MasaAndMune's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[[Dream A Little Dream]]

Wow!

That was actually quite spectacular and enjoyable.

The animations were nicely done, the music choice is perfect, and most importantly, everything fit together perfectly.

It was really fun to watch, and this is very well done.

Great job. :D

ShaunSP responds:

Thanks. :)

[The Advent Fairy]

I do love Advent Calendar chocolates.

But I would probably enjoy them even better if they screamed in terror as I ate them.

Great job :D

Kreid responds:

Hell yeah, you get to feel reeeeaaallly evil inside.

I hope you're happy! >:C

[Waves of Change]

Nicely done

I think this was a well assembled flash.

The animation was pretty good, the overall message was a nice one, and the overall feel of the movie all worked well together.

Ending was also a nice touch with the waves, and just a great thing for you to do.

One thing that I did notice was exactly what the kid was drinking.

At first it would seem that he was opening a jar of shoe glue or something to that effect, and then all of a sudden it cuts to him drinking a brown fluid. I wasn't sure if you were trying to say the kid was eating the shoe polish in one scene, and then all of a sudden he's drinking what appears to be alcohol.

And it almost seems like he could have been drinking the shoe glue even with the way it transitioned, so I'm not sure. If he is in fact drinking the glue, you need to make sure you keep it consistent, and not have it morph from a jar to a bottle, and then also the contents completely change inside.

Other than that small thing, it was a very good effort and you should be happy with the result.

Great job!

Zeebra responds:

You absolutely right, it wasnt very clear what the kid did with the shoe glue bottle. But just to enlighten, he was supposed inhale the glue vapours and get "high". It did look like he was drinking it. Greatly appreciate your critique and will use your feedback for improvements on the finer details.

[Oddball: Which Witch]

Reminds me of..

Monty Python and the Holy Grail a little, which is fantastic :D

Funny flash and the animations is awesome.

One thing that sort of bothered me though was the waterfall sound effect and how it looped, and wasn't looped well.

Other than that, great job :D

Kreid responds:

Aye, ti clashed with the voices at parts really :/

[Train Vs. Dark Yuki]

Enoyable

I think everything is put together pretty well.

The fighting and the effects were smooth and it kept my attention for the most part.

Now as mentioned before, there seems to be some issues with the sprite sizing issues, as the sprites were not the same size, and that might be because the sprites were used from different parts of the game, some from the battles within themselves, and some from when they are outside of battles perhaps, but I don't know that for sure. I just looked funny that they were so different sized.

Another thing I noticed was that there seemed to be a lot of shaking during the battles, and by a lot, I mean every time something happened, whether it was when they pulled something out, or when they were walking, moving, it almost seemed like it was way too much shaking. I think you should effectively use the shaking of the camera a bit less, but not that much less. Enough to prove your point that it's a powerful battle.

I think it was a great job altogether and maybe add some story line to eventually if you were ever planning to put together a storyline.

Great job.

Kinosashi responds:

thank you for the suggestions. I'll keep that in mind when i start my series that i plan to do.

[Funky Stick Fight 2]

Quite refreshing

At first glance, I was thinking it was just going to be another stick fight, but upon further inspection, I am very satisfied with what I have found in this flash.

It's pretty comical, and the animations were all pretty well done.

The dancing and the music were very upbeat, so even though there were these long pauses of dance breaks in between some of the fights, they worked together so well and made the transition between fighting and dancing so seamless.

And the best part of course is Jamiroquai. :D

Great job and I have to say I did enjoy myself quite a bit.

hikuihito responds:

yes, exactly. This is actually one of my favourite jamiroquai songs!

[Crooktooth EPS1]

Fun

That was actually rather nice.

I think the time you spent on this animation really shows in the animation and how smooth some of the parts were.

The overall feel to the movie was very nice and I think the Looney Tunes atmosphere worked out okay with everything.

Now, I just have a few issues with some of the components that were in this flash.

