cv639_10797.txt

i'll_???
be_BE
the_DT
first_OD
to_IN
admit_VB
it_NN
._.
when_CS
you_PP
mention_VB
the_DT
book_NN
great_JJ
expectations_NNS
,_,
i_PP
immediately_RB
begin_VB
experiencing_VBG
flashbacks_NNS
to_IN
junior_JJ
high_JJ
english_NN
class_NN
,_,
where_CS
i_PP
was_BEDZ
confronted_VBN
with_IN
a_DT
torturously_RB
boring_JJ
book_NN
filled_VBN
with_IN
people_NN
with_IN
such_DT
nonsensical_JJ
names_NNS
as_IN
pip_NP
and_CC
magwitch_NN
._.
yes_UH
,_,
it_PP
's_BEZ
a_DT
classic_JJ
of_IN
literature_NN
,_,
but_CC
it_PP
was_BEDZ
a_DT
rather_RB
dry_JJ
one_CD
,_,
shoved_VBD
down_RP
my_PP$
young_JJ
throat_NN
like_IN
a_DT
spoonful_JJ
of_IN
bitter_JJ
medicine_NN
._.
certainly_RB
,_,
the_DT
experience_NN
wasn't_BEDZ
truly_RB
that_DT
bad_JJ
,_,
but_CC
,_,
to_IN
quote_NN
ethan_NP
hawke_???
in_CD
the_DT
latest_JJS
movie_NN
adaptation_NN
of_IN
said_VBD
book_NN
,_,
"_"
i'm_???
not_XNOT
going_VBG
to_TO
tell_VB
the_DT
story_NN
the_DT
way_NN
it_PP
happened_VBD
._.
._.
._.
i'll_???
gonna_NN
tell_VB
it_PP
the_DT
way_NN
i_PP
remember_VB
it_PP
._.
"_"
anyway_RB
,_,
to_IN
return_NN
from_IN
nostalgia_NN
lane_NN
,_,
and_CC
get_VB
back_RP
to_IN
the_DT
present_JJ
,_,
hollywood_NP
,_,
in_IN
it_PP
's_BEZ
trendy_JJ
attempt_NN
to_IN
modernize_JJ
the_DT
classics_NNS
,_,
now_RB
presents_NNS
an_DT
updated_VBN
film_NN
version_NN
of_IN
great_JJ
expectations_NNS
._.
instead_RB
of_IN
pip_NP
,_,
this_DT
time_NN
the_DT
central_JJ
character_NN
is_BEZ
named_VBN
finn_NN
(_(
played_VBN
as_IN
a_DT
boy_NN
by_IN
jeremy_NP
kissner_NN
,_,
and_CC
by_IN
ethan_NP
hawke_???
as_CS
an_DT
adult_NN
)_)
._.
finn_NN
is_BEZ
an_DT
orphan_NN
being_BEG
raised_VBN
by_IN
his_PP$
unfaithful_JJ
sister_NN
maggie_NP
,_,
or_CC
should_MD
that_DT
be_BE
mrs_NN
._.
joe_NP
,_,
(_(
kim_???
dickens_NP
)_)
,_,
and_CC
her_PP$
boorish_JJ
fisherman_NN
husband_NN
,_,
joe_NP
(_(
chris_NP
cooper_NP
)_)
._.
the_DT
setting_NN
is_BEZ
the_DT
florida_NP
coast_NN
during_IN
the_DT
mid-70s_???
._.
finn_NN
is_BEZ
a_DT
blooming_NN
artist_NN
,_,
and_CC
spends_VBZ
his_PP$
time_NN
running_VBG
around_IN
the_DT
beach_NN
drawing_NN
fish_NN
(_(
one_CD
of_IN
his_PP$
two_CD
favorite_JJ
subjects_NNS
)_)
._.
during_IN
one_CD
of_IN
these_DT
escapades_NNS
,_,
he_PP
literally_RB
stumbles_VBZ
upon_IN
an_DT
escaped_JJ
criminal_JJ
(_(
robert_NP
deniro_NP
)_)
._.
borrowing_NN
a_DT
page_NN
from_IN
the_DT
superhuman_JJ
max_NP
cady_???
,_,
deniro_NP
's_POS
criminal_JJ
has_HVZ
a_DT
seemingly_RB
limitless_JJ
lung_NN
capacity_NN
,_,
and_CC
favors_NNS
hiding_VBG
on_IN
the_DT
ocean_NN
floor_NN
._.
ok_RB
._.
._.
