Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Me Talking to Myself]

Good stuff!

Your definition of art, is maybe the best i have heard. I havnt heard too many but still this one stand out to me. I think youre right, anything can be art as long as it is beautiful to you, whether it be nature's art or anything else of the sort.

The graphics were great throughout this movie. There were maybe a few points where the characters could have been animated with more detail, like on the close ups. The drawings in general though were very good, and the black and white style was perfect for tihs kind of idea. It added a more "artistic" feel to the whole movie. The style was great too, and not only because of the black and white. The idea is really creative, kind of philosophical in a sense. I actually learned something from this, and i will probably use your definition if any body asks me. The sound was good but as you said in your comments, the recording wasnt the greatest, and neither was the voice acting. Sadly i have to agree with both those, i do know voice acting is difficult.

Overall this was a great flash, and its definitely different than most of the flash coming in day to day. Its always great to see something new, anyways keep em coming. 4/5

Dasneviano responds:

Thank you man!
I felt in some reviews that perhaps I wasnt clear enough. But you seem to have gotten the whole point! Thanks for the long and beautiful review!

[FNF 05 - Board of Palms]

Great work! funny stuff!

I gave almost 8's across the board, because this was great, and obviously not perfect. Anyways i really enjoyed this, your submissions alwasy come out amusing, just like the entire Claveman series. Heres my review.

The graphics were pretty good. Its funny how the characetrs were trees, thats a really different way of doing things. Well they were drawn and animated with quite well. The mouths were all animated very nicely, and sometimes they were pretty funny. Cool colours as well. The style of this movie was good, and yes very original. I think this is the first flash that i have seen with palm trees as the main and/or only characters. The idea is pretty weird, there isnt actually an idea really, it was more of a random conversation. The sound was good, all or most came from the voice acting. The acting was pretty funny, and great expression through out. This was also definitely funny, your stuff is usually a "random" sense of humour.

Overall this was great, i think it is one of those submissions that I just cant hate, and that i cant find any real critiques for. Keep em coming! 4/5

drumstick responds:

nanana-na. nanana-na. heyyy hey hey. GOOD BYEEEE.

[Mr. Awesome Xtnd edition]

Hahah!

This was AWESOME LOL!!! This was so much better than the original you submitted a while back. Everything that was put into this increased the overall final product in a great way. I love the new scenes!! Well heres my review.

The graphics were great, however i think these were the only things that werent noticably improved from the unextended version. The drawings were great, really nice detail in everything. The animation is nothing short of great either, it was smooth and sometimes humorous.The style was a bit better in this version because of the increased length and more funny scenes. The animating style is still great, and the presentation of your idea is still great as well. The sound is awesome. Great sound effects, and great use of them. The voice acting was superb. Awesome expression and characterization, despite only having 2 characters.

Overall an awesome job, and i really enjoyed this more than the first.. This was quite funny throughout, and everything else was well done too. Anyways i hope you can make a series! 4/5

[Lockfeld Episode 1]

Decent.

I saw this had a score worthy of BLUE, but iwatched it and now i dont really think so. There wasnt enough animation, distinguishable style, sounds, or humour to make this great. It wasnt horrible, dont get me wrong, but it could definitely be better.

The graphics, while they were good, were slightly dissapointing. They are usually of high quality with the Lock Legion, they were also in this one but there wasnt enough of them. Not enough animation or unique drawings. Still decent job overall for graphics. The style was not dissapointing in this, it usually isnt with the Locks. It was just a little too short despite being a "short". Shorts must have a bunch of little jokes to make them good. The sound was decent again. Ok voices, and there wasnt much else to sound really.

Anyways this was an ok flash overall. I have been more impressed with a Lock Legion submission. Make more great ones! 3/5

AwesomeSauceUK responds:

It's the pilot, It's obviously not gonna be groundbreaking. I'll work on it.

I'm a bit rusty aswell, as I haven't worked on flash in a while.

Thanks.

[Simple and Clean Collab]

Good. Nothing more.

Ok, I have quite a few things to say about this. Some are good things, and some others are obviously not so good. This is a good collab, and adds to the collection of great ones that have been submitted in the past few months, but it is added to the "collection" just barely. I will explain why in my review.

The graphics throughout were good. I liked a lot of the entries, but some of them really needed some improvement with their graphics. The animation in some was smooth and well done, and in others there was almost no animation at all. I think those know who they are that need to improve. The style of this collaboration was good. I always give collabs high style points because is fun to see many different animating styles in one movie. But in this one the flow from scene to scene was a little odd on occasion. Some entries were just to plain to be of much or anythin amusement. That...and how the thing was so long with a fairly repetitive song. I was fairly bored about half way through until the credits showed up. The sound was good, but for a collab the song was too long, and it seemed to repeat itself a little too much. I liked the song by ityself, but next time choose either a more interesting song, or a shorter one.

