Graeme's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

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Not bad

It was a cool effect.
I liked how the smoke was drawn like outside of the lines.

And the the words that were traced out of a smoke line looked cool too. It was a neat effect. But it would have been neater, if the guy who took off was in front of the lines tracing out the words like a sky writer!!

One thing, I think a requirement for the collab, should be that it's done in the style of Reb Bull commercials.
You know, simple backgrounds. Black and White with squiggly coloring.
It would be cool if they had that common theme

Vincoid responds:

Yeah, I actually forgot adding the guy in front :P

I was also thinking about implementing that style, but I like to see a bunch of variation and people's own styles, instead of the same style all over.

I think I'll make one of my own parts in that style though. And if it turn out to be awesome, maybe a sequel or something?

I've got an even better idea! Why don't you lead by example and join? You're a great animator and it would be cool to have you on board ;)

If not, thanks for the review and I'll take the idea into consideration :)

[Mario.swf]

Wtf?

How does this get 3.82?
All you did was tween a guys eyebrows, and then have a bouncing sprite or Mario.
I know it's making fun up sprite movies, but just because it's a parody of something doesn't mean it deserves this high of a score.

You could have just put this on the BBS, or frontpage post.
If I make a a movie making fun of you making fun of a review left in a movie, I deserve atleast 4.21!? Right!!?

Sorry dude. Although he fact that someone left such a stupid review is funny, this movie is getting way too much credit

Spite responds:

Yeah I had no idea it would get this good a score. I think people just agree and give it a good vote.

I don't have front page posts, but who really reads long rants always. Especially when it could be presented visually with a quick flash. Flash is way more entertaining.

And the BBS?...are you serious?

Also its not about one person who left a stupid review its about thousands. Go check any Mario movie. There's 2 on the front page right now.

I think that effort often gets confused with its overall quality. Just because someone threw a bunch of animation around a lame joke doesn't make the joke somehow funny.

And it if it isn't necessary, than how would more animation make this joke funnier. Maybe that's what you should have left in your review.

I'm not sure what your flash deserves, but unless it has something to do with mine than you probably shouldn't be comparing. If your looking for that check your own reviews

[TT: 010 Rabbitmas]

Awesometastic!

Tasty!

I loved it! This has to have been one of my favorite in the TT series!
It was so funky, and at a reasonable pace.
The animations were so smooth, and comical. Just watching it play out puts a smile on your face.
Loved every second of this.
Way underrated.

Keep it up boys!

PS. Greatest song ever!!

MarcyVF responds:

Thank you, thank you! C: Awesome having another review from you, glad you like our work, even though slightly underrated. X(

[Piece by Piece.]

Not bad for 13

You obviously have a good grasp on FBF, and some good body movements.
A very smooth animation.

You have potential. Just keep at it, and maybe try some bigger projects. Maybe even move on the some full body stuff in the future.

The sound effects were pretty lame though.
Give:
www.findsounds.com
www.soundsnap.com
both a try. It will help a lot.

Good luck

evan210 responds:

yeah. i was about to upload it and was like "oh noes! i forgot to add sound!" so i recorded that all in one take in about 20 seconds.

[Like Birds]

Little boring

I enjoy watching mellow movies.
They make for a good watch, something you can just lay back and not think about.

That's what this was.
And it was fairly decent. But it was just to dull. When the man was flying, he just vibrated while clouds floated by. It would by nice if his wings moved, and we got to see a little bit of his pursuit of the bird.

I'm not sure, it was just lacking.

Rutger responds:

You would like some more fighting scenes, I see.

[Is that... Barry Scott?!]

Nothing too great

Doesn't really seem like much of a series.
The two had nothing in common...

That said, decent Flash. Seems rushed though.
There isn't really much animation. And the backgrounds are all just colorful gradients. Nothing too special or fancy.

I suppose it was semi-funny.
But I can't help but wonder if you just whipped this off and said it was part of the series to try and ride the mild success of the first.

I know you can do better work than this man, I've seen you do it.

DAGamesOfficial responds:

well I try, I cant please everyone, but ah well. at least I gave you a semi- laugh :D

[How Not to Time Travel.]

Funny

Really, this is an extremely funny video.
I loved how fast paced it was. It was just one joke after another.
Plus it was a fairly long video, so there were a lot of jokes too.
Funny punchline at the end too.

But now I get down to the real point of my review. I know this isn't you're fault. It's not your fault that people over rate it.
No matter how funny, it has no animation. That is essential to Newgrounds in my opinion. This move had lyp synching (ripped from Super Flash Bros) and that was about it.
There is no way something with no animation in it deserves over 3.50

Funny movie. But rated high for the wrong reason.

AlexTraynor responds:

Now, you see, in my opinion, it's FAR more important for a cartoon to be entertaining than it is for it to be good looking. People come to Newgrounds to be entertained, not to look at art. Sure, great art's always a plus, but it's not completely necessary. The limited animation suits the purposes of the movie, and if you think the movie should be disqualified from being successful because of some minor stylistic choices that most capable individuals are able of overlooking, then well, congratulations on being close-minded.

