Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Experiment_11]

Very well done. It was weird and very cool!

You have done it again Zekey. I saw your Star Day submission as well, or at least one of them. And i recall the one that had effort in it was actually pretty good, and won the daily feature right? Though i wish i had the time to review it, i saw it and was impressed. Now i realize that you are an artist that seriously loves to have fun when animating. That means sometimes just messing around and throwing together a cleverly named and themed collaboration, and sometimes making something unique and with a lot of effort. It seems you also have to ability to finish great animations very quickly sometimes. Anyways here is my review.

The graphics were awesome and as i have said in one of my previous reviews you can be one of the best animators on the site when you want to be. As usual, your character of focus was some weird human or creature with odd things happening to him. In this case he was well animated with, and yet fairly simple in terms of detail. The other characters were basically the same, all were well done. The backgrounds were quite odd in this, but that doesnt mean they werent interesting. They often had patterns with varied colours within them, and all the designs in the backgrounds were smooth and intriguing. The animation was very smooth and many of the movements were overexagerated, and this style of animation is certainly for the best. Even in your random collaborations i can see your animation standing out. The style of this animation was wonderful for many reasons, including your near flawless animating style. I seriously enjoy all your experimental type animations where they dont necessarily have a defined plot but you are just trying things out. These types of movies you make always come out interesting and just well done in the end. Its also cool how each one of your characters can be memorable in a series of some sort if they are used correctly. I really liked the effort you seemed to have put into this too. All the viewers of this can safely this was entertaining and very original in almost every way. Lastly for the style aspect, the length was good, i dont need any more. The sound was pretty awesome too. Although it was only the song i loved it. The song itself was used effectively and fit the mood and helped create it the way i think you wanted it to be in the end. With your submissions you usually do the sound this way, a very well chosen song with little or no sound effects. I say continue doing it this way as it is working thus far.

Overall this was another great submission by you, its always good to see some real effort put in by you in your movies. Now that i look over what kind of artist you are, i think you should continue making those collaboration submissions that you make so many of. Although they dont do amazingly, it shows that you like to have fun and sometimes like to be a respected, talented author. Keep doing what youre doing in the future!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! Heres a 5/5!

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

omg eye cramps >_<

Thanks for the review, man. :)

[The People's Mario]

Awesome, a different look for Mario fans!

This was certainly a very cool flash. As i said it was an extremely different look on the Mushroom kingdom for all the fans. Im sure the true fans, and even all the other viewers liked this for one reason or another. Was there seriously a rumour regarding Mario and how he had something to do with subliminal communist propaganda? I havent heard of that rumour before this, and im kind of glad i didnt because i would probably be very angry. But making a flash based off something like that, can be very difficult to do so well. Im sure you did the story of the rumour justice, if "justice" is what you want to call it. Here is my review.

The visuals were good enough to earn a perfect 10 in my opinion, and for many reasons. The biggest of the reasons has to be the general look that they had, and this is kind of hard to explain, let alone do as well as you did. Every colour in this except the black had a sort of "glossy" look to them, and in a flash i have never seen that done before. I rather liked the use of only 2 real colours. All the red made the backgrounds appear desolate and emphasized the blood quite nicely. For the character design, i dont think i have ever seen Mario and the Goombas look so damn cool before. Each of them remained true to the original designs but had your own cool style added to them. I must also mention that Mario looked great based off the rumour. The animation was also very good, the movements were smooth and detailed and it seemed pretty flawless. The style of this movie was awesome, and it was nearing worthy of a 10 in my opinion. I think maybe if this was longer, more would have been able to occur and hence the style would have been even better. The animating style was great. The main focus of this aspect and possibly the whole movie was the idea of the rumour. I dont know much about the rumour but from what i saw you incorporated many of its details into this flash subtly. Whenever an author can do something differently, i naturally like their movie just a little bit more. This submission was certainly very original in many respects, visually, its idea and definitely the presentation. The final principal aspect, sound, was no less impressive than the others. The sound effects themselves were good, but no better because a lot of them seemed to be a little too reused. Some were pretty cool and fit in nicely with the flash. The music selections were definitely what really made this aspect. The music during the movie was great for what the rumour was, and certainly fit the mood. The pieces playing after the movie were just really cool, good thing you added them in.

