Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[ATU:Delusions of Grandeur]

Very nice. This could be an intriguing story!

Very good job on all aspects and levels. I really enjoy flash like these, very mysterious. With flash like this it is impossible to tell what will happen next, or how the story could turn out in the future. Which is why many people will be coming back if you make another one, they want to see how the story progresses and then later how it ends. But this wasnt just intriguing, everything was actually done well to back it up. So nice job overall. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome for sure, however the drawings were kind of inconsistant. Sometimes they were really good, at other times on the same characters they descreased in quality it seemed. And the main characters seemed to change appearances over the course of this movie. Other than that, the character designs were nice in general. Cool colours, they gave a more realistic look to the visuals. The animation was good too, i enjoyed many of the effects like the glows and so on. The style of this movie was great for a couple reasons. Your animating style was good, and the plot was definitley intriguing as i said before. The presentation was a bit too slow however, some scenes may have dragged on longer than they should have. Nice cliffhanger at the end as well, that is sure to bring some people back for another one. The sound was great too, very cool music throughout and where there wasnt music, it was the right decision to put no music there. The slight echo on the space ship was a great addition to the sound, but you should find a way to make it less obvious when it stops and starts over. As a whole, the sound quality was excellent.

Overall this was an awesome movie, definitely worth a watch in my opinion. People looking for violence or pure humour crammed into a 30 second free for all, should not watch this. Anyone with good tastes would like this though, so keep it up. Im looking forward to another one this good or even better!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 4/5

[Noodles The Ninja Dog - 1]

Just Great.

This was simply great on each aspect. I wil truthfully say it never really amazed be, but also it never even came close to dissapointing me either. The bulk of it could have been presented in a more original and creative way in my opinion, but it was still good overall. This is a good start to a new series, and if the others do this will then i will be sure to check those out too, and thats if you end up continuing this series, i seriously say you should. Here is my review.

The graphics were great as well. The character design was cool, but i have seen many flash where the character designs are similar. Try to make them more original if possible. The colours were good enough and the same goes for the detail and the backrounds. They fit the rest of the movie fairly well. The animation stood out as being the most impressive thing to do with the visuals. Lip lync was good, and the rest of the animation was smooth. The style was great, your idea kind of appeared to be original when thinking of the Ninja Dog, Noodles. But when thinking about the person characters it isnt so creative. Maybe you could put more of an "intro" to this, as in developping characters further because this is the first episode. Keep working at it! The sound was good overall, good sound effects and voice acting. The voice acting, however, should be improved for next episode. The base of it was good, but the expressions could use some work.

Overall it was a good movie, and a solid start to this new series. I say just work on everything a bit, and refine your skills, this has the potential to be one of the more memorable series of the year. Keep submitting your stuff and working on your skills.
~Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

[The New Guy]

Very nicely done, with only one main problem!

This was really good, on all aspects. It was easy to be amused and even amazed by at some points, and this also shows you have plenty of talent, not as if this was your first good submission or anything, but after this you dont need anything else to prove it. What im saying is you should use those talents to more of your advantage, often your submissions are just too short for me to get the full feeling out of it. Other than that in this case, everything was great, and still very amusing. Here is my review.

The graphics were just awesome, your visuals are always quite impressive, and this is one thing a longer submission can help improve even further by showing even more of your talents at once. The drawings were incredible as they always are with your stuff, i love your style as well, very colourful, unique, and definitely creative. The colours were again in this one very well done, from the pink octopus to the new employee. The background artwork was wonderful, amazing drawings and a very cool overall appearance. The animation and lip sync was fantastic, and ill leave it at that. The style was very good, almost a 10, its just because of the length that i didnt give it perfect. The idea was pretty clever, having a new carnivore of an employee, and of course terroizing the office. The animating style was near perfect for this too. Presentation was excellent, you gave all the characters personalities in a short amount of time. The sound was awesome too, there wasnt anything "bad" here. There were some things that were just awesome, but not perfect. The voice acting was superb, cool tones to them, and i really loved the robotic voice. The sound effects were very good, if only i had more time to listen to a wider variety. The music was cool, good additions and added to the mood of the movie. The humour was good too, i would have liked to see a few more jokes here and there but good nonetheless.

Overall this was a very good animation, on all levels at that. I hope your next submission can be longer than this one, so everyone will have more time to enjoy your wonderful visuals, characters, and ideas. Either way keep submitting your animations to the portal!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

EdSkudder responds:

Thank you for the wonderful review and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
And I agree about the length - I wanted to make a longer movie this time, but the deadline for the competition put an end to that haha. However, the next animation I'm working on now will be MUCH longer than this one and feature a much wider variety of everything. Hopefully I'll finish it!
Thanks again for the review and for watching! :)

[The Touchtone Genius]

LMAO, wonderfully creative and amusing!

