Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Become]

Wow!! that was awesome!!!

That was certainly some of the best stop motion animation i have ever seen. Wow and just like that with almost no other flash to NG, you submit this and instantly impress me. I think you should also make clay movies to see how they turn out too. This, however, was just fantastic, i dont know where you got the idea from, or how you came about presenting it. What ever you did i loved, here is my review.

The graphics were absolutely good enough for a 10. This stop motion was incredible. Often it seemed as if the characters were moving on their own, rather them actually being animated. The character in the end was one of the best looking clay people i have seen. The graphics in this case are a good enough indicator of just how much effort you put into this, and as seen by the score effort goes a long way. The style of this movie is just about perfect because the only thing that isnt totally original about this is how people have done stop motion before. I have not seen a movie of a clay person being created before, well probably because there havent been any. Not only was the idea original, great presentation was there to accompany it. The sound actually wasnt totally necessary in this. I mean it did add to the final product positively but you didnt need it. Good choice of song by the way.

Overall this was an awesome movie. I dont think it quite has the score to show it though, so i will help by giving it a 5/5. Thats what i think all this effort deserves. Keep it up!

MackProductions responds:

Chris, this review alone made it worth the work. Thank you very much for a full, in depth review like this. It is great to see people truely enjoying my work:)

[LL - Screen Episode 1]

Great work. Go Lock Legion!

You guyz are so consistant when you want to be. I mean i have seen so many great movies by you guys, but there were some that have been dissapointed and seemed effortless. The veterans of the Lock Legion always put effort into their movies and that i like about them. This is adds on to the reasons why i like you guys better than the clock crew. Here is my review.

The graphics were just as i like them to be in any lock submission. The drawings and colours were very smooth, i need to see this in any lock submission, because as soon as i do i know the movie will be good. The shadow effects are simple but they really add a lot to the graphics. The smooth animation is another thing that is signature to good lock movies, and this had a lot of it. The style of this movie was great, but there were a few things i found could have been done differently. Your animating style was very nice first of all. But i didnt like the scene changes very much, the static was a cool idea, but then they got too numerous and lengthy. Try to change that for that next episode. The sound was greaat as well, the robotic voices were good but they all kind of sounded too similar. The sound effects were very good though.

Overall this was yet another great Lock Legion movie, it was fun to watch and it seems to be the start of a great new lock legion series. Make the next episodes as good as this or better. Keep it up! 4/5

LAVAGASM responds:

Thanks for the lengthy and helpful review. I'm really glad you can differentiate those who work hard in the LL from those who are there for the ride. That's a characteristic most people can't seem to acquire. It seems to be "OFMG I SAW ONE BAD LL MOVIE ALL OF THEM SUCK" or "I SEE OTHER PEOPLE HATING ON THE LL SO I'LL JOIN IN GGGGGGG-UNIT." it is actually quite a relief to know that at least one person one this ite has common sense (and from a lot of the other reviews I've gotten it's plenty more than just one.)

The scene changes certainly seem to big todays hot button. Maybe instead of sticking by my own artistic integrity I should let one slide by. Next time, I will have no more than 2 static transitions.

Thank you for your support to the LL, you can stop by the forums any time you want www.locklegion.com . We do a lot of stuff ont here that isn't always on NG. <3 Samegame

[Sonic'sQuestForPower3(P1)]

Amazing!

This was truely amazing work guys. Every little thing was awesome. I must admit i thought this movie was going to be a bit noobish because of what you said in your authors comments. You seemed worried about how successful or not successful this would be. But i think based on its score and how much i liked it you succeeded with flying colours. A years work really shows in this, way to pack in the effort guys. I wish i have seen and/or remembered the other episodes to see how much you improved. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, seriously! I havent seen such effort in a sprite movie for quite some time, i think since Rise of Mushroom Kingdom 4. Well i could see effort in every direction, no matter where i looked. The sprites were chosen nicely and it even seems you made some of your own. The detail in the environments and backrounds wasnt amazing, but it did the job and still gave the proper feel of the levels. The animation with the sprites was always fast paced, yet controlled. By that i mean it was always easy to know what was going on. The style of this movie was nothing short of awesome as well. I mean the constant action and violence took a toll on my mind! I also liked the story at the beginning where it really showed itself. The sound was again awesome! You had too many sound effects to count, and thats a great thing as it shows a huge amount of effort and care for your movie. The voice acting did have its moments, but in general the expressions for the characters emotions were a tad off.

Overall this was an awesome movie, and hence, deserving of an awesome score and review, so here ya go! : ). I hope the other parts are as good as this. Keep the greatness coming to the portal!! 5/5

LgdVegetto responds:

yeh i am pretty nervous... but wow..well said review man! I'm glad i didn't disappoint you :)! But if ya look at SQFP1 and 2 then compare it to this, then you'll see how far i leaped since then ;)

[Star Worms]

yay, i love worms! Nice Work!

Great work on absolutely everything in this. I remember seeing your another movie, Halo Armageddon, and its good to see this one lived up to my expectations after seeing your other worms movie. I mean theres nothing in this i can complain about being bad, but maybe theres some things i would have liked to see done diffferently. Here is my review.