Overall this was a very impressive movie for quite a large number reasons. The rumour does sound kind of redonculous, but you did a good job of using it throughout. This was an interesting look on the mushroom kingdom, and if possible i would like to see more of this Mario in THIS Mushroom kingdom in the near future!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

[The ClockCrew Asylum]

A great mix of humour and a great story!

Very good work on this movie in every aspect. I have seen almost all of your movies by now and this is nothing less than id expect from you based on the high quality of your other works. I think after watching some more of your movies, its safe to say that you are one of the clockcrew's best artists. Back to this submission, it was just excellent and it gave me a slight "feeling" at the end. I get this feeling either when after i have finished watching a really good movie/flash or im reading the ending of a great book. Anyways, here is my review.

The graphics were great in this movie. I was already fairly impressed with them right from the start. Like your other movies the visuals were great throughout the whole movie. Despite their simple look they were great and were effective in getting that strange mood across. I also noticed right away that your animating style did not match that of most of the clocks in the crew. Most clocks have a very smooth drawing and animating style but yours was different, and it was still very good. Your drawings and backgrounds appeared to have a more detailed and sketchy style. I wish there was more to the backgrounds though. The animation was good too, the movements were fairly detailed and even during the action it was easy to tell exactly what was going on. The style was awesome too. This was probably my favourite aspect in this movie for a number of reasons. The animating style was certainly one of the reasons, but it was not really one of the main ones. I really liked the idea of it, you said it was based of Psychonauts. Sadly i have not had the opportunity to play the game yet. But even if you did take the idea from that game, you must have made it different somehow by using your own characters and problems. I wish we would have been able to see a more in depth look on the patient's thoughts though. The whole movie's presentation was just really interesting because the mood itself was serious, but then you take into account F U Clock, the middle finger, as the lead character and fruits as the others, and it becomes pretty amusing. This is something the best of the Clock Crew artists are good at. The sound was awesome too. The quality was not completely what i would want it to be but it was better than it usually is in your submissions i must say. The voices were classic clock crew stuff, if you didnt like them before you wouldnt like them now. The dialogue was pretty comical, like the swearing in some areas.

Overall this was an excellent movie. You are definitely one of the author's giving the Clock Crew a good name. Youre a talented artist and you have shown this with all or at least almost all your submissions thus far. Maybe with a few more like this youll be in my favourite authors! Way to go on another great movie!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

FUClock responds:

Thanks very much for this excellent review. It's rare I get great feedback like this, and I'm very glad I did.

As far as Psychonauts goes, I basically was just playing the game when the idea for this movie came to mind. Psychonauts' plot concerned psychic soldiers entering people's minds to perform a certain task, such as removing their emotional baggage or figuring out a deep dark secret. At one point in the game you peruse an Asylum, and also there's some father/ son rivalry.

Once again, thanks for the review.

[Arfenhouse Teh Movie 4!!!]

Funny stuff.

Nice work on this Fourth installment of Arfenhouse Teh Movie. It wasnt quite my favourite one so far, but i still enjoyed it very much. This whole series has been truly unique compared to any other series for quite a few reasons. First the "migrane inducing abomination" style to this is definitely very different, as well as very funny. This, by all means, was not good in any artistic way, but everything else was great. Even if this isnt the real final installment it would do very well as one. I just hope this is not truly the end of the series like you said it was because i really want to see more! Here is my review.

