yakov smirnov thats favorite vodka the way hence the line its time take look your volvo another asty but unamusing joke except this one goes right over the ten year olds heads while the adults simultaneously groan ine months complete failure low laughs and intelligence and high loud unfunny slapstick failed jokes and other uninspired lunacy hugh grants sunset boulevard arrest please caught-with-his-pants-down jokes may bring more people into the theaters but they certainly wont leave with smile their faces after minutes grants ervous smiles everything the movie forced unauthentic that anyone with over sorry hugh will know they wasted their money unfulfilled desire but least they didnt spend bucks for TO WRITE neg,'call road trip for the walking wounded stellan skarsg plays such convincingly zombified drunken loser that its difficult spend early two hours screen time his smelly boozed-out presence yet this ever-reliable swedish actor adds depth and significance the otherwise plodding and forgettable aberdeen sentimental and painfully mundane european drama playwright august strindberg built his career families and relationships paralyzed secrets unable express their longings until the hour far too late thats accurate reflection what aberdeen strives for focusing the pairing alcoholic father tomas skarsg and his alienated openly hostile yuppie daughter kaisa lena headey gossip they havent spoken years and wouldnt even making the long trip from orway aberdeen scotland automobile werent for kaisas mother charlotte rampling under the sand rotting away hospital bed from cancer soap opera twist mother has only few days live only the movies right too blitzed even step foot plane tomas hits the open road with kaisa loathing each other all the while they make periodic stops for tomas puke the dashboard pass out whenever isnt muttering what rotten kid she turned out despite his sloshed viewpoint tomas recognizes that the apple hasnt fallen very far from the tree kaisa gets osebleeds from snorting coke sabotages her personal relationships through indifference and unable restrain her quick and vindictive temper aint they pair unable find true otes unspoken familial empathy the one-note and repetitively bitchy dialogue screenwriters kristin amundsen and hans petter moland fabricate series contrivances propel events forward lost money roving street hooligans looking for drunks kick around osy cops and flat tires all figure into the schematic and convenient arrative the time they reach the hospital its time unveil the secrets from dark past that are only simplistic devices that trivialize the father-daughter conflict theyre also the mainstays many bad strindberg wannabe this revelation exists purely for its own sake aberdeen doesnt know where else weak unimaginative casting thwarts the pivotal role kaisa lena headey were stronger actress perhaps aberdeen could have been able coast the performances and moody haunting cinematography rendering orway into its own pastoral ghost world the reference certain superior american indie flick intentional headeys too busy acting using her face and furrowed brow convey every last twitch insouciance she were paying any attention skarsg maybe shed figure out that doing less can reveal much more its worthwhile compare aberdeen earlier film released jonathan ossiters captivating signs wonders its just because skarsg and rampling played disturbed parental figures both films theyre bound ceremonial wedlock aberdeen the differences the way their characters were presented significant aberdeen rampling luminous diva preening and static her hospital bed despite skarsg rds solid performance tomas his pathetic drunk ever given much chance emote anything besides catatonic sorrow theres genuine ferocity and sexually charged frisson during their understated confrontations signs wonders allowing them suggest gray zone complications that accompany torn romance and years stifled curiosity ossiters film thoroughly explores this eurotic territory addition delving into the americanization greece and the use mysticism illusion deflect pain signs wonders sometimes feels overloaded with ideas least its willing stretch beyond what weve come expect from traditional drama aberdeen ever half ambitious content sleepwalk through the rhythms and timing other movies when did character driven stories stop paying attention the complexities real life the depressing answer can found lawrence kasdans trite but occasionally useful grand canyon where steve martins hollywood mogul pronounces all lifes riddles are answered the movies even foreign films are taking that advice heart TO WRITE neg,'plot young french boy sees his parents killed before his eyes tim roth oops mean evil man vows revenge that man and taught the ways the musketeer some old dude who used one himself anyway fourteen years and arrgh well you know the rest swish-swish- critique this pretty bad movie lets see where should start okay first all the story just plain boring its original entirely predictable and lacks energy okay whats ext acting you say hmmmm well the main actor justin chambers basically uncharismatic version chris odonnell but with less range think about that and mena suvari just plain off bad thora birch was dungeons dragons but entirely miscast with bad deliveries awful sequences and piss-poor accent that comes and goes sure this was suvaris fault the directors but ive definitely seen her much higher level than this film the only semi-saving grace actor-wise tim roth the irrepressible bad guy but once again its something that havent seen before thousand times the same guy tim please for the love god beg your agent ask the marketplace for some modern day american roles for you ice guy romantic comedy something stretch dude stretch all know that you can much better than this gunk alright what else was bad this film yeah the score yikes hows about taking down few otches there fellas this thing blares your ear whenever feels the eed accentuate certain scene but actually does little more than annoy think its important for the man behind the music recognize that this film isnt real epic any stretch the imagination its fluffy rehashed cake-walk created some shrewd studio heads who decided take advantage the whole kung-fu phenomenon films and test out old classic dudes you failed all around keep reading the editing also pretty shoddy this movie the dialogue banal and stilted and the plot problems plentiful why does the guy top the horse carriage just stand there when his opponent takes forever scampering his way back the top why dont they just cut the mouseketeers rope the top the tower instead jumping down their own chords and fighting him while hanging why doesnt anybody look day older when the sequence says years later least change your shirt man keep mind that have ever strayed away from championing certain movies that are created simply for the sake fun time but this flick just didnt cut for was boring for stretches the acting was atrocious times the romantic scene between suvari and chambers ext the lake reminded plays high school which made you cringe there was little reason care for anyone and since when were the musketeers fat will give the movie this much and that that its main reason for being its raison-detre the french would say its fight sequences come through despite the lack their umbers the film was hoping that the movie would packed with cool stuntwork promoted its trailer but what you see there are essentially the snippets from the two major and cool swashbuckling sequences from the film the first comes right the beginning the movie while the other essentially finishes the film off hanging from the tower and juggling off ladders the ladder sequence itself definite keeper but unfortunately the rest the movie just regurgitated crap and can anyone please tell how catherine deneuve got her ame placed the top this films credits hullo the film called the musketeer and stars dude ame justin chambers deneuve barely this movie ugh just another small thing that annoyed about this trash say together gang all for one and one for all vow stay away from all thank later wheres joblo coming from knights tale american outlaws crouching tiger hidden dragon the matrix the replacement killers romeo must die shanghai oon TO WRITE neg,'best remembered for his understated performance hannibal lecter michael manns forensics thriller manhunter scottish character actor brian cox brings something special every movie works usually playing bit role some studio schlock dies halfway through the long kiss goodnight hes only occasionally given something meaty and substantial you want see some brilliant acting check out his work dogged police inspector opposite frances mcdormand ken loachs hidden agenda cox plays the role big john harrigan the disturbing indie flick which lot picked sundance when other distributors were scared budge big john feels the love that dares speak its ame but expresses through seeking out adolescents and bringing them back his pad what bothered some audience members was the presentation big john oddly empathetic light hes even-tempered funny robust old man who actually listens the kids problems opposed their parents and friends both caught the high-wire act their own confused lives hell have sex-for-pay with them only after elaborate courtship charming them with temptations from the grown-up world stands for long island expressway which slices through the strip malls and middle-class homes suburbia filmmaker michael cuesta uses pretty transparent metaphor dangerous escape for his old protagonist howie paul franklin dano his opening voice-over howie reveals morbid preoccupation with death the road citing the highway deaths filmmaker alan pakula songwriter harry chapin and his own mother exit hes both fascinated and disturbed the and those feelings are projected onto big john who follows howie around his bright red car but ever makes move force the boy something doesnt want this makes him much more complex than the usual child molesters seen movies hes beast but ashamed would have worked best half-hour short film about howies ill-advised foray into big johns haven there unnecessary padding with howies miserable dad bruce altman the hot seat for white-collar crime degenerate youngsters who get their kicks from robbing middle-class houses and some homoerotic shenanigans with wise-ass gary terrio billy kay handsome artful dodger rather than add the themes suburban ennui that eeded another movie that subject these awkward subplots pad out the running time adequate feature length concurrently the relationship between howie and big john evenly paced and exceptionally well acted cox sporting baseball cap and faded marine tattoo all bluff and bluster dano quiet and first glance seems withdrawn transparent were used child actors whose dramatic choices are broad and obvious calling haley joel its surprising see one who actually listens throughout any given scene the restraint admirable but screenplay doesnt always give them the best material when howie reads big john walt whitman poem the moment feels bit too precious director michael cuesta lingers ecstatic reaction shot big john who may well hearing glenn gould performing bachs goldberg variations its too much there are also some obvious dramatic contrivances involving big johns other boy toy walter masterson jealous over the ewbie this plot thread predictably leads violence content haunting observational portrait teen alienation royally screwed world like terry zwigoffs superb ghost world cuesta lacks the confidence his own work end ambivalent ote its typical unimaginative cinema wrap things with bullet sparing the writers from actually having come with complex philosophical ote this regard and countless other indie films share something common with blockbuster action films problems are solved when the obstacle removed how often does real life work this way extend the question movie striving for realism dramatic contrivances destroy the illusion TO WRITE neg,'janeane garofalo romantic comedy was good idea couple years ago with the truth about cats and dogs but almost excruciating the matchmaker this by-the-books movie that plods along predestined course with surprises and very few laughs also jumps the ever-popular political satire bandwagon and manages fall flat there too garofalo plays campaign aide massacusetts senator jay sanders running for reelection denis leary plays the stereotypical strategist with ethics who decides the only way for the scandal- plagued senator win play his irish roots and cash that boston roman catholic democrat contingent thats made the kennedy family popular leary orders garofalo ireland and dig some relatives exploit she soon learns why easier said than done the mantra movies like this the matchmaker falls for every cliche things that can wrong garofalo has take tiny plane ireland almost misses the bus town cant get hotel room ends the smallest trashiest one around has dog piss her luggage and then comes what roger ebert calls the meet cute happens every romance the man and woman have meet each other for the first time some unconventional cinematic way the matchmaker happens when garofalo walks into her hotel bathroom and finds ude sean david ohara the bathtub his dog sitting his side points for guessing its the same dog that just made water her luggage also points for guessing garofalo hates ohara sight thats how works movies like these know from the instant saw that irishman the bathtub that shed hate him for awhile then succumb his charms live happily for reel before allowing some superficial detail throw the relationship into turmoil after which theyd reconcile time for happy irish tune play over the end credits havent mentioned the movies twist yet garofalo comes the small ireland town during the annual matchmaking festival during which lonely folks from around the county pair off into future bliss milo oshea who looks like irish tom snyder the matchmaker who pops onscreen occasionally spew his words wisdom and bring lonely souls together rest assured hell all can match garofalo and ohara and keeping with the matchmakers utter predictability dies toward the end what the message here sometimes even the most respectable person comedic distinction like garofalo will sell out with weak script was excited see garofalo and leary the same movie but they actually only have two three scenes together leary stays stateside for the most part yelling garofalo over the phone and generally being asshole even undoes himself with the old microphones still after hes done giving the speech cliche both them should have known better TO WRITE neg,'and the high-flying hong kong style filmmaking has made its way down the classics and isnt pretty this time out the asia goes way france the excruciating bland and lukewarm production the musketeer version dumass the three musketeers bringing