cv037_19798.txt

"_"
lake_NN
placid_JJ
"_"
marks_NNS
yet_RB
another_DT
entry_NN
in_IN
the_DT
series_NN
of_IN
"_"
predator_NN
pics_???
"_"
that_CS
were_BED
a_DT
screen_NN
staple_NN
in_IN
the_DT
late_JJ
1970s_CD
(_(
post-_???
"_"
jaws_NNS
"_"
)_)
and_CC
were_BED
revived_VBN
recently_RB
by_IN
the_DT
godawful_JJ
"_"
anaconda_NN
._.
"_"
"_"
placid_JJ
"_"
claims_NNS
to_IN
be_BE
a_DT
"_"
horror_NN
/_SYM
comedy_NN
"_"
-it_???
's_POS
directed_JJ
by_IN
the_DT
same_DT
guy_NN
who_WP
did_DOD
"_"
house_NN
"_"
-but_???
its_PP$
attempts_NNS
at_IN
humor_NN
are_BER
actually_RB
less_RBR
funny_JJ
than_CS
deadpan_NN
seriousness_NN
of_IN
"_"
anaconda_NN
._.
"_"
paleontologist_NN
kelly_NP
scott_NP
(_(
bridget_NP
fonda_NN
)_)
is_BEZ
sent_VBN
up_RP
to_IN
maine_NP
to_IN
examine_VB
a_NP
tooth_NN
removed_VBN
from_IN
a_DT
body_NN
that_CS
had_HVD
been_BEN
bitten_VBN
in_IN
half_NN
on_IN
the_DT
lake_NN
._.
discovering_VBG
that_DT
the_DT
tooth_NN
belongs_VBZ
to_IN
a_DT
crocodile_NN
(_(
which_WDT
shouldn't_???
even_JJ
be_BE
in_CD
this_RB
hemisphere_NN
)_)
,_,
kelly_NP
goes_VBZ
croc-hunting_VBG
with_IN
game_NN
warden_NN
jack_NP
wells_NP
(_(
bill_NN
pullman_NN
)_)
and_CC
sheriff_NN
hank_NP
keough_IN
(_(
brendan_NP
gleeson_NN
)_)
._.
they're_???
joined_VBD
by_IN
an_DT
unwelcome_JJ
guest_NN
,_,
hector_NP
cyr_???
(_(
oliver_NP
platt_NP
)_)
,_,
a_DT
scholar_NN
who_WP
worships_VBZ
crocs_???
and_CC
searches_NNS
all_PDT
over_IN
the_DT
world_NN
for_IN
them_PP
._.
along_IN
the_DT
way_NN
,_,
the_DT
merry_JJ
band_NN
meets_VBZ
mrs_NN
._.
delores_NNS
bickerman_NN
(_(
betty_NP
white_JJ
)_)
,_,
a_DT
weird_JJ
old_JJ
lady_NN
who_WP
lives_VBZ
out_RP
on_IN
the_DT
lake_NN
._.
you_PP
know_VB
what_WDT
to_TO
expect_VB
from_IN
this_DT
movie_NN
:_:
lots_PN
of_IN
shots_NNS
where_CS
the_DT
camera_NN
is_BEZ
the_DT
eyes_NNS
of_IN
the_DT
predator_NN
(_(
croc_???
cam_???
)_(
swimming_NN
toward_IN
someone_PN
's_POS
dangling_VBG
legs_NNS
while_CS
"_"
jaws_NNS
"_"
-like_IN
music_NN
plays_VBZ
,_,
one_CD
character_NN
(_(
hector_NP
)_)
who_WP
's_BEZ
obsessed_JJ
with_IN
the_DT
croc_???
and_CC
stupidly_JJ
endangers_NNS
the_DT
rest_NN
,_,
another_DT
character_NN
who_WP
insists_VBZ
that_DT
the_DT
predator_NN
can't_MD
possibly_RB
exist_VB
._.
unlike_IN
its_PP$
slippery_JJ
cousin_NN
"_"
anaconda_NN
,_,
"_"
"_"
lake_NN
placid_JJ
"_"
wants_VBZ
to_IN
present_JJ
its_PP$
formulaic_JJ
plot_NN
tongue-in-cheek_NN
,_,
which_WDT
is_BEZ
self-defeating_VBG
._.
the_DT
result_NN
is_BEZ
neither_RB
scary_JJ
nor_CC
funny_JJ
;_;
it_PP
's_BEZ
just_RB
tedious_JJ
._.
while_CS
director_NN
steve_NP
miner_NN
has_HVZ
several_DT
horror_NN
films_NNS
on_IN
his_PP$
resume_VB
(_(
including_IN
two_CD
installments_NNS
of_IN
"_"
friday_NP
the_DT
13th_CD
"_"
and_CC
"_"
halloween_IN
h20_???
