Chris-Aldin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[When Robots Attack]

Wow! I loved it, way to go guys!

Awesome work on this movie, i really enjoyed pretty much everything about it. And this is because well, everything was actually done well. I was really happy to see you guys teaming up to make a flash together and i figured it would really be a success. Both of you did a great job on your parts of the movie, and both parts seemed to come together pretty well. Personally, theres probably nothing id change to make this better, maybe a little tweak here and there but nothin drastic or very noticable. Theres nothing else really to say here so ,here is my review.

The graphics were very well done, and they could just about not be any more suitable for this movie. I loved basically everything about them, especially how they kind of repeated themselves, like each robot was doing something unique, and doing it over and over until you could not see it anymore. The colours were bright and they added to your animating style positively as it usually does with your animation. The drawings were all pretty good, and i enjoyed the character design even if the designs werent yours. Im sure you remade them pretty accurately! The animation was pretty smooth for the most part as well, the side scrolling throughout was even good, it could be a tad smoother i suppose. The style was amazing in this movie, i mean the combined styles of TmsT and Neil is certainly a winning combination as it proved to be in this case. First the animating style was wonderful, kind of cartoony in a very good way, and i always like your animating style. The idea was cool, for the song and for the style of animation. But the presentation is what really made the idea work in my opinion. I loved the whole side scrolling idea, it was pretty original and actually well done! The sound was awesome too, congrats to Neil for that! The song was very good like your last two, but it wasnt quite as catchy as they were. At the beginning i wasnt so sure if i liked it or not, but it really picked up as the song went on.

Overall this was a fairly funny movie, with good visuals and a very catchy song to go with it all. It was all very well done, and really its nothing less than id expect from the combination of Neil and TmsT, and i hope you guys can continue to make movies as a duo. Way to go, and please keep up the good work!!
-Standing Ovation! 5/5

TmsT responds:

Might I just point out that I did all the animation independently of any input from Neil, and that all the robots were of my own designing... even though many of them were obviously inspired by actual robots (TransFormers, Daleks, Commander Keen robots). I tried to make this movie as copyright-friendly as possible. I'm glad you still found it enjoyable, despite its lack of blatant pop-culture rip-offs all the way through (like in most of my other movies on Newgrounds).
Indeed there's a lot to look for in those loops... and some of them don't always repeat exactly... ;)

*Bows*

[Up Skit Creek 2 - Part 2!]

Awesome, really well done!

Wow man this was awesome, and acutally really well done in every aspect, even in comparison to the first Up Skit Creek. Everything was done surprisingly well, and some things were done noticably better than the first one such as the visuals, where you improved on your animating style, the style because this needed to have 2 parts and hence it was longer, and finall the final product came out better in the end, though its a bit tough how exactly it did. I decided to review both parts of this sequel at once because i mean it was just one movie split up, and you seem to want people to watch both parts before giving full reviews and scores. Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, they were certainly improved over that of your last few submissions, and noticably better over the last Up Skit Creek movie. This was mainly due to an improvement in your animating style, while you maintained it from before you refined it, allowing some more room for detail or animation. The drawings were usually pretty damn good and i must say i was really impressed with some of the lip sync and the facial expressions and detail in them in general. The animation could use a bit of work, like on some movements but it was still good. The style was basically perfect. I mean your animating style is just so good, and the idea is awesome, plus the the flash is named very well, the name is not only appropriate for what goes on, but its a clever way of saying it too. The idea is pretty cool, putting a whole bunch of different clips into one movie, but in this one i really liked how you kind of connected some of the clips, like with the guys having a dual and constantly moving away from each other. The presentation was good, even if some clips were a bit slow going. he length was really good, i mean it had to be if you split it into two parts! The sound was awesome too, the voice acting was really good and always had great expression and variation, it was a smart idea to get some other people to do some voices to keep them all sounding different.

Overall this was a very funny and entertaining movie and really deserves the award it has, and on many other days would have been the #1 Daily. It is for reasons like this that you are in my favourite authors, its been a while since ive last seen a submission by you that has really satisfied any flash craving i have had, so nice work and dont let this be your last!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

TmsT responds:

Gee whizz, what a long review! You should split it into two parts! ;) :P

The main reason why the animation looks so much better in this one is because I almost always use 16fps now instead of 12fps.. and I used a lot of line/vector -based drawings instead of mouse-drawn ones.