popular asian actor/stunt coordinator xing xing xiong whose only prior american attempts stunt choreography have been the laughable van damme vehicle double team and the dennis rodman cinematic joke simon sez our musketeers are thrown into the air their fighting the end result tepid and dull action/adventure rip-off that stinks indiana jones and bad asian kung the story simple grandmother could have adapted the screenplay dartagnan justin chambers the vengeful son slain musketeer travels paris join the royal musketeers and find the man that killed his parents paris meets the cunning cardinal richelieu stephen rea who trying overthrow the king and richelieus man-in-black associate febre tim roth the killer his folks finds the musketeers paris disbanded and drunk rounds aramis ick moran athos jan gregor kremp and porthos steven spiers free the musketeers wrongfully imprisoned leader treville from the kings prison dartagnan and his frisky love interest/chambermaid francesca mena suvari play footsy and coo each other the cardinal hunts down the musketeers until finally the queen catherine deneuve ends being captured the menancing febre forcing the musketeers regroup with dartagnan leading the charge and save the day director peter hyams end days obviously wanted blend eastern and western filmmaking styles but here its disaster one problem that reality most eastern films have taken their lead from western ones jet lis high risk rip-off die hard the other way around ironically there awfully little swordplay action the film all maybe ten minutes swashbuckling spread over five scenes most asian action films carry the bulk their production with action sequences because they know the scenes have carry the picture the musketeer instead weighs itself down with predictable and monotonous screenplay gene quintano sudden death horrible acting stephen rea and tim roth and the prosaic attempt justin chambers the wedding planner deliver his mousy self leader chambers dartangnan isnt musketeer hes mouseketeer and hyams use candles and torches light the grime and filth century paris are well-noted but thats the only standout overall flat production TO WRITE neg,movie like mortal kombat annihilation works and must reviewed multiple levels first theres the rampant usage randian subtext that pervades the entire movie but occasionaly almost making ironic self-depreciating remark the movie tosses clearly marxist imagery just kidding had you going there for moment didnt all seriousness however and fair the movie ecessary provide two viewpoints that movie watcher unfamiliar only marginally familiar with the whole mortal kombat phenomenon and that fan the first movie and/or fan the games the first movie mortal kombat concerned itself with martial arts tournament that would decide the fate earth and its billion inhabitants the mortals won and theory this should have prevented the emperor shao khan from taking over the earth unfortunately shao khan was poor loser and the very final scene mortal kombat showed him arriving anyway ready take over the planet our heroes assumed fighting stance the first movie was extraordinarily entertaining for those like myself who are fans the game even far say that many folks who didnt know about the game probably enjoyed the movie the writers and directors knew the limitations both their cast and the basic story itself and they didnt try overachieve there were lot really cool fight scenes with really cool accompanying music intersperesed with some distracting but ultimately on-intrusive bits fluff passing itself off plot and know the movie was smashing success the box office mortal kombat annihilation picks precisely where that movie left off with some introductory exposition clue those who may have seen the first movie shao khan has decided that hes going take over the earth anyways and hell with some silly rule about mortals winning the tournament thereafter follows approximately minutes film that alternates between being confused being trite being silly and being just plain stupid one gets the general impression that the producers the movie thought hey that last movie was such success that can get more money and make real movie too bad they didnt simply stick with the formula from the first movie could write volumes about the things that are wrong with this picture but here are the high points the acting truly bad sandra hess playing the sonya blade character particularly execrable especially scenes where she tries convince that she loved johnny cage character from the first movie who gets greased the beginning this movie one the worst pieces mis-casting think ive ever seen james remar plays raiden the god thunder the first movie christopher lambert played raiden and played his character though was the joke french actor playing japanese thunder god being revered chinese mystics generally like when actors are cast against type tim tiny lister being cast the president the the fifth element for example and remar has always been one favorite utility actors but hes totally wrong for this part that doesnt even have the luxury amused self-awareness there are too many characters that are introduced being potentially important but then ever seen again there are umber completely meaningless story sidetracks including muddled scene where liu kang robin shou seeks out ightwolf litefoot has mystical hallucination and then wanders off with jade irina pantaeva for these reasons and many others can only give the movie unless youre huge fan the games and/or the first movie that case the following critiques also apply sandra hess while being even worse actress than bridgette wilson who played sonya blade the first movie much more convincing fighter wilson looked like she was simply mimicing some movements taught her the fight choreographer hess looks like she actually knows some martial arts and puts together much more believable fight scene the fights each the characters does least one thing they the game and often more sonya does her kiss death jax does his earthquake liu kang does his animality and big bonus for those who were looking for similar moves the first movie and found them only rarely there arent many fight scenes this movie there were the first because the folks making the movie mistakenly try hang more robust plot between silly silly folks and the lamest fight involved two the women what turns into mud-wrestling match lame and obviously sexist even politically incorrect for the most part oticed and remarked upon the special effects are generally better except for the final fight scene between the emporer and liu kang which both perform their animalities motaro and sheeva are both more convincing and lifelike than goro was the first movie for folks like myself who loved the first movie and enjoy the games give this youll probably like but early much you liked the first one TO WRITE neg,"'she was the femme femme ikita was the baldwin backdraft sliver and fair game with cindy crawford together anne parillaud and william baldwin conspire make shattered image the biggest piece hooey since the stallone/stone thriller the specialist the film poses the question what the life youre living really dream and your dreams reality its either about woman whos haunted recurring and recurring and recurring ightmare that shes hired assassin its about hired assassin whos haunted recurring and recurring and recurring ightmare that shes honeymooning with william baldwin jamaica doesnt much matter and believe the time shattered image runs its painful and pedestrian course you wont care these two lives with parillaud looking like siouxsie sioux with black wig black emotionless eyes and black leather clothing the seattle-based assassin scenes and moping around like karen carpenter the jamaica scenes play out endlessly throughout the film and the result its twice boring might have been its that complicated plots cant entertaining course helps you have interesting characters crisp dialogue and modicum style shattered image isnt complex its just stupid and boring parillaud and baldwin who arent exactly shakespearean material begin with are saddled with such leaden dialogue that their characters have zero chance breaking free their cardboard confines lines like you dont beg you insist like that woman thats parillauds character talking her cat and youre the reason couldnt care less about you huh and this wonderful bathroom interchange early the film you give couple minutes you know ill charm the pants off you dont have that kind time talking pants parillaud has her clothes off faster than you can say point return have come expect this from billy baldwin but might have been ice have learned something about their characters first but theres othing learn karen interesting cereal box someones-out-to-get-me crybaby who imagines the voice the other end the phone the stranger who sends her flowers maybe even her husband himself her would-be killer siouxsie the chromium cool tough-as-nails crack killing machine who shoots out couple mirrors order justify the films meaningless stock title baldwin seems more interested parillauds est egg that can pave paradise and put parking lot than does her each time graham greene shows gets killed barbet schroeder reversal fortune co-produced and should ashamed himself every and again its fun watch really bad movie and every and again shattered image makes agonizingly clear isnt TO WRITE neg,"'john carpenter makes b-movies always has halloween escape from york the thing and the looks they live escape from vampires always will carpenters latest horror opus with science fiction bent science fiction outing with schlock horror bent the aptly-titled john carpenters ghosts mars case suppose you went looking for someone elses ghosts mars like all those films prefixed the very possessive john carpenters ghosts mars unashamed b-movie punctuated b-movie plot b-movie actors and b-movie special effects category one above have storyline that borders idiotic and times chaotic dormant martians swirling red gases awakened meddling humans possess the souls hapless mining colonists rendering them testy marilyn manson lookalikes all this explained flashback some grand pooh-bah counsel martian police official melanie ballard atasha henstridge from the sub- species films the only returnee silly-looking train officer ballard went bring back incarcerated felon james desolation williams what she found was pretty picture the second category have henstridge her blonde hair pulled back tightly and awkwardly into ponytail ice cube the appropriately-named desolation pam grier briefly oddly--who wanted work with whom wonder and host extras all assuming that the story and special effects were going carry this film and therefore they didnt eed try too hard category umber three have addition those swirling red gases and the silly-looking train couple birds-eye-view shots sprawling martian metropolis reddish also state-of-the-art special effects have ever been carpenter trademark and once again the writer/director who seems have problem finding work however doesnt waste any the films budget that department ghosts mars lock laughing stock and barrel all your standard carpenter fare dingy interiors cluttered exteriors inane dialogue lots leather scarred crazed-looking aliens and lots and lots weaponry the film often and always explodes into warfare without warning--spontaneously stupidly carpenter might like think hes made western here but its western without any real heroes villains border conflicts its just the shootouts minus hissing snake plissken ever thought miss the guy but its all the same however dubbed the one-note wonder for his minimalist music soundtracks carpenter seems have graduated from simplistic yet effective scoring highlighting his action with loud screeching guitar work fortunately this drowns out lot the dialogue the final exchange between henstridge and cube though both audible and priceless mars has proven infertile breeding ground for hollywood the last year what with the stillborn mission mars and red planet with val kilmer ghosts mars sadly adds those disappointing returns its opening weekend was overshadowed bunch sequels among them american pie and rush hour the irony that the mars carpenters film feels sadly absent there are occasional references the red planet course but the film might well have been set perth amboys than earths closest eighbor two things keep john carpenters ghosts mars from getting huge slap upside the head henstridge keeps her top miraculously and the film doesnt pretend anything its what that means however that fans superior intelligent grade sci-fi/horror are singularly out luck TO WRITE neg,'im really starting wonder about alicia silverstone sure she one the most beautiful creatures gods green earth second only that movie critic large guy but when comes choosing what movies she stars she always strikes out the crush was slow-moving predictable piece fluff hideaway was horrific ovel adaptation alicia had only minor role clueless was annoying unfunny waste time and people have e-mailed too saying clueless good movie and that the only one who doesnt like one girl said seen the movie with open mind would have enjoyed othing could further from the truth went into the theater expecting love the movie the preview looked good and course crazymadinlove with alicia but the movie was bunch bad jokes coming from whiny unlikable characters almost everyone saw the movie with felt the same way when were walking out the theater one guy and wasnt yelled out that was the worst f$&#in movie ive ever seen and the rest had laugh agreement last ight walked into the video store and saw alicias pretty face the cover some made-for-video thriller called the babysitter knew would bad but some inner compulsion ill probably ever understand made rent anyway what got was minutes regret--the worst alicia silverstone movie ever and you already know from the last paragraph what the competition like where begin criticizing this movie the plot thin shred that moves slower than glacier the writing could have been done and for all know was ten year old alicia the star and shes still wasted movie that has appeal whatsoever there zero humor zero suspense zero drama and zero action until the last ten minutes when the story eedlessly and pointlessly concluded with violent sequence zero plus zero plus zero plus zero equals zero why does this movie get one star out well alicia spends twenty minutes the movie the bathtub and wasnt bubble bath the babysitter would have instantly joined the ranks our other four- star features but you settle for what you can get alicia plays babysitter whos spending friday ight looking after two kids whose parents are out getting drunk cocktail party and course anyone beautiful alicia automatically spends their friday ights home least that movie critic large guy does the movie trods along discover shes only