Task: Assign the sentence to a corresponding ordinal class that best reflects the inferred mental state of the writer, based on the intensity of positive or negative sentiment expressed. 2: very positive, 1: positive, 0: neutral, -1: negative, -2: very negative.
Sentence: ( two ) fairly dull -- contrasting and interlocking stories about miserable scandinavian settlers in 18th-century canada , and yuppie sailboaters in the here and now .
Intensity class: 