Awesome job, i cant believe he made such a great song to such an awkward request, but i guess he did and it was definitely worth it. And it was a fantastic idea to animate it, i think by doing this youve made yourself a name, and many other people visited the site where it came from. But the animation was actually well done, and you made amazing use of the audio clip. I was truthfully "enthralled". And if i would have recieved a phone call like that, it would be the best phonecall i have recieved in my entire life. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome overall. I really liked the design of the genious himself, he appeared "insane" and deranged almost. In other words it was a good way to show off his character. The other drawings were good, sufficient detail in all areas. I think there could actually be colour in this without messing it up, so maybe you can update it sometime. I also really enjoyed the animation, it was pretty smooth and sometimes the facial expressions were funny. The style of this movie is definitely nothing short of a 10, and for a few reasons. The idea first of all was awesome, cool animation to go along with one of the best songs on his site that you requested. It was indeed perfect for an animation to go to. The presentation of it was pretty good too, simple, but just as it should be, and it turned out quite funny in the end. You also did a nice job of making this something i can watch over and over, partly because of the length which wasnt too short for the type of movie, and wasnt too long. The sound is what really made this movie a true success, and the way you used the song as well, i mean you could have just as easily put up some subpar animation just for the sake of it. The song was simply awesome, very catchy, very funny, and just well done in the end, you better thank him man :P. But it was used very effectively by the end.

Overall this was a really great movie, with tons of success that it sincerely deserves. One of the better, with more replay value, flash that i have seen for quite some time. Anyways congrats on this! And congrats to Andrew for making the song, you are talented man. Please make more animations, maybe some even using more of andrews songs!
~Standing Ovation! 5/5

[Lagomorphic Blues]

Pretty good!

Nice work, im surprised they thought you were crazy or what ever. It was just something to animate by the looks of it, and you dont really think that way. What ever happened this was a good movie in every aspect. There were but a few short scenes which i didnt like and for the rest i can say i was more satisfied. You could have done much much worse in other words. Here is my review.

The graphics were great, they were certainly above the average on this site. The drawings were great at some points such as with the main character, but they could be improved in terms of the buildings and the city. The detail was good enough but there was some room for some more in every thing just a bit. The colours all did a solid job of making every seem slightly darker for night time. The animation was good for the most part, but i really didnt like the tweening during the one scene with the "Dont Jump" message appearing. The style was great too, the idea was good and depending on which way you look at it, had a strong point to it. The presentation was convincing, i dont know about the other viewers but i got the feeling the rabbit really had a reason to jump, and i had a feeling that he was going to jump. The sound was alright, the song was ok, until it got started up and it seemed like 2 songs were playing at once. Choose a calmer song for a flash like this next time. Mabye some sound effects if possible as well.

Overall this was a great movie, with some cool visuals and a cool style to go along with them. The teachers should have looked at this from a more artistic point of vue, anyways i liked it and so did most of the other viewers and thats what is important on the site, so nice work and i want to see more!
~Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

[Zyn:1]

Great job. Cool characters!

Nice work on this, i liked just about everything in it. This was a good way to practise, actually submitting a test using a movie definitely worth submitting, rather than calling it "animation test" then doing something stupid with a couple stick figures. Even so id rather you submit something with either a cliff hanger or a real ending, but good for a first to NG nonetheless. Everything was actually pretty well done, here is my review.

The graphics were great, the character design was cool, similar to that of synj vs horrid without actually copying it. Cool colours accentuated the characters and environments. The detail in the backgrounds was pretty awesome, little trees and slight scribbles i guess they were really made the backrounds come out as impressive. The detail in the characters was alright and the animation was consistantly nicely done. The style was great too, because of your animating style and since you actually made an animation test worth watching, both of which are original. The presentation was kind of cool, you sort of portrayed the pink creature as a guardian of the forest or something like that. Im hoping for some more character development in the first real episode. The sound was good, however it was only the songs. They were cool songs but the second one didnt fit the fight scene too much, nor did the first one very much.

Overall this was a great movie and it was fairly exciting to watch. I say continue with this series if you were looking for an opinion. You got some nice talent, just make sure you refine everything a bit before the release of the first real episode. Keep it up!
~Two Thumbs up! 4/5

[A Midnight Snack]

LOL, awesome job. You make the best kirby spoofs!