the mostly-silent star the movie but also the object every male characters fantasies and probably every male viewers too the drunken father thinks shes just the thing recapture his lost youth her boyfriend lets his imagination run wild while spying alicia from outside even the prepubescent boy looks alicia through the bathroom keyhole while shes taking her bubble bath they even throw the middle aged wifes fantasies about male counterpart the party that any asked ever even thought about seeing this pound woman black silk teddy least one the sex fanatasies ever leave the realm the pg-rated fact could imagine the babysitter becoming cinemax late-night staple for the fact that theres absolutely udity you cant call sex flick ive already pointed out that cant fall under drama comedy thriller action what you classify the babysitter bad TO WRITE neg,'so what you get when you mix together plot elements from various successful sci-fi films such close encounters the third kind space odyssey apollo and contact well whatever youd sure hell hope that would thousand times better than this shoddy attempt such melange considering the disastrous results were left with here this film that takes little bit everything but ultimately adds lot othing its like said this movie sucks plot rescue crew astronauts sent down mars the year after unknown energy force leads loss contact with the previous gang space aviators visit the red planet critique extremely underwhelming the best way describe this movie uneven would another the trailer for this movie actually showed some promise the around had been so-so and even the film itself starts off with decent first twenty minutes all leading you believe that its actually going somewhere but isnt long before the entire movie downshifts into eutral features more space walks than anything interesting the cherry-colored planet tries too hard get into the pain some its characters and unsuccessfully tosses some romance into the mix sci-fi movie well dont know much just seemed like bunch erdies talking techie jargon for about hour and half only figure out some big secret the end secret which practically had yawning with excitement ultimately this movie that starts off with decent premise joins the crew their misadventures space for the main crux its journey and eventually settles down for one the most anti-climactic endings this side contact mind you you enjoyed that films shrug-of-the-shoulders ending you might just enjoy this frivolous ditty well course dont remember contact having such obvious and painfully distracting computer generated effects its end story ugh what friggin mess films like this generally get wondering about the brass hollywood again didnt anybody recognize the crappiness this script didnt they read the bad dialogue the cheezy lines the obvious derivative ature the work mind you with director like depalma the helm that aint saying much course you cant really blame the brass for the inclusion jerry oconnell this fine crew thespians 'nuff said either can you blame them for depalma cranking the juice the films musical score during the last fifteen minutes presumably order wake the audience okay get brian this scene supposed powerful wow yawn ears hurt anything salvageable this movie sure gary sinise does another great job does cheadle the film doesnt completely bore you much just moves along slowly without anything really interesting happening and yes the sand-twister effect that you see the commercial well done other than that guess could say that admire how filmmakers have become much more devious their product placement strategies oops did say admire meant disgusted all all this movie delivers very little actual substance offers two-bit dialogue masked lot sci-fi mumbo-jumbo pretends deep when really its just sappy and eventually just settles into ending which other than presenting with pathetic computer graphic part the story gives little more think about than how might able get our money back for sitting through this rehashed dreck see the inth gate theres great movie and personal ote think its time for depalma stop worrying much about his proverbial uninterrupted film sequences and start worrying more about how crappy his movies are getting TO WRITE neg,'the law crowd pleasing romantic movies states that the two leads must end together films end youre familiar with this law then maybe youve seen the trailer for this film which shows that the two leads are together films end youre regular reader mine youve heard say this countless times you know how drive crazy going end but the journey get that ending worth definitely melissa joan hart from abcs sabrina the teenage witch likes hunky stud the basketball team adrien grenier her grungy eighbor whos just broken with his activist girlfriend apparently wants make his ex-girlfriend jealous enough take him back and she wants someone take her the big year end dance the two pretend date for some reason but only after hart gives grenier bath turn him into hunky stud will grenier like his popularity and turn his friends will this crazy scheme work care the teen comedy resurgence late has been surprisingly good terms comedy what makes movies like cant hardly wait and things hate about you work and lesser extent shes all that and ever been kissed because the writers those films seem realize that high school joke and write their scripts accordingly dont know what the writers intention was with drive crazy there was some smart comedy those films make the obvious endings worth getting here theres othing just teens whining about whos going take them the big dance favor kids get job something just shut the hell all honesty the best part this film the end credits ormally when say that its followed with the joke because the movie finally over this case though the end credits really are the most entertaining part the film after the obligatory second playing britney spears titular song theres quick commercial jingle for burger joint the kids the film hang out and brief rendition the school song for their high school othing great but more entertaining than anything the minutes which preceded them sci-fi fans take ote there are brief appearances from stephen collins star trek the motion picture and faye grant the miniseries and the final battle TO WRITE neg,'mighty joe young blunders about for early twenty minutes before actually get see great big gorilla his entrance however grand one out from the trees leaps gargantuan and imposing sporting hands big enough crush volkswagen bug and pair feet much larger than any pro basketball player will ever have joe bellows the poachers before him angry that they would like kill him and sell him for millions dollars during this scene turned friend and said wow thats some ape joe quite gorilla big digital gorilla runs around the fields chasing cars and people picks things and stares them pensively breaks things accident because hes just too big avoid clumsiness joe special effect image that might hold your interest for five minutes character doesnt quite register and the story hes been put limp they come the words family entertainment have ever been stamp quality but might joe young just silly special effects movie pretending have heart the picture remake the film its mostly just about the big gorilla but strictly formality the movie also has few human characters the main one jill young poor charlize theron forced waste her talent lover gorillas child she witnessed group poachers murder her mother she lives the jungle protect the wildlife specifically shes out protect joe giant gorilla who has been her friend since her childhood soon zoologist gregg ohara bill paxton discovers joe quickly realizes that poachers want get joe and sell him big game hunter amed strasser rade sherbedgia who just happens the same guy who killed jills mother effort save joe jill and gregg take the big gorilla preserve where instantly clear that safe from poachers addition the space way too small for him after all really big gorilla and add the complications strasser shows under benevolent pretext tells jill that has preserve big enough for joe and joe recognizes strasser the guy who killed jills mother jill course doesnt recognize strasser even though did kill her mother this just one the many examples stupidity mighty joe young film that fulfills every stereotype that comes with special effects film the movie isnt really offensive has some competent actors few ifty sets and lot scenes with big digitized gorilla but the story really dumb there arent any characters and the film isnt satisfying any level beyond its visuals the movie also has bad dialogue critic says that film has bad dialogue its only fair quote some but most the words spoken this picture are phrases like joe isnt happy and joe isnt safe here eed get joe out here joe way too big for that cage dont know these phrases are word for word but theyre close said the characters here are only present formality they little more than state the obvious course joe too big for that cage paxton and theron are talented performers who deserve work script that provides characters for them sadly mighty joe young wastes them both there are few clever moments although one them are surfacing memory the moment and said the digital effects held attention for least five minutes its certainly bad film for kids doubt joe will give them ightmares but adults the audience arent likely find much anything interesting about the big gorilla big gorilla only interesting for little while after that something eeds done with the big gorilla obody ever figures out what with the big gorilla TO WRITE neg,spawn features good guys bad guys lots fighting bloody violence leather-clad machine gun chick gooey self-healing bullet holes scatological humor and man-eating monster only appears have been tailor made for swarm and boys appears have been made them classic example telling and showing spawn opens with truckload mumbo jumbo about forces darkness forces light and how men are the ones who create evil earth much for message the movie then lurches forward into the plight simmons michael jai white government assassin/operative who murdered diabolical boss jason wynn martin sheen who plays all his scenes like oscar clip while top secret mission orth korean biological weapons plant simmons goes hell and back after making deal with satan himself agrees command the devils army overtake the world hell allowed return earth see his wife wanda underused theresa randle and little girl cyan sydni beaudoin course seeing how five years has passed wanda has fallen for and married simmons partner sweeney his shoulder cry comes the form clown john leguizamo disgustingly disproportioned minion satans clown manipulates simmons superhuman spawn form into stand off with wynn wynn who thinks league with the double-dealing clown recognizes spawn threat and undergoes operation where bomb placed his heart when stops beating major cities around the world will detonate causing the leak disease that makes the ebola virus look like skin rash phew got all that would easy dismiss spawn just another one those heavy-on-fx short-on-substance action pics but doesnt even work that level the computer-generated sequences are often and plenty and the problem that they look too computer-generated the several scenes set hell present devil that looks and acts like video game graphic with the movies healthy budget youd think they could have afforded make his mouth move when talks other elements the movie are so-so spawns enormous red flowing cape wonderful sight but its too obvious when hes being played costumed actor image movies like contact the special effects serve the story spawn they are the story and spawn himself isnt even interesting character the films reliance ra le-da le would acceptable were given somebody root for but both simmons and his funky alter-ego are completely underdeveloped what eed batman luke skywalker even watching the adventures kleenex man would more interesting than spawn poor leguizamo starred februarys the pest movie that still think the years worst far although this one does give run for its money clown overacts the extreme ever missing opportunity for poor-taste punchline leguizamo farts green mist munches pi a slice covered with maggots and even dons mini-skirt and performs cheerleader routine all before turning into giant grey demon the guy was brilliant wong foo thanks for everything julie ewmar what doing wasting his talent this and the pest one the few people that liked batman robin this summers other big-budget comic book film yet after catching this movie and making the inevitable comparison can only hope people will change their minds and think batman the superior adaptation theres compelling story somewhere spawn including strong religious overtones and the debut the first african-american superhero ever but its just found anywhere ear here spawn just awful stinks worse than dead trout TO WRITE neg,dreams might keep you awake ight but because its creepy imagery bizarre visual style story about clairvoyant madman who lures young girls their untimely deaths the source potential sleeplessness here lies within the movies brutally squandered potential the least which admittedly ifty premise even tired serial killer genre standards the big letdown however comes upon the realization that this head-scratcher was masterminded eil jordan the man behind the crying game hes stranger cinematic weirdness but this utty onsense really pushes the envelope things start out strong enough with cinematographer darius khondjis stunning camera work guiding viewers into the bowels underwater ghost town during creepy prologue that establishes otably grim tone right off the bat this eerie opulence remains da ling display showmanship throughout the entire film theres even something macabre about the way khondji photographs rustic seemingly innocent england autumn but there ever was film that didnt deserve good polish its this one dont knock the look but say what you will about the foolish plot underdeveloped characters and flat dialogue annette bening another asset dreams shouldnt lucky boast gives increasingly effective performance role that doesnt much for her return she plays claire cooper massachusetts childrens book illustrator whos plagued terrifying ightmares involving kidnaped children she thinks these visions are warning knell for horrible soon-to-be-committed crimes but either her ho-hum husband aidan quinn the ho-hummer police can muster the sense take her seriously this being thriller know that she fact the money and its credit benings acting that she delves equally into claires madness and compassion but soon body turns and claire has given the authorities reason enough believe her claims dreams trades its ifty supernatural chills for long series allegedly spooky jolts that simply refuse make sense scenes pile like car wreck with little