Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Flying-]

Very nice.

I never though id see a claymation with such a message, or somewhat important plotline as this. So obviously this came out different in a very good way. You always amaze me GAMECUBICLE, i see your name when i scroll over a flash in the portal and i go, sweet because from what i have seen it is sure to be good. And you seem to be good in everything you do, 3D, plain animation and now clay.

Your graphics were great and im sure you have heard this enough. But the claymation in this was very very smooth, and i must admit i wasnt expecting that much. Other than that i cant say anything else. The style was great in this movie, and for a few reasons. This was much different than any claymation i have ever seen in terms of importance of the plot, idea and definitely the presentation. A clayman with a dream, stylish!! And the presentation was unique, you used special effects, for example in the backrounds. The sound was good too, i must say im not a big fan of Coldplay, though i do respect all their success. It was a perfect choice for this movie though so nice job on that. Im glad in the end the clayman;s dream came true :)

Overall this was a great movie, and i am really starting to respect your skills as an animator. You better keep the greatness coming! You might just end up in my favourite authors! 4/5

[Over There: Segment 1]

Very nice guys!

Very nice work guys, this was really well done in every aspect. After watching something like this it isnt a wonder why both of are amongst my favourite authors on Newgrounds. I saw the preview and i was instantly anticipating the real series and now that the first episode is hear i must say it was worth the wait!

The graphics were awesome, it seems both of you can do anything. Peoplemation, claymation, and simply animation! The clay characters were actually nicely detailed and animated with. I liked how the room was used as an important part in the setting. Thats all i can really say here. The style of this movie was great, with no flaws. I wish it could have been longer, because i was looking forward to the first episode so much. I did like everything else, the idea, presentation, and just the refreshing, innovative feel. The sound was great too, this mostly came in the voice acting because it had wonderful expression. Try for more sound effects.

Overall this was a really nice movie. I really need to see how this series continues, and so far im impressed. Please if you can keep em coming strong! 4/5

[Not So-Metal Gear Ac!d]

LOL, thats funny stuff!!

Great work on every aspect in my opinion, i know some people were saying the visuals werent that good, i say of course they could be better but you have to like the style and effort you put into them. I will explain them later on. So yeah i really liked this movie, and for quite a few reasons. In my opinion this deserves its score but maybe it could be a little higher.

The graphics were great, i loved your animating style. I saw the very first image of Snake in the preloader and it made me laugh, really unique character design. I liked the colouring and i really liked the animation. Just like the character design it was actaully good and kind of funny in a good way. A nice job overall for graphics. The style of this movie was awesome. There are some things that are consistantly being redone, including Metal Gear, crappy sticks battles, and space shooters. Metal Gear parodies are the only ones out of those that i have not gotten tired of yet. I loved your sense of humour in this and also the presentation of your idea, it was creative and funny. The sound was great too, a congrats goes out to Snake's voice actor, it was superb. Other than that, the other voices were funny too.

Overall this was a funny, well done movie. I hope this isnt the end of this series, you must make a series out of this. Keep it up! 4/5

[DCK: Oh, Baby!]

This was really good!

This was excellent man, i think this is my favourite in the series so far. I cant really complain about anything in this, i dont have anything you can improve on or anything that id like to see changed in the next episode. I mean this is one of the better flash i have seen over the past couple days, here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, everything about them was other than a slight lack in detail for some backrounds, but in general the backrounds were very detailed and pleasant to look at. The character design is nearly flawless, you got a really original way of drawing and animating your characters. The detail in them is awesome, yet you keep them fitting everything else, in other words they are cartoony just like the rest of your graphics, and i must say i love your animating style. The actual animation is nothing short of awesome either. Your overall style was well im going to say it again, awesome, and not just because of your animating style. I loved the idea and the presentation of your idea. It is creative, a little cruel, but still creative. Your sense of humour adds to the presentation as well and in this case in a very good way. The sound was great in every way except quality, sometimes it was good, sometiems it was hard to hear some voices. At least to me it seemed that way. But i loved the voice acting and sound effects quite a bit.

Overall this was, yes you guessed it, an AWESOME movie, and i think it deserves a higher score than that. Wellv here is a 5/5 to help it get there, congrats!

[DSTV4]

Superb.

This was great, i really loved it. People looking for great sprite animation should watch this, and people looking for excellent length should also watch this. I mean there werent any real problems with it, i have absolutely no big critisms that would harshly affect the final product. Here is my review.