I think the flow of the movie was sort of off in the sense that, because of the lack of dialogue, the constant jumping from one situation to the other seemed to throw off my concentration as to what was going on in the flash, if you know what I mean by that. But because your teacher didn't want it to be dialogue happy, you may not have been able to control that.

Like you said, some of the lines were rough, which isn't too recognizable, so not a big deal. There was probably just a bit of inconsistency of some parts with rigid lines, and then some other parts were really smooth. That's kind of what threw the overall aesthetics of the animation portion of it off a little.

The voices you should probably just get a VA to do them, since I think the adjusted pitches weren't really that great, and also there may have been too many sound effects for me, but that was probably because you were trying to compensate with the lack of dialogue, so again, probably out of your control.

Overall I found this movie to be rather enjoyable, and your animations were well done.

I remember when I first saw you mention you were going to release this, I got a little excited to see how the end result was going to be like. And after seeing your hard work, I do have to say you have certainly met my expectations.

I will be awaiting for Ep.2 to be out soon, so get to it as quick as you can sir.

Cheers.

Joeylicious responds:

Thanks Masa,
EP2 will definitely be more entertaining than this :)

[The Villager: Episode 1]

A good opening to what might be a good movie

I think you did a great job with the scenery and the overall aesthetics and feel to the movie all worked very well together.

The animation was fairly clean and the character designs were nice. But one thing I thought could have used some work was the facial expressions a bit more. Some of the characters just seemed to have the same expressions over and over again, and also sometimes their eyes are too wide open, but that's not a huge deal really.

I can say that I can't wait until you come out with Episode 2 and really show us what you got in mind, because I am sure you will not disappoint.

Great job :D

TheFlashFrame responds:

thanks for the suggestions :)

[Budge007 Show Reel 2010]

Great Reel

I think all six of these smaller projects worked very well together. I think one of the things that sold it is that you chose upbeat music to match each part, with the exception of one that shouldn't have music anyways.

Walk Cycle - You show Steven Tyler how it's done!

Kid's Show Jingle - It was good because there was violence.

Show Reel Intro - Although there was no music, the sound effects were quirky and worked well.

Character Turn Around - That's one happy scarecrow.

Lip Sync - I was hoping for more dialogue to get a fuller feel of the lip sync, but I guess that will do for now.

Retardo's Rise To Power - I really enjoyed the color scheme of the movie, and I think it all worked out very well together. The art was great, but there didn't really seem like there was a whole lot of actual animation involved in this flash, which was either meant this way, or it was just a I got lazy thing, but I can see that go both ways, so meh ;P.

I think overall everything was nicely done. Nothing was perfect, but nothing was bad either. Each part seemed to flow with each other very well, and once put together, formed a strong cohesive effort that shows in this show reel.

Great job and keep up the good work.

Budj responds:

Wow, thanks alot! Very much appreciated. The Retardo's Rise to Power assignment was make everything move (like South Park style) without any real animation, so it was purposely like that. It's the one thing I didn't like about it. :<

[Ghosts 'n Goblins V.2]

A Great Result

I think you did a fantastic job on a great classic.

The animations were very clean, and I thought that the zooming and so on were used well and effectively.

The battle portions throughout were all solid considering what you had to work with, and in general I felt you kept to the core values of the game, and didn't do anything to out of this world to make it feel like it could never happen in the game.

And using the point as the main boss was a nice touch to the overall feel of the flash. I especially thought the drop down window paste thing was rather clever and worked well.

There were some small minor stuff that wasn't the best, such as the opening which felt a bit laggy at times, but I that pretty much disappeared when the main scene started, so that was probably your "testing" phase with the sprites ;P.

I was hoping for more at the end, something a little less anti-climatic, but as you said before, it could easily just be tweaked if you had more time, so didn't hurt the overall feel to the flash.

Overall I think everything in this flash was very well done. All the aesthetics were all done wonderfully and worked well together. And ripping all the sprites yourself, you definitely get some props for that work.

Anyways, great job on a nice flash.

Pienkaito responds:

Wow, you have no idea how much this comment means to me. =D
I really thank you for the positive and well-written comment.