explanation exposition subplots appear and disappear when claire finally comes face-to-face with our evil murderer robert downey turns out his ame vivian hes clairvoyant and hes got some major issues with mama orman bates dreams reaches its absurdist zenith here and the climax drags with mumbled revelations and laughable twists some questions then whats with the garbage disposal retching applesauce are the drawings the wall blood paint who cranked the andrews sisters the player and caused the swing move its own what about the computer does vivian possess the gift telekinesis addition his other powers why would continually endanger claire she was ecessary for his ultimate plan the woman australia integral anything and the aforementioned flooded city what function does that really serve sigh least own dreams can imagine better movie where certain talent didnt waste TO WRITE neg,knock off exactly that cheap knock off action movie its also the worst movie have seen thus far this year figured would least couple months before saw the worst film but alas has already been found jean-claude van damme stars think designer jeans executive who discovers his half-brother has been supplying him with cheaper goods rob schneider plays van dammes partner and rochon plays actually have idea who rochon was supposed she just sort popped halfway through without explanation why she was there many things are explained this film but know that for some bizarre reason van damme seemed doing jackie chan impression throughout the flick where chan comes off endearing his ormal guy character seen many his films van damme just comes off wimp were ever given any clear explanation the basis for many his actions more clear did even know who was supposed until about hour into the movie and even then was made too clear the film has been directed the style some strange film experiment gone horribly wrong tsui hark who directed van dammes last movie the bad but early bad this double team ever lets the camera rest for second and thats exaggeration are even treated five second shot from the point view van dammes foot entering shoe fabulous seriously though have problem with directors who want play around with film conventions long they dont get carried away for example look sam raimi army darkness one his best movies features some the most inventive camera work have ever seen but raimi ever lets the special effects get the way story thats concept that tsui cant seem grasp the special effects and outrageous camera angles rule knock off the point where the audience doesnt have clue whats happening any more another problem with the film that looks cheap the film stock used such low caliber that thought was watching one those chinese films shown really late ight and for some inexplicable reason everyones voice seems have been dubbed even the stars and even the special effects seemingly the only aspect the film the director actually cared about are inconsistent for example there scene which van damme drives car out window the car slams into the ground and the left wheel completely destroyed seconds later the car drives off full speed hey have problem suspending disbelief action movie but line must drawn somewhere finally the acting obody gives good performance this film van damme actor usually like way off the mark playing everyman and schneider here provide comic relief assume totally unfunny and over acts his way through every scene even the usually solid paul sorvino gives terribly over-the-top performance once again have idea who was supposed case havent yet made clear enough knock off the worst movie van dammes career and possibly the worst movie the decade and its even one those movies thats bad its funny its too inept funny there are redeeming factors knock off and seriously hope that every print this film burned crisp and that somehow memory watching the film can erased TO WRITE neg,snake eyes the most aggravating kind movie the kind that shows much potential then becomes unbelievably disappointing its just because this brian depalma film and since hes great director and one whos films are always greeted with least some fanfare and its even because this was film starring icolas cage and since gives brauvara performance this film hardly worth his talents its worse than that its aggravating for the sole reason that its story could much more could totally intelligent and opens with absolutely subtlety that will handled complexly and intensely then one point the movie makes wrong turn that leads the hall fame half-assedness more deservedly the hall fame the eighth-assedness certain circles snake eyes was being advertised kind modern day version kurosawas classic rashomon where crime told from the four different and mean different perspectives and looks though may actually just like this with the opening which might add superb one very very very long steadicam shot meet the protagonist crooked atlantic city detective rick santoro cage and follow him before boxing match talks his cell phone with his wife interupts pay-per-view event chases down gambler enters the arena all pumped for the fight sits down and talks with his bud kevin dunne gary sinise whos character should confused with that actor kevin dunn whos also this and watches happens theres big ame the crowd and thats the secretary defense charles kirkland joel fabiani whos sitting behind rick and who gets shot second after the heavyweight champion lincoln tyler stan shaw knocked out this all happens the opening shot and creates many red herrings and possibilities what happened that opens this scene for close examination and total deconstruction what really happened this film asks and sets this film extremely well for when rick begins question people and get different perspectives the scene and discovers theres very good possibility was conspiracy follow rick trying learn more information also meet woman who was talking kirkland before was shot carla gugino and who flees the scene panic and tries hide from the cops the arena and the adjacent casino/hotel since the cops have blocked off the doors they can get witness takes what happened this all going pretty fine and dandy and its extremely interesting watch then takes one wrong step follow the wrong character and learn the answer the mystery too early and way before rick can find out but thats the worst part its that its the one person you didnt think would because was too obviously supposed the red herring the one you didnt think did because would stupid and cliched that person behind only gets worse the film turns into chase film about half way through the film and since already know what happened cant rely ricks investigation all that interesting its the film ran out the guts really complex and original about third the way and decided just fall back easy way out and that just happens mean that has become less and less credible events become more and more proposterous and the end the film has decided rely the worst offender mysteries like this the deux machina thats where some outside intereference brings the film sudden conclusion and makes everything okay this time its hurricane out-of-control police car and big round ball that adorned the arena what went wrong depalma and the screenwriter david koepp are extremely credible people their respective fields and have been known for bringing life and complexity mysteries such this depalma who idolizes hitchcock death has done many film like this such his masterpiece blow out where movie soundman uses movie elements uncover conspiracy piece piece but granted depalma least makes intriguing watch what with his over-the-top shot set-ups otably the beginning and sequence where the camera pans over top bunch rooms the hotel forgetting anything about boundaries least his direction makes partly for then theres koepp who showed such great ability making characters flaws come life like did depalmas earlier carlitos way film that dove right into the life and past its character and examined him extremely well can write flawed character but his rick santoro seems just half-assed effort hes flawed and can see redemption the story wasnt formulaic scene towards the end where has make fatal decision cheapened the fact that his answer has emotional buildup may well have said the opposite what says would have least gone with what the character was like this the most disappointing kind film because promises intelligence and complexity because promises disection flawed character and perhaps even redemption then pulls the rug from under just were about convinced would able all the way was watching the first half hour couldnt wait see how the mystery would unearthed how many different perspectives hed given and perhaps hed have make choice between whos has believe theres film unfortunately the film has two major deux machinas one the disasterous ending the other about half hour when the film goes into autopilot and becomes stale and recycled piece crap weve seen all too much before but ever from someone like depalma TO WRITE neg,'forgive the fevered criticism but the fervor the crucible infects set salem massachusetts the crucible opens with group teenage girls passionately singing and dancing around boiling cauldron the middle forest under the glow full moon they beckon the ames men the targets their love spells then one the girls lets her hair down and sheds her clothes outdone her quest regain the attention john proctor daniel day lewis abigail winona ryder suddenly seizes chicken beats against the ground and smears her face and lips with the fresh blood taking even adolescent hormone surges into account surely this chicken-bashing bit bit excessive especially for prim puritan sensibilities surely the puritan eye this close coven witches gets the crucible errs from the beginning and arthur millers ame should summoned for blame here for the addition the above scene his screen adaptation his play this far from harmless event bad start already shaky morality tale the play describes the films opening scene during tense exchanges that makes one wonder about the veracity both accusation and reply and this adds the plays charged atmosphere the film the opening scene becomes unintentional pandoras box only credulity stretched but abigails obsession unfortunately spotlighted positions the crucible more cautionary fable about obsessive and malevolent women than against witch hunts will bring back the memory rabbit boiling away pot surprisingly the ighttime forest frenzy does unnoticed and when two girls fail wake the following morning witches are invoked those eager blame when the girls are questioned their confession guilt accompanied with announcement their return god and they are thereafter converted immaculate witnesses led lustfully abigail with alarming synchronicity our hormonally-advantaged girls zealously gesture and point accusing fingers innocents constant reminders that abigails passion sets all this into inexorable motion abigail seizes this opportunity rid herself her rival for john proctors love his wife elizabeth joan allen including her among those accused witchcraft appropriately arrow-waisted and equipped with distractingly white smile watch his teeth deteriorate much too quickly murky yellow day lewis plays the dashing moral hero with over-earnestness that longs watched director icholas hytner guilty encouraging day lewis foaming-mouth fervour with shots where stare proctor was mounted pedestal for our admiration otherwise hytners direction unremarkable ryders performance abigail consistent her mood swings her fits frenzy are energetic enough but the quieter moments are less successful abigail supposedly revels her ewfound power but ryder fails being convincingly haughty although there much haughtiness spare here paul scofield fine the overzealous judge danforth but the incessant moral posturings all the characters along with the recurrent histrionics the young girls pricks the erves probably because she the only refuge restraint amidst all the huffing and puffing allens elizabeth comes out the most sympathetic character scene ear the end featuring private conversation between the imprisoned elizabeth and john undeniably powerful because for once are given reprieve from the moral bantering and the human consequences are revealed unfortunately when johns audience again increases more than one his urge pontificate returns and the human urgency his situation lost clear that miller meant well but wish did with more delicacy and fewer diversions his screenplay imperfect creature with the distractions coming out loud the message the result clumsy muddle felt like the chicken from the opening scene head ceaselessly banged with piousness too heavy-handed wholly believable when the gallows beckoned was sweet release indeed far from bewitching the crucible tests the patience TO WRITE neg,'one might expect cathartic viewing experience walking into jean-luc godard film after all was founding member the highly influential french wave also esteemed film critic lending intelligence and historical perspective much his writing however his latest creation praise love possibly the most exasperating film experience the year the abstract concept which the film based had merit dissect love into the following four categories meeting physical passion quarrels and reconciliation these four universal truths would revealed through three different couples young adult and elderly edgars bruno putzulu self-appointed task capture these moments after recent breakup define central idea its only when things are over that they make sense whether this project will end play film opera remains undecided the thesis simple enough that played right could really hold sympathetic value for anyone instead what ensues hour and half repetitive vignettes the ext scene more engaging than the last only once does any character utter something worthwhile but the time happens youre thoroughly bored you can easily miss but dont fret will surface again you could easily sleep through whole sections the film some fellow critics did and wake scene exactly like the one you odded off having missed anything worthwhile but you hold hope for some time the background music keeps you state urgency and even suspense for the first few conversations its only after repeated failures pay any this off that you lose all hope and with speeches like thinking something but can only think that something when thinking something else how can you expect hold anyones interest godards credit certainly knows how frame scene the black and white footage used for the first half the film starkly beautiful watching edgar read while walking along train track mountain makes you wish you had something ponder along with him and this film had anything poignant say you would have which makes you all the angrier the umerous missed opportunities the environments city country are impeccably captured