Thanks for liking the movie otherwise.

[Appleville Ep 1]

You make me laugh

A very silly cartoon.
It reminds of me early Nameless cartoons. And look how huge they are now!!
That could be you!

As I promised, I made a list of all of the subtle randomness that I love in this movie. There are few real jokes in this, all of the rest of them are just things happening. Things that most people notice, but possibly not everyone.
They are all cronological and whatnot.
-Subtitles don't match fully
-Shrinks as he goes down stairs. A common mistake when animating, but you did it very cleverly, and intentionally
-Red dude randomly gets hair and a hat
-Red dude's arms disappear, then kind of fly away
-Pinapple's flashback noises *whooshwooshwoosh*
-Pinapple suddenly has the "job shirt"
-Red dude's face keeps changing
-Red does a crab walk onto scene, and pinapple snail crawls. I loved that part :D
-When red walks away, you make the corniest no leg walk animation ever, and it was funny
-Firemahn
-Pinapple flashes on and off screen randomly
-Pinapple's leaf things are suddenly way more detailed, just like your old pinapple logo
-The singing dudes silouhette mimicker thing is often doing the wrong thing, or falling behind the real dude. I think that was actually my favorite part.
He should return to the series, but with real lines, not just singing. Always with that shadow guy and such

Anyways. I made that list just because I said I would.
Very awesome cartoon.
It has great humor and timing. As others have said, the pacing was a little shaky. But I'm sure this series will turn into something much more.
Maybe get some voice actors on board too

FrozenSheep responds:

I was fairly influenced by nameless during the whole thing. Though I'd doubt I can reach nameless-esque stardom here or even come close. I'll aim low for now.

;D

[The Food Collab]

Awesome!

Boogley, you put together some amazing collabs!
Your parts were my favorites. Your style is always so unique, and recognizable.
I especially love your opening scene of the assembling of the hamburger.

There were a few parts that were a little poor in quality, but others certainly made up for it. It all came together amazingly.

You menu was also awesome. It was like a waiters little notepad or something. And your collabs are the only ones I know that you can see the collab either all at once, or one persons clips at a time. That is great to see.

The only thing was the game. It's nice to have a preloader game. But the sound effects were bad, and half the time the things I shot at didn't get hit.
It was an okay little time killer during loading, but overall a oor game. Sorry.
But, in the end it's collab that really matters.

So great work!
I would love to see more solo projects by you Boogley. Your FBF skills are awesome. Like your chicken scene.
But I would also love to see you host some more unique and original collabs!

TheBoogley responds:

Thanks Goat-Man, I thought I was the only one who couldn't shoot anything in the game... I just went to your userpage and you've been busy as hell so far this year, DAMN!! WHITE NINJA IS AWESOME!!

[Surface Texture]

Well earned Daily 3rd

I always love your artsy style. It always comes out so clean, and awesome.

I also like that you don't just animate willy-nilly (such as myself)
Your movies like this have deeper meanings.
One suggestion on this though, (taking an example from yourself,) don't tell what things represent.
It's cool to ask fro people's own interpretations. Then you can see what effect your movie had on people.
THEN tell them your own thoughts when making. Just as a little extra, for some interactivity outsude the movie ;)

As I already said, you have a unique style that I love to watch. Where do you get such I wide assortment of textures? I'm pretty sure at one point the walls were graph paper, but I think this is the first time I haven't seen paper towel in one of your movies.

My own views on this movie on an analytical level, are slightly different. But that's the point, different interpretations are good.
I kinda saw it as the little dude walking around, and exploring. But the lesson is something along the lines of:
People test their limits all the time, trying new things. But when we take it too far, our aren't cautious enough, it won't always have positive results.
I saw this when he decided to go into his table, and all of a sudden he was trapped in an endless void.

Once again, great movie, very well done.
Good job testing your own limits, (much like the guy in the movie). Learning new things.

MorrowDays responds:

I LOVE YOU GOATMAN! What you took from it was something I hadn't thought of at all, and it's a beautiful interpretation. BEAUTIFUL.

You make a lot of good points, about not explaining it before hand. I'll try that. What I found with some earlier work (vinto box/carousel) is that when you dont explain it as much, people review saying things like 'i dont get it' and they don't really enjoy the animation as much. But seriously, I will do that with whatever I do next. Promise :)

I'm kind of superstitious about checking for awards on my stuff, so when I wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, and then go see how the submission did, I go into 'My Account' and click submissions, see what the score is, and then read all of the reviews. For whatever reason, I'm really cautious about actually going to the submission page, so when I read you review header, I was like, AWESOME! Because I hadn't even checked myself! :D I don't know why I dont just check it, but for whatever reason, I dont like to. Takes all kinds I guess.

Yeah, no paper towels! I wanted this piece to be on sort of a new level for me, which meant not using things I was really comfy with, etc. So thats why there wasn't any paper towel. I guess I could have used it as the sky in the window, but other than that there also really wouldnt have been much use for it.

You'll be the first to hear if I need help getting out of an endless void.

Thanks goat-man :)

Moro