The graphics were great. Some great sprite work really comes from Dungeon Studios and it isnt a wonder why you are there, you ave real talent. The choice of sprites was great for each video. The one problem here is you had to use each movement on numerous occasions because each video was so long. So perhaps make them shorter if possible. The style of this movie was great, but it basically suffers from the same problem that the graphics do. Too much reptition of some things. I liked the idea of making music videos using sprites, but perhaps it was a bit long. The presentation was good for the first part of each video except the first one, which was great in terms of presentation all the way through. The sound was great, i loved the songs, and its cool hearing them for the first time, other tha Thriller of course. There were some funny moments too : ).

Overall this was a great movie, well done in each aspect and i must commend the effort you put into it. Please make more soon, keep it up Dungeon Studios, youre earning more respect from me each good movie! 4/5

[MK Konquest Adventure 1]

LOL, Great work.

I must admit i was a bit skeptical about this being good at the start for a couple reasons. First im not usually very fond of mortal combat flash, except obviously with a couple exceptions. And also the beginning was a little bit slow going so i really wasnt expecting much. But by the end i had laughed so many times, it really recovered. Here is my review now.

The graphics were great, again a little slow going, i liked it when more of the energy ball's (i dont know what to call him anymore :D) emotions were being shown. It was like the graphics and everything about them improved abruptly. The drawings were all good, the backround was simple, yet i found it did the job and the animation was great. The style of this movie was awesome other than the slow going beginning. I liked your animating style but thats not all i liked about your style. The idea was nice, but more so how it was presented. I loved the sense of humour in this, and the personalities you gave each character. The story was actual good and seemed to be well though out as well, though there wasnt much progress in this episode. The sound was awesome too, mostly because of the voice acting, it had great expression.

Overall this was a very good movie and it definitely wasnt a waste of time to watch. Well i hope to be seeing episode 2 very soon! 4/5

Bezo responds:

To be perfectly honest with you, I'm not a big fan of Mortal Kombat flashes either. They usually descend into sprites either killing or screwing each other. And there's always that peanut butter jelly song. It really did indeed start out slowly. This was because I had no written script. The entire thing was improvised. I had some idea of where it was going, but that was it. And I think that's the way to do it. Because when you write down a script, you edit, and you prune, and you take stuff out, and put different stuff in, and by the time you're finished you don't ever care if it's funny anymore. You're just glad it's over. I'm a very random person. My girlfriend and I are two of the craziest people you'll ever meet. We go off on tangents and bizarre ramblings at the drop of a hat. And sometimes we have to bring a hat to drop.

The personalities of the characters are all founded in the personalities I've been developing for them in my webcomic, The Adventures Of Spirit Liu over the last year. Shujinko is an idiot who is overly trusting in anyone who seems like they have authoritaw. Smoke is a guy who basically just wants to be loved, and is very easy going. Dude, totally. Shao Kahn has a serious anger management problem. And hates everyone. Meat-Blaze is like a sarcastic version of C-3P0. Without the gay part, no matter what Shao Kahn says. In the next episode we'll get our first peek at Spirit Liuniverse Scorpion. Hopefully with this animated series, I will avoid the pitfalls I encountered in my webcomic with oversaturating it with characters. I literally had 40 sidestories in addition to the main Spirit Liu dealing with death one. And I finally had to put my foot down and kill off 20+ characters in a single episode. That was a fun episode.

So I'm glad it wasn't a waste of your time and I'm sorry that episode II will most likely not be out very soon. But it will be out. Unfortunately.

-Bezo.

[Vamp ep. 5]

Cool, very nice movie!

I saw your character, Vamp in this and i thought to myself where else have i seen him than the other Vamp episodes. Then i got it, from my favourite collaboration ever, Stop Crying Your Heart Out.
I though to myself when i watch that collab that Mj has one of the coolest characters there. And its good to see him in action after seeing that collab. Well i liked how you did this movie too, here is my review.

The graphics were awesome in this. I absolutely loved that sketchy style they all had, it brought out the detail and fine drawings in everything. Though you might have gone a tad overboard occasionally the final look was impressive. I loved the colours too, not bright or flashy but perfect for a flash of this movie, more dull and dark. The animation was good too, i liked how it looked combined with your animating style. The overall style of this movie was awesome too, accompanied by your animating style. I liked the idea, i think, it was perhaps a little unclear of who was talking or what was going on sometimes. The presentation, in other words, was a little off, but in the end the product came out cool and entertaining. The sound was awesome as well, i really loved the voice acting, great expression in it. And the sound effects were really cool as well, i also liked the music playing throughout!