crisp detail but the script ever complements them unfortunately godard also manages pillage his photographic eye randomly cutting black umerous times within any given scene sometimes these breaks are used for chapter headings but these are even more cryptic than the spoken words the second half composed auseating hyper-color that often blurs the image you suddenly feel like doomed character straight out scanners the only scene that makes any sense one that complains about the united states bastardizing history the making movies steven spielberg picked particular while ill grant that this does happen and tend shy away from watching such garbage its still pointless focus for film that purports articulate the specific qualities couplehood just goes show intelligent person isnt ecessarily admirable storyteller the days breathless are more TO WRITE neg,'america loves convenience after all were the culture that invented the cell phone the atm and most beloved the remote control yet perhaps this time with ghosts mars have taken our love convenience far ghosts mars stars atasha henstridge tough ails pill-poppin martian cop sent with her squadron retrieve demolition williams ice cube from remote mining town for trial back home when she and her comrades appropriately dubbed the commander the rookies and the guy with the cool accent discover the towns residents slaughtered they are forced team with williams escape from the remaining residents head-chopping alien-possessed clutches filled with lovely overuse storytelling flashbacks flashes-sideways and viewpoint changes ghosts mars hapless mishmash poorly constructed dialogue and ill-conceived action sequences the only thing keeping this film from becoming incomprehensible mess the sheer idiotic simplicity its story ripped straight from the pages zombie movie ghosts leaps from one convenient moment the ext stopping only kill the characters which are most convenient lose attempts character interaction and development are rare and forced most these moments come off kwik-e-mart wisdom dispensed heartily around the slushee machine life the even-tempered streetwise hand ice cube with gun one hand and dynamite cap the other cube reminisces about his street life comparing the zombie-stomping fun and brother when was kids apparently crime the bronx has gotten bad that the residents have actually taken ritually decapitating one another for entertainment but even the films darkest moments fate conveniently lends hand supplying heavily armored transportation and easily accessible rifles and dynamite yes the future man may travel space and conquer mars but othing beats good stick tnt and all know every police station past present future keeps healthy supply hand characters die heads are lopped off but they were only supporting roles anyway why should care long you have plenty arcotics immunity guaranteed eventually though even the most well-trained zombie alien gets bit uppity and eeds taught lesson what better way than sacrificing few minor characters convenient uclear detonation killing anything the machine guns cant handle explosions are fun and even the ukes dont get them the conveniently placed dynamite packs the train stolen from the set the road warrior certainly will the end this film defines itself when our cops tribunal pronounces that all you have tell for indeed john carpenter has run out things say and has instead decided use whatever convenient tell ridiculously bad story TO WRITE neg,'reindeer games easily the worst the three recent films penned ehren kruger scream and arlington are the others each derivative their own special way the guy cant seem write believable dialogue sample from reindeer games rule ever put car thief behind the wheel create multi-faceted characters even engineer coherent plots but sure knows how pile umerous onsensical twists and turns matter each one deems the actual story increasingly unlikely his screenplay for reindeer games turns the tables the audience many times that watching the film becomes something punishment with reward anywhere sight can just envision kruger laughing behind his keyboard you thought movie was gonna here you jack ass take that twist decipher this mother cker its almost the writer were angry for shelling out money see his stupid movie and why the hell would anyone want invest time movie when the screenwriter keeps changing his own rules for reason other than congratulate himself how damn clever auteur theory damned its krugers style the directors that winds screen kruger has obviously ever paid much mind the old chestnut sometimes less more and his umerous twists cant even claim originals arlington rds ending direct steal from the much better alan pakula thriller the parallax view and reindeer games get this gem character incriminates themself saying something they shouldnt know pronouns used protect the gender the character grammar damned how did you know that the stunned protagonist asks suddenly realizing that the character was the whole thing all along since twist endings are currently vogue and seeing how krugers screenplays usually come equipped with about three twists per ending guess its wonder why works frequently hes quickly becoming miramaxs mickey mouse the company has already signed him work several their upcoming projects this appropriate considering that miramax which used place their label some the most artistically daring films has quickly become grindhouse for coddling foreign imports life beautiful and freddie prinze vehicles their companys current logo could ride the trends reindeer games stars ben affleck rudy supposedly hardened criminal spending his days and ights behind bars with fantasies pecan pies dancing atop his head although affleck given some barbed wire tattoos insinuate bad assness plays the role like steve guttenberg preciously mugging through police academy flick affleck such puppy dog that its impossible believe could survive harsh prison environment without becoming early everyones bitch the role itself badly written the character only grows balls when the plot calls for the twists outrageous and the directing self consciously gritty that this about close self parody can recall recent serious movie getting may have been wiser had the film makers simply went all the way that direction casting jerry seinfeld the hardened criminal and howard stern the sniveling bad guy whos played here gary sinise yet another over the top villain performance james frain ick rudys cellmate manslaughterer whos found pen pal the gorgeous ashley mason charlize theron ashley prison groupie who sends ick many cheesecake photos her though shes ever seen one picture him which works out fine since the character killed ear-riot and rudy who was paroled the same day ick takes his place which leads sudden and very frenzied sex scene between ashley and rudy frenzied kinda looks like rape and surprise visit from ashleys brother gabriel gary sinise who waltzes into their shabby hotel room flanked his thuggish co-horts plans rob indian casino christmas eve with the assistance rudy who thinks ick who according what wrote the letters ashley used work guard the indian casino though the end the film pulls the rug out from under frequently that everything ive described might well irrelevant this what you can expect should you chose take this reindeer several scenes which after catching his prey the bad guy proceeds stall interminably until the good guy has chance kill his captor and crack stupid one-liner included two scenes two different bad guys explaining their motives the hero when they should killing him one following the other less though its action film the ending more talkfest where get the whole movie explained one flustered character actor after another while affleck looks incredulous the audience the flick was directed john frankenheimer straightforward action director who lucked into the manchurian candidate early his career fell off the a-list following string flops and his old age slowly climbing his way back would success story were choosing better scripts but his last major film was ronin one those almost but quite movies which followed the island morneau you remember the one with marlon brando mime make-up and flattering moo-moo and this films action sequences with minimum quick cutting which like considering that owadays action scenes are commonly comprised millisecond flash cuts strung together and laid out for brain-zapped mtv audience pick apart problem these action scenes early all failed escapes serve purpose the story other than further pad out the running time and remind the audience that their watching action movie rather than filmed radio play character problems abound rudy made shift between sweet boy ext door earnestness and hard edged wiseacre the latter which least this point something ben affleck capable pulling off the former can with ease and often the actor coasts his lackadaisical charm while those around him growl and swear but then suddenly affleck starts growling and swearing alongside them like the class clown imitating tarantino gangster charlize theron extraordinary talent like affleck playing whatever part the script requires her play whether vulnerability one moment anger the ext she ever has chance evince any charm make much impression beyond her obvious physical attributes frankenheimer has her eedlessly pop her top further italicize this gary sinise has played this role frequently and here snake eyes does the snarling bad guy thing with such over the top vitriol the guy must incredibly bored stomping through the same paces that going out control the only thing that keeps him interested any more that becomes more annoyance there goes again than threat these are talented people who made the mistake jumping script with little but stock characters and bag tricks that dully springs its audience TO WRITE neg,"'a follow-up disneys live-action dalmatians thats better more entertaining than the first just unlikely with dalmatians the disney studios have proven that when comes going the dogs more definitely the merrier dalmatians certainly wasnt the greatest movie-going experience all time but did feature glenn close outrageous larger-than-life performance addition had two amiable leads the form jeff daniels and joely richardson and lots and lots adorable spotted puppies this time around there seem fewer puppies the screen and closes facial and physical gyrations are starting feel old the actress under that startling black and white wig hers but thats only half the problem with kevin limas laborious film what makes dalmatians such collosal bore its embarrassing attempts humor here almost single-handedly foisted wisecracking macaw who thinks hes dog voiced eric idle its rabid plotlessness cruella goes after puppies again winds goo again and most all the incredibly wooden actors who plays the romantic heroes the piece welshman amed ioan gruffudd and the blander-than-bland alice evans parole officer amed chlo gruffudd cute and harmless perhaps but evans cant even aspire that the dogs upstage them both course but the case evans even closes split ends are more animated bad acting however seems requirement for this sequel since rard depardieu shows french furrier with haircut like robert iros men honor jean pierre pelt flamboyant fashion designer with penchant for fine furs and depardieus over-the-top antics mimic those the campy close flail for flail and wail for wail frances most popular export besides brie has long since turned into caricature himself and dalmatians the producers milk that realization for all its worth--le pelt likes refer the furry little critters poopies par example and auseum the finesses the script attributed four screenwriters less and far removed from anything dodie smith ever dreamed are quickly dispensed with since all takes for paroled cruella shaken from her years successful aversion therapy the slammer the tolling big ben that done its back the mansion roll around her heretofore off-limits sables and minks and plan skin those little dahlings for the sake hooded designer gown the dogs are pretty cute--try making puppy look otherwise--but thats pretty much all they are theres always the feeling that theres trainer off the wings coaxing the dogs open doors pick their food bowls unison pop tape into the videocasette recorder savvy holiday goers should skip dalmatians and pop the original animated classic into their vcrs instead its one dalmatian less but more satisfying TO WRITE neg,"'one-sided doom and gloom documentary about the possible annihilation the human race foretold the bible orson welles arrates and appears the film which along with best-selling author hal lindsey discusses various prophecies from the bible and relates them recent well for anyway events the film dated badly many things that are supposed happen the future ever for example the planets the solar system were supposed line the year and cause chaos here earth were still here the arms race between the soviets and america was supposed kick-off the apocalypse were still here some the more ludicrous moments come when its alluded that people like jimmy carter and henry kissinger may actually the antichrist also theres ten minutes stock footage the end the film meant give idea what the battle for armageddon might like its anything like its depicted here then its going incredibly boring the late great planet earth available dvd from vci home video contains the film standard form aspect ratio although some moments stock footage are letterboxed also included are brief bios orson welles and hal lindsey well trailer for another recent vci home video release chariots the gods audio mono dolby digital and the video fair good for film like this believe this the first appearance this film any home video format any condition all fine with certainly ever expected remastered print curiously the menu screens this dvd look othing like the menu screens pictured the back the case but theyre menu screens who really cares [pg] TO WRITE neg,'play the bone the ewest addition ron sheltons sports themed repertoire fails umerous ways like most sheltons other great films bull durham white men cant jump this dud unsuccessfully attempts use athleticism method connecting characters and creating interesting subplots sheltons films are considered sports films but they heavily revolve around specific game tell story shelton has been good the past using sports analyze the structure society that from his collection films are given examination different classes and races living various different regions play the bone unsuccessful because only the boxing theme dull but the side story the two guys and girl travelling across the country even worse the film has social message like its predecessors the relationship between the friends two failed boxers who must face off against each other the ring for thousand dollars very confusing for