._.
maybe_RB
that_CS
's_BEZ
an_DT
exaggeration_NN
,_,
but_CC
he_PP
certainly_RB
beats_VBZ
any_DT
of_IN
houdini_NP
's_POS
records_NNS
in_IN
the_DT
opening_NN
scenes_NNS
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
._.
and_CC
that_CS
's_NNS
nothing_PN
next_OD
to_IN
the_DT
fuel_NN
efficiency_NN
of_IN
finn_NN
's_POS
motorboat_NN
,_,
but_CC
i_PP
digress_NN
._.
anyway_RB
,_,
finn_NN
does_DOZ
the_DT
convict_NN
a_DT
good_JJ
deed_NN
,_,
just_RB
to_IN
show_NN
that_CS
he_PP
's_BEZ
a_DT
really_RB
swell_NN
guy_NP
._.
and_CC
then_RB
the_DT
plot_NN
moves_VBZ
on_IN
._.
enter_VB
miss_NN
havisham_NP
._.
._.
._.
or_CC
ms_NN
._.
dinsmoor_NP
here_RB
(_(
anne_NP
bancroft_NP
)_)
._.
abandoned_VBN
at_IN
the_DT
altar_NN
some_DT
26_CD
years_NNS
ago_RB
,_,
ms_NN
._.
dinsmoor_NP
is_BEZ
the_DT
epitome_NN
of_IN
the_DT
crazy_JJ
rich_JJ
old_JJ
maid_NN
._.
with_IN
bizarre_JJ
clothing_NN
,_,
eccentric_JJ
mannerisms_NNS
and_CC
a_DT
few_DT
pounds_NNS
of_IN
makeup_NN
,_,
anne_NP
bancroft_NP
seriously_RB
overacts_NNS
in_IN
this_DT
role_NN
._.
although_CS
she_PP
ends_VBZ
up_RP
nowhere_RB
near_IN
a_DT
believable_JJ
character_NN
,_,
she_PP
does_DOZ
add_VB
some_DT
humor_NN
to_IN
the_DT
film_NN
._.
joe_NP
is_BEZ
hired_JJ
to_TO
help_VB
with_IN
the_DT
gardening_NN
at_IN
her_PP$
unkempt_JJ
manner_NN
,_,
but_CC
the_DT
insane_JJ
ms_NN
._.
dinsmoor_NP
soon_RB
hires_NNS
finn_NN
to_IN
be_BE
a_DT
plaything_NN
for_IN
her_PP$
niece_NN
,_,
estella_NN
(_(
raquel_NP
beaudene_NN
as_IN
a_DT
young_JJ
girl_NN
,_,
gwyneth_NP
paltrow_NP
as_IN
an_DT
adult_NN
)_)
._.
for_IN
no_DT
apparent_JJ
reason_NN
,_,
other_JJ
than_CS
to_TO
provide_VB
the_DT
main_JJ
plot_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
,_,
finn_NN
is_BEZ
instantly_RB
stricken_VBN
for_IN
the_DT
estella_NN
._.
perhaps_RB
it_PP
's_BEZ
her_PP$
snooty_JJ
attitude_NN
or_CC
her_PP$
utter_JJ
disdain_NN
for_IN
his_PP$
person_NN
,_,
or_CC
maybe_RB
finn_NN
has_HVZ
simply_RB
never_RB
met_VBN
a_DT
girl_NN
before_IN
._.
in_IN
any_DT
case_NN
,_,
neither_RB
as_CS
children_NNS
nor_CC
adults_NNS
,_,
chemistry_NN
simply_RB
doesn't_DOZ
exist_VB
between_IN
the_DT
two_CD
,_,
and_CC
yet_RB
finn_NN
spends_VBZ
the_DT
remainder_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
pining_VBG
for_IN
her_PP$
._.
even_RB
when_CS
,_,
as_CS
an_DT
adult_NN
,_,
finn_NN
arrives_VBZ
in_IN
new_JJ
york_NP
at_IN
the_DT
behest_NN
of_IN
a_DT
mysterious_JJ
benefactor_NN
,_,
reacquaints_NNS
himself_PPX
with_IN
estella_NN
,_,
and_CC
draws_VBZ
her_PP$
portrait_NN
in_IN
the_DT
nude_JJ
,_,
there_EX
's_BEZ
nothing_PN
._.
in_IN
fact_NN
,_,
there_EX
is_BEZ
more_DT
sexual_JJ
tension_NN
between_IN
helen_NP
hunt_NP
and_CC
greg_NP
kinnear_VB
's_BEZ
gay_JJ
artist_NN
during_IN
a_DT
similar_JJ
scene_NN
in_IN
as_IN
good_JJ
as_CS
it_PP
gets_VBZ
._.
at_IN
this_DT
point_NN
,_,
the_DT
audience_NN
has_HVZ
grown_VBN
as_CS
cold_JJ
and_CC
detached_JJ
as_IN
estella_NN
's_POS
character_NN
,_,
and_CC
couldn't_MD
care_VB
less_DT
about_IN
the_DT
two_CD
characters_NNS
._.
