Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[50 Llamas Day]

Awesome, great work on all levels!

This was a very good movie, im glad i saw it as i almost missed. I was impressed with pretty much everything in this, but the important thing is absolutely nothing totally dissapointed me. It had a funny idea, its presentation was unique and it was just a fun movie to watch. Really, you dont need much more than that with something like this. Here is my review.

The graphics are certainly deserving of a 10. The drawings were fantastic, i noticed that right away. And i also almost knew right off the bat that i was going to give a 10 for graphics. The colours were really nicely done, i loved how you made everything seem bright. In other words you did a very nice job of showing that it was morning. The animation was really good too, it was very smooth throughout. The style of this movie was awesome, your animating style was only one of the factors that contributed to your overall style in a positive way. The idea and the presentation were awesome. The idea of a special day at the office, hasnt been done before from what ive seen on flash. The sound was awesome too, the voices were superb. They had great expression, and characterization. Maybe some more sounds could be useful.

Overall this was an awesome movie, it deserves its high score for sure. I hope this isnt the last movie you can submit to this portal. Either way keep it up!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

[AniMSN 70]

Absolutely the best one so far!

I have been watching this series since the first or second one. And i can say they have been steadily getting better ever since the very first one actually, expect for one instance, which i think was the last episode which didnt live up to the one before it. But this one more than lived up to any of the other episodes, by a quite a bit. Everything seemed greatly improved, and alot more effort packed. Anyways here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, the FBF was overall very good and better than i remember from the previous episodes. The character design, backround style, and detail were all generally the same, but its good to keep all of that for the fans of the series. The animation is what really improved, the characters looked better thanks to the improved smoothness in the animation. The style of this movie was improved over the last ones as well. The better animation helped for a more amusing animating style. And the idea isnt original as im sure you know, other than the fact that you are using msn emoticons. 2 person fights often get submitted. Your presentation is still good enough to have your submission called original, just for different reasons than the idea. The sound was great, but i found the sound effects werent of the greatest quality, though they were still satisfying. I liked how you used so many of them, and the music was chosen nicely. Plenty of violence too!

Overall this AniMSN was the best so far, i have no doubts in my mind that they will continue to improve as the series continues. Please keep it up!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

[Six Chamber Discount]

LOL, a very solid job!

I actually really liked this, it isnt a wonder why this won the Daily Feature. It really deserves it because everything in this why of high quality...the graphics the sound, the idea and style. Just everything i can think of. This was very different from most flash that come into the portal, and i will explain why later on in my review. I hope this will be an ongoing series, i feel if it is it will only get better and better. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome for a few reasons, a big one being how your animating style is so different than that of the usual we see on NG. They had a more "professional" style to them. The drawings were very cool and just fun to look at. The colours could have been a little deeper i suppose, but they were still pretty good. The animation was awesome though, it was very smooth and i sure got a kick out of the lip sync! The style of this movie was awesome overall, partly because of your animating style. But the funny yet simple idea/storyline and the wonderful presentation also contributed to your 9 in style. Maybe you could make it a bit longer and give a more significant ending.The sound was awesome too, mostly because of the superb voice acting. But the few sound effects you had in there also helped out a bit too.

Overall this was an awesome movie, it was definitely fun to watch for the short while that it was playing, i hope you can make more episodes in the near future. Keep it up!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 4/5

[Flathead Symphony]

Awesome!

Awesome work Dan and Dustball, its for reasons like this you are in my favourite authors. This was great in everyway i can possibly think of. It was a fun little moive to waste a short time watching, it was fun and just well done overall. This is nothing less than id expect from you 2 as a team. The expectations are high but you lived up to them nicely. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, good enough for a 10. After watching many of your submissions Dan, i have grown to love your animating style. I started really loving it back when i was playing Alien Hominid. The funny flathead characters are a trademark of yours that i think everyone can love. The bright yet smooth colours also distinguish you apart from other authors. The animation is simply awesome as well, again its very smooth. The style of this movie was awesome, i have seen better from you guys, however. The one problem with this is i found the beat wasnt as memorable or as catchy as previous music pieces. The animating style was great, the idea was creative and well presented overall. Perhaps it was a bit short, but i could watch it many times over. The sound itself was awesome, but as i said i didnt find the beat as catchy as it could have been. I found it interesting to see the beat start as nothing, then slowly build up. Good choice of instruments by the way!