The graphics were satisfactory in my opinion. They certainly accomplished what you tried to make them do, which was probably something along the lines of being funny in a "simple" sort of way. And they definitely were amusing, while not all that good artistically. The main characters in this episode were funny looking, in a good way obviously. They just werent well drawn as im sure you know. I do understand they were created this way for a reason. The pacman game looked pretty good actually, the drawings were all pretty smooth in it, and the animation was solid too. The animation outside of the game footage was just average. If you do make more episodes in this series, i strongly recommend you continue using the exact same animating style, despite its flaws, because it has sort of become a trademark of this successful series. The style of the movie was great, just like in the other episodes, though it was slightly different in this one. In the first two, at least, the style was pretty crazy and random. This one sort of followed more of an idea or a plot than the others. The idea of this one was split between the Pacman trailer, the flash judgement thing, and the credits could even be considered as another. The way this episode was done is sort of like a bunch of skits put together, and i enjoyed it. The animating style was hilarious, i couldnt ask for more. I was slightly dissapointed that it wasnt too similar to the first two in the series, i think it would be great if we got to see another one like those again! The sound was great too. The sound quality in the voices was not great, but evidently you did the voices this way intentionally, and they did end up adding to the humour. The dialogue was also pretty funny. The music during the pacman trailer was excellent, you really did a nice job of making it seem intense, but at the same time very funny.

Overall this was another good Arfenhouse movie, whether it was a real episode or not. Like i said, it would be cool to see another movie using the exact style of the first two. But whatever you decide to do, just keep these movies funny, and entertaining like you have been doing thus far. Congrats!
-Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

[Your Horoscope for Today!]

Awesome! I loved it!

I watched this once a few days ago, and then again directly before starting this review. I can honestly say i liked it much more the second time. Like i said when i reviewed your last submission, (Homicidal), you can be a truly amazing artist when you want to be and it looks as though you have kind of turned around about. This movie was just really fun, it was also cool in some ways such as the fact that it combined a few different animating styles into one single wacky movie. It was a great idea done very well. Anyways here is my review.

The graphics were awesome the whole way through, whether it was because they were generally well drawn, detailed, funny or a combination of many things. Quite often the drawings were just impressively drawn. Any of the multiple characters you drew throughout this could definitely be memorable if they had their own series or something. The backgrounds constantly changed styles and looks, but this was certainly for the best and im actually quite happy you did them this way. Sometimes they were well detailed and looked fairly artistic. At other times they were more wacky, or flashing to get an "exciting" feel across. The animation throughout was very smooth, and the movements were detailed in a cartoony sort of way. There was however one short instance near the end where the lip sync went just slightly off. Everything to do with the visuals was successful in doing what you wanted them to do, from what i saw at least. The style of this movie was very close to earning a perfect 10 from me. There werent really any flaws with this aspect either. There were a few different animating styles in this, as i said quickly before. They ranged from more artistic to just fun and out of control! The idea of this was simple from what the viewers know, you just made a music video to one of your favourite songs. But the presentation is what really made your idea "come to life" and work so well as a flash animation. In this movie, everything was just funny or amusing or exciting thanks to the wonderful presentation. By the end of this, both times that i watched it, i was put into a better mood! I dont quite know how you did it, but even when the animation style was a bit more simple i guess you could say, i loved it! The sound was the final aspect that made all the difference in this. Weird Al is becoming more and more of a great artist everytime i hear one of his songs. Theyre always so catchy and just so fun to listen too, and you could not have used this song better in a flash. You used it well in creating that awesome amusing feel.

Overall this was a very good flash on all aspects. It was extremely entertaining, and i couldnt really ask for more. I hope you can continue making effortful animations rather than random bagel collabs or something. Keep going like this and you may eventually be considered one of Newgrounds' best, even though in many people's minds you are already there. I think this is enough for me to put you into my favourite authors! Congrats!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

Hey man! Just cause I make a good cartoon every once in a while doesnt mean I'm gonna make em all gems! ;)

[-Go Away-]

Very True!

I couldn't agree with you more for the most part. The Brad Pitt and Angelina one is the only one I don't quite agree with you because I only hear about kids once a week :P. This was great for many reasons other than making fun of some annoying and irrelevant celebrities. The fact that this was totally original made the final product that much better. You probably thought this movie out in depth, from the style of the animation you were going to use, to of course the song. Anyways here is my review.