the_DT
bulk_NN
of_IN
the_DT
blame_NN
here_RB
falls_VBZ
upon_IN
gwyneth_NP
paltrow_NP
._.
she_PP
fails_VBZ
to_IN
imbue_VB
estella_NP
,_,
a_DT
remote_JJ
character_NN
in_IN
the_DT
book_NN
,_,
with_IN
even_RB
the_DT
vaguest_NN
traces_NNS
of_IN
humanity_NN
._.
there_EX
's_BEZ
obviously_RB
something_PN
wrong_JJ
when_CS
,_,
watching_VBG
the_DT
film_NN
,_,
you're_???
more_DT
interested_JJ
with_IN
how_WRB
big_JJ
her_PP
nose_NN
looks_VBZ
in_IN
silhouette_NN
than_CS
you_PP
are_BER
about_IN
her_PP$
character_NN
._.
without_IN
a_DT
strong_JJ
estella_NN
,_,
finn_NN
's_POS
obsession_NN
seems_VBZ
baseless_NN
._.
you_PP
wish_VB
he_PP
would_MD
just_RB
stop_VB
whining_NN
,_,
let_VB
estella_NN
marry_VB
his_PP$
rival_NN
,_,
walter_NP
plane_NN
(_(
an_DT
oddly_RB
subdued_JJ
hank_NP
azaria_NP
)_)
,_,
and_CC
just_RB
get_VB
on_IN
with_IN
his_PP$
life_NN
._.
in_IN
fact_NN
,_,
the_DT
two_CD
relationships_NNS
that_CS
work_NN
in_IN
the_DT
film_NN
are_BER
purely_RB
tangential_JJ
to_IN
the_DT
main_JJ
plot_NN
._.
finn_NN
's_POS
relationship_NN
with_IN
his_PP$
brother-in-law_NN
,_,
joe_NP
,_,
is_BEZ
interesting_JJ
,_,
if_CS
a_DT
bit_NN
stereotypical_JJ
._.
what_WDT
's_BEZ
more_DT
fascinating_JJ
are_BER
his_PP$
interactions_NNS
with_IN
deniro_NP
._.
although_CS
it_PP
's_BEZ
only_RB
a_DT
bit_NN
part_NN
,_,
it_PP
goes_VBZ
to_IN
show_NN
how_WRB
much_DT
vitality_NN
a_DT
strong_JJ
actor_NN
can_MD
create_VB
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
apparent_JJ
that_CS
director_NN
alfonso_NP
cuarsn_???
put_NN
a_DT
lot_NN
of_IN
work_NN
in_IN
creating_VBG
the_DT
imagery_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
._.
some_DT
of_IN
the_DT
shots_NNS
work_NN
,_,
but_CC
others_NNS
are_BER
too_RB
obviously_RB
staged_VBN
(_(
for_IN
example_NN
,_,
both_RB
of_IN
the_DT
water_NN
fountain_NN
scenes_NNS
)_)
to_IN
have_HV
any_DT
impact_NN
._.
finn_NN
's_POS
art_NN
(_(
actually_RB
the_DT
creations_NNS
of_IN
italian_JJ
painter_NN
,_,
francesco_NP
clemente_NP
)_)
is_BEZ
used_VBN
throughout_IN
the_DT
film_NN
,_,
but_CC
it_PP
mostly_RB
fails_VBZ
to_IN
have_HV
the_DT
intended_VBN
effect_NN
._.
we_PP
never_RB
see_VB
why_WRB
finn_NN
would_MD
generate_VB
this_DT
style_NN
of_IN
art_NN
,_,
which_WDT
is_BEZ
simultaneously_RB
crude_JJ
and_CC
insightful_JJ
._.
as_CS
a_DT
result_NN
,_,
it_PP
ends_VBZ
up_RP
as_IN
distant_JJ
as_CS
the_DT
rest_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
._.
modernizing_VBG
the_DT
classics_NNS
is_BEZ
currently_RB
in_IN
vogue_NN
(_(
just_RB
see_VB
william_NP
shakespeare_NP
's_POS
romeo_NP
+_SYM
juliet_NP
)_(
._.
simply_RB
update_NN
the_DT
action_NN
to_IN
a_DT
modern_JJ
setting_NN
,_,
and_CC
apply_VB
plenty_PN
of_IN
modern_JJ
rock_NN
._.
but_CC
such_DT
adornments_NNS
do_DO
little_DT
to_IN
perk_???
up_IN
great_NP
expectations_NNS
._.
as_CS
much_DT
as_IN
i_PP
dreaded_JJ
the_DT
novel_NN
when_CS
i_PP
first_OD
read_VBD
it_PP
,_,
you'd_???
probably_RB
be_BE
better_RBR
off_IN
suffering_VBG
though_CS
a_DT
reading_NN
than_CS
watching_VBG
this_DT
romanceless_NN
film_NN
._.