One-Dollar's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[LOZ: The Sacred World P3]

Not too bad

The animation was pretty decent and the voice acting wasn't bad (though anyone's going to sound a little odd voicing Link, what with him being a silent character and all). The battles could probably have been a bit more exciting but they match the actual game quite well as they are.

Why does it say "Stay tuned for part 2" at the end?

Hiyoko responds:

It was a typo, it's fixed now.

[Porcelain Promo]

Interesting

Here's a random and probably unhelpful suggestion - when you're showing the ruined buildings the camera does some very odd focusing, like it seems to rush to them then pull away slowly or zoom out then in again. Some slow panning combined with a slow fade might work better - it gives your audience time to try and figure out what it is they're looking at rather than throwing it in their face, it makes it more involving. Does that make any sense?

Anyway, your promo is interesting but not enough to make me watch out for you finished film. There's very little story on show here so I'm not sure whether it'll be my thing or not. Your artwork is very good but it looks scanned - or at least bitmap - so you need to figure out how to turn it into lots of individual symbols so that you can animate it. That's going to be your main challenge to start with.

Good luck!

pepermuntjuh responds:

Haha, hey there! Definitly not an unhelpful suggestion you just made there :D You're absolutely right.. haha... I watched it again after reading your review, and went.. 'hey, i think he's right, it does look a bit... odd' So thanks for noticing that teehee!
Now, of course I'm still ... kind of.. a Flash-noob... but I'll try my best to make it look...more interesting haha :D

xx

[Track 11]

Nice short and simple animation of a hidden track

**I lol'd so hard I made a sound that might have been translated as actually laughing-out-loud**

Seriously though you already know my opinion, but I thought I'd stick a review in here anyway. Very nice artwork and style, but the best part is the amount of character you got into the... well... characters. Lovely animation. The audio's a bit grainy, but then it was to start with so...

Your best on here?

MellowScholar responds:

Thanks! I think it's probably my favourite.

[Dreams of orange skies]

Is there a sync problem?

I was confused over the syncing too. There's a bit at the beginning where the guy's speaking the words of the song (I assume), but his mouth's moving a good second or too before you hear the words. But then the animation and the song finish at the same time. If there is a syncing problem its a serious one, otherwise I have to say the mouth moving and saying nothing sort of throws the entire animation off.

EsMatiCSounDs responds:

Hmm thats kinda wierd... cuz i watch the movie when i submitted it and it was synced almost flawlessly.. dunno whats wrong :S. thx for the review and the heads up!

[Chapter 13]

Fantastic

That is really, really good. I loved more or less everything about it, the smooth animation, the visuals, the ideas, the song. My only real dislike was the stickmen as characters, but thats only cos they're over used by people who can't draw or animate (and thats obviously not you). Good luck with using it for art work, this is a brilliant submission.

allemansing responds:

Now THIS is why i do flash :D

[Wind-Up Toy]

Dark, disturbing and well put together

Well, the artwork wasn't up to much but you were very creative with the shots and the scenes you used. Overall a dark and disturbing animation that fit the song well. The sound was a bit low on quality, but I know its a difficult balance between that and huge submissions. So yeah, graphics were the only thing really letting you down on this, work on them and you can make even higher quality submissions. Good work!

thornebush5 responds:

Thank you. The graphics could be a little smoother I'll admit but I like the story book type feel they have.

[Linerider the Movie]

Fairly good

I don't like the way you link to a hacked version of Linerider. You should put the official beta 2 version link. Other than that good work, it's picked up a bit from the preview. Especially like the grabs, flips etc the linerider does himself.

king-ben responds:

sorry ill change that ill link it to gamewing

[Paperback Writer]

Very nice

That was really, really good. I loved the style of the thing, using only a few objects (text, yourself, pen and paper) on a white background, and the animation was really smooth and well done. I don't think I've seen anything like this before, certainly not as good.

BaconisGood4You responds:

Thanks a lot for the review One-Dollar!

[Markdump]

Looks good

Why was the Newgrounds tank reversing in the preloader? Game looks and sounds pretty good - looking forward to it

Master-Light responds:

Sorry, i didnt make that animation complain to ketch15. Machine.

[Project Stick Trailer]

Waiting for the full one now...

That was a lot better than it sounded from the title and description. Can't wait to see the full thing (but let me guess, I have to...)

Squarion responds:

u dun lik the title (noooooo)