This was awesome man, i really loved it. With an idea like " a midnight snack" you can truely be creative with what actually happens, and keep it making sense for the most part with each idea. I loved the way how you executed everything, it all worked well together, and came out extremely entertaining the whole way through. Truely some impressive work on all levels, and it is submissions like that i always want to see more of. This gives a good name to kirby flash on NG! Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, i actually really enjoyed your style. The drawings were great, and all seemed pretty nice in proportion compared to how big kirby actually is. The colours were all very smooth as well, and you showed nighttime very well, by kind of adding a bit of darkness to everything. I enjoyed the backrounds as well, fit you character animating style almost perfectly. The animation was awesome and the lip sync was great too. I just would have liked to see a bit more detail overall. The style of this movie definitely deserves a perfect 10. The animating style is truely something to be proud of man, i wish more authors were capable of making such a memorable style like that. The idea was funny, you got alot of humour out of it too. The presentation was good, kind of random while staying along the main point of it, just really funny. The sound was awesome too, wonderful choice and use of sound effects. The voice acting was also very well done, great expression and a funny voice for kirby to have!

Overall this was an awesome movie with everything from impressive visuals to some great humour! I wish more movies like this were submitted, but at least you are there to do it once in a while. Keep up the amazing work in the near future! Nice job!
~Standing Ovation 5/5

[38 Hours Of My Life!]

Awesome! More Wonderful Randomness!

Very nice job on this, i always really enjoy random artwork like this, usually because it is upbeat and the visuals are impressive. People who can successfully make a nice random flash like this have talent for animation, and if they dont have sufficient animating ability they will fail. This shows you have all the talent necessary, to make a very well animated flash. Your stuff is always impressive and this is no exception. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome for a number of reasons. It was cool to see all your experimental animating styles in this one movie. The drawings were always pretty nicely coloured and detailed. Many of the characters were your trademark ones, but then there were some other cool styles as well. The FBF animation was really well done in this too, it was very smooth the entire way through, and it was truly some of the better FBF animation i have seen. The style was awesome, partly thanks to the many cool animating styles i saw in this. Perhaps you make can some of the clips more varied, because i feel i saw some of them more than once. The idea is just "random", but you presented it well anyways, most artists cant do this very well. The sound was great even though it was just that song. I didnt like the song all that much, but at least it was boring and it did suit the flash pretty well.

Overall this was randomness nearing its best. I really was amused by this, and impressed as well. You should try and do more random things, maybe in more of a story like context, that would be something interesting to see. Anyways keep submitting your stuff to the portal.
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

Sqeezy responds:

Best review I´ve ever gotten.
Constructive critism and everything included, thats how its supposed to be.
Thanks alot for the support.

[Clownin Around]

I cant say i expected that! Way to go!

Very good job on only your second submission to NG, it appears you got quite a career coming along! This was one of those submissions that just put you into a great mood after its over, and then you want to see how the series continues. I think if it continues like this, it could be a very good and memorable series, and even more so if you improve on everything even further. Its good to see more creative authors submitting to NG! Here is my review.

The graphics were great for sure, i was actually close to giving them a 9. The drawing of the clown was awesome, really funny looking in a good way. The detail was much more than sufficient on that drawing as well. The colours were pretty good too. The animation is where i found you could have improved the most. For the most part it was good, andv during that violent seen you did a good job of making it gruesome. Its just i didnt like when the clown was flew in the air moving slowly, i dont know why it just didnt do it for me. The style was awesome, cool animating style! The idea was surprisingly creative, a bit pointles, amusing nonetheless. The presentation was good as well, the length was good enough and he choice for alternate endings just made it that much more fun to watch. The sound was awesome too, i really enjoyed it in this movie. All the sounds and screams were just used so well, and were nicely in sync. They often added a bit more humour to some of the funnier parts.

Overall this was an awesome movie, especially for only a second submitted flash to NG, i bet some people already have you down as one of their favourite authors. I hope you can keep improving your skills up to the point where you are one of the best. I also have high hopes for this series, if you make it!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 4/5

[Scorched Earth: The Movie]

Cool! An interesting spin on a classic game!

This was really good man, it seriously has been a while since ive seen anything this good by you, im glad to see your back making great flash like i remember. Its cool how you took a classic game and made a really good movie out of it, you dont see that being done often if it all. Nothing in this was even the least bit dissapointing either, its just like id expect one of your movies to be like, exciting, funny and overall well done. Here is my review.

The graphics were great in this, there were only a few places where i can note some obvious improvements. When the characters were enlarged they seemed a little rough, and the explosions sometimes cut out too much land. Other than that, the detail was good where it needed to be, and the colours really accentuated the best points of your animating style. The animation was always pretty smooth. The graphics were basically a bit more than what was essential overall. The style was awesome, mostly because of the extremely creative idea. As i said, taking a classic game, putting a little interesting spin on it, and making it into a movie. It was done very well. The presentation was a great, except for the fact that the movie was too slow going near the beginning. Your animating style is always something to be proud of as well. The sound was great, but those songs are still too over used, however, they did do the job in this. Try to find less used songs for your next movie!

Overall this was a great movie on all levels that i think anyone could enjoy, at least a little bit. Im glad to see another good submission by you, and it is for reasons like this why you are in my favourite authors. Anyways keep up the great work, im looking forward to another one of your submissions!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 4/5