2nd place is pretty good for something that only had 6 hours of votes before getting that award! Imagine what it might've got if it had 24 hours like the other movies! :D

[The Ultimate Showdown]

Fantastic, better than your last one!!!

This was nearly too awesome for words, it was similar to your last one in terms of its visuals, catchiness, and overall how fun it was to watch over and over again. By the end however, this came out better without a doubt at least in my opinion. This was basically good for the reasons ebaums world dot com was, but in this pretty much everything was done just a little bit better and in some cases much better. The first time i saw this, i was instantly convinced this is going in my favourites, and you Neil are now in my favourites as well. This just cant be the last submission you make that is this catchy and this good overall. Here is my review.

The graphics were great, but again they were fairly simple, but as you have said before the simplicity in the graphics in done purposely, whether that is completely true or not, i like it when their simple in movies like this with a catchy song and amusing lyrics. So being simple is definitely not bad in all cases, then again you wont find many that effectively use simple graphics in their movies. The drawings were great, pretty funny to look at sometimes, espeically drawings of Shaq and Chuck Norris. The detail was there where it absolutely needed to be, but you did nicely in keeping it fairly simple. The animation was actually very well done, and pretty smooth sometimes. During other times, i was just a tad bit dissapointed with its inconsistancy overall, but in the end it didnt effect your overall score! The style is always a key for your submissions, especially your last 2 which thrive off a cool style and an awesome song to go along with it or vice versa. The animating style is near perfect for this movie, the simplicity is pretty much the only thing concerning the animating style. The idea was pretty awesome too, i mean the whole concept of writing an original song about something is creative enough, but what you actually made the song about was almost even better, yes it was a bit random but you made it work SO well! The presentation was very good too with everything in sync and the visuals often demonstrating lyrics from the song. The sound is probably the most important thing in this movie, fortunately that was the most impressive element too. The whole song was just fantastic, spectacular, brilliant! It was very catchy, clever, creative and certainly original. Plus the singing in it was actually pretty good.

Overall this was another amazing movie from you guys. You have to make at least one more music video created around an original song, because your last two have been so awesome! Well i dont really have any advice except keep up the effort and the awesome work, eventually you guys could come out with a CD, which i would probably buy! Anyways another awesome job, way to go!
~Standing Ovation! 5/5

altffour responds:

I enjoy reading reviews that are intelligent, so thank you for this.

We have at least 3 more planned in theory, as we would like to release a DVD at some point.

[-Motion-]

Wow! Incredible!

Wow man, that was amazing, i cant put exactly what i think into words! Me and my sister both found this quite an amazing, entertaining movie and truthfully she really doesnt care much about flash and all that stuff so thats a real compliment! I have never seen a movie with better claymation than that, and there were also some other pretty good elements to back it up such as its style and sound. Now i think it would be cool if you could make a series out of this using characters and a storyline. Here is my review.

The graphics were well simply amazing, honestly claymation now has a new bar set for the best it could be. It hasnt been done better for sure from what ive seen, and i have seen quite a few different claymations from many different authors. The reason, it was just so damn smooth, i imagine to make the movements so detailed it must have taken a ton of time, and hence you have put tons of effort into it. Some models looked pretty good aswell, such as the hands and the puddle effects and other stuff like that. The style was awesome too, like i said it would be even better if you used this incredible animation in a series of some sort. But i liked how you demonstrated many different things you could do, hands, tentacles going through the ground and coming up in another spot, facial expressions, basically everything possible with clay. Maybe it was just a bit short, but i realize there were filesize issues, and simply how much time you wanted to take on this. The sound was great in the end, it was only the song but a good song. It went well with the movie too, so nice choice here!