umber reasons the whole film since primarily buddy picture depends the strength the friendship the two characters have for each other unfortunately very weak bond for the reasons listed below ever see how cesar antonio banderas and vince woody harrelson meet the two are different from each other that scene how this odd friendship developed should have been mandatory vince and cesar argue every moment possible their trip las vegas there one convincing moment dedicated seeing the characters laugh together actually agree something the third character the trip grace lolita davidovich stands the way she early every scene with them making impossible understand the difficulty the two male characters are going have when they fight each other there are two many interfering irrelevant side stories vince convinced that sees jesus regular basis cesar yells the sky spanish when angry and grace tries sell her inventions hotel owner robert wagner these boring tales only hurt the central plot when comes time for the two men fight they dont even hesitate pound each other wasnt the whole point the road trip show that these two are friends who could ever hurt each other the time the road trip part the movie over with the film wants over shelton the other hand continues tell his story forty five painful minutes remain the boxing scene between cesar and vince starts out very powerful and interestingly different from other boxing movies however the fight goes for way too long and becomes very repetitive and predictable after awhile kind like the whole film TO WRITE neg,'some movies should just skip daughter and had really vile time favorite martian few weeks back and here comes another disney effects-filled live-action flick based old program true the probgram only years old this time and its cartoon but its cartoon liked and was understandably reluctant see what disney had done the big screen but daughter really wanted and how bad could turns out was right mostly inspector gadget oddly enough follows almost exactly the same format favorite martian down the jive-talking side-kick first thought was done the same people but imdb informs that was directed david kellogg and written dana olsen and kerry ehrin where mfm was directed donald petrie and written sherri stoner and deanna oliver this odd similarity between the two movies may best explained the studio that produced where formula isnt just business its way life the producers who obviously micromanaged the two projects should get prominant screen credits some parts you can just hear them saying more zany want more zany here and here lets have really painful sexual reference for reason right here make really painful want the audience squirming their seats thats fine but want you add bug guts what does this scene character depth but wheres the zaniness dont see zany here you cant make zany cut the latter the only explanation can come with for the absence the thoroughly charming michelle trachtenberg for most the movie michelle who plays penny gadgets iece shines every scene shes but unfortunately she only gets about ine minutes screen time guess that the rest the cutting room floor dabney colemans comedic talents are utterly wasted chief quimby kept expecting him say something really funny and somehow save the film but instead does the best can with some really poor lines few unexceptional scenes thoroughly upstaged cheri oteri the gidget bitch from hell town mayor oteris overly enthusiastic and continually self-congratulatory speech patterns and mannerisms were much like portland oregons own manic mayor vera katz that had wonder the studio wasnt poking fun our fair town maybe all career politicians are like that must say matthew broderick does stroll through inspector gadget did godzilla appears have some fun with the film especially the evil gadget rupert everett entertaining the maniacle claw joely fisher does fine the zany scientist and even better the zany carbon copy herself her performance one the few things worth watching the film hughley plays the shuckin-and-jivin vehicular side-kick role that firmly sets emancipation back years the dialog lets face its pretty bad the tag-line after major set-piece battle faux pas that makes sense context lot the lines especially hughleys appear made they along people with little gift for ad-lib about three-quarters the film somewhat unnecessary origin story for both gadget and claw gadget then spends the latter third the movie trying locate claw and having various altercations really battles with the evil gadget penny does about minute and half the detective work her character did every week the cartoon let rage here just for minute michelle trachtenberg was excellent choice for the penny character shes utterly charming and has excellent experience harriet the spy for the part the pint-size detective why she underutilized this film real mystery the film loses star for casting brilliance coupled with scripting editing stupidity inspector gadget missing the long long stretches potty humor that among other things made favorite martian unbearable but its very short movie perhaps something was cut the last moment probably the best scenes the film occur during the end credits the evil sidekick support group especially worth seeing and has amazing umber cameo appearances for the few seconds its onscreen all all another bad live action film from the premere studio for bad live action films wonder disney uses the revenues for its generally money-making cartoons produce these losers but true why theyre trying for another mary poppins they eed find team that can produce one and then give them chance TO WRITE neg,'hong kong cinema has been going through bad spell the last few productions have been effect laded action adventures that combine both the best and worst american filmmaking with the same qualities hong kong films utshell the current crop films from hong kong has been maddeningly convoluted and visually sumptuous with the one time british colony reverting back mainland ownership lot hong kongs best talents have crossed the pacific work productions such talents jackie chan rush hour chow yun-fat anna the king the corrupter and yuen woo-ping the matrix have all moved into the budget bloated world hollywood filmmaking with mixed results can add two other hong kong filmmakers the mix with star jet and director and fight choreographer corey yuen kwai unfortunately romeo must die bears all the trademarks typical hollywood action film and one hong kongs rhythms the film opens ightclub asian couple ecking enter group chinese gangsters led kai sing russell wong kai confronts sing jon kit lee the son kais boss and leader the local chinese family battle breaks out between the bodyguards the club and kai who handily kicks and punches his opponents down its until club owner silk rapper dmx bears down kai and his henchmen that the fight ends the following morning sing found dead suspicions escalate issac oday delroy lindo told the murder his concern that the war between his and the chinese family may explode and ruin his plans move out the business corruption and into legitimate venture issac implores his chief security mac issiah washington watch after his son and daughter the scene shifts prison china where han sing jet learns his brothers murder fights with the guards and dragged off disciplined hung upside down one foot han recovers and battle his way out custody blistering display fight choreography and stunt work escaping the han sets out find the person responsible for his brothers death romeo must die many ways fun film both absurd and assured the basic plot gangster wanting become legitimate echoes the godfather the relationship between jet lis han and aaliyahs trish oday reminds abel ferreras china girl except that romeo must dies couple ever once exchange more than loving glance towards one another their romance much more puritanical than any other romance film history the performances are adequate fully acceptable course has the showiest part having express both innocents and steadfast determination allayah her feature film debut manages carry what little asked her with certain style and grace its obvious that the camera loves her and she very photogenic but still the part under written such way that even poor performance would have affected delro lindo issac oday carries himself well the film unsung and under appreciated actor lindo turns out the films best performance the other performers are all adequate what the script asks them except for woodside issacs son colin the performance undirected with the character changing his tone and demeanor accordance with whatever location unfocused performance that should have been reigned and better written first time director andrzej bartkowiak does workmanlike job handling the film having career one the industrys best cinematographers bartkiwiak knows how set his shots and romeo must die does look good but the pacing the film lethargic only coming semblance life during the fight scenes the script eric bernt and john jarrell focused such way that can care about the characters the situations they are the big gambit buying waterfront property facilitate the building sports center for team eedlessly confusing and course the common practice one character being the comic relief the film becomes painfully obvious here anthony anderson allayahs bodyguard maurice has comic timing whatsoever the best things about the film are its fight scenes jet master these intricate physical battles one eeds only see his film fist legend understand that the man without peer the realm martial art combat here jet given the opportunity show off way that lethal weapon jets debut didnt allow unfortunately lot jets fights are aided with computer effects that detract from his ability and precision also romeo must die must oted having the most singularly useless effect ever committed film and that x-ray effect that appears three times during the course the film showing the effect bone crushing blows opponent obviously homage the famed x-ray scene from sonny chibas streetfighter the scenes here are just pointless and interfere with the pacing the film its the film has stopped and video game has been inserted one problem though about the fight scenes those that are familiar with hong kong action know that even though the films are fantasies and are removed from reality any anime cartoon they have internal rhythm them heartbeat speak their choreography the fight scenes hong kong film breath with emotional resonance this created the performance the direction and the editing here romeo must die there staccato every fight scene even though technically adroit and amazing becomes boring the editing both cuts away from battle hand and simple follows set pattern the rhythm monotonous hong kong film has tempo that changes heightening its emotional impact 'rmd limited standard tempo allowing for any emotional content whatsoever fine example this difference can found examining couple jackie chans films watch the restaurant fight from the film rush hour and otice that the context the fight while technically amazing rather flat the framing and cut always help look the warehouse fight from rumble the bronx there you have heartbeat and emotional draw that doesnt let the audience catch its breath the stops and pauses for dramatic effect work perfectly causing the viewer both astounded and flabbergasted here 'romeo must die the fight scenes have more emotional content character than any john wayne barroom brawl jet grand and personable screen presence its shame that his full talents were used full effect here one day filmmakers here the will stop making films the umbers and start embrace the style and emotion that has made hong kong action pictures such commodity until then well left with emotionally hollow product like the replacement killer and currently romeo must die TO WRITE neg,wish could have been the pitch meeting for this ridiculous otion sports film bet was some hotshot warner brothers agent with dark armani suit and manicured fingernails saying would very light comedic version any given sunday and could throw the hoosiers angle with the casting gene hackman the tough but determined coach throw that hunk guy keanu reeves and cast wacky characters and poof well have hit our hands the replacements hokey mistake football film mishmash collage one-dimensional characters rampant stereotypes cultures and races cliched emotional statements purpose and keanu reeves wishing for the matrix sequel start principal photography the story loosely based around the pro football players strike and rag-tag team replacement football players taking the reins professional play for variety teams with ames like the washington sentinels keanu reeves stars shane falco has-been football college player looking for redemption gene hackman dons fedora like tom landry and speaks with gusto like certain coach hoosiers rounding out the cast includes swingers jon favreau pitchman orlando jones gruff owner jack warden and cast wacky and unknown actors who amazing jobs portraying perfectly stereotyped characters the drunken welshman the overweight sumo wrestler the black convict the violent cop and the dumb dumb cheerleaders this bunch obodies try make something themselves taking the team the season playoffs with unbelievable football plays gene hackman yelling and asking himself where the hell dennis hopper keanu reeves looking for his body double making him look good the football field and cheerleaders hired from the local strip club making the girls from coyote ugly look like waitresses from dennys the usual things happen like clockwork the hero rises from the ashes failure the team comes together unity the hero falls love with conventional love interest the football games are won with enough schlock value make the most ignorant audiences cheer and clap and the cheerleaders make you want home and watch late ight movies cinemax its also shame when decent directors with good movies under their belts seed and become television and sequel hacks howard deutch who was behind the camera for two the best films pretty pink and some kind wonderful has since been doing grumpier old men and caroline the city episodes obviously the problem that without good script any director will fail the end sports films are strong vehicles for cinematic glory gritty tales involving the honor men and the valiant efforts taken for the ultimate goal victory the face insurmountable odds the rise and fall gallant heroes and stories dramatic gusto painted with blood and sweat the battlefield life the replacements offers one this TO WRITE neg,'if youre into watching ear two hours bored foul-mouthed florida teens having sex doing drugs having sex listening eminem having sex playing video games having sex and killing one their peers then bully for you based jim schutzes ovelization true-life event bully charts