shade-v2's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sounds Of Thunder]

I don't know how to feel about this.

It's an amazing piece of work with excellent production values across the board. High quality audio, stylistic artisitry, better then average animation (though much was conveyed through stills.) Use of shadow in the hallway perfect and the rippling water in the sink... nice.

I was very happy to hear some well recorded voice work - not a usual thing 'round here. Many credits are due this piece... and yet...

I just don't know how to feel about it. The story is so encapsulated in it's time frame that I drew no real connection to the charecters by the climax... I suppose I feel much the way our psuedo-villian-boy felt afterwards... Like there was something here worth caring about, and yet, I don't, really.

[Fantastic Realm Chapter 1]

People say things.

I've seen a few people, even those less than impressed with this submission, crediting it for it's stellar animation. Well... I've come to let you know:

The animation ain't that great.

The confusion here is differenciating between art and animation. The art is pretty damn stellar -- no doubt. The backgrounds are quite nice and the charecters are well composed with a modern Disney flare.

However, as for animation. There wasn't much of which to speak. There's enough to fool the viewer into thinking he saw a well animated film... but, for the record, you didn't. Highly stylized stills and motion tweens ruled the frames here people. A few quick cut fbf's of a hand grabbing or a girl pulling... but no stellar animation to speak of.

Besides that, of coarse, the lack of truely interesting charecters or plot takes this submission down off the mantle. Maybe it's going somewhere -- but I doubt it. Honestly, this looks like a prize piece for the authors to throw around to prospective job offers. Little more.

And that, my friends, is how 9+9+8 = 7.

["Lame" Episode 1 (Part 2)]

mmm.... Garfield.

Best ending ever! Still laughing. Excellent animation by the by and quite nice of you to revive a graphic style I've not seen in a bit. Not since the days of Garfield and the such... (Warm and fuzzy)

[Finger Puppet Matrix]

Worth the watch.

Being as compressed as this is it was somewhat difficult to watch. I think that through much of this spoof the author may have been relying too much on the sheer concept of a finger puppet Matrix to carry the humor. I believe much more could've been done to make it funnier.

At the same time, I can say that this piece really picked it up as it approached the end. The visual spoofs and the audio cuts got funnier and funnier.

Summarily: There were lots of unexplored possibilities but it's certainly worth the watch.

[Responsibility]

He's Got Christmas Eyes!

Pretty nice little submission. I wish more "first submissions" were this good. Keep it up - learn more.

RegisCartoons responds:

Yeah, I know that you mean bay saying "He's Got Christmas Eyes". Now I know how to make twinking random. I'm learning. Thanks