"_"
)_(
,_,
screenwriter_DT
david_NP
kelley_NP
(_(
best_JJS
known_JJ
as_CS
the_DT
creator_NN
of_IN
tv_NN
series_NN
like_IN
"_"
ally_NN
mcbeal_NN
"_"
and_CC
"_"
chicago_NP
hope_NN
"_"
)_)
doesn't_DOZ
seem_VB
to_TO
have_HV
the_DT
stomach_NN
for_IN
a_DT
chomp_???
'em_???
up_IN
flick_NN
._.
the_DT
body_NN
count_NN
is_BEZ
surprisingly_RB
low_JJ
and_CC
doesn't_DOZ
include_VB
any_DT
of_IN
the_DT
major_JJ
characters_NNS
,_,
and_CC
most_DT
annoyingly_RB
kelly_NP
and_CC
hector_NP
insist_VB
that_CS
they_PP
capture_VB
the_DT
crocodile_NN
alive_JJ
rather_RB
than_CS
killing_NN
it_PP
._.
(_(
"_"
lake_NN
placid_JJ
"_"
manages_VBZ
to_IN
have_HV
it_NN
both_RB
ways-i'll_???
let_VB
you_PP
discover_VB
how_WRB
for_IN
yourself_PPX
)_(
._.
the_DT
croc_???
itself_PPX
is_BEZ
mostly_RB
computer-generated_JJ
,_,
of_IN
course_NN
._.
like_IN
the_DT
snake_NN
in_IN
"_"
anaconda_NN
,_,
"_"
the_DT
thirty-foot_NN
monster_NN
crocodile_NN
doesn't_DOZ
seem_VB
real_JJ
;_;
it_PP
moves_VBZ
too_RB
quickly_RB
and_CC
in_IN
ways_NNS
that_CS
seem_VB
unnatural_JJ
._.
"_"
lake_NN
placid_JJ
"_"
also_RB
offers_VBZ
little_JJ
explanation_NN
for_IN
why_WRB
a_DT
giant_NN
crocodile_NN
is_BEZ
in_IN
maine_NP
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
a_DT
lot_NN
of_IN
semi-mystical_JJ
mumbo_NP
jumbo_NP
about_IN
how_WRB
"_"
we_PP
really_RB
don't_DO
know_VB
much_DT
about_IN
crocodiles_NNS
._.
"_"
they_PP
would_MD
have_HV
been_BEN
better_JJR
off_IN
going_VBG
with_IN
something_PN
like_IN
the_DT
urban_JJ
myth_NN
about_IN
alligators_NNS
in_IN
the_DT
sewers_NNS
._.
a_DT
movie_NN
like_IN
this_DT
doesn't_DOZ
have_HV
to_TO
offer_VB
much_DT
of_IN
an_DT
explanation_NN
(_(
radioactive_JJ
mutant_NN
?_?
creature_NN
from_IN
outer_JJ
space_NN
?_?
)_)
,_,
but_CC
it_PP
does_DOZ
have_HV
to_TO
give_VB
the_DT
audience_NN
something_PN
to_IN
hang_NN
their_PP$
disbelief_NN
on_IN
._.
pullman_NN
and_CC
fonda_NN
seem_VB
to_IN
be_BE
plodding_VBG
through_IN
the_DT
movie_NN
on_IN
auto-pilot_NN
._.
most_DT
of_IN
the_DT
time_NN
,_,
they're_???
probably_RB
thinking_NN
about_IN
killing_NN
their_PP$
agents_NNS
or_CC
wondering_VBG
if_CS
making_VBG
this_DT
movie_NN
marks_NNS
the_DT
end_NN
of_IN
their_PP$
careers_NNS
._.
platt_NP
and_CC
white_JJ
,_,
on_IN
the_DT
other_JJ
hand_NN
,_,
seem_VB
to_IN
be_BE
giving_NN
their_PP$
best_JJS
efforts_NNS
,_,
and_CC
they_PP
manage_VB
to_TO
squeeze_VB
a_DT
few_DT
chuckles_NNS
out_RP
of_IN
this_DT
sorry_JJ
script_NN
._.