cv206_15893.txt

this_DT
is_BEZ
my_PP$
first_OD
review_NN
that_CS
i_PP
post_NN
to_IN
this_DT
newsgroup_NN
,_,
and_CC
i_PP
kind_NN
of_IN
feel_NN
like_IN
i_PP
have_HV
to_TO
say_VB
something_PN
negative_JJ
about_IN
this_DT
film_NN
._.
no_DT
one_CD
else_RB
seems_VBZ
to_IN
care_NN
that_CS
it_PP
takes_VBZ
certain_JJ
liberties_NNS
that_CS
should_MD
not_XNOT
be_BE
taken_VBN
with_IN
a_DT
historical_JJ
story_NN
._.
however_RB
,_,
even_RB
if_CS
one_CD
thinks_VBZ
of_IN
it_PP
as_CS
fiction_NN
,_,
"_"
the_DT
prince_NN
of_IN
egypt_NP
"_"
remains_VBZ
shallow_JJ
._.
but_CC
i'll_???
begin_VB
from_IN
the_DT
beginning_NN
._.
the_DT
biggest_JJS
difference_NN
between_IN
the_DT
original_JJ
,_,
biblical_JJ
story_NN
and_CC
this_DT
version_NN
is_BEZ
that_CS
moses_NP
has_HVZ
some_DT
semblance_NN
of_IN
divinity_NN
in_IN
the_DT
bible_NN
,_,
whereas_CS
the_DT
animated_JJ
version_NN
gives_VBZ
the_DT
impression_NN
of_IN
a_DT
reluctant_JJ
hero_NN
._.
maybe_RB
it_PP
's_BEZ
just_RB
me_PP
,_,
but_CC
if_CS
i_PP
knew_VBD
i_PP
had_HVD
god_NN
on_IN
my_PP$
side_NN
,_,
i'd_???
have_HV
a_DT
little_JJ
bit_NN
more_DT
confidence_NN
._.
there_EX
are_BER
other_JJ
differences_NNS
as_IN
well_RB
,_,
such_DT
as_IN
a_DT
lack_NN
of_IN
important_JJ
female_JJ
characters_NNS
and_CC
the_DT
passing_NN
over_IN
of_IN
the_DT
original_JJ
pharoah_???
's_BEZ
death_NN
like_IN
it_PP
's_BEZ
nothing_PN
but_CC
a_DT
thing_NN
._.
most_DT
of_IN
all_PDT
,_,
though_CS
,_,
the_DT
story_NN
's_POS
focus_NN
has_HVZ
shifted_VBN
._.
rather_RB
than_CS
being_BEG
a_DT
story_NN
about_IN
father-son_NN
,_,
man-ethnicity_NN
,_,
man-god_???
,_,
"_"
the_DT
prince_NN
of_IN
egypt_NP
"_"
is_BEZ
almost_RB
solely_RB
about_IN
the_DT
brother-brother_NN
relationship_NN
between_IN
rameses_NNS
and_CC
moses_NP
._.
i_PP
was_BEDZ
originally_RB
excited_JJ
about_IN
this_DT
story_NN
element_NN
until_CS
i_PP
saw_VBD
the_DT
movie_NN
,_,
where_CS
it_PP
came_VBD
off_RP
as_IN
maudlin_NP
._.
rameses_NNS
and_CC
moses_NP
squabble_VB
like_IN
children_NNS
and_CC
then_RB
,_,
in_IN
the_DT
interests_NNS
of_IN
peace_NN
,_,
moses_NP
saves_NNS
rameses_NNS
'_"
butt_VB
,_,
even_RB
though_CS
moses_NP
was_BEDZ
the_DT
one_CD
who_WP
started_VBD
it_PP
._.
._.
._.
*_???
yawn_???
*_???
i_NN
didn't_DOD
care_VB
anymore_RB
by_IN
the_DT
time_NN
moses_NP
ran_VBD
off_RP
for_IN
murdering_VBG
an_DT
overseer_NN
(_(
which_WDT
,_,
of_IN
course_NN
,_,
never_RB
happened_VBD
in_IN
the_DT
original_JJ
story_NN
-_-
moses_NP
was_BEDZ
exiled_JJ
)_(
._.
but_CC
enough_RB
about_IN
the_DT
differences_NNS
._.
let_VB
's_BEZ
talk_NN
about_IN
the_DT
movie_NN
itself_PPX
._.
it_PP
features_VBZ
a_DT
moses_NP
who_WP
,_,
in_IN
the_DT
interests_NNS
of_IN
making_VBG
the_DT
character_NN
more_DT
human_JJ
,_,
lacks_VBZ
any_DT
divinity_NN
whatsoever_WDT
,_,
which_WDT
isn't_BEZ
convincing_JJ
at_IN
all_PDT
to_IN
anyone_PN
who_WP
knows_VBZ
who_WP
god_NN
is_BEZ
._.
it_PP
features_VBZ
a_DT
cookie-cutter_NN
"_"
i-wanna-please-dada_NP
"_"
rameses_NNS
,_,
who_WP
at_IN
least_DT
is_BEZ
given_VBN
dignity_NN
by_IN
the_DT
voicework_NN
of_IN
ralph_NP
fiennes_NNS
(_(
from_IN
schindler_NN
's_POS
list_NN
,_,
among_IN
other_JJ
things_NNS
)_)
._.
the_DT
film_NN
also_RB
features_NNS
an_DT
extremely_RB
annoying_VBG
character_NN
by_IN
way_NN
of_IN
the_DT
"_"
new-improved_JJ
"_"
miriam_NP
,_,
voiced_VBD
by_IN
the_DT
ever-antsy_NN
sandra_NP
bullock_NP
,_,
even_RB
though_CS
the_DT
most_DT
irritating_JJ
thing_NN
about_IN
her_PP$
is_BEZ
her_PP$
tendency_NN
to_IN
burst_NN
into_IN
song_NN
for_IN
no_DT
apparent_JJ
reason_NN
(_(
here_RB
bullock_NP
is_BEZ
replaced_VBN
by_IN
a_DT
singing_NN
voice_NN
)_)
._.
speaking_VBG
of_IN
which_WDT
,_,
it_PP
contains_VBZ
*_???
very_JJ
*_???
annoying_CS
music_NN
._.
it_PP
contains_VBZ
shallow_JJ
writing_NN
._.
it_PP
features_VBZ
extraordinary_JJ
animation_NN
,_,
which_WDT
is_BEZ
one_CD
good_JJ
thing_NN
i_PP
can_MD
say_VB
about_IN
this_DT
film_NN
._.
most_DT
of_IN
all_PDT
,_,
it_PP
contains_VBZ
an_DT
attempt_NN
to_IN
commercialize_JJ
,_,
homogenize_JJ
,_,
and_CC
mass-market_NN
a_DT
story_NN
about_IN
a_DT
manifestation_NN
of_IN
god_NP
._.
i_PP
am_BEM
not_XNOT
christian_JJ
,_,
but_CC
i_PP
got_VBD
the_DT
impression_NN
of_IN
blasphemy_NN
._.
the_DT
writers_NNS
and_CC
producers_NNS
took_VBD
a_DT
butcher_NN
knife_NN
and_CC
chop-chopped_VBD
into_IN
the_DT
story_NN
._.