The visuals were great, but i wouldnt quite say spectacular or anything for a few reasons. I guess this is because there isnt quite enough to them. What i noticed throughout are that the drawings of the celebrities themselves were awesome. Each of them looked very accurate to the real person, but with some of their features over exaggerated. Even the clothes they were wearing were pretty accurate. But sadly thats basically everything there was to the graphics, because there wasnt very much animation or anything else like that. The backgrounds were usually just kind of like the Newgrounds background with different colours and obviously without the buildings. The animation that you did have was also kind of simplistic and the movements werent very detailed. The style of this movie was awesome. Of course the idea is something that has never been done, or barely ever been done before. These celebrities have obviously been made fun of before but never in a song like this. The presentation of your idea was excellent, the song was lengthy and the lyrics were pretty clever. The combination of the animation and the song wasnt always perfect though. In music videos i dont really like when almost the same set of animations are used for each time the chorus is sung. Like i said earlier the fact that this was a completely original flash animation made it better in a way. The sound was awesome too. I loved your original song. The idea of the song was great and was well executed because you mentioned quite a few different celebrities. The song itself was catchy and was good enough to listen to on its own. And once again you demonstrated how multitalented you are with your animation, your great singing voice and your ability to created great music.

Overall this was a great movie with a really well made song. There isnt one thing in particular you can improve on, just slight amounts everywhere i guess. Its for reasons like this that you are in the top 5 of my favourite authors. Please, keep up the fantastic work!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! 4.5/5

Dustball responds:

I can't always count on a thoughtfull and honest review from you. Thanks, glad you liked it!

[Thanks for all the fish!]

Hehe, that was surprisingly amusing!

This was just a great flash movie! I havent seen Hitchhiker's Guide but i have heard of it. Even though i havent seen that movie, that didnt take away from what i thought of this. Not only was this done in every aspect, but it was very amusing and you didnt have to see the movie it was based off of to enjoy it. Also, this was even better because i wasnt expecting to see anything so good just out of nowhere. This just put a smile on my face and im sure it did to many other people who watched this as well. Here is my review.

The visuals were pretty good, good job on having no real flaws within them. The whole style to these visuals appeared to be very charming and in a way well thought out. The backgrounds were not amazingly detailed or anything, but they fit everything else that had to do with the visuals. And on occasion when there were no rocks or other fish in the background, you did a nice job of actually making it seem deep underwater. The characters, or in this case all the dolphins, were good too. I enjoyed just watching them dance or swim around, with their hats and what ever else they were wearing. The animation was also quite impressive, very smooth and you paid attention to many of the movements. The style of this movie was awesome, not just because of the animating style. I dont know exactly what it was, but something made me want to watch this more than once. The thing was i had to watch it more than once to try and find some of those missing 4 secrets. Despite my efforts i only ever got two. But that was a very unique thing to put in a movie and indeed it really helped this time around. The whole feel to the movie was amusing, the fish dancing, the upbeat music, almost everything. Maybe this flash was even a reason to watch Hitchhiker's Guide! And like i said before, you didnt have to watch the real movie before this to fully enjoy this. The sound was a great way to back all the other elements up nicely. Although there was only the song, it was rather cool to hear something like that in flash simply because i havent really before. You used the song very well too by making many of the actions in the animation sync up very well. I probably would not listen to the song alone, but for the sake of this flash and making a tribute to Hitchhiker's Guide, it was great.

Overall this was a very amusing movie that anyone who watches it will probably like something about it. From what i have seen, this was a great tribute and any fans of the movie will truly enjoy this. I hope you can keep this kind of quality work up in the near future with some more great movies. Great work!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! 4.5/5 (4 then a 5 next day)

[(Homicidal)]

Hehe, nice work.