The graphics were simply great in this movie. I mean i really love the addition of themes rather than just plain worms. The themes add to the amusment, and along with the themes comes cool looking Halo Worms or star worms in this case. They all look cool or funny in a good way, though i would have liked to see Yoda in there. The animation never dissapointed, it was always very solid. The style of this movie was near perfect, this time Worms and star wars combined. Still a very cool combination. I love the idea and the presentation, you made sure to get some of the weapons in this. Your animating style is also something ot be proud of man. The sound was great, i really liked the use of original Worms sound effects, especially in the Holy Hand Grenade. All the other sound effects were cool too. There was good violence and great humour in this too.

Overall this was a really good movie and it definitely deserves the great score it has. I hope this isnt the last worms flash you make. Maybe next time go for a Nintendo themed one or something, keep it up! 4/5

Jack-Mace responds:

Wow... big -- review..
Big aprisiation for you!!

Thanks dude.. i like it!!!:D:D:D

[Over There: Segment 5]

Yay, way to go guys!

This was excellent, even if it was a bit short. The other episodes were fantastic and i still really liked this one. I cant say this enough but you guys honestly make an amazing team. Im surprised you made this series in 2000, i wonder what kinds of claymations and/or peoplemations you guys can do now.

This whole series has been a blast to watch, and i could almost say an honour. Its great that i know 5 of these would be coming to the portal, i mean if theres nothing good in the portal, i knoew this will end that trend. But sadly now its over, and i just have to wish good stuff will always be coming in.

The graphics throughout this wonderful series have been incredible. Really some of the best stopmotion i have ever seen. You could even compete with Knox! The style was of course awesome, it has never dissapointed me yet with you dustball and gel, i hope you can continue that way. The sound was awesome, even with the big file size the sound doesnt suffer much with audio quality, and the voice acting was always good. Humour was actaully quite good in this segment, better than what i remember from the other segments.

Overall this series realy deserves a 10. Perhaps the best claymation series i have ever seen, Knox having made only short ones. Its cool to review final episodes in a series because you get to remeber the whole series over as you summarize it. And it just feels awesome inside : ). This and Shades of Grey series, which was a full movie split into parts with real people and no animation, was another one i got to review the final episode of. Thanks for this whole series! 5/5

Dustball responds:

Thank you very much! And we appreciate all of your thoughtful reviews very much too. I'm glad that the movie can bring someone so much joy to watch because in the end, that's what makes it all worth while. I was suprised to look at your profile just now and see that you are 15! All of the other 15 years olds on NG (or at least the lame ones) should really try to behave more you. Thanks again for being a fan!

[The Morgue]

Very different, and very good!

I loved this! It was extremely different, original and creative, and more so than most of the other flash i have seen. There was nothing you can really hate about this flash if you have any idea of what a good flash is. Every aspect was done superbly. I liked how you used something preexisting, the audio in this case was all from old stuff, but created put your interpretation about it. This i havent seen before and its always awesome to see something new. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome throughout the movie. I noticed right away the whole movie will have a really cool graphical style to it. And i was glad i was right. The drawings were excellent, they werent all that detailed a lot of the time, but in my opinion that goes to what i liked about your animating style. It was simple, yet packed with effort, and creativity. I also liked how all the characters were just plain white, in most movies that would look awful. The animation was very smooth, just very good overall. The style of this movie was close enough to perfect for a solid 10. Everything about the style of this movie was simply awesome. The idea, i mean taking the audio from 1960's and making a flash based around it. That and the idea was actually presented with amusement kept in mind. Your animating style even helped out your overall style. I must admit i was skeptical about the sound being any good at all because you said it all came from the 1960's but woo i liked it. Or maybe it was the animation and the audio combined that i liked.

Overall this was an awesome movie, definitely deserving of the great score it has. Congrats Zekey on another very successful flash, you always impress me. Dont make this the last great flash you have! 5/5

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

It wont be (despite this cartoon sucking my juices dry)!

And thank you for the lengthy review!

[A Tribute to the Tribute]

LOl, clever.

This would have done extremely well in the collaboration if it had fit the theme. Its a shame it didnt, but its not a huge deal because i got to enjoy it anyways. I really liked this, there wasnt too much real anmation involved but that really doesnt matter because of your nice presentation, you only needed words and a solid song in this to make it good. The animation was just a bonus.

The graphics were good whenever you had them, i liked the text as well. I mean theres nothing special here but it was all done well enough to be a helpful addition. The style of this movie was awesome, this is a perfect tribute. Personally i would have been satisfied if this was a tribute to NG, not to the real tribute. I loved your style of humour in this, it seems it wasnt intended to be funny but it was in the end anyways. This is like an epic tribute, and im glad you were able to make it this way. The sound was great too, this is certainly one of the better choices for an epic tribute, and this just added on to the epic feel. The humour came in the dialogue, it was funny to read stuff so serious to a website!

Overall this was a great tribute, and i was actually impressed. I hope you can make full animated movies in the near future. Make it good again and ill be sure to review it! Keep up the great work! 4/5

Llammalrdsofsci responds:

Thank you so much for that very awesome review. There's not much I can say but thank you.

[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.