Overall this was awesome, i loved it and it could possibly be the best one in the series so far. Keep it up!! 4/5

Michelangelo responds:

thanks a bunch!
glad to notice some people are starting to recognize the series through my small interval with the collab :D

[LL - Ban!]

A very solid movie, nice work!

I must say right off this bat, this is an example of the reason why i actually like the Lock Legion. You guys always submit high quality submissions, and least from what i have seen you are much more consistant than the clocks. Which day do i like better, Clock Day, or Lock Day, well thats an easy one LOCK DAY. Though clock day was fun for my first one ever, there was a lot of crap being submitted. On lock day it is a day where the locks best animators submit awesome movies. So way to go yet again Lock Legion, here is my review.

The graphics are excellent as they usually are with you guys, i have yet to be terribly dissapointed. The drawings are great, i mean the locks are awesome but i love the smooth style to it all. The drawings arent the most detailed but that is easy to overlook. The backrounds are simple, but they usually are in a lock movie, and this goes to their style. The animation was smooth too, again a signature of the Lock's movies. The style was awesome in this movie as well, from the idea, to the presentation, to everything esle. I loved your animating style first of all, i always do with the locks. The idea is awesome, i love the idea of using a real life event for a flash like this, especially such a funny one. The sound was awesome as well, i loved the sound effects and the voices, really just a superb job overall for sound.

Overall i loved this movie, definitely deserves the great score it has. Congrats locks on another great submission, keep them coming! 4/5

Gregosan responds:

Longest review ever!

Thanks.

[Fred's Birthday Surprise]

LOL, i liked it!

This was great! And oh so charming it was. I liked this, and i couldnt help but like it either. It had a certain charm to it that i simply loved. This charm usually comes with all your submissions, and i have yet to see one that didnt. And everything was actually well done too. Well here is a good review to a deserving submission.

The graphics were excellent, though i couldnt quite give them a 10, for the slight lack in detail in the backrounds.Dont get me wrong your animating talent is amazing, its just i have seen better from you. The drawings of the characters are wonderful, amazing sense of human anatomy, though it isnt always real looking, you really know what youre doing. The animation is the most impressive thing about your graphics, it was so smooth, and you even put in many different movements, like making hand motions while talking. The style of this was awesome, i love your animating style first off. As i said all your movies have a certain charm in them. I gave you a 9 here because of the scene with the doctor was a little slow going, so perhaps making it shorter would have helped. The sound was great other than a small lack in audio quality. The voice acting was superb and i loved the sound effects too. As for humour, i chuckled at the end after the joke.

Overall i loved this submission, you are getting closer and closer to my favourite authors. Im anticiapting to watch submissions, and so far all of yours i have been waiting to watch. Anyways i hope you can make another movie soon! 4/5

Topdrawer responds:

Thanks Chris!
Your review is thoughtful, well written, and contains observations that can be helpful, both to me, the artist, and anyone else who is interested in critical evaluation. unlike so many "reviews" that are posted here that are filled with unbelievably bad syntax, misspelled words, and utterly useless statements like "I don't like the music", or it "wasent funey".
Thanks again

[Calderbank 2]

Awesome, i wasnt expecting that.

The good thing about this is you didnt absolutley have to watch the first episode to understand this. I think i might go back and watch it now that ive seen this. I must admit i wasnt expecting something soo good, and im very happy i ended up watching this. It basically had no flaws, maybe a thing or two to be improved but nothing serious. Here is my review.

The graphics were great in this, and you have the kind of animating style that i love to watch. It is very easy on the eyes, and everything is drawn smoothly, and the colours are just nice. I love your drawings style, not only was it smooth, but its creative in a way i find hard to explain. The backrounds fit everything else nicely, and the animation is great too, i cant complain about anything here. The style of this movie was good, even if it was a tiny bit slow to get going, i thought this was going to be dumb, but it definitely wasnt that. Your animating style is awesome, but thats not the only reason i liked your style. The idea is a little odd i must admit, but it is indeed funny, and the same goes for your presentation. For example, your dialogue being so unique is odd presentation. The sound was awesome in this too, i loved the quality, it was just briliant. Whether it be voice acting, sound effects, or my favourite part the music all was awesome. I really liked the song playing in the credits :D. Humour was good, i didnt laugh but i smiled.

Overall this was an awesome movie, and i thank you for putting me in such a good mood. I cant wait until episode 3! 4/5

EdibleCastle responds:

thanks for the absolutely splendid review. I'm glad we put you in such a good mood.