Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[No Need for Bushido 2]

hahah, i loved that!

This was surprisingly well done. I didnt expect it to be all that good, i mean puppets wtf right? wrong!! i loved the idea of using puppets in the end. It came out quite creative.

The graphics were great. I loved the smooth drawings of everything, mostly in the characters. The backrounds were also nicely done, they came out "far away", i think you were trying to do that with them. The animation was also really smooth. The style was great overall as well. This was a little slow to get going, but it really picked up. The puppets idea is great, it came out funny, original and creative. Your animating style is great as well, simple and smooth. The sound was great as well, but there were a few noticable quality problems. The voices were a little tough to hear, but from what i heard they were rich in expression and characetr. There was plenty of humour in this too!

Overall this was great, and at least fairly well done in each aspect. I hope you can make even more with this style. Keep it up! 4/5

No-Need-for-Bushido responds:

Thank you! I hope the voices will be clearer in the next installment. I'm playing around with a new recording program and trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing. I've really got to thank my two top voice actors, Mindy and Will! Just hope to get the recording right.

:) thanks again!

[awesome trailer]

Ha great job!

Great job on this ttrailer! This is what a trailer should be like, showing off how good the movie would be, and showing off some characters from the upcoming series. I think it was well paced, perfect in the way of presenting trailers.

The graphics were very well done. I really liked how Mr.Awesome looked, with that toothy grin he is constantly doing, i found that kind of funny. Al the drawings were well done actually. The colours were smooth and just good. Great animation too, fit in with the rest of the movie quite well. Your style was very good, i loved your animating style first of all. You presented a trailer exactly how it should be, i explained what i meant by that in the first paragraph. It was well paced indeed. The sound was great too, i actually liked Mr Awesome's voice, you said in your comments that it was only so-so. Darth's voice was also prett good. I liked the sound overall, again it fit in with the movie quite well. this was also humourous at points, im positive the real episodes will be even funnier!

Overall a very good trailer, and a great start to what already seems like a great series. I cant wait to see the first episode, hurry up with it but make it great if you can(i have no doubts). Again greatwork! 4/5

JAMce responds:

thanx for the review. WOW! lol
it's funny cuz we had about another minutes worth of jokes that I edited out for pacing.... but it had some great.. really great stuff.. at one point Mr. awesome adds that his dad sells "those porceline clown things on E-bay...." and Dark filter is like "are you for real!!! no way.. I've been lookig for one of those... what's his email address, no wait I'll give you mine, it's [e-mail]"
lol.. maybe I'll do and update with "deleted scenes" lol

[the last match]

A very nice job!

This was great! Your part was my favourite in the "Beyond Gaming" collaboration. In my opinion it was the best animated one.
Anyways its great to see an extended version of this. It was great in every way!

The graphics aer great, you always produce nice graphics. I love your animating style, its kind of cartoony, but in a cool detailed kind of way. The colours are always well done with your stuff as well. I think this showed some of the best of your animating talents, it seems to be gettting better in each of your movies. Your animating style is awesome, but i didnt give you high style points just for that. The idea is pretty cool, like that arcade style of presentation. It was actually done well. Your characters are always cool and you did a great job of making that final battle intense. Great sound in this too, with the music and the sounds all was well done.

Overall a great job, with no flaws, but obviously with areas for improvement. I hope you make another movie soon, keep it up! 4/5

Xionico responds:

thanks a lot, im glad u liked it, and i already know, there are a lot of areas where it could be improvbed but i havent made the improvements yet =P

[Salty Swamp]

WOW! In the favs it goes!

Ok wow this was truely a master piece man. I havent seen anything this good for a couple weeks, and even then i think this might top those movies. This was just incredible in every aspect, the 3 months of solid effort you put into this really shows. Its score is awesome and it deserves to stay that way for quite some time. Anyways i put this in my favs!

The graphics were superb for more than one reason. The drawings were great, i dont know how to reall describe them, but i loved them either way. The colours really made it appear as a swamp, you did a really good job of creating that swamp envrionement. The lighting helped with that, kinda dark a little foggy. The animation was also really well done, smooth and refined throughout. I also loved the facial expressions, mostly on that insane fish!

