Graeme's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cheeky]

Instant classic

Potatoman responds:

Instant Nooble

[Walking Dud]

The joke was ok at best. But I really love your style! Your characters look great, and the animation (though limited) is very fluid. I can't wait to see what you come up with in the new year!

Ztoons responds:

Thank you for your feedback!
This certainly wasn't my best work, but it was all in good fun. haha
I'll be sure to create better quality content for the new year. :P

[Mario Party in a Nutshell]

As other people have said, this was a pretty flimsy use of the "in a nutshell" concept. But I won't focus too much on that.

You're style is very nice! I really liked the colours, lines and overall drawings. I think the next step will be to challenge yourself a bit more with the animations.
You did a lot of simple tweens, and 2 frame loops. Next time try to add a bit more detail and flair to those animations!
I think the pacing of things could be picked up too. The chance time scene drug on a while.

It's nice to see another Albertan on Newgrounds, and you are progressing quickly. Keep it up!

GingerPale responds:

Thanks man :) i post mainly on Youtube though xD Newgrounds scares me

[Galactus Attacks!]

This is so stupid, but I love it!

It reminds me of some of the shorts that were popular when sites like Newgrounds first started.

Mrldfx responds:

I feel the exact same way about it :3

[Bluey's Adventure]

The whole thing felt pretty short. The pacing was a lot quicker in this one, but really that was a good thing overall. The original was pretty slow. I think there was room to flesh things out a bit more. You know, add a few more stops on his trip. Show him getting hungry and looking for food, then devouring the pie. I'm especially disappointed that you left out the actual explosion at the end!

Still, it was a huge improvement. The backgrounds looks fantastic! The music along with the backgrounds gave it a nice relaxing, tropical feel. Very pleasant. The animation was smooth, although there was room for more of it (like eating/exploding).

Like I said. Big improvement, but there was room to expand on the original. I feel like you restrained yourself to the same plot beat-by-beat.

Maybe I should remake something of my own someday?

CyanSandwich responds:

I was quite cut up about whether or not I should use the explosion. I decided I wanted to leave the possibility of him surviving. I get why you're disappointed though.

Thanks for the review, and you should totally remake something!

[The Noob Adventures Episode 2]

Best Minecraft video on Newgrounds

I was starting to lose faith in Minecraft parodies. It seemed like endless surprise creeper explosions, and that was about it.
But I really do love this little storyline you've set up here! The characters are treated more like adventurers in a real world setting, rather than people bumbling around in a video game.
There is some quality voice acting here, although Fart does get a little annoying. Both his voice and his dialogue actually. Its is good to have a mix of characters, but he can seem out of place at times.

The battle sequence was well done, and actually quite exciting. Trying to take down the creeper reminded me of Legolas trying to take down the orc with the explosives who suicide-charged the castle. Nerdy I know, but perhaps this was a throw back to the epic battle of Helms Deep?

There is a lot of potential in this series, and I look forward to future episodes!

Falconer02 responds:

Glad u liked it so much! As for Fart, I was going for this guy who has played way too much Call of Duty, BF, TF, L4D, etc. so he's supposed to be a little out of place since this isn't his gaming forte. Thus the whole tough-guy-wanna-be that does not fit into the MC world.

[A Barn Owl]

Promising

First off, you could definitely use a preloader. Just so the movie isn't playing when it's not done loading.

I'm not sure if there is supposed to be sound? It might have never loaded properly and I can't quite be sure. But scrounge around in the audio portal, some fitting music would help this piece a lot! Maybe a couple sound effects to, just to breathe some life into the animation.

You're lines were a little rough, but the fbf was quite excellent. You shots like the camera zooming in on the mouse, you might want to spice it up. Make smooth lines. Add a bit of shading. And maybe add a little twinkle to the eyes. It gives us something more to look at.

Overall it looks like you definitely have talent. And I'm interested in seeing some more, like this dragon animation you've mentioned.

Hikarian responds:

I did put a little sound in the flash, but you haven't missed much. Truth is, I did try to put in a newgrounds preloader, but I'm using Flash CS4 and it said that it didn't work for my action script... Next time I make a flash I guess I'll have to find out how to make my own preloader first...

Thank you for commenting :)

[How 2 Make a Ngs Username]

Phhpt. I started this trend....

I love it!
I think I messed up though. I skipped step 1 and did step 2 twice.

The entire time I was thinking to myself "wow, is LazyMuffin doing your voice for you? This doesn't sound like anything he's done before"
But at the end when he came in I thought it was hilarious. I love when people on Newgrounds can poke fun of themselves, and just star as themselves in animations.

Nice clean presentation, and a funny (and accurate) flash.
Good work man!

LewToons responds:

thanks a bunch pal!

[Hook Line and Sinker]

Good movie, average music

The style was great! I loved the broken looks of the fishes, and the paper cut-out appearance of the "bad" fishes eyes. I think the interesting style is what kept me watching.

My only real complaint is the music, because it didn't seem to fit in the least. It was an average little track, but it didn't at all add to the piece of capture its overall tone. I think you needed something a little faster, or more "fun" sounding. Hopefully that makes sense.
It might have even been worth it in this piece to ask someone to make a custom soundtrack. When the bad fish come along, or when the fish is fighting with the lure, there are pacing and mood changes that would have been much more exciting with the right musical accompanyment.

A good flash, and rather enjoyable.
Just make sure you try out lots of different songs from different genres. I know how hard it is to find a fitting track, but it is worth it.

billyblob responds:

Hello Goat-Man, I really appreciate the comments on the music. I made it myself and probably was out of my league. I will try different options next time..