the story handful disenchanted teenagers who murdered their high school bully cold calculated blood the film could have provided fascinating insights into what turned these aimless kids into premeditated killers the hands controversial director larry clark kids however has less say about its subject matter and more say about the filmmakers pornographic proclivities terms the incident and what provoked bully stirs othing the high schoolers are presented uniformly screwed lot--bored with life much ambition promiscuous profane the bully question bobby kent ick stahl certainly unpleasant piece work but doesnt exactly tower over his colleagues the pathological department hounds and harries and humiliates his best friend marty played brad renfro and martys girlfriend lisa rachel miner doesnt care for all and comes with the idea killing bobby simply remove him from the equation marty and lisa and handful their promiscuous profane and stoner friends plus recruited hit man lure bobby swamp one ight stab him beat him over the head with baseball bat and dump him into the canal where the sand crabs and the gators presumably finish him off theres remorse--the ext day theyre talking about openly homework assignment they did because they wanted and because they could whats most troubling about the film however isnt the unsettling subject matter and the matter-of-fact way these young people about eliminating one their own but the way which clark constantly distracted his own material only the udity plentiful and graphic bully but theres also uneasy exploitative feel gratuitous crotch shots abound one which makes the zipper cut-away theres something about mary look like the height subtlety clark pre-occupied with his female predominantly leads that you forget times what this movie supposed about the stripping bare literally and figuratively these actors who are after all playing underage teenagers becomes harder watch over time you begin feel for them and question the motives the man behind the camera the conclusion bully offers literal snapshots information about the sentences imposed each the protagonists for their involvement the crime its short sequence stills--heather years ali years lisa life imprisonment for example--but its infinitely more telling than the minutes rampant unpleasantness that precedes bully aims for truth exploits shamelessly then bludgeons death TO WRITE neg,'sean connery stars harvard law professor who heads back into the courtroom way the everglades defend young educated black man blair underwood the guy death row for the murder white girl and says that his confession was coerced from the regions tough black cop lawrence fishburne watching connery and fishburne bump heads for two hours amusing enough but the plots joke theres logic work here tone also issue--there one director arne glimcher ever establishes exactly what his film trying say statement human rights knock-off silence the lambs glimcher ever tells instead forces his characters jump through hoop after hoop over drawbridge after drawbridge hoping that the audience wont otice whats missing just awful the madness king george min rated ========================== still wondering who igel hawthorne then check out his oscar- ominated work the madness king george still playing both raleigh and chapel hill stage director icholas hytner remarkable screen debut has adapted alan bennetts tragic comedy fine effect sumptuous-looking and only mildly stuffy the film charts the madness that plagued king george iii hawthorne almost years into his reign man importance min rated ====================== suri krishnammas man importance albert finney disappears deeply into the role lovable dublin bus conductor that its shame when the film gets serious around him his character conductor with passion for oscar wilde reads his riders and once year with their help tries stage one the authors plays this year its salome for about hour theres sweet magic behind finney and his troupe working-class stiffs conflict arises but its small stuff--an administrator from the bus company here outraged catholic pork butcher michael gambon there but with finney the wheel speak the film rolls smoothly over these plot points--just like the gorgeous leland double-decker bus the story where things get serious toward the end the film when the plot takes turn that the bus ever would and the story heads down very dark alley that marks the end enjoyable ride the twist makes sense--and helps paint complete picture finneys character--but the trip get there betrays the light airy atmosphere what had come before its fatal misstep mind you and doesnt send the story soaring into the realms incredulity its just turn off strangelove min rated =============== mein fuhrer the most fun that had last month was durham the carolina mid-week screening stanley kubricks pitch-black comedy strangelove how learned stop worrying and love the bomb the film stars peter sellers three roles george scott sterling hayden and slim pickens their antics brought the house down which surprise was packed audience younger than the film TO WRITE neg,'among multitude erotic thrillers that had been released the early woman desire interesting only because was directed robert ginty star the b-grade action films the previous decade those who tend ostalgic about can find very good reason the type movies that made ginty the star director ginty did very little improve that impression the protagonist the movie jack played jeff fahey yacht skipper that falls madly love with christina ford played derek however she has relationship with rich and powerful jonathan ashby steven bauer one stormy ight the tragedy occurs and jack accused rape and murder however his good friend walter hill robert mitchum happens very good lawyer jack might even prove his innocence the end belonging more the genre courtroom drama than erotic thriller woman desire distinguishes itself from similar films having almost all characters behaving like total idiots unfortunately this film isnt comedy and any laugh unintentional the characters are totally antipathetic and irritating and soon stop caring what would happen them the actors that play them dont help either that especially the case with jeff fahey whose jack stupid that even the character played fahey lawnmower man looks like genius comparison his partner derek the other hand shows that she didnt age enough cease being the sex goddess but that small compensation for her apparent lack acting talents ginty the other hand tries bring some life the movie using many flashbacks and strange angles shooting but the end gets only irritating the already bored and dissatisfied viewer TO WRITE neg,lake placid marks yet another entry the series predator pics that were screen staple the late post- jaws and were revived recently the godawful anaconda placid claims horror/comedy -its directed the same guy who did house -but its attempts humor are actually less funny than deadpan seriousness anaconda paleontologist kelly scott bridget fonda sent maine examine tooth removed from body that had been bitten half the lake discovering that the tooth belongs crocodile which shouldnt even this hemisphere kelly goes croc-hunting with game warden jack wells bill pullman and sheriff hank keough brendan gleeson theyre joined unwelcome guest hector cyr oliver platt scholar who worships crocs and searches all over the world for them along the way the merry band meets mrs delores bickerman betty white weird old lady who lives out the lake you know what expect from this movie lots shots where the camera the eyes the predator croc cam swimming toward someones dangling legs while jaws -like music plays one character hector whos obsessed with the croc and stupidly endangers the rest another character who insists that the predator cant possibly exist unlike its slippery cousin anaconda lake placid wants present its formulaic plot tongue-in-cheek which self-defeating the result either scary funny its just tedious while director steve miner has several horror films his resume including two installments friday the and halloween screenwriter david kelley best known the creator series like ally mcbeal and chicago hope doesnt seem have the stomach for chomp 'em flick the body count surprisingly low and doesnt include any the major characters and most annoyingly kelly and hector insist that they capture the crocodile alive rather than killing lake placid manages have both ways-ill let you discover how for yourself the croc itself mostly computer-generated course like the snake anaconda the thirty-foot monster crocodile doesnt seem real moves too quickly and ways that seem unnatural lake placid also offers little explanation for why giant crocodile maine there lot semi-mystical mumbo jumbo about how really dont know much about crocodiles they would have been better off going with something like the urban myth about alligators the sewers movie like this doesnt have offer much explanation radioactive mutant creature from outer space but does have give the audience something hang their disbelief pullman and fonda seem plodding through the movie auto-pilot most the time theyre probably thinking about killing their agents wondering making this movie marks the end their careers platt and white the other hand seem giving their best efforts and they manage squeeze few chuckles out this sorry script TO WRITE neg,'capsule where are you tonight leni rienfenstal starship troopers expensive hateful and unenjoyable piece violent pornography and bad pornography that good cinema good storytelling and even stupid fun its cynically calculatedly bone-headed that even the least demanding members the audience was with were alternately bored and revulsed its one the worst movies ive seen long time why calling this movie pornography pornography the abstract anything which calculated appeal the baser instincts remember reading review full metal jacket which described the climact moment the end the movie where private joker has shoot the downed sniper ear-pornographic eternity didnt agree with that assessment but could see what was being implied the reviewer felt the audience was being incited stand and pump their fists and shout 'er man 'er that sentiment echoed auseam throughout starship troopers its literally like giant recruitment film that has gone berserk tries frantically enlist our emotions but winds only being dull sickening the film takes place our future when earth has come under attack some alien species that doesnt appear have intelligence counterattack humankind does the single stupidest thing imaginable instead uke the planet from orbit which theyre clearly capable they send down grunts with rifles this isnt heinlein its bad wwii movie one where all the most obvious points satire are ever poked and prodded combat scenes that are oisy repetitive and ultimately tiresome one scene has journalist battlefield filimg soldiers being slaughtered and ends with groaning predictability said cameraman gets skewered too the soldiers and their commanders are consistently idiotic they possess germ tactical intelligence even common sense they dont even behave like soldiers bad movie and therefore dont care about them hated the tom berenger character platoon but mattered and therefore were curious learn about his fate here dont even hate the bugs whats there hate hating them would like cursing hurricaine theres anything really hateful there the movie doesnt know how give the screenwriter eumeier perhaps better appelation would screen typist and director the increasingly talent-impaired paul verhoeven have found any way make the characters the story serve each other one the subplots concerns woman pilot whos great getting out tight situations and does again and again and again once twice fine the fifth sixth time its worn out its welcome theres ever any sense that these people are really thinking their way out anything really being tested show their mettle also the movie irritatingly selective with how effective the bugs are earthling weaponry bug has one the humans screaming its grasp then five guys can stand around and blast away full auto without doing damned thing but one human gets cornered lays waste whole platoons bugs with one clip uh-huh the very worst feature the movie its repulsive quasi-fascist flavor say quasi- because while the movie uses many the trappings fascism eroticize its action the gear the uniforms etc the movie doesnt have the erve the brains genuinely fascist intelligent about the subject the bumpers between scenes which are apparently intended parody wartime recruitment propaganda are propaganda just clumsy and oafish that they wind making the bugs look relatively innocuous comparison like the rest the movie theres more suppose but its worth the acting bland either arsenic gravy the music disposable the camerawork turgid the heartbreaking thing that makes independence day look like masterpiece TO WRITE neg,'the classic story the production which ruined marking the centennial anniversary the wells classic line cinema armed with stellar cast and expert make-up effects man stan winston alien predator terminator etc churns out yet another hollywood film based the classic ovel course the production doubt much more superior compared the earlier movies one which was made back the and the other the under the title the island lost souls sounds like much better title the story begins with edward douglas thewlis representative sent oversee peace treaty somewhere the south pacific who saved from the brink death montgomery kilmer after his plane crashes into the sea douglas soon learns that montgomery working for moreau who incidently owns the island and also reputable geneticist who has been awarded the obel prize his hosts reluctance allow him freely move around the island becomes clear when stumbled into moreaus lab when monstrous birth was progress even worse the other workers the lab are exactly ormal people douglas stumbles across yet another shocking discovery when led the beast-people community which considers moreau their maker using shock-therapy and the law moreau has long been able keep his beast-people civilised some extent but there are few animal-men who are just too savage controlled the island moreau questions the ability men playing god moreau man obsessed with creating race beings which free from hate and violence but the savage within every beast something one can suppress for long moreau has doubt very interesting premise within its grasp even the production has failed make the most out there are too many characters put your attention and the worst thing the characters are prioritized when the audience led believe that particular character important before they know she perishes rather ungloriously times too perhaps there some redemption the development the beast people especially aissa balk the most human moreaus creations the two very important