Your style in this movie was awesome, i loved your animating style but thats not all. The story is cool, and this was a very well presented first chapter. It introduced the main characters and even the evil ones were introduced. You gave each character a distinct personality already. The progression of this story through this first episode is exactly what you would expect from a first chapter. The feel was good, as well.

I loved the sound in this, this is what convinced me to give a 10 overall. The sound effects were nice, and from what i remember the sounds made it seem more liek a swamp. The voice acting was awesome for a couple reasons. The expression was awesome and so was the characterization. Each character sounded entirely different. The use of musice really impressed me in this movie. I played Banjo Kazooie a while back and it was one of my favourite games, and hearing the music from it really brought back memories. It was also really effectively used in the backround. The humour was also in this, my favourite part was the insane fish flipping out! LOL

Overall a fantastic job, ive been on and off tpying this review..its taken me a long ass time. And i think it should because your movie took a long ass time. Anyways cant wait for the next chapter! 5/5

Blordow responds:

haha, I appreciate your review. You took the time to write a decent one aswell. Anyway, thanks dude.

[Crows' Life Episode 1]

wow what an improvement!

Have you guys durastically improved on your animation skills, or is it just?! Because honestly this had much better animation that any of your other works, including Mixed in Balamb. I was amazed when i say this, it seems a new name brings a new way to animate... Well either way here is my review. I give the long ass reveiws to the 10/10's just so you know.

Graphics as i kind of already mentioned were fantastic, and such an improvement for you guys. Im looking for a flaw in the graphics but i just cant find any. The drawings were awesome, i love you gave each crow a noticable different look. For example, dumb crow but also petrified crow. The colours were awesome, no flaws there from what i saw. And some backrounds i couldnt help but stare at. They were so good!!!! The detail in them was just amazing, those had soem truely great art work. The animation was very smooth throughout as well. Again some really impressive points for that.

Your style in this movie was almost perfect, its just i didnt enjoy reading the subtitles, as it was done in spanish and i could not understand most of it. Other than that your animating style was awesome, you used all of your animating skills in this one it seems. The idea was very creative, and it was presented very well in terms of makiing in complex. The story is great, and i enjoyed the progression throughout. Maybe the ending could be a bit stronger...

The sound was so close to perfect i think that i gave it a 10. I loved everything about the sound in this. Even though i couldnt understand it i think the voice acting was very well done, i could sense personalities in them. The music was awesome, and some of it gave a really cinematic feeling, like professional. The sound effects were great and again it made this seem soo much better. The great audio quality really help all sound in the end.

There was a good amount of violence in this, and also interactivity in the menus. This was also very funny at parts. Not so much in jokes(which you guys usually do) but in the crows' actions.

Overall, this could very well be the best of your animations guys. I like the new name as well. To me a new name resembles a new beginning kind of, so i expect lots more awesome works like this one soon. Keep it up and leave a response if you can. 5/5

Toonimated responds:

Gee thanks, well we needed to try Spanish our main language cause we've done many in English by now... Thanks for following our way and recalling our past flashes.

[Robotech Episode 1 REMAKE]

Glad you remade it!

This is a definite improvement over your first episode that you had before. Everything about it has simply improved, and nothing got worse since then. I found this jusy cool!

The graphics really had their moments, and those moments were good enough to hold an 8. The animation at some points wasnt too good, it was a little to slow and seemed awkward, for example the enemy soliders falling to the ground. The backrounds were simple but great, i loved looking at all the stars. The 3D that you used in this seemed very cool too, and i liked how sometimes it went into first person view. Your style was great, i liked how you incorporated in a few different animating styles. The story seemed interesting and so was the progression of it in this episode. The sound was great too, the voices really sounded radio transmitted.
The sound effects were all great and so was the music. Simply great sounds.

Overall a great movie with lots of action and a flaw or two with the aniation. Definitely greatly improved over your first time. Keep the episodes coming strong! 4/5

Nanashi responds:

Thanks for your awesome review, you pointed out some things I should look at. Glad some of you are seeing it in the right light (a remake), and I can only hope the next one can live up to this.

[Little Less Conversation]

I dont believe this! Too many to count!

Ok...you just added to the stream of incredible collabs that have entered the portal recently. Haha i have honestly lost count of them now. Well that doesnt stop this one from being great!

