wizardman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[One Day, Jens Had An Idea]

Very clever

First thing I liked about this flash was the surprise ending. It gave me a chuckle. The sound was a little bit quieter than i would've liked, but at least it was perfectly understandable. The story was great, and I enjoyed the graphics. It was interesting how you were able to combine hot chocolate, books, and gasoline in such an interesting way. I'd like to see more work from you; you have a lot of potential. I have to ask though, what language was the book in, and was there some significance I'm not getting?

Lothenon responds:

First of all: Thank you for your positive review! I'm a little surprised, 'cause I thought the ending comes a bit too early and the story could've "developed" more.

To your question: It's the German book cover. That is because this flash was originally in German (I originally never intended to publish it). When I decided to submit it to newgrounds, I redraw the German writings and redubbed the whole thing. But I was too lazy to replace the book cover. That's why it's in German. No further significance. ;)

I could upload the German Version, but I doubt there'll be positive response.

[Glow]

Weird, yet cool

To be negative for a second, if there was a replay button at the end, it didn't work, as the flash just went right back to the preloader. The lipsynching wasn't good, and the music kept going if I tried to pause it. However, I found this enjoyable, especially for a first flash. The peculiar movements of the lines were fun to watch, adn the animation in itself was good. Almost hard to believe you did this when you were 12 (as you kept reminding us). I'm also glad that the audio appears to be compressed, at least somewhat. Very weird style, yet abstract and cool.

RichChap responds:

"Almost hard to believe you did this when you were 12 (as you kept reminding us)"

GAH! people kept saying how I repeated that I was 12 over and over agian. haha, sorry. Thanks for the positive feedback. The lipsynch was bad because when I made the sound event instead of stream it got screwed. Thanks though for the feedback

[Exploding Fungus (silent)]

Very weird flash

The very first thing I noticed was that it took me a while to figure out how to get the movie to start. After finally being able to click on the blue line (I was trying to click the spiked parts rather than the original line) I saw what was a very weird movie. The entire movie was basically a spray can of fertiliser (I was gong to whine about how you spelled it wrong until I realized that fertilizer and fertiliser are both right) that was used on a mushroom, killing it. I don't understand the moral too much, as I wasn't convinced by this alone that fertilizer is good.
As for the graphics and animation in itself, a part of me absolutely hated the apprent lack of effort, but at the same time, I actually enjoyed the extremely abstact look of it. the purple lines on the black background give it a somewhat surreal feel that's hard to do in a flash, good or bad. It looked like the ground at times, the sky at others. The fertilizer and mushroom were drawn relatively well using only lines. Granted, I could say that it needs more color, sound, animation, and a complete makeover, and it would be true. It would be a lot better, but it would take away the one thing that this flash really has, and what probably allowed it to be protected: surrealism. Not a bad flash when taken at face value, terrible when compared to actual flashes.

Bezman responds:

You give a good amount of detail. It's always nice to hear the little things about your experiences, like your confusion over my button.

Your 2nd paragraph is rather insightful and raises some points, making me consider things I hadn't really thought about thus far.

When I consider my normal criteria (specific constructive criticism, one positive point, an overall appraisal) I see you met all 3 (what I consider) minimum requirements.

Your review, though, is greater than the sum of its parts, in the questions it raises; the points it states.

7/10

[11/25-GoldenGlock]

Odd, but actually somewhat decent.

This flash wasn't too bad. First off, the intro with GoldenGLock knocking the guy off the tank was awesome. That was probably the best intro I've seen so far today. I liked the flash being fast-paced, but the audio was terrible, even for default voices. I liked the concept and the animation, though.

[zaaasfd IV: hellspawn]

Weird

The concept was basically pointless. I could care less about the word "gug" looking a little weird. Then again, I don't have the mindset RiceGlock does. I liked how he seemed pretty happy about it, though, and how he kept asking a bunch of glocks about it. If there had been more background animation, and if the intro became bright a little quicker, it would've been better.

retr0smash responds:

ok then

[Deep Throat Nine]

Didn't care for it.

This flash cartoon wasn't really an animation, but a few pictures where the mouths moved. The lip syncing was pretty good, and the pics looked good, but I'm not too fond of the fact that this is all this flash has to offer. If this flash had more animation, and more stuff in general, then it would've been better. The dialogue in itself was definitely weird though.