characters montgomery and moreau himself receive development all and this area that the script fails miserably more screen time could have been used for character interaction and development really would have liked better say they delved more into moreaus obsession montgomerys purpose the story and justification why the beast-people had rebel maybe the ature the screenplay which incidently does incorporate much action sequences the film forced the filmmakers cut long story short and make more action film than anything else its still summer and movies have marketable the special effects too are really othing for anyone shout about most would say the beast-men looked just bit more realistic than those apes planet the apes this wells classic really has potential good film unfortunately after adaptations they still could decide how and what focus their attention really bring out that important message which makes the entire essence the story third outing the island moreau accomplishes little and othing more than inferior version `the planet the apes the flying inkpot rating system wait for the broadcast little creaky but still better than staying home with gotcha pretty good bring friend amazing potent stuff perfection see twice TO WRITE neg,'lengthy and lousy are two words describe the boring drama the english patient great acting music and cinematography were ice but too many dull sub-plots and characters made the film hard follow ralph fiennes strange days schindlers list gives gripping performance count laszlo almasy victim amnesia and horrible burns after world war italy the story revolves around his past flashback form making even more confusing anyway taken hana juliette binoche the horseman the roof boring war-torn urse she was ever really made into anything until she met indian towards the end developing yet another sub-plot count almasy begins remember what happened him explained stranger willem dafoe basquiat his love kirstin scott thomas mission impossible was severely injured plane crash and eventually died cave returned find her dead and was heart-broken flew her dead body somewhere but was shot down from the ground dont get the wrong idea may sound good and the trailer may tempting but good the last thing this film maybe were hour less may have been tolerable but hours and minutes talking too much handle the only redeeming qualities about this film are the fine acting fiennes and dafoe and the beautiful desert cinematography other than these the english patient full worthless scenes boredom and wastes entirely too much film
new_list
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# CHARACTER STRIPPING SIDEQUEST
testword = '"neg,'
# FOR LOOP
for char in testword:
if char.isalpha():
print(char)
# LIST COMPREHENSIONS
word = ''.join(char for char in testword if char.isalpha())
n e g
word
'neg'
data = pd.read_csv('clean_movies_v2.txt', engine='python-fwf', sep=",")
data
| textreviewclass | |
|---|---|
| 0 | neg,'plot two teen couples church party drink ... |
| 1 | neg,'the happy bastards quick movie review dam... |
| 2 | neg,'it movies like these that make jaded movi... |
| 3 | neg,quest for camelot warner bros first featur... |
| 4 | neg,'synopsis mentally unstable man undergoing... |
| 5 | neg,'capsule the planet mars police taking int... |
| 6 | neg,"'so ask yourself what eight millimeter re... |
| 7 | neg,'thats exactly how long the movie felt the... |
| 8 | neg,'call road trip for the walking wounded st... |
| 9 | neg,'plot young french boy sees his parents ki... |
| 10 | neg,'best remembered for his understated perfo... |
| 11 | neg,'janeane garofalo romantic comedy was good... |
| 12 | neg,'and the high-flying hong kong style filmm... |
| 13 | neg,movie like mortal kombat annihilation work... |
| 14 | neg,"'she was the femme femme ikita was the ba... |
| 15 | neg,"'john carpenter makes b-movies always has... |
| 16 | neg,'im really starting wonder about alicia si... |
| 17 | neg,'so what you get when you mix together plo... |
| 18 | neg,'the law crowd pleasing romantic movies st... |
| 19 | neg,'mighty joe young blunders about for early... |
| 20 | neg,spawn features good guys bad guys lots fig... |
| 21 | neg,dreams might keep you awake ight but becau... |
| 22 | neg,knock off exactly that cheap knock off act... |
| 23 | neg,snake eyes the most aggravating kind movie... |
| 24 | neg,'forgive the fevered criticism but the fer... |
| 25 | neg,'one might expect cathartic viewing experi... |
| 26 | neg,'america loves convenience after all were ... |
| 27 | neg,'reindeer games easily the worst the three... |
| 28 | neg,"'a follow-up disneys live-action dalmatia... |
| 29 | neg,"'one-sided doom and gloom documentary abo... |
| 30 | neg,'play the bone the ewest addition ron shel... |
| 31 | neg,'some movies should just skip daughter and... |
| 32 | neg,'hong kong cinema has been going through b... |
| 33 | neg,wish could have been the pitch meeting for... |
| 34 | neg,'if youre into watching ear two hours bore... |
| 35 | neg,'sean connery stars harvard law professor ... |
| 36 | neg,'among multitude erotic thrillers that had... |
| 37 | neg,lake placid marks yet another entry the se... |
| 38 | neg,'capsule where are you tonight leni rienfe... |
| 39 | neg,'the classic story the production which ru... |
| 40 | neg,'lengthy and lousy are two words describe ... |
data['label'] = data.apply(lambda x: x['textreviewclass'].split(',')[0], axis=1)
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| 0 | neg | 'plot two teen couples church party drink and ... |
| 1 | neg | 'the happy bastards quick movie review damn th... |
| 2 | neg | 'it movies like these that make jaded movie vi... |
| 3 | neg | quest for camelot warner bros first feature-le... |
| 4 | neg | 'synopsis mentally unstable man undergoing psy... |
| 5 | neg | 'capsule the planet mars police taking into cu... |
| 6 | neg | "'so ask yourself what eight millimeter really... |
| 7 | neg | 'thats exactly how long the movie felt there w... |
| 8 | neg | 'call road trip for the walking wounded stella... |
| 9 | neg | 'plot young french boy sees his parents killed... |
| 10 | neg | 'best remembered for his understated performan... |
| 11 | neg | 'janeane garofalo romantic comedy was good ide... |
| 12 | neg | 'and the high-flying hong kong style filmmakin... |
| 13 | neg | movie like mortal kombat annihilation works an... |
| 14 | neg | "'she was the femme femme ikita was the baldwi... |
| 15 | neg | "'john carpenter makes b-movies always has hal... |
| 16 | neg | 'im really starting wonder about alicia silver... |
| 17 | neg | 'so what you get when you mix together plot el... |
| 18 | neg | 'the law crowd pleasing romantic movies states... |
| 19 | neg | 'mighty joe young blunders about for early twe... |
| 20 | neg | spawn features good guys bad guys lots fightin... |
| 21 | neg | dreams might keep you awake ight but because i... |
| 22 | neg | knock off exactly that cheap knock off action ... |
| 23 | neg | snake eyes the most aggravating kind movie the... |
| 24 | neg | 'forgive the fevered criticism but the fervor ... |
| 25 | neg | 'one might expect cathartic viewing experience... |
| 26 | neg | 'america loves convenience after all were the ... |
| 27 | neg | 'reindeer games easily the worst the three rec... |
| 28 | neg | "'a follow-up disneys live-action dalmatians t... |
| 29 | neg | "'one-sided doom and gloom documentary about t... |
| 30 | neg | 'play the bone the ewest addition ron sheltons... |
| 31 | neg | 'some movies should just skip daughter and had... |
| 32 | neg | 'hong kong cinema has been going through bad s... |
| 33 | neg | wish could have been the pitch meeting for thi... |
| 34 | neg | 'if youre into watching ear two hours bored fo... |
| 35 | neg | 'sean connery stars harvard law professor who ... |
| 36 | neg | 'among multitude erotic thrillers that had bee... |
| 37 | neg | lake placid marks yet another entry the series... |
| 38 | neg | 'capsule where are you tonight leni rienfensta... |
| 39 | neg | 'the classic story the production which ruined... |
| 40 | neg | 'lengthy and lousy are two words describe the ... |
# GATES WAY
data_nolabel = data.drop('label', axis=1)
data_label = data['label']
all_reviews=[]
for i in range(0,len(data_nolabel)):
review = data_nolabel.iloc[i,0]
all_reviews.append(review)
# print(all_reviews[1:4])
# KENDRA'S WAY
test = data['review'].tolist()
test[1:4]
["'the happy bastards quick movie review damn that bug its got head start this movie starring jamie lee curtis and another baldwin brother william this time story regarding crew tugboat that comes across deserted russian tech ship that has strangeness when they kick the power back little they know the power within going for the gore and bringing few action sequences here and there virus still feels very empty like movie going for all flash and substance dont know why the crew was really out the middle owhere dont know the origin what took over the ship just that big pink flashy thing hit the mir and course dont know why donald sutherland stumbling around drunkenly throughout here its just hey lets chase these people around with some robots the acting below average even from the likes curtis youre more likely get kick out her work halloween sutherland wasted and baldwin well hes acting like baldwin course the real star here are stan winstons robot design some schna y cgi and the occasional good gore shot like picking into someones brain robots and body parts really turn you heres your movie otherwise its pretty much sunken ship movie", "'it movies like these that make jaded movie viewer thankful for the invention the timex indiglo watch based the late television show the same ame the mod squad tells the tale three reformed criminals under the employ the police undercover however things wrong evidence gets stolen and they are immediately under suspicion course the ads make seem like much more quick cuts cool music claire danes ice hair and cute outfits car chases stuff blowing and the like sounds like cool movie does after the first fifteen minutes quickly becomes apparent that the mod squad certainly slick looking production complete with ice hair and costumes but that simply isnt enough the film best described cross between hour-long cop show and music video both stretched out into the span hour and half and with comes every single clich doesnt really matter that the film based television show most the plot elements have been recycled from everything weve already seen the characters and acting othing spectacular sometimes even bordering wooden claire danes and omar epps deliver their lines they are bored which really transfers onto the audience the only one escape relatively unscathed giovanni ribisi who plays the resident crazy man ultimately being the only thing worth watching unfortunately even hes enough save this convoluted mess all the characters dont much apart from occupying screen time with the young cast cool clothes ice hair and hip soundtrack appears that the film geared towards the teenage mindset despite american rating which the content does justify the film way too juvenile for the older mindset information the characters literally spoon-fed the audience would that hard show instead telling dialogue poorly written and the plot extremely predictable the way the film progresses you likely wont even care the heroes are any jeopardy because youll know they arent basing the show television show that obody remembers questionable wisdom especially when one considers the target audience and the fact that the umber memorable films based television shows can counted one hand even one thats missing finger two the umber times that checked watch six clear indication that this film one them clear that the film othing more than attempt cash the teenage spending dollar judging from the rash really awful teen-flicks that weve been seeing late avoid this film all costs", 'quest for camelot warner bros first feature-length fully-animated attempt steal clout from disneys cartoon empire but the mouse has reason worried the only other recent challenger their throne was last falls promising flawed century fox production anastasia but disneys hercules with its lively cast and colorful palate had her beat hands-down when came time crown best piece animation this year its contest quest for camelot pretty much dead arrival even the magic kingdom its most mediocre thatd pocahontas for those you keeping score isnt early dull this the story revolves around the adventures free-spirited kayley voiced jessalyn gilsig the early-teen daughter belated knight from king arthurs round table kayleys only dream follow her fathers footsteps and she gets her chance when evil warlord ruber gary oldman ex-round table member-gone-bad steals arthurs magical sword excalibur and accidentally loses dangerous booby-trapped forest with the help hunky blind timberland-dweller garrett carey elwes and two-headed dragon eric idle and don rickles thats always arguing with itself kayley just might able break the medieval sexist mold and prove her worth fighter arthurs side quest for camelot missing pure showmanship essential element its ever expected climb the high ranks disney theres othing here that differentiates quest from something youd see any given saturday morning cartoon subpar animation instantly forgettable songs poorly-integrated computerized footage compare kayley and garretts run-in with the angry ogre hercs battle with the hydra rest case even the characters stink one them are remotely interesting much that the film becomes race see which one can out-bland the others the end its tie they all win that dragons comedy shtick awfully cloying but least shows signs pulse least fans the tgif television line-up will thrilled find jaleel urkel white and bronson balki pinchot sharing the same footage few scenes are icely realized though loss recall enough specific and the actors providing the voice talent are enthusiastic though most are paired with singers who dont sound thing like them for their big musical moments jane seymour and celine dion but one must strain through too much this mess find the good aside from the fact that children will probably bored watching this adults quest for camelot most grievous error its complete lack personality and personality learn from this mess goes very long way']
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### Put the labels back
## Make copy
new_labels = data_label.to_frame() #index to 0
new_labels.index = new_labels.index-1
labeled_clean_df = vectorized_text
labeled_clean_df["label"] = new_labels
print(labeled_clean_df['label'])
0 neg 1 neg 2 neg 3 neg 4 neg 5 neg 6 neg 7 neg 8 neg 9 neg 10 neg 11 neg 12 neg 13 neg 14 neg 15 neg 16 neg 17 neg 18 neg 19 neg 20 neg 21 neg 22 neg 23 neg 24 neg 25 neg 26 neg 27 neg 28 neg 29 neg 30 neg 31 neg 32 neg 33 neg 34 neg 35 neg 36 neg 37 neg 38 neg 39 neg 40 NaN Name: label, dtype: object