IceDragon64's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Grape Soda of Wrath]

Good

+Art and animation fine

+Funny enough

-Sound levels need balancing- the volume of the sounds is a lttle too high compared to the talking, which is hard to hear.

-Lip sync would be good- the next step

+Proper credits

Enyimus responds:

Thank you very much for the fair review. I will agree that the sound could have been balanced if I had the time; same goes for lip-sync.

[- Dimensions -]

Very Good

Does it have Flash in it as a significant part of what it is? YES

Therefore I say it bleongs here. You are in a difficult place because Tom has Front Paged and supported non-flash entries, of which NN is just one of many, but some people, such as myself are not keen on non-flash. However, I have no doubt that Flash it belongs here.

- I think the "victim" escaped the line on his leg a bit too easily.
-the running was so-so, it looked like what it was, running on the spot. Shooting it on a gym treadmill might have helped. In the second section of running it really had to become a sprint.
The animation running could have been improved, its better than anything I could do but not great.
Its an entertaining idea- Ive seen animations come out and humans go in, but I haven't seen them swap before. I would like to see what happens to the mean bloke next. I liked the should crack thing, which helped to connect the animation with the man at the end. A chunkier actor would have helped to look like the cartoon.

All in all, these are just details, its good, best of luck in the competition.

Jonimator responds:

Haha I agree the running could definitely use some improvement. Had I not been an idiot and gotten my haircut, I would've definitely refilmed that with a treadmill or something along those lines. I just wasn't too keen on having shag hair for my grad photos.. but I digress ;P Thanks for the review!

[Noobs your not alone rant]

Yeah!

+ Message. I agree that sometime Flash just doesn't do what it is supposed to. Maybe a lot of the time its me, but no, not always. Sound is my great bugbear. It just doesn't work properly!
+ sound good and clear.
+ Lip sync good, otherwise lackign in animation. The odd movement of the rest of your face would make all the difference- a blink, a smile- anything.

Art Ok, but limited
Otherwise its a bit simple and crude

Emdee-NF responds:

Thanks it was my first time lip synching. I'll try to make a good actual cartoon next time. Good luck on your sound troubles lol

[Fucking Wasted]

Good!

Drugs and language, especially in the titles, is not my cup of tea, but I have to say its well put-together and well-expressed. Its a proper video to the story and it all works fine. Obviously there is a difference in the artistic talent in this, as there always is, but as long as it expresses the story OK, it doesn't matter that much. I like the little details in the art etc.
Personally, I appreciate a bit of effort in background, which some of this has.
I think its a bit sad that we didn't get an image of "Uncle Louis's Head in the garbage can".
Stone's art stands out- It pushes the sub up from 6 - 7 IMO .

Well done in putting this together!

Tomato's e-e is OK, but it would be nice if he put in a little more effort!

SoupSquad responds:

Always nice to see your reviews, ice. Yes, the different artists do mess it up a bit. We're still trying to grow the other soups into better artists, but that takes time and effort on their part.

We do love Stone. lol

[Eggs Rock, Soups Suck!!]

could be better

+ so-so music

- no real art
-no real animation
- rude and offensive to an OK crew
-not funny
-huge filesize for no entertainment value.
-no originality

This gives no encouragement to join the Eggs whatsoever.

taking these basic abilities- animation, sound, art, background etc. you should be able to create something with interest, length, originality etc.

I hope you will reconsider and try creating something interesting and original in the way of a Crew, that I could support.

easterBilly responds:

EGG LEGION FTW!!! SOUP SQUAD SUCK!!!

[The System is Down MV]

Good

Looks good, sounds OK. Fun things you do with the images.

Only thing wrong is you haven't credited the music either in the movie or in the File information

BlooDinner responds:

Fixed now, thanks :)

[Friday the Clockteenth]

Masterpiece!

5/5 and 10/10 is very rare from me, but you got it!

I have always enjoyed a really good Clock movie, and this is one of those that makes me respect the CC. It had everything a CC movie should have-
+Great characterisation of the different Clocks; +some of the best Clock art I have seen;+ perfect Clock humour- the ironic situations and statements etc.
"You know those old clocks are..."

+Great horror parody:
"Its obvious that we should split up, I just haven't thought of a good reason"
+great camera angles, +timing, +sound good- +Music good.
+subtitles ; proper credits.

This is way up there with Strangeclock.

Best wishes to the Clocks from the Dragons & Spirits !

FUClock responds:

Thanks man! Glad to hear you liked a lot of different things.

[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.

[Darnell's Beats]

great music

+ Lively and catchy. I could imagine using this music in other Flash.
the basic art and idea is good and had potential

- Not much too it, when it comes to animation and action. You have those coloured power displays on the front that could and should go up and down. You have a character that should be funky and is completley still. You have speakers that should pulse with beat and don't. It all just stops while the beat goes on. If you were to come back next year and build this into a really good submission, I would look forward to it, but right now it has no replay value as a video IMO.

YouriX responds:

I completly agree with you. Next year i'll do my best ;)