Overall this was a really impressive movie, yet still with room for improvements on a bit of everything excluding visuals. Well i was blown away with it in the end, you could potentially be the new god of claymation if you keep submitting movies more frequently, anyways dont rush things just to have them submitted, keep taking your time like you are!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

MackProductions responds:

you're awesome at reviewing! haha thank you very much. It is truely great to hear the things you have said. I remember you from revieing my other claymation Become, still then you gave great and in depth reviews. Thank you

[Pallid Fingers 2]

Great work, and a great parody!

Way to go on this sequel to your first parody, i dont remember too much about the first one but i do know that this one was a huge improvement over an already great movie. I think basically everything was done better in this, from visuals to humour. I did enjoy this one for sure though, and everything was actually done pretty well, and as a parody to salad fingers it was simply fantastic, you basically made fun of everything you needed to, in order to make a very successful parody. Here is my review.

The graphics were great by themselves, but when compared to that of salad fingers, they looked nearly identical, you did a great job of capturing the whole feel to that weird series while adding in some new stuff of your own. The drawings of the characters from the series and your own were pretty good and even yours seemed to fit in to this odd environment. The detail in the characters and some instances in the backgrounds was pretty good, more than sufficient in some cases. The animation was good, and again in some cases helped make this parody more similar to the real thing. The style was awesome too, not only for making this look like the series, but for pretty much everything else that helps style. For example the idea was awesome, first making a parody, and then what you put in it sort of. The presentation was awesome because you managed to put many memorable parts from the series in this, such as the Nettles, and Jeremy Fisher. I liked the storyline too, though a little disorganized and vague and some points, it seemed you were trying to do it this way to match that of the real series. The sound was awesome too, the voices were eerie, and Salad Fingers' voice sounded so close to the actual one. I really enjoyed the sound effects too, as well as the quick/loud noises when the screen was flashing quickly, and then quickly back.

Overall this was an awesome movie that i think any fan of your stuff or the series can enjoy, this isnt quite my favourite submission that youve submitted to this site, but its probably right under first. Anyways keep it up, im looking forward to another one of your movies!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 4/5

rtil responds:

wow thanks for the insightful review
glad you think i captured the essence of salad fingers for this parody
and that you think i made fun of everything there is to make fun of, because there is no way in hell there's going to be a Pallid Fingers 3.
Expect much different submissions from me in the future.

[R&F Christmas Special!]

Nicely done!

This was a pretty good movie in the end. All aspects were above the average, and some even went way beyond what id expect from an average flash on this site. The whole idea of this short movie was pretty good, esepecially in terms of animation, the idea is something that would be fun to see animated. Well this did have some flaws, some were pretty easy to overlook when you pay more attention to everything else that was done well in that aspect. Here is my review.

The graphics were great, and close to getting a 9 in my opinion and heres why. The drawings were great, you made your characters look somehow innocent when clearly the mouse wasnt. I liked your use of detail where you needed some to create a really good animating style. The colours also helped out to give a really, smooth, original animating style. The one thing i found you could have improved on is the amount of animation, while there was some the movements you had were pretty simple throughout. The style was awesome overall, not just because of the idea i talked about before, but for a few other reasons as well. Your animating style was nice and very original. The presentation was pretty good, i liked the use of text, and the text itself actually looked pretty good too. It could have been a bit longer i suppose but the length was sufficient. The sound is where the real problem came in for me, i watched this through once, where the song was playing before you click play, and the it starts playing again once you click it, so the song sounds chaotic almost with 2 playing at once, and not in sync either. But other than that, this movie sounded great, i really enjoyed some of the sound effects you had in there. Good sense of humour topped it off well.

Overall this was a great movie with a few tiny flaws and one big one with the sound that dragged it down. Either way i enjoyed it and pretty much everything in it. And it seems many other people did as well, i wouldnt be surprised if this made the Top 5 Daily!
~Two Thumbs Up! 4/5

stoners-lunchbox responds:

Unfortunately there's an error in the actionscript. For some reason it won't play this properly. I tried to fix it countless times but i still didn't achieve the result i wanted.

Shame... Anyway, thanks for the feedback!

[WADTD:The Movie-Part2]

Excellent! I was truely impressed!