Overall this was a superb movie, with quite a lot to offer to fans of music videos, Dustball's music or Dan's animation. And even if you arent a fan of any of those things i think you can enjoy this. Keep it up guys!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

[Halo: Pramape Truth&Rec]

Plain greatness!

This was simply great in my opinion. Im not a fan of halo, but i find it a very good game anyways because its fun to find secret areas on the campaign. Either way this was great, it was definitely fun to watch and it was worth the long download on my friends computer. I know there were some rough points and there were elements that could have been done better, but they were certainly good enough not to be painful in any way. Anyways here is my review.

The graphics were only good in my opinion. The drawings had sufficient detail, colour, and accuracy to the real enemies and other characters. They were fairly pleasant to look at most of the time. Occasionally the drawings were noticably worse than the usual. They were "crude" at some times, but usually that wasnt a big deal. The animation just shows that youre a fairly new author, it isnt bad at all though. Its just a bit slow for my liking. The style of this movie was great for a few reasons. Im starting to see a distinguishable animating style with you. The idea is great, you should have stuck with the basic idea rather than put in random comments inbetween :p, though they were kind of funny sometimes. I was really happy with the length, 11 minutes is almost more than enough! The sound was great, i basically liked everything about it. The voice acting was great for the most part, but some voices just didnt have enough expression, if you know what i mean. The sound effects were pretty good as well, however nothing really amazed me here. The music selection was nice, and sometiems even funny like for the song playing during the credits!

Overall this was a great movie, very fun to watch the whole way through and it was a little bit different than the other parodies on this site. Congrats on this movie!
~Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

[Insanity + 1]

Just Awesome Guys!

Way to go to both of you! You are both truely the claymation gods on this site. Its awesome how both of you always submit such great claymations. And for both of you i have yet to be dissapointed. And i love it when you guys collaborate, because those submissions have some Knox humour as well some Fremont humour. Well all in all i loved this so ill get started with my review.

The graphics are good enough for a 10. Many people dont like claymation, i and i can see why. But with you guys there is a reason to like it. Your characters distinguish you as individual authors very nicely. The character design never gets old either. The animation is very smooth as it always is with both of your submissions. And a special "nice job" goes out to Fremont, for the awesome special effects. The style of this movie was awesome, other than the fact that at the end it grew a tad confusing. The idea is awesome, along with the presentation that goes with it. I really got the feeling that he was actually an insane clay person! The sound was awesome, perhaps you could add some sound effects here and there but in general they were very good. The voice acting is superb aswell, nothing less than id expect from both of you together. The humour was awesome as well, i actually found myself laughing quite a bit.

Overall this was another awesome movie from you pair. I hope you can keep at what youre doing, continuing to improve with everything with each submission. Awesome guys!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

Freemont responds:

Thanks! All my future movies will be much better too, cosidering this movie is 10 months old. I have improved a lot since January.

[-Little Room-]

A great job indeed.

The best thing about this movie is simply that it was fun to watch. I had fun and im sure many of the people who watched it enjoyed it too. But it was actually well done in all aspects too, which in this case were all kind of bonuses. Its always good to see movies which such effort put into them too, though i must admit there was one thing in this that made me think again about how much effort you actually put it in. Anyways heres my review.

The graphics were easily the most impressive this about this movie. They werent mind blowing in the sense that the detail and actual drawings were amazing, but everything that had to do with graphics was certainly awesome or even better in some cases. The drawings first off were great, you have a cool drawing style that can possibly distinguish you apart from other authors. The detail in everything was also nicely done, the colours kind of added to the detail, sorry if that doesnt make sense. But the animation was really cool as well, i liked the fact that it really complemented the rest of your animating style. The style overall was only great, which is a good thing still. Your animating style helped out with your overall style in this movie. The idea is cool and the presentation was pretty cool as well. The one thing here and this a big thing was the length. It just wasnt long enough to amaze me. To me length is always very important. I realize it was done to a song but you could have put some extra animation before and after the song was actually played. The sound was great too, simply because it was animated too very nicely. It was a good choice for a music video because of its lyrics. But the song itself just wasnt that good in my opinion.