Way to go Zekey. This definitely shows you can make great flash when you actually want to and that you always dont have to submit something like the Hawt Anime collab or what ever. You should do more submissions like this and The Morgue. Well this seemed to be a very interesting look on how come crazy people may interpret everything in the world, or maybe how some regular people who are high on some sort of hallucinogen. Either way it was pretty funny, well made, and most importantly amusing. Everything was done pretty well and thanks to that this was a great movie. Here is my review.

I have always known you for being a great animator when you want to be, which sorry to say appears not to be too often. Everything to do with the visuals was great. The backgrounds were fairly simplistic, but usually very effective as well. They were colourful when it was showing how he interprets everything and more dull and monotonous when its showing what is really going on. The characters were pretty funny too. The expressions on all their faces, including the main characters, pretty amusing. The animation was also great, it was always very smooth, you seemed to have put in a lot of effort here. On occasion, as a whole, the graphics seemed a bit simplistic for what ever reasons. The style was awesome and it was probably my favourite aspect in this case for a number of reasons. The biggest reason is actually one that i have already stated, it was a very interesting look on what different people can be thinking sometimes, even if it wasnt a serious look. The animating style sort of backed everything else up very nicely. The fact that it was a submission with effort from you Zekey added a little bit to my final score. Other than those things the style was still pretty fun, and wacky. The small animating style change from the happy view to the true view was pretty cool, especially when the police men were portrayed as candy filled snowmen. The sound was great although there was nothing all that special or unique about it. There was a song for the sound and thats it. But in this case thats all you really needed because you used the song very well and it happened to really fit the animation.

Overall this was a great movie with nothing seriously wrong about it. I truly want to see more serious animations by you Zekey because i know you have the talent to make great movies. Continue with the random collabs and the Star Syndicate if you feel like it, but make more great movies along the way! Excellent work!!!
-Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

*salutes*

*self-induced concussion*

[Shoo Fly]

Very impressive!

That was truly one of the best demonstartions of amazing talent i have seen on this site ever since i started coming here. The two years since you have submitted something would have been way more than well worth it if it was longer. And thats my main critism for this review; the length. When something is this well done for the time that it is playing, i just need it to be longer so i can enjoy everything that was done so well. Evidently many people dont care about the length too much and can enjoy it to its fullest anyways. But i definitely liked it despite the length, it was very impressive in every principal aspect. Here is my review.

The visuals were extremely well done, some of the best i have ever seen on the web for flash. There really wasnt anything wrong with them, they seemed almost professional. To start with specifics, the backgrounds were awesome. In a flash like this backgrounds are just huge extras if done properly. They really added on to the look of the visuals overall, they were extremely well drawn and seemed to be in great proportion. Some things even had some slightl shadow and shine effects it seemed, and i also really enjoyed the colours of them. The character design, even though there was really only one, was awesome. She had a very professional anime like style and was nicely detailed. The animation was probably the most important thing here though. It was simply mind blowing and fluent, all the movements were, just incredible. The style was great too, but truthfully there just was not all that much that made it special or unique. Everything about it was still very good though, excluding the length which negatively affected this aspect. I just cant wait to see a longer movie with this quality of visuals! The idea was kind of simple but funny as well. The presentation of this idea was good too. Thanks to all the facial expressions, and sometimes the sync with the animation and the music, the presentation was fun. I really got the feeling that fly was there just to annoy her, and i enjoyed how angry she got. These things are simple things, but you used each thing so well. The sound was awesome too. Despite it being just that song, and by itself the song wouldnt even be that great, i rather enjoyed it. You used the song quite effectively. Many of the animated actions were perfectly in sync, when the violin was playing in the song, the fly was buzzing around and other little things like that. Also, it was kind of over dramatic for just trying to catch a fly, this is a good thing as it added to the humour nicely.

Overall this was an impressive show of talent. All I need to see from you is just a longer movie next time. I just hope you can keep up the same effort though because evidently this movie had a lot in it. Congrats on an awesome score and a very successful flash!
-Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5