Overall this was good, i had fun watching it for most of the time. Make another soon, and try to improve on the things i said. I always try to help.

[6 Feet Under]

Really cool!

I cant wait for this series to continue. Its off to such a great start. Well that was also noticable after viewing the trailer. Anyways, despite all the killing, this series appears to be an original one. Heres my review.

The graphics were very good at some points, they were impressive. At others they were just good,however. The drawings of the people looked great, it seems you tried to give each person a totally different look, and if you were then you succeded. The animation as pretty good throughout, i particularily liked the animation when the big guy was getting stabbed. The style of this movie was great, helped by an effort packed animating style. The idea is cool, and i really liked how it was presented. I mean i liked how the stabbing was completely unexpected. The sound in this was great, not only alone, but it was also great for the flash. The variety of songs you chose seemed all to be used effectively. The sound effects were quite good as well. They sounded almost real.

Anyways this was a great movie, just try to make the next episode longer. I will be happier with the final product if you do. Great job again and keep the great episodes coming! 4/5

[Napoleon Toadamite]

A good idea....

...but it definitely could have been done better. This was certainly likeable for a few reasons, but theres some elements that made this fall back down a bit. Either way it was a well done movie.

The graphics were good, but they could use some improvement. The drawings were decent but they often seemed kind of awkward, mostly when they were being animated with. There was definitely something missing overall with these graphics. The style overall was great, not so much because of your animating style, but because of the idea. This is one of the first, if not the first animation i have seen parodying Napolean Dynamite. Its an original idea, but sadly there were some things i felt could have been done better. The sound was good but really it was meh to me. The voices were alright, i mean Napoleans voice was just annoying, but the others were decent. Sometimes it was hard to hear the voices too.

Anyways a good job overall, i think it deserves the high score it has. I hope you can make some great flash in the future!

[myPod]

This was great!

I liked this quite a bit, it was a different type of flash and thats always great to see. Everything was pretty well done in each aspect, i have no real comlaints. Heres my review.

The graphics were different than in most of the flash that i have seen. The silouhette style was cool and very original for a flash. Not only that but the graphics were smoothly animated, and they even seemed three dimensional sometimes. The style was pretty solid too, first your animating style helped out with the overall style a lot. The idea is original, creative and well presented. You could have just re-animated the commercial, but you made it humourous, and kept it fun to watch. The sound in this was good, but i wasnt hugely impressed. There wasnt anything memorable about the sound, but there were some sound effects, however it seemed some sound effects were repeated a few times. The humour in this was good, a great addition to an already tgreat flash.

Overall this was great, and i really enjoyed it. It definitely deserves the score it has, and i hope you can make more flash this good in the near future. 4/5

[Xyion - Ep.1: The Border]

Very good.

This was well done, and i would have given it a higher score, if it werent for a few style issues, its just my personal liking style. You mixed some weird elements, such as action movie and humour in a way. It was a good idea, but perhaps wasnt done quite properly in my opinion.

The graphics were great, and they really had their moments and by that i mean they were impressive at some points. The drawings were pretty good, but sometimes after being animated with a bit they appeared a little bit odd. The setting, environments and backrounds were great, i really enjoyed some backrounds. The 3D rendered animation was superb, all of it seemed to be fluently. The style was good in terms of your animating style, and idea. The presentation was good, despite using a pink condom as the hero. I think that took a lot out of it for me. I found it hard to concentrate on the serious story line when the condom was killing fat guys in only underwear. The sound was good, but the quality suffered because of the massive file size. And the points without music or sound effects seemed out of place almost. Well the sounds were very numerous, at the start they went with almost every action.

Overall a great job with some pretty easy ways to improve. Its too bad the hero is a condom, if so shouldnt this be a comedy series? Anyways i liked everything else. 4/5

Rubbertje responds:

Thanks for your review. I guess you're right. :/

[Reaper 2- Dark Justice]

Great work!

I have one quick question, did this really take you a year? Because that was too short to have taken an entire year i think. Still the work was impressive and you did put quite a bit of effort into it, and it did show.

The graphics were impressive, and seemed packed with effort. I mean the shaodws must have taken a long time. The drawings were great, they seemed realistic a lot of the time and pretty detailed. The shadow effects, as i kind of already said were very good. You did a great job of making the main character seem intimidating when he was supposed to be. The style of this flash was great, with lots of help from your animating style. The idea is cool, im just slightly dissapointed with the length. And for me the length goes in style. The presentation of your idea i must say is nice, quite nice. Good job on the sound but i needed to hear more i think, what you did have was good, but it seemed to be missing a little something here and there.

Overall this was a great animation, try to speed up your progress, because i want to see another one, but i dont want to wait an entire year. Anyways great work! 4/5

Mikento responds:

naah, it wasn't a whole year of solid work. I had exams so this cartoon got put on the backburner for a while. The next one should be finished sooner, in fact I've already started to paint the backgrounds.