IceDragon64's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Never Give Up.]

Nice message

+Good idea
+ Well put together
+OK music (not my taste, but it sounds OK)
+OK animation
+Good intro and credits

- too much pixelated sprites for my taste
- rather messy/scribbly for my taste

Nice to see someone seeking to inspire. Long may you continue the good work.

[B For Effort]

Actually,..

Its not bad.

It looks good, it sounds good and its mildly funny. The B is a pun on the clock movie B- which is fair enough. There's nothing actually wrong with it, despite how short it is. In fact, as an animator I can relate to the difficulty in getting to grips with Flash.

I recognise that somehow a "vote fraud" has been put in place here, but so? . It goes up, it goes down again. Nobody died, no tragedy!

[Unique - CarqueJa Studios]

very good

interesting, attractive, good art, animation, expression, music etc.

The concept reflects how people want to be original and struggle to find something that is not already being done. It amuses me to think how true that is here on Newgrounds!

[Goblin Invasion]

V Good

I enjoyed it.

+ Though at first, the echoey/studio voices seemed silly, I got into them- part of the humour.
+ Funny and different
+ Some good art and fun animation
+ Good detail- esp ladybird

"ne-ergh we were here first!"

- needs proper end/credits, even if its just "I did everything"

maxvm responds:

To compensate for no credits, I'll supply them here!

Directed by Max van Mesdag
Produced by Max van Mesdag
Written by Max van Mesdag
Storyboards by Max van Mesdag
Animated by Max van Mesdag
Adapted for the Screen by Max van Mesdag
Lighting by Max van Mesdag
Casting by Max van Mesdag
Pyrotechnics by Max van Mesdag
Animal Handling by Max van Mesdag
Cooking by Max van Mesdag
Chemical Testing by Max van Mesdag

Stoe - Max van Mesdag
Guard 1 - Max van Mesdag
Guard 2 - Max van Mesdag
King - Max van Mesdag
Goblin 1 - Max van Mesdag
Goblin 2 - Max van Mesdag
Bandit - Max van Mesdag

Happy?

[Wild Sam's 2 Cutlery]

Make the link!

+ good sound, music, voice
+funnier than the original, which TBH was a bit pointless, this being a mildly amusing parody of the first.
+ loved the chopped helicopter

- Still not that much to it, I mean why is a mock advert supposed to be entertaining?
- Missing a LINK to the first one, which is essential to making this worth watching

PostTimeskipSam responds:

Mock advertisements are always fun...well at least for the guy selling the mock product.

[The End of the World??]

Some interesting imagery

but generally messy and doesn't make much sense.

+ Quite long with a lot to see
+ good choice of music
+ some interesting art
+ OK story

- music Not credited
- Hard to understand what is going on for example:
there is clearly a war going on, but it makes little sense as I can't make out who is on what side or why. Why is the random australian dressed as a roman?gladiator? Why does he lose his flesh, then gain his flesh, then lose it? Why does this make him able to leap 30 feet in the air?
etc. etc.
- No proper ending/replay

Altogether a lot of talent is more or less wasted in a messy production. May I politely suggest that you collaborate with someone who can help you to organise a project into a much more finished submission.

[[L*]Halowen Treats]

Didn't like it

+ not bad intro
+ music OK

-spelt name of sub wrong
-Need to make a hit box on the yellow Play button, otherwise its only hit on the letters.
-poor mix of bits of english in printed text and other characters, meaning we cannot read it all. Also scribbles letters are hard to read too
-art poor
-animation worse
-Story unoriginal and too simple

-no credits for music and sounds

-weird co-athor credits- actors? who animated this?

[[L*]The Haunted House]

simple

Not exactly exciting, but it does have a kind of story to it, though poorly expressed.

The opening thing with your name thrown at us many times is irritating.

The background art is surely taken from somewhere else, so you should credit it. Is the character art original ? if not credit it.

The animation is very crude. Having the girl glide along in front of the balastrade upstairs is just silly.

sound not bad, music OK.

Story limited- you would not really know what was going on without the authors notes.

Anyhow, L*'s- welcome to the Portal from the Dragons & Spirits !