Overall this was an excellent movie,with lots to offer to anyone and even more to offer to fans of the White Stripes. I liked it and i hope you can keep the greatness coming!
~Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

[Daily2oon SE: rtil]

Awesome, the best one today.

I waited until the end of Daily Day to review one and only one of the Daily2oons for the day. And i would review one and only one of them, and it would be the best one. This was impressive for the most part anyways, its always good to see such great submissions on a day meant for protection points, and not just terrible things put together in 5 minutes. Anyways heres my review.

The graphics were VERY good at the start, but as i went down the list, i slowly grew less and less impressed with them. All in all theyre still good enough for a solid 8. The drawings in some were great, in others liek the last movie they were admittedly terrible. But the great first few movies brought it up a whole lot. Smooth animation in the good clips as well! The style was awesome, i base this around the good clips by the way. Like "the sixth sense" clip was hilarious, and the idea behind it was simply funny. It was simple minded but hilarious none the less. The one about blowing up newgrounds was one of my favourite daily 2oons when i saw it by itself. And the balloon one was stupid, yet funny. The sound was awesome, i got a kick out of the sounds in the sixth sense, and the music was good and fit the idea in every clip that actually had music.

Overall this was great,a truely nicely done movie. Congrats on having the best Daily2oon of the day in my opinion. You are a vital member to the Star Syndicate. Congrats on the success!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

xtil responds:

thank you for the big review
they are kinda sorted in the menu based on how good they are, cuz you know people tend to haev less patience and not watch them all. so better they see the best ones first rather than never.

happy daily day

[Apache -]

Great work!

Wow, this was some impressive stuff. I first saw the stick character and i naturally though it wasnt going to be great because it was animated with sticks right. But wow i couldnt have been more wrong. This was truely great in every way i can think of. I need to see more of what you can do soon. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome especially for sticks, its rare you see a well animated stick movie because usually they are the excuse for having no talent. But in this case the graphics were awesome. The smooth animation, the intensely cool backrounds, the very effective use of almost no colours other than red for blood and grey. Just really cool overall. The style was great, apart from well animated stick characters there was more to offer to the style. The idea is good, it was unclear, however. You could have put a brief summary of the story before hand perhaps. And i didnt like how it was always dark, it made it a bit tough to see sometimes. But the character even if he didnt say anything, already seems to be a cool one. The sound was awesome, the sound effects were simply superb, and the music was basically perfect for this movie. Its just sometimes the characters were talking, but there werent subtitles or voice acting to see what they were saying. I loved the violence by the way!

Overall this was a great movie, with minimal flaws. I think it has potential to be something much greater though it was already very impressive. Keep at it!
~Two Thumbs Way up! 4/5

[Canadas Really Big!]

Good for a few good chuckles!

I liked this,definitely. It wasnt what i would call mind blowing or amazing, but as i said its good for a laugh or two before turning in for the night. Theres nothing bad about it really that i can think of, theres obviously room for improvements, and ill try to explain where you can improve in my review.

The graphics were only good, i mean they kind of fit the whole song, but they could still be more effort packed overall. The drawings were simple, there often wasnt much colour, and the animation was even a tad crude. After saying all that they were definitely fun to watch and they did fit in with the rest of the movie, so i must commend you on that. The style was awesome, your animating style was good, again it can use some ajustments. The idea was great, the presentation was certainly satisfying and overall this was just a good choice for a movie to watch. The sound was great, because of the comical song only. Iguess you could say the animation helped accentuate the funny parts in the song.

Overall this was a great movie that i think anyone who watched it would at least enjoy it a little bit. I hope you can continue to grow as a flash artist, i expect to see more great movies from you in the future!
~Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

Lord-Sonx responds:

Thanx for thre huge review! the graphics are just enough that they work and thanx for not saying " omg teh suxxor" or somthing lol!

future movies will rock harder than this i promise!