The graphics were quite impressive throughout. I think all the clips had great graphics from what i remember. Well put it this way, not one clip stood out as being bad. Sometimes the animations went along with the song very well. Your style overall was great, there was a couple clips that were just too random and didnt make any sense for me to enjoy as much as i did during some others. But the flow from clip to clip was awesome, i almost didnt notice them! Collabs earn high style points from me everytime because its awesome to see so many different animating styles and to see so many different artists work together. The sound was good. The song was appropriately chosen i think, and i just liked listening to it. Nothing amazing here however. Interacivity in the menus and some humour as well.

Overall great job! I cant get enough of these collabs man! Maybe the timing was bad for some people but for me it was brilliant! Anyways Wonchop, great job organizing this! Leave a response if you can! 4/5

Wonchop responds:

RESPONSE!
hehe...:P
Thanks for the review

[War of the Worlds Pt3]

Ha! Funnier that the previous episodes!

Great job on this movie! I think this is my favourite part so far. The first one was perhaps a little boring but its gotten so much better since then, more exciting as well. Anyways its great to see some hmuour in this, while having a great plot and story.

The graphics are great and i was very close to giving a 9 for them. Its just that the animation wasnt 9/10 material at some parts, like the blood from the people crushed with the rock. Other than that the drawings were superb, impressive as always. And i still like that "old movie" style you do when hes telling the story. Your overall style in this movie was pretty damn good. Your animating style is very nice, but not only that. The story is great and the progression in this episode was well done. Also the input of a lot of humour never hurts! Great sound as well, i love your voice acting, though its tough to explain why. I guess its because there is good characterization in the voices?! Well them music is cool and the audio quality topped everything off nicely. Now to humour which was a big surprise for me. I wasnt really expecting any but i got some and im happy i did. I laughed at some of those jokes. Kinky Alien Sex Toys LOL!

Overall a job well done and my favourite part so far in the series. I cant wait for the next one, and please dont end in a cliff hanger again! LOL 4/5

Gerkinman responds:

The fact that not much happened in this chapter of the book allowed me to focus on things like jokes.

[Human Petting Zoo]

Lol very good job.

This was very good man, it was really well done in every aspect, from graphics to humour. I like how you did eevrything, well presented i think. Well heres my quality review to this quality submission.

Graphics were very good, it isnt a wonder why you consider this to be your best aniamtion. It was very good, drawings and backrounds were detailed and simply great. They show you put effort into making this high quality. The animation really had its moments and it really never dissapointed me. Your style was great in this movie, and not just because of your awesome animating style. The idea was awesome, a petting zoo from the aliens point of view.That is very creative, and i guess you could even say original. Thats all i can say about this aspect. The sound was good in general. The voice acting was great, great expression in the voices. The sound effects were good but the audio quality on some of them was sub par, i mean a little too quiet. The humour was awesome indeed. Mostly in the idea and how you executed it. Fior example the human waste was that bio hazard stuff.

Overall its great, i loved it. It deserves this excellent score that it has. Either way i will raise it by givin a 4/5!

Sunspot01 responds:

Yeah, I had to really edit the sound down so it could fit on newgrounds i.e. bitrate is horribly low, had to delete some sound effects and songs. Thanks!

[Starcraft Homeworld remix]

I think the first one was better.

But this was still very well done man. The first was like the classic, the original, so its really hard to live up to it. I have quite a few things to say about this one, and some comparisons with the last.

The graphics were great, i only felt there could have been a little less tweening. The bodies would fall but no limbs would move. Other than that the drawings and backrounds were extremely well done. The smoothness of the animation was great. A solid graphical presentation overall. Your style was great, i love the idea of using star craft sounds and mixing them into the beats of a song. Thats a really creative idea, and i imagine its very difficult to get everything in sync, but you did. Your animating style is really nice too. The sound was great, but i wasnt as impressed as i was in the last one. I noticed in this one there werent as many sounds going to the beats. The song was also worse in this than in the last. Still a great job overall with the sounds. The other had more humour, but this one didnt really need it to be successful.

Overall a very good job despite a few dissapointments following the previous mix. Anyways i hope you can make more of these in the near future! 4/5

LegolaSS responds:

thank you for you long and intressting comment about my work, in enjoy reading them to see what i have to inprove