Wow, amazing job on both of them. I was seriously left totally satisfied with both of them, but also wanting more of the same high quality. They were both fantastic, and i decided not to review both of them because the visuals, general style, and sound effects. So i am sort of reviewing both at once. I can use one word to summarize both of them at once though, and that is "Superb". There was nothing that id ask to be improved, to make the movie successful, because it was awesome in every aspect in my opinion, sure some could use a bit of work but for the most part all was great. This even had elements that you dont usually see in many flash movies, those i will mention later. Here is my review.

The graphics were definitely more than sufficient to be successful throughout both movies. The drawings were pretty good by themselves, they had a sonic style to them, yet with human like physical traits, and they had a cool mix of the two. The detail in them was pretty good too, again it made them look good in two ways. The colours were pretty good for the characters and for some backgrounds. The backgrounds did their job for the most part, but some of them lacked a whole professional look to them, for example when Tony's rival was describing where Tony's house was on the hill, they looked too simplistic there. The animation was also awesome in terms of being able to tell which movements were being done, but on occasion the animation lacked a bit of complexity, i mean sometimes the movements seemed to be simple or repeated tweens, for example when Tony was rolling to evade an attack. The style was basically perfect in my opinion, and certainly good enough for a 10. The animating style was pretty cool, again with the two different looks to the characters, sonic/human. The idea and the story that went along with it was just awesome. The story is actually one of this movies strongest elements, actually, and this is one of the things that many flash dont bother to have. But this is an example of how a well thought out story can be very useful in a great flash. The presentation was awesome too, not only because of the crazy good length, of 17 and 16 minutes respectively. I loved how there were many points in this where you thought the battle was over, but then they go through another powerup. While sometimes they got a bit repitive it constantly kept the story changing for the best. The sound was awesome too, effort is the key factor for this aspect in these movies cases. The voice acting was pretty good, though i felt sometimes the expressions were a bit off in terms of what the characters emotion should have been, like when someone was angry they said a witty comment instead of something else. Great sound effects throughout, they really added a lot to the final product.

Overall these movies had their moments, and while it did have some flaws those were easy to overlook when you sit back and just enjoy all the action and the story. I was truely impressed with each individual movie and both of them as one, and the length was incredible, 31 minutes total playing time shows alot of effort, whether you did it by yourself or with a small group of other people. Way to go! This is my first 10 since Dec 06!
~Standing Ovation! 5/5

Tony64 responds:

Chris, my man, first off I'd like to say thank you! Not for the 10, but for the mature and well thought out review. (the 10 was just a bonus). People like you are why I make these movies! You've taken the time to look at every element of the flash, and for that I feel satisfied that my work was not in vein.

Thanks for the 10 and thanks for making NG a better place!

[Black Knights Episode 3]

Wow, awesome changes!

This was amazing man, definitely the best one so far, even if the story didnt quite seem to be continued from previous episodes. You certainly succeeded with your changes to bring more interest into the series, there are many things that were definitely improved compared to them in last episodes. If the series continues like this for many future episodes, it could truely be one hell of a series, and im totally serious. I hope you can keep this great work up! Here is my review.

The graphics were awesome, and what an improvement from before. The suggestions i had in my other reviews seemed to be taken into account when making this. There was more actual animation, rather than more obvious tweening. The drawings seemed a bit better in terms of their proportions, colours and even detail. The animation was great though, there was still a bit of simple tweening going on for when the characters were walking, but there was also some pretty good movements. The style was awesome too, your animating style has been tuned in some areas and for the best. The idea was a little shaky, because there wasnt much dialogue concerning the story, but in the end it came through pretty well. The presentation was awesome, i loved the violence and action you had in this episode. The sound was awesome, but the quality worsened it a bit. There is room to improve the quality of your audio a bit. But the sounds themselves were great, and the songs added a whole lot to the mood!

Overall this was an awesome movie, worthy of a Daily Award for sure, i hope the series can keep going on such a high note, and as i said it could seriously be one of the better series in the past year. Anyways keep them coming, im truely awaiting the next one!
~Two Thumbs Way Up! 5/5

bumblebeetuna responds:

thanks for the thoughtful response and the great reveiw, can never have to much support