sithlordkoko's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Milk & OJ Bestest Friends]

Comfortable, Quick, And Puts A Smile On Your Face

A quaint little cartoon that has you smiling in all its entirety. It's amazing how you can get someone to find ordinary objects humorous and lifelike by just drawing faces on them and making them move. Shows a true story of friendship between opposites. A quick little skit providing the perfect amount of time for what its story is about. Anytime I need to smile I'm going to watch this. Well done!

Battosai810 responds:

Thank you! Very happy to have put a smile on your face :)

[Final Fantasy 7 -Remnant-]

Sufficient Enough To Be Extraordinarily Average

AUTHOR REVIEW: A bit pretentious with the absence of modesty. That's a rule I think everyone should follow: Always start out modest with your work. If it is not liked, no harm done. If it is supported and liked by many, then you get bragging rights. It just seems that the author gave himself a little more credit compared to what they should be properly endowed with.

FLASH REVIEW: The overall story was fine with me. I'm not really a fan of the FF series so you really could make anything, stamp Final Fantasy on the title, and I would agree that it's a FF game. Sound quality could've been better, but was far from inaudible. The voice acting seemed okay but could definitely be picked out if compared to an authentic emphasis. In general it was too expressive when you thought it wouldn't be and it was least expressive when you thought it should be. The style that this was presented in reminds me of some of the movies I see: It's a little "clippy." You start to understand one part of the story and then suddenly another part is thrust into your lap with no transitional phase. This is commonly used to get the plot and the feel of things to take on faster, but sometimes it's just annoying. In this case, it's a little of both. The quality of animation and how well the characters and background were drawn was adequate. I'm no good at artistry so anything better than a crappy, squiggly stick-figure is 100% fine by me. It had a somewhat ominous tone to it and I think that was the main focus. I can see that the author tried to approach at a comedy-based angle around the last quarter of the movie but it just didn't work. If the animation started with at least a minute (m%u012B-n%u014D%u014Dt) serving of humor then it might have worked better, but instead you're following this somewhat intriguing plot with a tone that's the complete opposite of comedy and after a while you suddenly get a couple random acts of humor. The actual humorous parts themselves were some decent jokes, but they were just too random to be near as funny as they should've been. It's like working with a jigsaw puzzle and you find a piece that doesn't quite fit so you get a hammer and smash it in. It's just not the right spot for that particular piece.

FOCUSED CORRECTION AREAS: Sound Quality - Polish that up a bit, m'kay?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Animation - You could smooth that out so as to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>be less puppet-like.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Voice Acting - Our physical being is merely 1/3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>of what makes us human. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>Another 1/3 is our creativity, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>ingenuity, and imagination. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>Emotions, expressions, and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>emphasis are the final 1/3. In >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>this flash you show the first 2/3. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>Accomplish that last 1/3.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Topic - If you're going for one topic, stick with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it. If you're going with two topics, stick >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with both of them and make sure they >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cont ribute to the experience equally. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do not suddenly introduce a new topic >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>when the audience is trying to get used >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to the first one. If you have more than >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>one, show them all off in a motif-like >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mann er and not in some odd >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>occu rrence(s).
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THE BOTTOM LINE: MEDIOCRE FLASH / SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT / VOICE ACTING MAKES IT BLAND WHICH AIDS IN EARLY DEPARTURE FOR SOME / GRADE: C+

SiMpSoN-bRuVaS responds:

THE BOTTOM LINE: MEDIOCRE FLASH / SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT / VOICE ACTING MAKES IT BLAND WHICH AIDS IN EARLY DEPARTURE FOR SOME / GRADE: C+

wow thats quite a quote dude xD! thanks for the review i agree with alot of the points you made in there, this will help me in the future ty

[Battlepark]

Nice Renewal

I really liked the Battlefield series. A nice tribute to the artist (Ringfinger) and a good remake. Good job utilizing simple stick figures and overall simple geometric shapes. Nice application of more modern flash to give an updated feel. You did a good job imitating The Battlefield although there are some key differences that you made either by personal preference or improvement. A control bar is placed on top to pause and play the action at will. The music is somewhat similar, but has some notable differences to the original author's choices. Stick figures are enhanced and larger to make the action feel a little more close up. The background and the overall environment have a cartoonish feel that the originals didn't have. This flash sticks true to the others in that the sticks kill eachother, they use the environment to their advantage, and, of course, it ends with the complete annihilation of the battlefield. It's noticeably different but also has points that keep Ringfinger's concepts in mind. Fun to watch, easy to enjoy, and flows pretty smooth the whole way through (exceptions being a small lag at explosions.) No ennui here. Just a well thought out, ersatz creation. I would really like to see more. You could develop this into your own thing. At the VERY VERY least, it's fantastic. Excellent job!

FatRat66 responds:

You seemed to have covered everything in my mind when I started this project! Thanks a lot for the high priase, it feels great when someone tells you how much they like your efforts, why else do we do this stuff? :D

[Anamnesis]

A Nice Tribute

Well put together and well thought out. Anything involving orchestra is essentially a good soundtrack for any tribute. A nice, summarized presentation that reminds us of some of the best that Newgrounds has thrown out in '07 and also reveals that there is truly a massive pool of talent in this community worth being thankful for. Nice work and thanks for making this flash.----------------------I'm crappy at animating so here's my tribute: I thank all the artists here that take time out of their day to ensure that we are entertained during our day. I thank Newgrounds for existing as a salad that everyone can toss and add their own secret ingredient to. Most of all, I appreciate that today's world still has imaginations that can burn the fuel that Newgrounds provides but can also cause a spark for everyone else to forge their own flame. Here's to you Newgrounds. Keep on truckin because '08 is gonna be haulin a heavy-ass load.

indigoApe responds:

Thanks for the review, and thanks (on behalf of NG) for the very kind words :3

[Madness of the Dead]

Nice!

Excellent usage of the gore. Very detailed and graphic. Not as long as I wished it to be, but nevertheless a great flash that's creative and original. It definitely doesn't give Madness a bad name. I am also a big fan of zombies, so that's another plus on my part. Juicy and squishy sounds that sound somewhat fake but not cheesy which is good. I hate when people use stupid sound like honking noises or something. Anyways, the sound fits and is crystal clear. I would've chosen something a little lighter on demonic voices for an ending credits song. In any case, it satifies and more. Well done.

MakoSucks responds:

I wanted to make it longer but Norton was stuck in a update loop that would constantly freeze my computer every five minutes. More will come eventually!

[Halo 3: Spartan Laser]

Good

A little short and shallow depth-wise, but an okay flash overall. Moderately funny and I like the part where he's almost done charging and then he gets shot. That happened to me on a couple of occasions.

M4KBOT responds:

^_^